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March 28, 1949

Dear folks, 

Has the library card come through?

Is there a Sunday supplement picture of the cherries you could send?

O.K. I have here referred to "NO SMOKING". How much weight have you actually put on, Dad?  From all accounts you are no longer able to wear anything   Is your leg(s) all right for long warm weather hiking now? I like to picture where you may have been [[strikethrough]] las [[/strikethrough]] when we were banging away at the mass this weekend. 

What a time" Sat morning we went [[strikethrough]] hou [[/strikethrough]] through it, & then: there was a 50% [[strikethrough]] off [[/strikethrough]] slash in record prices all over town, so - we had no lunch save a candy bar, & at 4:30 came warily weighted out of the last store to stack large brown packages on the back seat. $23 for himself & $11 for the Lug. (name: Loyd [[Lloyd]] Lug?well). When Bill had proudly finished rearranging his albums in chronological order he was found to have 51 albums, or over $200 worth. The last store had everything he'd dreamed [[strikethrough]] off [[/strikethrough]] of, & for the first half hour he just wandered around writing them down and shaking his head in comic despair: and got them all. Really the chance before L. P. (long playing: which still costs about $20 to install). Very tired. I rested while he got groceries, - managed to last out the eve. Sunday I slept as long as possible, & after the first half (4:15: not on stage again till 7:15) I slept almost an hour while supper was being made. His tux (for evening finale) was very funny: of his father, the only whole piece on it was the front; the rest was in sheer tatters. He had the traditional trouble with his bow tie, - we were off.  The performance as rated highly except for a few [[strikethrough]] 'sult [[/strikethrough]] criticism was something