7 Shopping at Dayton’s in Minneapolis
August 24, 1934 Atwater, Minnesota
Dear Corinna and all,
We received your letter in Mpls. Uncle Karl’s and Uncle Paul’s had a chance to read your letter too. They are so pleased about your apparent easy adjustment to a new home and surroundings. We all feel it a priviledge to have a regular correspondent not only because we hear about your doings but also about the rest of your family.
H,G, and I like our hankies a lot. They were here when we got home. H rec’d your letter this a.m. She read it aloud—Gloria then remarked “why doesn’t she write to me?” “Because you didn’t write to her”, we both said. After a short meditation she said, “I don’t want her to write to me. I wouldn’t read it if she did and Buddy would open it anyhow like he did Harriet’s”. I suppose her tho’t processes had been that it was too much trouble to write anyhow so she solved the matter the easiest way out.
Sorry your foot doesn’t heal—perhaps there is some of the nail left—at least I would think so if it hurts when you press on it. I should think the thing would work out itself.
We, Esther and I, looked for bikes all Tuesday afternoon. They are all from $23 to $30. So we will have to wait till she earns more money—the last of September or October she will have enough. Tuesday morning Aunt Frances took Pen and we three to a playground where there was everything an acrobatic child (such as H and G are) to enjoy. Then they swam in Lake Calhoun. Aunt Frances is very good at planning the right things for children. Then of course Tuesday while we were shopping—they played with John and Caroline and got along fine with them. I bought a rust brown sweater for Myron. We went to Annie’s at 5—Aunt Frances and Uncle Paul took us over—Then Myrtle and Hannah Holmberg took us all to a picnic at Minnehaha down in the Glen—just a wonderful spot and oh such eats. Russell Davidson’s were there too all but Roger—he was caddying. Beatrice Peterson stayed home and tended store. Yesterday Beatrice took H and G down town on street car and bus—they went to Dayton’s toy floor—to Powers traveling stairs and as H and G said—“up and down about 10 elevators”. She bought them pencil boxes and Annie and Nellie gave them 20cents to buy anything they wanted. H got a child’s cook book and tablets and G got a 20 cents baby doll which I had to sew a dress for, in the afternoon. Harriet developed a bad toothache on the way home from town. So as Beatrice is a dental nurse she advised it being pulled. She took her to a dentist ½ block from Annie’s and he pulled it—only 50 cents. I called up Lydia Isaacson from Annie’s and we had a nice visit—she said to greet you and wish you best of luck—also everyone else tells me the same.
Uncle Karl has been quite worried about business for a time but he thinks now it will clear up either a change in partners or he will be alone. The first night I was there he was down in the mouth but he had had a good talk with his partners the next day a