Letters to her family.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January-May 1907\u00a0\u00a0.<\/p>\n
SERIES I:\u00a0 ETHEL\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE.\u00a0 FOLDER CONTENTS.<\/strong> <\/b><\/p>\n Folder 11.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January-May 1907\u00a0\u00a0 25 items.<\/b><\/p>\n Going back to Lexington.\u00a0 \u201cMy very dear Ones:\u00a0 It seems the longest ever since I heard from you or wrote to you, for no word came to me before I left Hindman…\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Indianapolis Jan 3 11 PM 1907.\u00a0 \u201cIt distressed me so<\/span> much to find word from Helen of Mother\u2019s illness when I got home last night.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMother dear:\u00a0 Here I am, recovering from the evil effects of some green onions we had…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Noon.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother and Helen:\u00a0 I wish I knew, today, that warmth….\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cWell, it is Lucy and I tonight, who are unsettled, for we <\/span>are going to move as soon as we can find rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDear Two, Mother and Helen: Here sit Lucy and I, amid the ruins of our room…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Afternoon [Helen: 1907? Indianapolis]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother and Helen:\u00a0 The sunshine is pouring in through the west window where I am sitting…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cDear me, what fine new clothes we all are having…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother and Helen:\u00a0 After a day in bed, with long hours of dozing and reading…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Afternoon.\u00a0 \u201cEthel is sitting in the sun in the bathroom, while downstairs…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy dears:\u00a0 Can you realize that the temperature is over eighty, more than an hour after sundown, that the green is as green as can be, in the parks, that the lilacs have budded…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother and Helen: I hope you feel well and \u2018comfy\u2019 and cheerful tonight…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Afternoon.\u00a0 \u201cMy dears, my dears!\u00a0 How much I wish I were going to take an Eastern train in an hour or so, and arrive shortly in Northampton!\u201d<\/p>\n Wednesday Morning.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother: What is vacation for if not to give opportunities to write letters…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Afternoon.\u00a0 \u201cDear hearts; Lucy sits in one of my windows, absorbed in the April Atlantic.\u201d<\/p>\n April 14, 1907.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother and Helen,\u2014I have just finished sending Mr. Richards my advertisement for the Outlook, which, I hope, is going to bring us another Mr. Kodera.\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cDears\u2014It is five minutes of six, and I must wash up, brush up, before dinner and my evening\u2019s tutoring.\u201d<\/p>\n April 21, 1907. \u201cDearest Mother and Helen:\u00a0 Lucy has just furnished the date…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother:\u00a0 Can you imagine any greater luxury than to be sitting propped up in a bed, with an electric light at either side of the head of the bed…\u201d<\/p>\n April 28, 1907.\u00a0 \u201cI am sitting here on the side porch, just enjoying the lovely quiet….\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother: How sorry sorry\u00a0I am that you are not to see Mrs. Bussing for any length of time!\u201d<\/p>\n May 2, 1907.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother and Helen:\u00a0 It is just six o\u2019clock of a perfect day, when the world is all budding green after several days of rain.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy dear Mother and Sister:\u00a0 I\u2019ve just been inspecting again the handkerchiefs that Mr. Marmon brought me from the post-office this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy dearie:\u00a0 Are you worshipping in Montclair today, listening to one of Dr. Lucas\u2019s sermons?\u201d<\/p>\n May 30, 1907.\u00a0 \u201cMy dearie Mother:\u00a0 It is the close of a lovely Memorial day, cool and sunshiny, and spectacular, for President Roosevelt has been making a speech here…\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Letters to her family.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January-May 1907\u00a0\u00a0. SERIES I:\u00a0 ETHEL\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE.\u00a0 FOLDER CONTENTS. Folder 11.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January-May 1907\u00a0\u00a0 25 items. Going back to Lexington.\u00a0 \u201cMy very dear Ones:\u00a0 It seems the longest ever since I heard from you or wrote to you, for no word came to me before I left Hindman…\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n