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Dearest Edna: -
Just a few lines. I am sending you Ruth's letter and Gu___'s? card also a letter I received from Mrs. McNick, formerly of Ekalaka [Montana]. Of course, it would be impossible to take her sister even if we had room for her. I wrote her to that effect.
I went to the chapter [UDC] meeting yeserday. There were so many interesting reports about the convention. I am sorry I could not go but have too much to do getting ready for our trip. I have Anne all sewed up and am busy with my things. I have made a morning dress of pique voile* which is quite pretty. I had my brown hat, which I have worn for three summers, done over and it is quite pretty and up to date.
Mr. & Mrs. Burnside have been back for L.A. for a week. She and I went to the Expo* last Sunday and had a grand time. Mrs. de Belloy invited the Burnsides, Dad and I out for chicken dinner next Sunday. I did want to go tot he Expo. It is Texas Day and many of my friends will be there but will have to give it up.
I wrote Lynn and Mary that we would be there the night of the 15th and not to send us any more oranges.
Mrs. B has been helping me with the washing to learn how to run the machine. She is slower than Mrs. Price was about learning. We are going to the depot this afternoon to see the Rexall streamlined all steel train.* It will be open to the public from 9 AM to 6 PM.
Paul has his teeth and has never had a minutes discomfort. They are good looking.
Must close and get busy.
Love, Mother
P.S. You remember that yellow bird I got to mate with Jerry. I finally separated them and the yellow bird has turned out to be a singer. They sing solos and duets all day long.
Dearest Edna: -
Just a few lines. I am sending you Ruth's letter and Gu___'s? card also a letter I received from Mrs. McNick, formerly of Ekalaka [Montana]. Of course, it would be impossible to take her sister even if we had room for her. I wrote her to that effect.
I went to the chapter [UDC] meeting yeserday. There were so many interesting reports about the convention. I am sorry I could not go but have too much to do getting ready for our trip. I have Anne all sewed up and am busy with my things. I have made a morning dress of pique voile* which is quite pretty. I had my brown hat, which I have worn for three summers, done over and it is quite pretty and up to date.
Mr. & Mrs. Burnside have been back for L.A. for a week. She and I went to the Expo* last Sunday and had a grand time. Mrs. de Belloy invited the Burnsides, Dad and I out for chicken dinner next Sunday. I did want to go tot he Expo. It is Texas Day and many of my friends will be there but will have to give it up.
I wrote Lynn and Mary that we would be there the night of the 15th and not to send us any more oranges.
Mrs. B has been helping me with the washing to learn how to run the machine. She is slower than Mrs. Price was about learning. We are going to the depot this afternoon to see the Rexall streamlined all steel train.* It will be open to the public from 9 AM to 6 PM.
Paul has his teeth and has never had a minutes discomfort. They are good looking.
Must close and get busy.
Love, Mother
P.S. You remember that yellow bird I got to mate with Jerry. I finally separated them and the yellow bird has turned out to be a singer. They sing solos and duets all day long.
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Per Wikipedia: The Rexall Train of March to November 1936 toured the United States and Canada to promote Rexall drug store products, and to provide the equivalent of a national convention for local Rexall druggists without the cost of travel. Free tickets for locals to see displays of Rexall products were available at local Rexall drug stores. The 29,000 mile tour went to 47 of the 48 contiguous states (missing Nevada) and to parts of Canada. The blue and white train of 12 air-conditioned Pullman cars with displays in 4 cars, convention facilities in 4 cars and a dining car was hauled by a streamlined 4-8-2 Mohawk locomotive, No 2783 from the New York Central Railroad. It was the million dollar brainchild of Louis Liggett, who travelled in the rear observation car.
The 1936 Million Dollar Rexall Streamlined Train
"The Depression is over!", declared Louis Liggett. And with that, he put the most fantastic promotional train ever conceived on the rails to the four corners of the Nation.
From March to November 1936, the 12-car streamlined, air-conditioned billboard-on-wheels toured the length and breadth of the United States.
Sallie refers to making over a dress of pique voile. This was probably like the dress pictured, 2-layers. The bottom layer is pique, referring to a tight weave used for dresses and men's vests; the top layer is the voile, a sheer fabric used in dresses and curtains. The picture of Sallie with Sharon and Adrian is about the same time as the letter was written.
The Expo referred to in the letter was the expo held in San Diego in 1935-36. Some of the Balboa Park buildings were built for the Expo, including the Globe Theatre [pictured].
From Wikipedia:
The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. The exposition was held in Balboa Park, the site of the earlier 1915 Panama-California Exposition and San Diego's large urban central park.
The Exposition was held was to promote San Diego and support its economy which had slowed down with the country's Great Depression. The exposition was a financial and attendance success due to creative designing, careful planning, enhanced employee training, and considerations for entertainments, restaurants, theaters, shopping, transportation, visitor security, and other details for a well functioning international event.
The exposition had hundreds of exhibits in history, the arts, horticulture, ethnic cultures, science, and industry. Some concessions and exhibits were unusual, such as the Gold Gulch, Lost Continent of Mu, Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, and the "1 ton (900 kg.) Mechanical Man."
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