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

1944-12-31 Helen Fox to Bess Peebles Fox Page 3

I guess box seventeen is the only one not here now, if I mentioned nineteen.  Anyway the Bonfire lipstick isn't here yet and I'm getting down to the nub.
No, there isn't snow, but a heavy hoar frost on trees and grass and shrubs that is beautiful, and the roses bloom on.
All I have to do is see that all the fellows get back from the play when I take them.  Even that isn't always easy.  Lin once had to go pubbing to find them.
What nice gifts you got!  Especially the pears and the garden apron.
Don't worry about more Jalma for Jay.  She was most pleased with the smaller box and considers the debt well paid, of course, we both can always use it, so send it if you wish.
We took the Minster Lovell people to lunch and & a movie in town here.  They are most pleased with the hospitality rations the army gives us when we go out for meals.  A pound of sugar, a pound of tea, canned vegetables or fruit, sometimes meat, and we always take candy for all the kids.
No, Issie didn't send a box.  I wish I'd thought of Mary on the etchings.  She could have had one marked for one of the less necessary ones.
The rabbit was plain garden variety and sweeter than he looked.  I know I'll want to grab myself one.  Maybe a white one would be easier to find, though.  We fed him dandelions, carrots, celery tops, cabbage, hard candy, (gum?) and orange, apples, or anything we were eating.  He wasn't fussy

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I guess box seventeen is the only one not here now, if I mentioned nineteen. Anyway the Bonfire lipstick isn't here yet and I'm getting down to the nub. No, there isn't snow, but a heavy hoar frost on trees and grass and shrubs that is beautiful, and the roses bloom on. All I have to do is see that all the fellows get back from the play when I take them. Even that isn't always easy. Lin once had to go pubbing to find them. What nice gifts you got! Especially the pears and the garden apron. Don't worry about more Jalma for Jay. She was most pleased with the smaller box and considers the debt well paid, of course, we both can always use it, so send it if you wish. We took the Minster Lovell people to lunch and & a movie in town here. They are most pleased with the hospitality rations the army gives us when we go out for meals. A pound of sugar, a pound of tea, canned vegetables or fruit, sometimes meat, and we always take candy for all the kids. No, Issie didn't send a box. I wish I'd thought of Mary on the etchings. She could have had one marked for one of the less necessary ones. The rabbit was plain garden variety and sweeter than he looked. I know I'll want to grab myself one. Maybe a white one would be easier to find, though. We fed him dandelions, carrots, celery tops, cabbage, hard candy, (gum?) and orange, apples, or anything we were eating. He wasn't fussy