SERIES I: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE
\n\u00a0Folder 37.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 August-September 1917.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a041 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cSuch a busy day\u2014no chance for a line!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHelen dear & Mother Sweet\u2014You would forgive my not writing a long letter if….\u201d<\/p>\n
Wed A.M.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe locusts are buzzing\u2014& I am sorry for people in cities…\u201d<\/p>\n
Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cI am in Harlan\u2014raod business\u2014having risen at 3 A.M. so as to ride in before the heat of the day begins.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother & Helen\u2014You might think Baby blood kin of yours…\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday. \u201cMy dear\u2014Isn\u2019t it great to have the hot wave broken?\u201d<\/p>\n
Wed.\u00a0 \u201cBaby at 5.30\u2014this morning, when the rising bell has at last given her a chance to speak to me\u2014just wakened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest\u2014They say here that yr. hair will come in again after the fever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I\u2019ve just had a bath, & am in a clean nightie\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014In return for your beauteous sketch I enclose those long-wished films.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Mother\u2014I wish I were there to fix you a black lace mantilla till your hair grows…\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Benham…R.P.O. August 15, 1917.\u00a0 \u201cDearest\u2014Wed. in Harlan with just a few minutes before the train must carry this to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tues a.m. Early. \u201cDearest dearest Two\u2014Welcome back to 21\u2014& how I wish I were there…\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmakred Pine Mountain, Ky. August 22, 1917.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014They are beauties<\/span>\u2014& I\u2019d say \u2018Too pretty for me to use\u2019 if Miss Butler were not coming.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat delightful letters Helen\u2019s been awriting me about her vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday.\u00a0 \u201cMy dear \u2018Mrs. George de Long\u2019\u2014So read the envelope that will carry this to you.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night. \u201cSuch beautiful letters.\u00a0 My dears\u2014How happy I was to get yr. letters…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDarlings\u2014I wish you had been at my tea party yesterday afternoon\u2014under the appletree…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wish you were here to hear Mr. Sharp & Miss Karpales [sic<\/i>] sing ballads…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDear Twose\u2014Please begin now to plan something delightful!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearests\u2014 It is early Monday morning\u2014before breakfast or rising bell.\u201d<\/p>\n Tues.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014So you two are stove worshippers!\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs. Evg.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother & Helen\u2014I wish I could know this lovely Sept. night, that Mother is free from pain.\u201d<\/p>\n Mon.\u00a0 \u201cMy dear\u2014I\u2019m sending you a little pkg. with a cunning soft challi\u00a0kimona in it…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDear precious lady.\u2014I have two things on my mind of great importance…\u201d<\/p>\n Dearest Mother\u2014I\u2019ve been doing a heap o\u2019studying about you.\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014I hope the precious medicine is making the days easier.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday Sept. 14.\u00a0 \u201cI have just said to Baby \u2018Now I\u2019m going to write to Grandma…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Two\u2014It\u2019s Monday morning & Miss Spenser is to take this over the mt.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Ladies\u2014Oh what a glorious morning it is & how I hope you & Helen are happy!\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cWell\u2014darlings\u2014& how are you today?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMr. Horcae Fox, our road Engineer, is so<\/span> nice.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday Evg.\u00a0 \u201cIt is between supper time & party time.\u00a0 Baby & I\u2019ve been having our usual sing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGreetings to the best of Arabs, and profoundest hope that the wonderful medicine…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is to go over the mt. by John Fox!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAh welaway! think of a birthday letter to one\u2019s mother beginning with tears…\u201d<\/p>\n Wed. \u201cWell, but it\u2019s joyful to hear that Mother has had two good days…\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cOf course I want letters from home more than anything but somehow when they come they make me feel very teary.\u201d<\/p>\n Monday 9.30 P.M. \u201cCan there be anything so nice as to get $590…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Two\u2014Did I tell you that I have a new job?\u201d<\/p>\n [September 30] \u201cDearest Mother & Helen\u2014It\u2019s a cold September morning, the last one in \u201c \u2014& I…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES I: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE \u00a0Folder 37.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 August-September 1917.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a041 items. \u201cSuch a busy day\u2014no chance for a line!\u201d \u201cHelen dear & Mother Sweet\u2014You would forgive my not writing a long letter if….\u201d Wed A.M.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe locusts are buzzing\u2014& I am sorry for people in cities…\u201d Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cI am in Harlan\u2014raod […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7916","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n