At
home. Sat. A.M. Mar. 16 ‘07.
Dearest
Mama:
As
your other letter seems full weight and there’s considerable
more
we wanted to write we’ll start another. J. even wants to write
so
I’ll call it his letter and mine a note. We received your Jan.
29
letter yesterday also one from Lora written while they were
unpacking. Am glad their things all got there so nicely. I am
enclosing the list of books and music. John said he’d just fix
the
order for the music and you could enclose the money and send
it &
they could send it to us then he’d not have to wait for the
box. He is very anxious for it. I don’t know where we got
Meditation
nor who it was by Alice will likely know. There are many
Meditations
but we want none but that pretty one Alice knows. I had it. We
want
it very much or we’d not trouble you about it. We have no list
of
music of any sort except that on the back of that instruction
book of
Warrens but J. knows more about composers than I do so he
found lots
of good things there. Then the organ for ‘07 can be sent every
two
months. We like to get things scattered along as much as
possible
and not all in a bunch.
But
here I’m scribbling about al sorts of things and haven’t even
told you about what to some people is a most important event.
We had
a letter yesterday from Rhoad written Feb. 28 in which he told
of the
arrival of a 7 lb. boy the night before - on your birthday. I
was
almost shocked to pieces. If you count up you’ll see there
isn’t
quite 3 weeks time over 9 months. I always supposed he’d rush
the
business but tho’t he’d be a little tho’tful. Dr. Henderson
&
Miss Gamertsfelder were there and both Nellie & the boy
were
doing fine. Mrs. Johnston wrote that she had a very easy time.
Scarcely any pains and he wrote she was teaching until the day
of
confinement. Am very glad she’s doing so well for they’ve had
no
end of fever & all sorts of complaints. I believe Mrs.
McKenrick
expects a little one about the 25th. of this month.
She’s
been so miserable much of the time but must be better lately
or we’d
have heard. Dr. Henderson will be kept busy. I’ll bet Evans
will
have a lot to say about Rhoads. He never liked him very well
any
way. Well I don’t want to blame them but I do criticize them
some. But when one knows how these people feel about such
things it makes
you kinda feel that to have the most influence with them you
must get
to business. They’ve named him Gordon Livingstone. We must
write
them a letter of congrats.
We
received a nice large mail yesterday. Tuckers Cat. & a
letter. I don’t understand what Miss Doehring has done with
all your money
but do hope we will soon know.
The
old hippo was in the garden again last night. He’s hard to get
now
as it’s so dark nights. Yes we dare shoot lions but we haven’t
had the chance yet. We’d like to get both a lion & leopard
skin before we go home.
I
was wondering how it would be if you’d send us several
packages of
Cream of Wheat. We have oatmeal and cornmeal but that’s all.
Some
one sent Hurlburts lots of p’k’ges of breakfast foods shredded
wheat etc. But we tho’t cream of wheat about as good as
anything. We may not send for every dollars worth but you can
use what’s left
for anything we’ve sent for before or since. Scissors for
instance.
Your
roll of papers didn’t come but may later. Wish you had kept
the
$3. of Mrs. Libbie S. and spent it for the Journal. Now I’ll
keep
it ‘til we go to Nairobi & get something with it.
Thanks
for the squash pie recipe may try it when we have squash.
Those you
sent in little tin box are in little fruits. We hope they are
hubbards. Yes, the alarm clock I bro’t you mean is going
alright. Ridler fussed with it one day & put it off some
but pretty good
time. You bet the little planes are alright & so is the
fellow
that sent them. Haven’t used them much but hope to later. Wait
til we get settled in the other house we’ll make all sorts of
pretty things then. Muslin, bells etc is fine. Bells have been
used
every day. The big one for calling the workmen the little one
on the
table. We did hope Miss D. got those tin boxes for us but she
evidently didn’t as all we’ve ever gotten was the folding
bureau.
I
see by your letter you still can find places to spend your
money. Well we have no trouble in that line even out here.
Thanks for the
papers again. We do enjoy them. See Lora has a letter in one.
For
all the babies alover. Who said anything about race suicide.
Alice
must be very busy haven’t heard a word for a long time but
when we
know she’s well & busy we don’t mind not hearing & she
likely gets much of our news. When Papa & Warren have
finished
making fences there wish they’d come here & fence the
garden. Am so sorry about Gene Ott.
Those
pails are awful handy & if you can easily why send some.
We get
no fat but what we get from the sheep we buy for meat but they
are
getting so expensive that we can’t get very often so are
saving
with fat. J. had an Eng. Hymnal but doesn’t know where it is.
We
care most for a Ger. but want an Eng. very much. Will mention
in a
letter to his folks & you mention when you write them they
may
have it.
If
there are other D.C. Cook books that you know I’ve not read
&
think we’d like add them. I haven’t read any but those we had
before I left. If you think some things we send for are kinda
funny
just remember we’re in Africa & that’s funny too. The
Encyclopedia we’re getting Lora mentioned as so fine. We have
nothing in that line. Think the two sets from Mont. Co. will
be
rather nice.
I’ll
stop now & write others. Had a letter from Mrs Lindbirger
for
two letters from us for State Conv. & Gen’l or something.
I
promised the girls at Kijabe I’d write you nothing about our
W.M.S.
so you’d see it first in Mess & be awfully
surprised. I
did write a letter for Miss Mess. Don’t know why it hasn’t
been
published.
We
can’t understand Miss Gam. & others. Not a single word all
these months. We almost feel as tho we had offended them in
some
way.
I
have a new headache cure. Eno’s Fruit Salts. When I feel kinda
funny I take some & most always helps at once. We use it
much. Sort of bracing when one feels fagged. Used by many in
hot climates.
Thanks
for dandelion seed we’ll be careful.
Yours
with the biggest kind of love
Florence.
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