FCP B96 F45: Letter from Dorothy Curtin to Leonora Curtin, 1916/06/23

Dear Leonora,

Being gardener, nurse and laundress does not leave much time for other occupations except sleep. But hard work agrees with me for I eat and sleep like a hired maid.

Jonny is perfectly fine, you could never believe he had been so ill. He is over three feet tall and weighs about 35 pounds. When I get a good such shot I shall send one.

We came down here the first week in May and I expect to stay put till I take Jonny up to Peru [Penn?] the end of August; then we stay there till I take Jonny south the end of October. The doctor says Jonny should stay away from the city for a year or two so I am going to Little Sapphor [sp?] Island near Savannah and help a friend of mine farm the Island. She is a widow also but with a grown family + grandchildren. I think they will all be there and we can just turn the children loose and push hats on them to tell them from the pigs and calves.

Joody is home and it is so nice having her here. She does not seem changed at all.

Henry has left the navy and like all good patriots he is pounding the pavement for a job.

Enos has gone back to San Domingo + the rest of the family are in Peru.

I am so discourage over June I don’t know what to do. He just won’t settle to doing anything, neither school nor work + he is not improving by the process.

Mother leaves this week for a trip west she is planning to come to Pasadena to see Mrs Wungor [sp?] so you may see her shortly after you get this. I think now she has us all home she finds it rather a houseful + is going off herself for a rest.

I do hope you will get east in October.

Your affectionate,

Dorothy D C