18 December 1918

Dear Don,

First of all I want you to get the good-looking stationary I'm using. Miss Fischer (Louise Brown's friend) went to Duluth and brought me this as a friendship present. She likes me and she's the kind to be always doing things like that. The envelope is what took my eye.

I got a letter yesterday from Ruth yesterday. She hadn't received mine as yet telling her I wasn't going to be home. I'll bet she'll be disappointed but I just can't see it any other way. She said she'd meet me in Minneapolis and Mrs. Clark is going to be there and we'd do all the town. Gosh I simply can't afford to, even if Dad sent me money for car fair cause I haven't clothes for M. C. Then I want to save my money for this summer cause for once in my life I'm going to do something to enjoy myself - go somewhere or something. Ruth won't see all of this but nevertheless I have made up my mind. I've got a bunch of dentist work to have done and I want a good rest. I am going to meet Edythe in Duluth Jan. 1st. She's coming back early to keep me company. I'm just crazy to see her and have her back. I've been so lonesome I've nearly died.

No, I won't buy you anything more cause I can't afford any more but I'll send you a box of fudge. Sugar can be had any old time now, so you can be looking for that. I wrote and told Ruth not to send me anything except handkerchiefs and a picture of Betty and Bob. Told her if Dad insisted (?) on sending me something, I wanted a traveling bag.

Ruth told me about Joe Eldridge's death. Gee isn't it awful the way people are dying?

This week has sure been a long, tiresome one. All my classes have been making candy. Today we packed four boxes, one for each member of the board and Mr. Lunn. Edith made the boxes and sent the cutest cards. The candy was grand - pralines, fudge, panocha, caramels, peanut candy, stuffed dates, Parisian sweets. If I do say it, the candy was simply great. The Board is meeting tonight and they will get their boxes then.

With the flu raging the way it is I don't think it an unsensible thing at all for me to stay here. I don't know how long it's been since I've been to a movie but it seems ages.

Today we had an accident in class, first one I've ever had in cooking. One little girl poured hot molasses on the other one's hand. Gosh I don't know what I did first but the little thing never even cried. It burned her little fingers white.

I guess I told you all about our new rooming place. I'm so glad I'm going to be with Edith. I won't mind Biwabik a bit. I'm worrying tho' for fear she won't stay good and strong. She has heart trouble and very high blood pressure, caused from a goitre which is slowly growing larger. She does more for me than any girl I know or ever knew. I'm sure glad I stumbled onto her for its kind of nice to have a good girl friend you can depend on and I don't feel half as lonesome as I did, my life, I mean.

I got to get a box of some kind off to Lela tomorrow, don't know just what I can scrape up in this no-man's town but I'll put a card in for both of us.

Well you can be looking for the candy the first of the week. I won't have time to get it off until the last of this week. Write often,

Much love,
Leone

Dec, 18, 1918