Postmarked Sept 4, 1933, Berkeley Calif.
To GLH, Hotel Stevens, Chicago
FROM AEP, Piedmont Ave, Berkeley Calif.
Monday afternoon
Sweetheart darling,
Don’t mind me, I saw “Peg O’ Me Heart” last night and I’m
afraid it has effected me speech so if I start putting in, thee’s and yeas, and
start putting too many r’s into words please just over look it. I didn’t write
last night, dear-r, because it was rather late and besides I couldn’t have
mailed it until today and being Labor Day it wouldn’t go out until 6:15 any way
so I decided to write today. I missed my
chat with you but I tho’t about you and us for a long time before I finally
went to sleep and I woke up thinking about you. In fact I was having such a
wonderful time thinking about you that I didn’t want to get up. I keep
imagining our reunion. I wonder where it will actually be and when. Wouldn’t it
be wonderful if I could come up at Christmas time? I haven’t said anything
about it to Pop but I secretly hope and plan for it in my heart. I will
approach him later and at an appropriate time. I love you!
Yesterday morning I called up Ruggy (She lives in Berkeley).
She said that she and Hanala would come over to see us as soon as they could. They’ll
be going back to school soon. Yesterday afternoon Lavinia gave a tea for June
and myself and had girls from Manila that lived here abouts. Lavinia is the
oldest girl in their family. She is very tall (taller than June) but very good
looking even tho’ she is large. She is a few weeks younger than June but is
very poised and capable. She manages all the younger children beautifully. It
was kind of fun but there were only two of the girls that I still considered very
good friends. One I was particularly pleased to see because I tho’t she was
still down in Los Angeles and I was afraid I was going to miss seeing her all
together. My goodness I have never heard so much gossip in all my life. There
was one girl there that knew everything that had ever happened to everybody I
had ever known in Manila almost. It was a hen party par excel lance but I did
enjoy finding out where some of the people were that I hadn’t heard of for
years. There were two girls here from Manila that were Alpha Phis. One at
Stanford and one at Cal. It’s funny how all the Manila girls or at least most
of them that go to school on the coast go Alpha Phi. Both of these girls are
just darling! One is a sophomore and other graduated about two years ago. There
is another one that wasn’t here who is also a sophomore this year. Last night
after the guests had all gone the kids all wanted to go to the show so Mom and
I went with them. Notice, I am not one of the kids. Pop had gone out to play
bridge. We saw “Peg O’ Me Heart” and Joe E Brown in “Elmer the Great”. I tho’t
I had seen it but I guess this is a new version or something because it was new
to me and awfully good. But what with two features, a newsreel, and a comedy it
was after eleven when we got home and I was tired. But I had had a nice day
anyway. It’s funny how people change and grow apart when they haven’t seen each
other for a number of years. Do you think that is likely to happen to us? The
more I see of it around here the more determined I am to see you as often and
as much as I possibly can for the next few years. O, darling, I don’t want us
to grow apart. I am living with only one future ahead of me and until that time
everything in between is a complete blank. I don’t care what happens as long as
I can see you and the time goes quickly.
This morning I was busy. I washed my hair and you know that
is a job. Then I tried to type a letter that Sleepy had gotten from her
husband. She can’t read script but she can read print but I can’t understand
Tagalog so I have a heck of a time copying the letter. I’m afraid Sleepy thinks
I’m dumb because I make so many mistakes.
Well, lover, this is the last letter I will send to Chicago
but I will have some waiting for you when you get home.
I love you, Ann
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