Letter from Will to Kathleen: 10/6/1919
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A letter from Will, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to his wife Kathleen, who is visiting her parents in Savannah, Georgia, with the three kids.
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News from a Christian Science bubble.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 6, 1919.
Dear Kathleen,
No, I don’t believe I will do any more househunting until after you return. I put an ad in the Enquirer last Sunday and got only one answer, and I thought it was a very good ad too. Don’t you think so. I intended to look up those advertised in the Sunday Enquirer but didn’t find time to go to more than one, as I went to church in the morning and then went to a lecture in Norwood in the afternoon. I found that the house I went to see was not for rent, there had been some mistake, and as it had commenced to rain I called it a day.
My conscience is uneasy so I will confess I bought 6 pairs of sox and two nighties before I received your permission. Please excuse. I was very hard pressed for them. I haven’t had a shirt since I was down to the last one. I sent 4 to the Model Laundry two weeks ago today and when my things came back only a week later there were no shirts. You can imagine how much laundry work I have had to do. I gave the girl until the latter part of this week to find them, she said it would take until then to go over all of their stations. I expect to buy a couple to-morrow anyway.
Mrs. Gere said to tell you that Nancy had her tonsils and adenoids removed Saturday morning and had Science treatment for it, and that she got along wonderfully well. The doctor thought N would be sick (American style) all day and instead she was up playing with her dolls a short time after it was over. She said that one of the nurses asked her if she had not had C.S. treatment for N. when she saw how well she got along. She said Mrs. Rastict (?) said she might as well have them removed when she was surrounded by people holding their belief about them. Mrs. G said it had strengthened her faith in Science.
Mrs. Gere’s cold is better. Daddy’s errors are better but I put something on the one under my legging.
Colonel Herkness’s resignation was accepted and he left a week ago last Sunday night. He is having trouble finding a place there. Mrs. H. telephoned to me and I wrote to Laura to see if she could find them a boarding place in Canton.
I neglected to say that the answer was for a house at 2206 Highland and that I took it. We get it for $65 until June 1st by subletting. After that if we keep it, it will be $75. It belongs to Mrs. Gere’s firm. They may sell and if they do we get 60 days notice. It is the next house above the corner one with the 2 flats, where we looked at one of them. It is a red brick with a long front porch, 4 rooms and pantry and washroom, on 1st floor, 4 bedrooms on the 2nd floor, maids room and storage in attic, laundry in cellar; has air furnace, instantaneous water heater, no garage. We get it November 1st. I am counting on your coming back then to attend to the moving so we can be all settled down by my birthday!!!
I have seen each of the games here. There is one more tomorrow but I don’t believe I will go.
With lots of love and kisses
Will.
P.S. Same to the children and the family.
W.
Oct 6, 1919.
Dear Kathleen,
No, I don’t believe I will do any more househunting until after you return. I put an ad in the Enquirer last Sunday and got only one answer, and I thought it was a very good ad too. Don’t you think so. I intended to look up those advertised in the Sunday Enquirer but didn’t find time to go to more than one, as I went to church in the morning and then went to a lecture in Norwood in the afternoon. I found that the house I went to see was not for rent, there had been some mistake, and as it had commenced to rain I called it a day.
My conscience is uneasy so I will confess I bought 6 pairs of sox and two nighties before I received your permission. Please excuse. I was very hard pressed for them. I haven’t had a shirt since I was down to the last one. I sent 4 to the Model Laundry two weeks ago today and when my things came back only a week later there were no shirts. You can imagine how much laundry work I have had to do. I gave the girl until the latter part of this week to find them, she said it would take until then to go over all of their stations. I expect to buy a couple to-morrow anyway.
Mrs. Gere said to tell you that Nancy had her tonsils and adenoids removed Saturday morning and had Science treatment for it, and that she got along wonderfully well. The doctor thought N would be sick (American style) all day and instead she was up playing with her dolls a short time after it was over. She said that one of the nurses asked her if she had not had C.S. treatment for N. when she saw how well she got along. She said Mrs. Rastict (?) said she might as well have them removed when she was surrounded by people holding their belief about them. Mrs. G said it had strengthened her faith in Science.
Mrs. Gere’s cold is better. Daddy’s errors are better but I put something on the one under my legging.
Colonel Herkness’s resignation was accepted and he left a week ago last Sunday night. He is having trouble finding a place there. Mrs. H. telephoned to me and I wrote to Laura to see if she could find them a boarding place in Canton.
I neglected to say that the answer was for a house at 2206 Highland and that I took it. We get it for $65 until June 1st by subletting. After that if we keep it, it will be $75. It belongs to Mrs. Gere’s firm. They may sell and if they do we get 60 days notice. It is the next house above the corner one with the 2 flats, where we looked at one of them. It is a red brick with a long front porch, 4 rooms and pantry and washroom, on 1st floor, 4 bedrooms on the 2nd floor, maids room and storage in attic, laundry in cellar; has air furnace, instantaneous water heater, no garage. We get it November 1st. I am counting on your coming back then to attend to the moving so we can be all settled down by my birthday!!!
I have seen each of the games here. There is one more tomorrow but I don’t believe I will go.
With lots of love and kisses
Will.
P.S. Same to the children and the family.
W.
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1.
This is a stop in the Tour of letters between Will and his wife Kathleen in September and October of 1919.
The brochure for the Tour is at:
2.
I haven’t had a shirt since I was down to the last one. I sent 4 to the Model Laundry two weeks ago today and when my things came back only a week later there were no shirts. You can imagine how much laundry work I have had to do. I gave the girl until the latter part of this week to find them, she said it would take until then to go over all of their stations. I expect to buy a couple to-morrow anyway.
Will did buy more shirts - see: I bought two new white shirts this afternoon with $6.00 of the money that may be I am going to get from the laundry.
And they were still talking about it nearly two weeks later:
3.
Mrs. Gere said to tell you that Nancy had her tonsils and adenoids removed Saturday morning and had Science treatment for it, and that she got along wonderfully well.
The Geres get mentioned fairly regularly in letters from Cincinnati, so I've added them to the non-family page for Ohio folks4
4.
The doctor thought N would be sick (American style) all day and instead she was up playing with her dolls a short time after it was over.
I wonder if American style sick means feeling under the weather, whereas British style sick would mean throwing up. I don't know, but that's all I can think of.
5.
She said Mrs. Rastict (?) said she might as well have them removed when she was surrounded by people holding their belief about them.
I think Mrs. R is Mrs. Rastert, a Christian Science practitioner who was consulted in Mama Margaret's last illness - see:
6.
Daddy’s errors are better but I put something on the one under my legging.
So maybe Will had some sort of sore on his leg?
7.
We get it November 1st. I am counting on your coming back then to attend to the moving so we can be all settled down by my birthday!!!
Will's birthday was November 3. It's nice to see a man get excited about his 44th birthday.
8.
Kathleen didn't get this letter until until after she wrote her next letter, so the letter in which she responds to this is:
This is a stop in the Tour of letters between Will and his wife Kathleen in September and October of 1919.
- The previous Tour stop is: 1919-10-03 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
- The next Tour stop is: 1919-10-07 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
The brochure for the Tour is at:
2.
I haven’t had a shirt since I was down to the last one. I sent 4 to the Model Laundry two weeks ago today and when my things came back only a week later there were no shirts. You can imagine how much laundry work I have had to do. I gave the girl until the latter part of this week to find them, she said it would take until then to go over all of their stations. I expect to buy a couple to-morrow anyway.
Will did buy more shirts - see: I bought two new white shirts this afternoon with $6.00 of the money that may be I am going to get from the laundry.
And they were still talking about it nearly two weeks later:
3.
Mrs. Gere said to tell you that Nancy had her tonsils and adenoids removed Saturday morning and had Science treatment for it, and that she got along wonderfully well.
The Geres get mentioned fairly regularly in letters from Cincinnati, so I've added them to the non-family page for Ohio folks4
4.
The doctor thought N would be sick (American style) all day and instead she was up playing with her dolls a short time after it was over.
I wonder if American style sick means feeling under the weather, whereas British style sick would mean throwing up. I don't know, but that's all I can think of.
5.
She said Mrs. Rastict (?) said she might as well have them removed when she was surrounded by people holding their belief about them.
I think Mrs. R is Mrs. Rastert, a Christian Science practitioner who was consulted in Mama Margaret's last illness - see:
6.
Daddy’s errors are better but I put something on the one under my legging.
So maybe Will had some sort of sore on his leg?
7.
We get it November 1st. I am counting on your coming back then to attend to the moving so we can be all settled down by my birthday!!!
Will's birthday was November 3. It's nice to see a man get excited about his 44th birthday.
8.
Kathleen didn't get this letter until until after she wrote her next letter, so the letter in which she responds to this is:
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