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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, May-July 1944

1944-06-14 Helen Angell to Mrs. Bess Peebles Page 1

June 14, 1944
Dear Mother,
Since I wrote Sunday I've had letters eighty-five and eighty seven and a large package containing the second sheet, the hard candies, and the bars.  They were all most welcome.  We are toying with the idea of dying one of Jay's sheets and one of mine to use as spreads, now that they've taken our blue ones away from us to use for patients.  Those big Baby Ruths are especially good, and I liked the new kinds too.
Do you suppose you could send me something like sardines, dried beef, corned beef, canned tongue or Vienna sausage?  An assorted box of such things would be the (making?) of our entertaining.  We have a hot plate in our room now, so we can make good coffee, postum or tea.  It also improves the chocolate to have really hot water.
I was very busy the early part of the week, and a couple of days after they'd arrived most of the new patients were thronging into the craft shop or requesting things to be brought on the wards to make.  They are a lively bunch, and we are now having a boom in leather wallets, not the size for British currency, but

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June 14, 1944 Dear Mother, Since I wrote Sunday I've had letters eighty-five and eighty seven and a large package containing the second sheet, the hard candies, and the bars. They were all most welcome. We are toying with the idea of dying one of Jay's sheets and one of mine to use as spreads, now that they've taken our blue ones away from us to use for patients. Those big Baby Ruths are especially good, and I liked the new kinds too. Do you suppose you could send me something like sardines, dried beef, corned beef, canned tongue or Vienna sausage? An assorted box of such things would be the (making?) of our entertaining. We have a hot plate in our room now, so we can make good coffee, postum or tea. It also improves the chocolate to have really hot water. I was very busy the early part of the week, and a couple of days after they'd arrived most of the new patients were thronging into the craft shop or requesting things to be brought on the wards to make. They are a lively bunch, and we are now having a boom in leather wallets, not the size for British currency, but