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Miscellaneous letters to Helen Fox, 1933-1945
1933-01-16 Maureen Croly to Helen Fox Page 15
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15 you please complete the good work by presenting me with a nice American husband, it being well known that they are the best to be had. It is positively indelicate of mother. Our little cat is called "Tike" after those queer New Zealand charms, tikis, or gods, carved in greenstone. They look a bit like this, tongue out, cheeks tattooed, and puss somehow often sticks his tongue out. He is very ordinary in appearance, but clever, and has quaint chummy ways. I'll send you a snapshot of him when I can persuade him to stand still for a moment. Oh, before I stop, I must ask you if you would
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15 you please complete the good work by presenting me with a nice American husband, it being well known that they are the best to be had. It is positively indelicate of mother. Our little cat is called "Tike" after those queer New Zealand charms, tikis, or gods, carved in greenstone. They look a bit like this, tongue out, cheeks tattooed, and puss somehow often sticks his tongue out. He is very ordinary in appearance, but clever, and has quaint chummy ways. I'll send you a snapshot of him when I can persuade him to stand still for a moment. Oh, before I stop, I must ask you if you would
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