SERIES I: \u00a0ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE
\nFolder 35.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 May 1917.\u00a0 29 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Lady\u2014I\u2019ve just ironed seven sheets 2 nightgowns, & 10000 table napkins…\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dearest\u2014My goodness! you gave us a turn this morning…\u201d [notation by Helen \u201cEthel\u2019s letters Hospital 1917\u201d]<\/p>\n
\u201cHelen my dear\u2014Well we are pleased and still more pleased at the wealth of details…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell Helen\u2014dearest\u2014how goes this Saturday with you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Sunday is like unto another in that it gets to be three o\u2019clock almost before you\u2019re out of bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday. \u201cDearest Helen How you do interfere with the dinner dishes!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHelen Bray de Long\u2014Good-morning!\u00a0 Has dogwood winter descended on you…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014We hear of you as very well, very pink, very girlish looking…\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday Noon.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014The split pea soup is boiling, likewise the spinach…\u201d<\/p>\n
My dear Helen this is a day of wonders\u2014and you should be here to see!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a line to tell you my dear that if course I didn\u2019t show your private letter to Mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014Monday, & the postman coming!\u00a0 I\u2019ll outwit him & this shall go via the faithful Christine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHelen my dear\u2014how do you like the idea of fish balls & washday & a lecture….\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday. 1.30. \u201cWe are all fed, & the dishes can wait!\u201d<\/p>\n
Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014If you stay in hospital much longer my handwriting will have nervous prostration!\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday. \u201cDearest Helen Your nightis is ready to go\u2014& we wish we had a wonder box to send with it!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSunday morning, my dear, and very warm & bright and pretty, and I aim to go to church.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDear Helen\u2014Well, your coat & your wonder box have gone & I hope you get as much fun…\u201d<\/p>\n
Tues.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dear, Mother has had a brilliant idea\u2014that we try to find a place for you and her to go when you come from the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDXXXXearest Helen\u2014the kisses show where Christine came in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cSadness is upon the House of de Long because we got no letter from Helen this morning…\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDear Helen dear\u2014Dr. Linnell thinks it\u2019ll be perfectly safe for you to come home next week…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed I\u2019ll come for you next Wednesday & bring you home Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dear\u2014This is next to the last letter I\u2019ll write you.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that fine?\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday. \u201cOf course we\u2019re terribly disappointed by Miss Gilmartin\u2019s telegram.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014You are not as bright as I thought you were! In understanding the psychology of y\u2019r family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014The flag is foetly blowing and twilight is coming on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSee you tomorrow!\u00a0 Owing to the fact that we\u2019ve never yet had any answer to Tues. letters…\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Ladies both\u2014I aim to begin this letter before mail comes…\u201d<\/p>\n
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SERIES I: \u00a0ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE Folder 35.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 May 1917.\u00a0 29 items. Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Lady\u2014I\u2019ve just ironed seven sheets 2 nightgowns, & 10000 table napkins…\u201d Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dearest\u2014My goodness! you gave us a turn this morning…\u201d [notation by Helen \u201cEthel\u2019s letters Hospital 1917\u201d] \u201cHelen my dear\u2014Well we are pleased and still more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n