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Show called upon "to fight," a l though he holds the rank of,; !'!IJCaptain, be cause I do n ot ·feel th~re will ever be any 1..var, n otwi t hstandv tne fa ct we have had already, air r ai d rehears als, all very interesting, t o say the least, and ins tructive . · You a s ked ·me ab ou~still working in t he Consulate, b ut , I had alre ad;y wri tten you as to my retirement. Rememb er? I know t ~at you, to o, are a very busy man, a nd s o, for the moment , s ince I had been in the Service for so many years-- 20 years and six months--y ou s ti l l t h ought of me a s being still i n i t . But , I am living at home _, comfortably on my pension , something I could n ot do in the Stat es f or the s ame amount . It wcruld not c ove~ re:r:t , over there . So, for t h e pr e ent , I am glad to leave "well enough, al one !' Ye t, I a m n o l es s a loyayfi,meri can . 0 1 I ·read a splendid article i n t h e New York Times , regarding the wonderful activi t i es of the Mormon Church , i n these days of economical s truggle, in the States . You s ee, I k e ep posted a s t o -matters i n Utah . What thrift , to b e .sure! And , now , two days a mon th, ~~s t:!:E,~! I f a sted once, when I was a child ! It nearly k eeled me over, and n o mistake! But , I think Utah an exc e pti ~nal a n d unique State in t he Union ; Uncl e Sammy s h ould certainly be P,r oud of her . I . · I sent along some 1 , nes to "The Era," before the fir st of t he year 1 and lo a nd beho;d! They were turned down cpld and returned! What upset me, rri.ore.~than the refusal of the manus cript, ,a s the fact, that I was g iven several re asons ! ' One woul d hq.ve been s.ufficient . I trul y believe-;-1'iowever , that t he Postscri;pt to the letter-- a nd can Y, OU i ma gine givi ng the real reason in a po s tscript 1- - gave .out t he truth of the rejection/: "I t woul d not be understoo d in t h e li ght of . our faith . H It may have b e en a b it philosophic, but that was .. a ll . It i s the very firs t ti me " Th e Era" ever turned me down, or t h~ "Young Wpman ' s J ournal" from which "The Era " sprang . . That is ~o me t hin~ , after all , perhaps. 1 -- Thank you f or telling me ab ou t the magazine, " Utah . '' I · haven 't communicated with i t , as yet . Markets are . the prob l em, with me , n ow. I have much i nt ere s ting ma terial on ' ha nd', but t h ere is _not much inc ent_i ve i n tryi ng to disp ose of i t, s i nce I am prac t i cally unknown . "Nerone " I have be en several ti mes to the Scala , this wip t er . ( Nero) by Boito, was one I had n ot before h eard . Rather profound ! staging and t h e s cenic effects went t o m y head • .So mething marvelous ! The We have been e njoying s pri ng since s hortly aft er Chri s t mas! The mild est wi nter I have ever know t,, here . No fog , this Y.e ar . The ci ty looks bright and lovely , clean and orderly , ·a nd one's l i fe moves al ong peacef~lly , notwithstanding poli t ics . We l l , dear Ge orgeFyper , what about y ou? _ When I t h ink of y our climbing t h e Cathedral stairs, I feel you are a l ways " fit ." And not only this , living "i n the b os om of your family , " must k e e p y ou refreshed lik e "a wa tered ga rden," as p er t he Bible . Remember me t o one a nd a ll members . My cousins , Charl ey a nd Be l le Ross , a r e l iving in Salt· Lak e , now , |
