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Kathleen's sister - Aunt Ruthie - visited their brother Cecil Farmer in Pittsburgh, and sent a postcard to each of her four nephews and nieces.  This is the postcard for the youngest, Roger, but since Roger was only 19 months old, she sent his postcard to his mother, with instructions to pass it on to him. 

​It's such fun to see my father the lawyer as a baby who didn't yet know how to read.
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For Roger after you read it.

Dear K.   Thanks ever so for s.d. letter came this a.m.  I shall go to the Martha Washington Hotel + tidy up + then go + call.  We were downtown to lunch, J + I, went to a movie + looked at shops, now home.  Cecil is taking us + Miss Taylor to the Shenley Hotel to dinner tonight.  I leave at 9.30 + will write you tomorrow from N. York.  I felt homesick yesterday for you all.

Love R.
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​This is one of five postcards that Ruth sent to the four little Stokeys all at once when she was visiting her and Kathleen’s brother Cecil Farmer.  Apparently she wrote four of them out on September 6 but couldn’t mail them out until the 7th, and for some reason that impelled to her to write an extra one to Billy on the 7th.  Maybe she had made him a promise of some sort?  And since Roger was only 19 months old, his postcard was addressed to Kathleen, with a note that once Kathleen had read it, it was to go to Roger.

1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KATHLEEN
​1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO MAGGIE
​1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO BILLY
1922-09-06 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO KAY
​​1922-09-07 POSTCARD FROM RUTH FARMER TO BILLY

Schenley Park - Wikipedia says:

Schenley Park (/ˈʃɛnli/) is a large municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. In 2011, the park was named one of "America's Coolest City Parks" by Travel + Leisure.


"s.d. letter" - what does that mean?  Probably related to “I shall go to the Martha Washington Hotel + tidy up + then go + call.”  Maybe a Christian Scientist thing?

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