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Letter from Elsie (Unknown) to Addie F. Page.
Envelope Postmarked Califon, NJ, 22 January
1935.Addressed to Miss Addie F. Page, 94 Washington St., East
Orange, NJ.
Tuesday fore noon.
Dear Addie:
I am not sick, and I had not forgotten to write, but have thought
of it very often. The reason for the delay is just that it is
so difficult to write letters here in the winter time as it is
cold everywhere but in the kitchen and dining room, and I cannot
seem to write with people moving and talking around me. Papa always
likes plenty of noise, and has the radio turned on a good deal
of the time. I still have to go to bed in the afternoon, and when
the weather is mild I write in bed after I have had my rest, that
is if there is any time left for writing before getting up and
going to work. But right in the middle of winter real hope of
regaining my health. I was in such a low state when I started
in that it will be a long hard pull, but I expect to make it.
Alma, Papa and Rob are as well as usual, we have been quite free
from colds this winter, and that is something to be thankful for.
So many people have been very sick with colds.
You have asked me a couple of times if we could use warm skirts
or dresses. We never use any thing but wash dresses for every
day wear, but if you have something that you no longer want that
I might fix over I would be glad to have it. When you make your
own clothes anything that others can pass on may come in good.
The days are few and far between when it is warm enough to sit
up in bed and write. I did not forget you at Christmas time wanted
very much to send you a card, but we ran short of cards long before
we were through with out list of friends, and there were many
people we could not send to.
I am glad to hear that you are better and that
your sister is as well as usual. I am slowly improving through
close adherence to a very strict diet. It is the Dr. Hay diet,
of which you may have heard as it has had a wide vogue, and has
helped a great many people. It is the only thing that I have tried
in years that has helped the digestive trouble that has done more
than anything else to hold me back and keep me from getting well.
For the first time in ages I have. . .
Here is a bit of news that may interest you. Ada Pace has just
sold the farm that belonged to her father and mother. Her two
brothers are dead and she and Clark's son, Leon are the only heirs.
Leon got the farm where he was raised, and Ada her old home. The
new owner is Mr. Joseph B. Platt, who is director of the Delineator
institute of interior decoration. He is going to build an end
to the house and fix it all over. Of course it will be beautiful
when he gets through. Ada is so glad that her old home is to be
in good hands. Every once in a while some place around here is
sold and for the most part the new people have been very desirable.
I wonder if you are interested in the Hauptmann trial. Almost
every one is. We can hardly get our work done for listening to
the broadcasts from Flemington which come every hour and sometimes
every half hour. We haven't heard the defence side yet but I believe
that Hauptmann's lawyers are capable of manufacturing evidence
to free him. We know one of them, and think that he would do any
thing to gain his ends. Dr. Condon's testimony did us a lot of
good. He surely did get the best of that big blustering Irishman.
It is near mail time and I will have to stop writing.
Alma joins me in sending love and good wishes.
As ever,
Elsie.
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