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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, July 1944-April 1945

1944-10-03 Helen Fox to Bess Peebles Fox Page 3

ration points and the things I'd brought with me.  I took five Hershey bars, several packages of Life Savers, a package of tea, two of Nestles chocolate, some Eliz. Arden dusting powder a big cake of soap, two small ones, a lipstick and a jar of cold cream and a tube of lanoline cream.  They kept saying I shouldn't have done it, while, as Maureen said, they hungrily gathered in the spoils and carted them off.  Really my dear, we have no idea of the difficulty of living for them.  It takes all their time and energy to forage enough food and coal to keep them.  I think it is worse there because everything is brought by steamer and is high.  Their investments on the continent are of no present use, so their finances are low, too.  I humbly ate bacon and liver, the first they'd been abot to get for months, and liked it.  Also the bread, which makes me break out and I know it.  Waste, or not eating something is just unthinkable.  I've packed up a box with some of the things you've sent me and will send it to them.  I know you won't mind that use of the corned beef and the chocolate.
I had a pint of milk (fresh) a day.  It was the first I'd had since the States.  They had

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ration points and the things I'd brought with me. I took five Hershey bars, several packages of Life Savers, a package of tea, two of Nestles chocolate, some Eliz. Arden dusting powder a big cake of soap, two small ones, a lipstick and a jar of cold cream and a tube of lanoline cream. They kept saying I shouldn't have done it, while, as Maureen said, they hungrily gathered in the spoils and carted them off. Really my dear, we have no idea of the difficulty of living for them. It takes all their time and energy to forage enough food and coal to keep them. I think it is worse there because everything is brought by steamer and is high. Their investments on the continent are of no present use, so their finances are low, too. I humbly ate bacon and liver, the first they'd been abot to get for months, and liked it. Also the bread, which makes me break out and I know it. Waste, or not eating something is just unthinkable. I've packed up a box with some of the things you've sent me and will send it to them. I know you won't mind that use of the corned beef and the chocolate. I had a pint of milk (fresh) a day. It was the first I'd had since the States. They had