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Show s Chicago, ."ct. BQ%h9 L98T, Dear Folks, * Especially Mother:- Another ?latsi rXy Annivorseryl fa hsit ta h s l l Wm sneif wan s u e i , tethe?! Ve Know I t will be a ha- j v and usof.U day, &nd ve already are looking forward to b x -lx;, s-xje FIX or xevan ? e x s » honee, of how the ^celebration1* caae off, for I mi rare Grace Feng, Father, ami others will son. SAW napyiry to xixrx the day a p p r o p r i a t e l y , e*en as we woulo wish to,t.» . From a l l of you in the past f o r t o l x a t ' s i r x e Last 1 vrov-* ha. s come a fin® hatch of mail - yen, I mean U ®f you ~* e*en AX! i l l! About a weXc ago cane & f i n e btoxo r" A f - i T f r x XX.un, pxXmx ed oct.LX I t contained lW.ters f x x Art of the 7th % 8 t h , AX> a b r i e f not© in pen froio Fvank, which read ss follows: ftn«r«r P i l l , Ceel 'those were newsv A-ttors von o r o t e . Xfx -<• x--A>ed so WOP.1 t otto-A t to write for a while, Frx:e\t?.w i'O.A . x : e envelope also OOUUIXM X *-<;rfs l e t t e r of pa?act 1st. i x i c h \-o oere i n Cx;:x'G hod not seen, and I believe t at xvin-x us up t? hate on a l l th-r, h oXuur" m a i l . The "corjvos" therein also e n c l o s e ! ,- iro-i rt;:~.xnn, Gert x x e •i\i\ hen (Ke*£ler?),"& *arian no o x x i n x x x a!x were also enj ,. %xs h r - - s , # * A very few lavs sf*er t h a t , case a fine botcii of oa.U f o n x r oX by Aunt ?:vra, coco, , L . f t o x x of *s of A if o . hxt? xloOi xo were oost £;lad t o oetj at ' • ho: x o i - s .a i^.t" by IFF* 'toody, on tne -jcctLion of Br* Lr, t h ' s OA-.X„ , o m xxs u./.t e x x x i p cXno. A b r i e f par-x n s i note from A.,4. h e x x l f xh..io taxi t iat she was perta hxA y^r the China i t A xXn, as we a l l are; that she had. been working very hard on no Xorlex x jporxt . o n s , e t c * > e t c . j and toot a h i t of inteXXox flu nail fc3oo ruroiix thro •is Y.: p l i x i xvxY, but tort thus far shQ had f o r X x t x . y e s c reu, x; *•-< to./e *e continues to do. I n t e r e s t ! 0:1}% there BOX o>?en a go 1 > i t of too .-no o o ^ l ^ i ^ r , loxre i n Coic-xo, too, v:ith n X Tx-u-i;; of xun staff rx-ootiy in bed for a tm* -A , ; AXX 1! , h*?t our family also f o r t u n a t e l y has esea ed. * » Then ) : * e r x . v caxie A r t ' * of the l o t h , for*- rxled fr.rr. x * c$ ,%raxn XXixTirxg tout XX-r word had XK?II received from Frx: ix, o o o l n x i x ixsnty of wor.% OeiJiA dono -it the IJ*rvvrd ohx 1 'onool, and b r i b i n g us Up to Ha t e with * r t ' » own n o n e - t o o - l l x ! schedule ft '*©'«*' ^ ' e n . AIL t h i s wx pian-l OOV,S»EO« oil;*- t i;ao and space pr^v^nts xoro dot^iloO x: l r e e l s tod Y apxoc Lative mention* But th® BIG s u r p r i s e of the week was the r e e o i p t , day "oofere yes-t e r d a t , of a l e t t e r with a ChXoxre postooe -t&.apj a postmrk dated C e x t . I ? t h| •y { -• - 0 -p@ reads «Fc.oohow C h r i s t i a n 'felon A.,-S, i t a l , F.-. ot >w_. P - o h n ^ ' o . o « | and, J-,IT9 coo.i % f o X ' x ilo; . *T : »e?'t - o x x t ¥ l e h o U x x i : : ?o> Fh ; r . :TS I t was dated Sept. 16th, and now roes -on i t s rounds to: tho ic-< of -on in the U.S.A* It made good time in reaching us {vi». X rx -• -*. , co..x;, .xo) AosDite wartime e x i o i t t x x s , rnd the news was .o x . . l l ^ I . o x v: ^ t c bisy.t-ur.y time Anx *nA too hcLpital staff there h aw hex- x o ' o x *'^t with h x o x _ ? i r r e g u l a r r e c e i p t of supplies, refugees shout, l@Eives, other absooco£*-»etc. "e X'ro »lad t o hear that the i l l n e s s of which -frx Flo ?.n e t r l l f - r apprtxxci us ?*s oot v;or«e than a toopArmry streptococcic sore thomt - and the ^crux Floxoxs ttiot followed the diphtneria a n t i t o x i n ! Pad oo...u«,h at t h a t , i . is f i r s t a t - a l l - d e t » i l ' ->r Y?t*ry% i a i l y routine re were ^ _ 4 / '• ceive, enxi i t gives us co.cotoim to oorx on. Tixt ^,.o"-ret .ond Indeed not evacuated, confirming our best guesses, also was s a t i s f y i n g news - as a.so the i n d i c a t i o n t h r t there apparently was no n-ieA for worrying shout her d-'f"'. .' e xxxo? too A-^CF, h i l L e t i n , and I also received a coSy :>f t:i?t ,j-oich he has sax.xxorlzed well* The other family news, or news of famixy i n t e r j i t, has been a recent note from Grandmother Tucker, saying she had not nearo from Chaotung for some tlmo, and she was n a t u r a l l y worried. 1 ass f * t t i £g off a short note to her to l e t her know a l l so Y&r i s weiL. Projaily the ionr hiatus of mall, the fsfliin© through which we r e c e n t l y went, has on^y just . ~- ;-.ff-otl?x her; nnd mail must very shortly also rsacn her. Xie other i l e a Ax: Y 1 - M: - ' X I , ohl o'ly for Art*s b e n e f i t . One or two of toe \u\^v l e t t e r s I wrote t h i s s u t l e r I >?ent oopio- of to Aunt \!yra, &:~ io^ A'J t o ! s k d o^M AST whet, he r ot hack to the USA. Hid you send on,A.M.? Did ynu |
