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There is support in this letter for the family story I was told that Will's and Kathleen's son Roger was not named until he was a year old: Kathleen talks about "The baby" rather than about Roger.
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2207, Highland Ave,
Mt. Auburn,
Cincinnati O
October 25, 1921
My dear Alma -
I have been hoping to write to you for some time and as Will has gone away on a trip this seems an opportunity not to be lost. Will expects to be back on Thursday night. I wish you were here to keep me company. It is very quiet after the children have all gone to bed. I went into the kitchen just now and there was - not a spider - but a mouse. It scampered off as fast as it could. I did not know we had any mice here.
I have been busy lately visiting various schools. Margaret was in a very large class - 46 children. I have been up to visit several times and it did not seem as if that was the right place for her - so many boys - more or less unruly and rough - colored children and so on. We have now sent her to Miss Kendrick’s school and I am sure she is much happier and enjoys her lessons more. She gets home about 12.20 instead of 3.20 and is doing the same work as she was doing in Public School. I think they keep little children in school too long - suppose they have to with such large classes. I liked the atmosphere at Miss Kendrick’s. The children seemed quiet and orderly and Margaret has a very good teacher and I am sure we have done well in sending her there. A machine calls for her at 8.15 and brings her back. She has some night work to do, but has plenty of time for it as she is free all the afternoon.
We also had to change Billy’s kindergarten. There was trouble at first about getting him to and fro and we finally decided to send him to another one. Now I hope both Margaret + Billy are settled for the winter. Kathleen plays contentedly by herself after the others have gone and sometimes plays with a nice little boy who is visiting his grandmother, who lives at the back of us. By the way, she is almost too big to get into bed by her doorway now. I don’t think she will go that way many more times.
The baby is thriving. He will soon have another tooth making four in all.
This afternoon I took Margaret to the Children’s Symphony Concert. It was very interesting and enjoyable. Before each number there was a little talk and explanation. The children were very interested and appreciative. There are to be four such concerts during the season. Friday afternoon is the regular Symphony Concert and Margaret Matzenauer is to be soloist.
Mr. Hammond comes around often and works with Will. He seems to be working very hard and it is really doing him good. Will thinks he is getting on, naturally he finds it somewhat difficult after being out of school for so long, however it seems to me that he shows, in his face, that the work he is doing is improving or developing him. When I first saw him he seemed to me to have such a weak, dissatisfied look in his face and now he seems to have a much happier expression. Will + he work so late that I go to bed in despair and scold them the next time, and then they do it again, just as if I had not said anything to them!!
Last Sunday we went for a ride in the country. The trees were beautiful, such glorious reds and browns and yellows. We lost our way, that is Will went on what he thought was a road and it proved to lead up to a farmhouse + stop. The farmer came out and said that three or four every day made that same mistake. I think he rather enjoyed having to tell us to go back.
The Sunday before last we took Colonel Kutz around house-hunting. I don’t think he has decided on a house yet, although we saw one that might do. There are more houses + apartments for rent now than there were when we were looking for ourselves.
I suppose you both registered. We did and expect to vote.
Margaret has a new hat and coat, blue. She was quite anxious that we should buy the coat she finally selected and I was glad her choice coincided with ours.
It was very good of you to send so many postcards while you were on your trip and afterwards and we certainly enjoyed them all and your letters too.
We have been having such lovely weather here. Warm bright days. Tonight it is colder and we may have to have the furnace going tomorrow.
I should be glad if you would give us Eva’s address the next time you write. We had Mr. + Mrs. Parker here to dinner last Tuesday. They inquired after you and your Mother. They have found an apartment and expect to move in next month.
I must get started for bed now.
Much love from us all to you both.
Kathleen
Mt. Auburn,
Cincinnati O
October 25, 1921
My dear Alma -
I have been hoping to write to you for some time and as Will has gone away on a trip this seems an opportunity not to be lost. Will expects to be back on Thursday night. I wish you were here to keep me company. It is very quiet after the children have all gone to bed. I went into the kitchen just now and there was - not a spider - but a mouse. It scampered off as fast as it could. I did not know we had any mice here.
I have been busy lately visiting various schools. Margaret was in a very large class - 46 children. I have been up to visit several times and it did not seem as if that was the right place for her - so many boys - more or less unruly and rough - colored children and so on. We have now sent her to Miss Kendrick’s school and I am sure she is much happier and enjoys her lessons more. She gets home about 12.20 instead of 3.20 and is doing the same work as she was doing in Public School. I think they keep little children in school too long - suppose they have to with such large classes. I liked the atmosphere at Miss Kendrick’s. The children seemed quiet and orderly and Margaret has a very good teacher and I am sure we have done well in sending her there. A machine calls for her at 8.15 and brings her back. She has some night work to do, but has plenty of time for it as she is free all the afternoon.
We also had to change Billy’s kindergarten. There was trouble at first about getting him to and fro and we finally decided to send him to another one. Now I hope both Margaret + Billy are settled for the winter. Kathleen plays contentedly by herself after the others have gone and sometimes plays with a nice little boy who is visiting his grandmother, who lives at the back of us. By the way, she is almost too big to get into bed by her doorway now. I don’t think she will go that way many more times.
The baby is thriving. He will soon have another tooth making four in all.
This afternoon I took Margaret to the Children’s Symphony Concert. It was very interesting and enjoyable. Before each number there was a little talk and explanation. The children were very interested and appreciative. There are to be four such concerts during the season. Friday afternoon is the regular Symphony Concert and Margaret Matzenauer is to be soloist.
Mr. Hammond comes around often and works with Will. He seems to be working very hard and it is really doing him good. Will thinks he is getting on, naturally he finds it somewhat difficult after being out of school for so long, however it seems to me that he shows, in his face, that the work he is doing is improving or developing him. When I first saw him he seemed to me to have such a weak, dissatisfied look in his face and now he seems to have a much happier expression. Will + he work so late that I go to bed in despair and scold them the next time, and then they do it again, just as if I had not said anything to them!!
Last Sunday we went for a ride in the country. The trees were beautiful, such glorious reds and browns and yellows. We lost our way, that is Will went on what he thought was a road and it proved to lead up to a farmhouse + stop. The farmer came out and said that three or four every day made that same mistake. I think he rather enjoyed having to tell us to go back.
The Sunday before last we took Colonel Kutz around house-hunting. I don’t think he has decided on a house yet, although we saw one that might do. There are more houses + apartments for rent now than there were when we were looking for ourselves.
I suppose you both registered. We did and expect to vote.
Margaret has a new hat and coat, blue. She was quite anxious that we should buy the coat she finally selected and I was glad her choice coincided with ours.
It was very good of you to send so many postcards while you were on your trip and afterwards and we certainly enjoyed them all and your letters too.
We have been having such lovely weather here. Warm bright days. Tonight it is colder and we may have to have the furnace going tomorrow.
I should be glad if you would give us Eva’s address the next time you write. We had Mr. + Mrs. Parker here to dinner last Tuesday. They inquired after you and your Mother. They have found an apartment and expect to move in next month.
I must get started for bed now.
Much love from us all to you both.
Kathleen
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1.
Margaret was in a very large class - 46 children. I have been up to visit several times and it did not seem as if that was the right place for her - so many boys - more or less unruly and rough - colored children and so on.
Yup, we’ve got racism here.
We also have Kathleen, the UK native, spelling “colored” the American way instead of "coloured". Unexpected.
2.
Friday afternoon is the regular Symphony Concert and Margaret Matzenauer is to be soloist.
Wikipedia says:
Margaret Matzenauer (sometimes spelled Margarete Matzenauer or Margarethe Matzenaur) (1 June 1881 – 19 May 1963) was an Austria-Hungary-born, later resident in the United States, mezzo-soprano. She had an opulent timbre and wide range. She performed key works from both the Italian and German operatic repertoires in Europe and the United States.
3.
Mr. Hammond comes around often and works with Will.
So far I don't know who Mr. Hammond is.
4.
The Sunday before last we took Colonel Kutz around house-hunting.
Wikipedia says:
Charles Willauer Kutz (October 14, 1870, in Reading, Pennsylvania – January 25, 1951, in Washington, D.C.) was an American brigadier general in the Army Corps of Engineers and the longest serving District of Columbia Engineer Commissioner in the history of the position.
And:
After leaving the board of commissioners, he was division engineer, Central Division, at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1921 to 1928, and from 1928 to 1929, he was department engineer of the Hawaiian Department, and commanding officer of the 3rd Engineers.
5.
I suppose you both registered. We did and expect to vote.
What? I assume “you both” is Alma and Mama Margaret. But who is “we”? I checked and confirmed that (white) women were allowed to vote in the 1920 presidential election. So what was the delay? Note: it’s definitely 1921 because of the nameless male baby, who later became my father.
6.
We had Mr. + Mrs. Parker here to dinner last Tuesday.
I don't know who the Parkers were. Apparently Alma did.
Margaret was in a very large class - 46 children. I have been up to visit several times and it did not seem as if that was the right place for her - so many boys - more or less unruly and rough - colored children and so on.
Yup, we’ve got racism here.
We also have Kathleen, the UK native, spelling “colored” the American way instead of "coloured". Unexpected.
2.
Friday afternoon is the regular Symphony Concert and Margaret Matzenauer is to be soloist.
Wikipedia says:
Margaret Matzenauer (sometimes spelled Margarete Matzenauer or Margarethe Matzenaur) (1 June 1881 – 19 May 1963) was an Austria-Hungary-born, later resident in the United States, mezzo-soprano. She had an opulent timbre and wide range. She performed key works from both the Italian and German operatic repertoires in Europe and the United States.
3.
Mr. Hammond comes around often and works with Will.
So far I don't know who Mr. Hammond is.
4.
The Sunday before last we took Colonel Kutz around house-hunting.
Wikipedia says:
Charles Willauer Kutz (October 14, 1870, in Reading, Pennsylvania – January 25, 1951, in Washington, D.C.) was an American brigadier general in the Army Corps of Engineers and the longest serving District of Columbia Engineer Commissioner in the history of the position.
And:
After leaving the board of commissioners, he was division engineer, Central Division, at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1921 to 1928, and from 1928 to 1929, he was department engineer of the Hawaiian Department, and commanding officer of the 3rd Engineers.
5.
I suppose you both registered. We did and expect to vote.
What? I assume “you both” is Alma and Mama Margaret. But who is “we”? I checked and confirmed that (white) women were allowed to vote in the 1920 presidential election. So what was the delay? Note: it’s definitely 1921 because of the nameless male baby, who later became my father.
6.
We had Mr. + Mrs. Parker here to dinner last Tuesday.
I don't know who the Parkers were. Apparently Alma did.
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