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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, April-June 1918

1918-05-16 Robert M. Browning To Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 2

it may relieve the [[insertion]] dozen or so regiments of [[/insertion]] regulars who are here in the states. We hope for that as a last chance. So you see we refuse to accept a permanent detail here.
Since I wrote last I have become a Master Mason. I wish you would tell Dr. Faris that I have been raised to that sublime degree. He might be interested. 
You spoke of his administrative work, but I didn't know what it was till I got the [[underlined]] Alumnus [[/underlined]] last week. How is his eye? also his wife? Give him my best greeting. 
Will you tell all the staff that I am frequently with them in the class room or laboratory in spirit while my body is in Fort Snelling.
My correspondence with Marie and Nesta has sort of evaporated. I've written to hardly anyone but Mother for a couple of months. In fact I think there have been not more than four other letters than those to Mother and Earl since the middle of March. So you can see that my literary activities have been very limited. 
I phoned Mother Sunday but couldn't hear her well. She understood me all right so I guess she was glad I called.
Things have not been swell here lately. Miss McCarthy - the girl who took me to my first Kappa party last winter - has been helping me play around when off duty. We saw Maud Adams in "A Kiss for Cinderella", and David Warfield in "The Musicmaster". They were absolutely wonderful. I never knew what acting was till I saw them. Saturday we saw the Minnesota-Wisconsin track meet, Monday we heard "Ralph Connor" (Major Gordon, you know) tell of his experiences in the War. Friday we are going to see

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it may relieve the [[insertion]] dozen or so regiments of [[/insertion]] regulars who are here in the states. We hope for that as a last chance. So you see we refuse to accept a permanent detail here. Since I wrote last I have become a Master Mason. I wish you would tell Dr. Faris that I have been raised to that sublime degree. He might be interested. You spoke of his administrative work, but I didn't know what it was till I got the [[underlined]] Alumnus [[/underlined]] last week. How is his eye? also his wife? Give him my best greeting. Will you tell all the staff that I am frequently with them in the class room or laboratory in spirit while my body is in Fort Snelling. My correspondence with Marie and Nesta has sort of evaporated. I've written to hardly anyone but Mother for a couple of months. In fact I think there have been not more than four other letters than those to Mother and Earl since the middle of March. So you can see that my literary activities have been very limited. I phoned Mother Sunday but couldn't hear her well. She understood me all right so I guess she was glad I called. Things have not been swell here lately. Miss McCarthy - the girl who took me to my first Kappa party last winter - has been helping me play around when off duty. We saw Maud Adams in "A Kiss for Cinderella", and David Warfield in "The Musicmaster". They were absolutely wonderful. I never knew what acting was till I saw them. Saturday we saw the Minnesota-Wisconsin track meet, Monday we heard "Ralph Connor" (Major Gordon, you know) tell of his experiences in the War. Friday we are going to see