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To:
Name Dr. Miriam Van Waters
Street & Number Box 99
City Framingham, State Mass.

REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN
SEP 20 1939
FRAMINGHAM

BOX 1112
Joliet, Illinois
September 17, 1939

Dear Dr. Van Waters:

Your two letters from the wilds of Colorado were very good read-
ing. Through your descriptions and stories I too have something of a vacation.
You may come home feeling so strong and healthy that we may not be able
to manage you. I am glad you had a chance to relax from your work for awhile.

Last letter day as I told you, I wrote to Miss Rice who recieved it in one
week's time and wrote me a very nice letter in return. I shall be well pleased
when she is back in Chicago and visiting me once more.

It is high time I am beginning to think of writing home. Tonight a letter
came from hom. Mary Bell wrote that she almost had a bad auto accident. My
other sister Fay was in an accident and painfully injured. wasn't examined by
a doctor. She suffers when lying down most of all. My Aunt Mary Bates died last
Saturday and was or is to be bured at Exline, Iowa, near my mother. They were
sister. and Aunt Mary was always good to us when we were kids. Mary Bell
has lost the diamond ring Dad gave her and she dreads telling him about it. I think
this just about covers the news from home for this time at least.

Somehow, Doctor, I don't believe your sister + her children in England are in
any immediate danger. No one wants to be the first to drop bombs on any
one of the three big cities. Of course no one knows the plans for tomorrow.

I heard Mr. Chamberlain made a speech, pounded the desk with his fist,
and declared that England would fight Germany until the last Frenchman was
stone dead. Tell that to Miss Rice, will you? She is all for England + France.
My sympathies are with them too, and I fear they will need sympathy before
things are settled in Europe. The world would go to the dogs in a hurry if the
three dictators should come out on top. In the meantime let's not worry about it.

Do not mail currency-Money Orders and Checks accepted.
Foodstuffs and Packages are not accepted at any time.

Visits every two weeks by relatives only.