April 28, 1937
My Beloved Melvin,
How is my boy today? I wish you could whisper loud enough for me to hear you and I could look far enough to see you. It is hard to be so far apart.
Today I did not get a card or letter so I am anxiously waiting for the Postman this afternoon, I hope he will bring me one from you—I don’t care a rap for any other—Your sweet letter yesterday cheered me so.
This morning Mr. Core came again—he said, “I have good news for you—Mr. Thayne at 631 East 3rd South phoned for me to come down and see if you still want to trade houses.” He said, “If you want to I think I can still make the trade.”
Well, I had forgotten all about that now for I thought it was all off.
What would you do? Do you think I could make a go of renting out the rooms?
I have been looking at Duplex’s—he says, “Leave them alone, they will never make you a living. One room there would bring you as much money as a whole side of a duplex.”
Uncle Will said the other day, “Now if you could make that trade and had a home as well as a means of support you would have been wise—don’t have houses on your hands to rent and don’t get two houses on your hands at once.”
So those are my orders. I guess I better take them or I am liable to fail in business.
That would be a good comfortable home for us and it would be a change of neighborhoods and wards, etc.—etc.—
Would you come back and live with us if we moved up there? I think we would be in the 10th Ward—I’m not sure—we might be in the 12—13th.
Pearlie has been making a cake—I wish I could hand you a piece—would you like it or do you get plenty where you are?
It sounds like you eat where you board—do you? If so is she a good cook? Better than your Mother? Are you happier there than here? Is there anything you need or want? Have you seen much of Robert yet?
I wish I had something nice to send you. Pearlie and I get the work done and off we go—we are both so lonesome we can’t stay home—we went to Mutual last night and they put on the Opera—“Martha,” it was very entertaining and very good.
A Doctor talked, in class, about the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith—he said he did more in the short 38 years of his life than any other man ever did in so short a life, except the Savior who only lived 33 years.
He said if Washington, Lincoln, Plato, Huss, Luther or any of the great reformers had died at 38 years they would have died unknown to the world—their names would never have been famous yet. Washington was known by almost every one in the United States—he said Joseph Smith has been heard of by almost every nation and kindred. In Washington, at the Capitol there are 2,656 books speaking of the works of Washington but in the Church Office alone there are otherwise 20,000 books telling of the great work the Prophet Joseph Smith established on the earth.
The Book of Mormon is second to the Bible in being read and studied all over the world.
It has been translated and printed in seventeen different languages and translated in four or five but not published yet.
The work is a marvelous work and a wonder as the 76 Section of the Doc. & Cov. tells us.
So Bro. Cranney and Banks were at Sunday School to meet you—the dear old things—I will try and write to them but I have no time or money to write to any one but you.
You are my Lover—my only Lover and I must not spend my few moments I can get along with you writing to others.
Pearlie is now asleep she is so tired—Dorothy took a music lesson of Mr. Timothy—this morning at 7:30 a.m.—so we all had to get up very early. Dorothy went and tended Dianna’s children last night—Pearlie went to Mutual with me.
I have not heard anything about my work at the bakery—the man still has his truck in our garage—so when they open I guess I will hear bout it Ha!Ha! I’ve got them cornered.
The sun is trying to come out—it’s been snowing this morning—it sure is cold.
Well Darling I must close, as Calvin will be here soon and I want him to mail this for me.
Melvin, do not stay there and suffer for food or anything as long as we are eating three times a day at home.
I wish I could send you plenty so you could have a good time but maybe we will all get rich at the same time. Let’s keep a stiff upper lip and hope for the best.
Love from all, especially from you Loving Mother
Write Soon – I’ll be waiting oooooooxxxxxx