Letter from Will to Kathleen: 10/24/1919
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A letter from Will, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to his wife Kathleen, who, with the kids, is visiting her family in Savannah, Georgia.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
October 24, 1919.
Dear Kathleen,
I am afraid that my last two or three letters were rather grumpy. So I thought I would try to write you one that was not. I had a letter from Mother to-day and one from Eva yesterday. Mother was very glad to get Margaret’s letters. She sent one to Fred and kept the other one.
The way that I had the washing machine figured out was, that if your husband ever broke himself of going down town every night, he might do the laundry work in the evening. I think from what I saw of Mrs. Ross’ machine and what she said that it would be done in 3 hours, say from 5 to 8:30 allowing a half hour for supper. You could then get a laundress to do the ironing, probably the next day. Now if that can be done we would save at least $2.50 per week, and the price of the machine in a year, being ahead by the owning the machine. I don’t think your husband would care to run the machine in the basement if you did not spend some of the time there telling him how nicely he was getting on. The dishwashing machine should require very little work to wash the dishes if it will do them at all. I would like very much to see it demonstrated. As they put them out on 30 days’ trial I suppose it must work all right. If it saves 2¢ work each on the breakfast and lunch dishes and 3¢ work on the dinner dishes, it will save 7¢ per day, or 49¢ per week, or $25.56 in a year. Next year it would be $25.63. Are you convinced? I expect to get all the other things too, so that you will not want to go away again, and so that you can not afford it if you should.
I am enclosing clipping from Luke McLuke. I wonder where he makes his observations as I don’t find it that way. This reminds me that although my chances for observation were not what I should have liked, I think Ruthie could afford to lose 10 lbs much better than you could, and I hope you have followed the opposite course.
With love to all,
Will
October 24, 1919.
Dear Kathleen,
I am afraid that my last two or three letters were rather grumpy. So I thought I would try to write you one that was not. I had a letter from Mother to-day and one from Eva yesterday. Mother was very glad to get Margaret’s letters. She sent one to Fred and kept the other one.
The way that I had the washing machine figured out was, that if your husband ever broke himself of going down town every night, he might do the laundry work in the evening. I think from what I saw of Mrs. Ross’ machine and what she said that it would be done in 3 hours, say from 5 to 8:30 allowing a half hour for supper. You could then get a laundress to do the ironing, probably the next day. Now if that can be done we would save at least $2.50 per week, and the price of the machine in a year, being ahead by the owning the machine. I don’t think your husband would care to run the machine in the basement if you did not spend some of the time there telling him how nicely he was getting on. The dishwashing machine should require very little work to wash the dishes if it will do them at all. I would like very much to see it demonstrated. As they put them out on 30 days’ trial I suppose it must work all right. If it saves 2¢ work each on the breakfast and lunch dishes and 3¢ work on the dinner dishes, it will save 7¢ per day, or 49¢ per week, or $25.56 in a year. Next year it would be $25.63. Are you convinced? I expect to get all the other things too, so that you will not want to go away again, and so that you can not afford it if you should.
I am enclosing clipping from Luke McLuke. I wonder where he makes his observations as I don’t find it that way. This reminds me that although my chances for observation were not what I should have liked, I think Ruthie could afford to lose 10 lbs much better than you could, and I hope you have followed the opposite course.
With love to all,
Will
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1.
I had a letter from Mother to-day and one from Eva yesterday. Mother was very glad to get Margaret’s letters. She sent one to Fred and kept the other one.
As far as I know (but I keep hoping I've missed something), we have none of these letters. I suppose I should just be grateful that we have what we have.
2.
If it saves 2¢ work each on the breakfast and lunch dishes and 3¢ work on the dinner dishes, it will save 7¢ per day, or 49¢ per week, or $25.56 in a year. Next year it would be $25.63.
Arithmetical habits ingrained from childhood. I see it as $25.55 per year, but never mind. The extra 7¢ for the following year would be, of course, because of the extra day for leap year.
3.
I am enclosing clipping from Luke McLuke. I wonder where he makes his observations as I don’t find it that way.
I found on eBay (but did not buy) a book from 1914 entitled Luke McLuke's Philosophy. It said: "Compliments of the Eagle White Lead Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Price 25¢.
Additionally, there was a racehorse born in 1911 named Luke McLuke, and a guy named Tommy Scott, 1917-2013, had a act with a talking doll named Luke McLuke.
So I'm figuring Luke McLuke was a local Cincinnati newspaper cartoon, and since the racehorse was born in Kentucky the owner would have heard of the cartoon, and then Tommy Scott named his doll after the racehorse.
4.
I think Ruthie could afford to lose 10 lbs much better than you could, and I hope you have followed the opposite course.
Kathleen had told Will that her sister Ruth had lost 10 pounds - see:
I had a letter from Mother to-day and one from Eva yesterday. Mother was very glad to get Margaret’s letters. She sent one to Fred and kept the other one.
As far as I know (but I keep hoping I've missed something), we have none of these letters. I suppose I should just be grateful that we have what we have.
2.
If it saves 2¢ work each on the breakfast and lunch dishes and 3¢ work on the dinner dishes, it will save 7¢ per day, or 49¢ per week, or $25.56 in a year. Next year it would be $25.63.
Arithmetical habits ingrained from childhood. I see it as $25.55 per year, but never mind. The extra 7¢ for the following year would be, of course, because of the extra day for leap year.
3.
I am enclosing clipping from Luke McLuke. I wonder where he makes his observations as I don’t find it that way.
I found on eBay (but did not buy) a book from 1914 entitled Luke McLuke's Philosophy. It said: "Compliments of the Eagle White Lead Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Price 25¢.
Additionally, there was a racehorse born in 1911 named Luke McLuke, and a guy named Tommy Scott, 1917-2013, had a act with a talking doll named Luke McLuke.
So I'm figuring Luke McLuke was a local Cincinnati newspaper cartoon, and since the racehorse was born in Kentucky the owner would have heard of the cartoon, and then Tommy Scott named his doll after the racehorse.
4.
I think Ruthie could afford to lose 10 lbs much better than you could, and I hope you have followed the opposite course.
Kathleen had told Will that her sister Ruth had lost 10 pounds - see:
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