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Jan 18, 1944

REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN
JAN 20 1944
FRAMINGHAM
[stamp]

Dear Dr. Van Waters,

I'm sorry to be so long
in answering your lovely let-
ter. I have moved since
Christmas, as Miss Kelley has
probably told you, and it
seems that I am going a
mile a minute accomplish-
ing nothing.

The palce I moved to
already had two dogs and
from the first day Hilda
and the dogs were enemies.
They are [rusty?] little dogs.
So I had to take Hilda
to my aunt Ruth's in Brook-
line to live. She has a love-
ly big yard and Hilda
is very happy there. My
aunt is crazy about her,
and I see her once or twice
a week. I really miss her
so much though.

I am still having a
barrell of trouble with my
teeth. Today I had one
whole side of my jaw op-