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Helen Fox Angell letters to her mother, December 1945-December 1947

1946-01-08 Helen Fox Angell to Bessie Peebles Fox Page 2

Now, about the typewriter. To loosen the roller to move the paper, you lift up & back the little roller that holds the paper down. When you want to go on after the bell rings, you press the button called margin release. I like your accents. The apostrophe is in the figures. No, I didn't have storage on the baggage. No, the Georgia girl is not in my group. The only one I know is Charlotte Littrell, who is here right now. I like her, although she is a lot younger & will be a staff assistant. Yesterday I opened Club 4 alone at 10 a.m. Theoretically we have no detail and have to clean up ourselves, but there were fellows waiting on the step in their fatigues & they came right in & got to work (they scoff at the idea it is work!) and more joined them so I had twelve or so helpers & they were annoyed because I emptied a wastebasket. They are funny. I played cards off & on, answered the phone & entertained a Major & a Lieut. who came to check inventory. I had toast, eggs, milk & orange juice before I went to work & came home at 4 intending to eat here, but lee phoned to invite me out for dinner so Adrian, Lee, Libby & I went to Hampton for a steak dinner, a show, & cake & milk after. We saw Rhapsody in Blue, which was good. The lads are very amusing and we laughed like goons. We are going to have them here for dinner some night this week, we think.
Love,
Helen

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Now, about the typewriter. To loosen the roller to move the paper, you lift up & back the little roller that holds the paper down. When you want to go on after the bell rings, you press the button called margin release. I like your accents. The apostrophe is in the figures. No, I didn't have storage on the baggage. No, the Georgia girl is not in my group. The only one I know is Charlotte Littrell, who is here right now. I like her, although she is a lot younger & will be a staff assistant. Yesterday I opened Club 4 alone at 10 a.m. Theoretically we have no detail and have to clean up ourselves, but there were fellows waiting on the step in their fatigues & they came right in & got to work (they scoff at the idea it is work!) and more joined them so I had twelve or so helpers & they were annoyed because I emptied a wastebasket. They are funny. I played cards off & on, answered the phone & entertained a Major & a Lieut. who came to check inventory. I had toast, eggs, milk & orange juice before I went to work & came home at 4 intending to eat here, but lee phoned to invite me out for dinner so Adrian, Lee, Libby & I went to Hampton for a steak dinner, a show, & cake & milk after. We saw Rhapsody in Blue, which was good. The lads are very amusing and we laughed like goons. We are going to have them here for dinner some night this week, we think. Love, Helen