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Mrs Cobb drove out today.  When we met her at night to come home she said she had not been feeling well and had gone to a farewell luncheon to someone at noon and had been taken sick in the middle of the lunch and had to leave & throw up.  Mrs. Nimocks had a bad day too, making mistakes in about every letter.  I had some remark about berries or plums and she came in to ask me if there was any 'b' in plum.  She said she had a bad cold Sat. and took a lot of strong medicines to throw it off.

Fred Herman called up Friday to say that his boy had stepped on a nail and he would have to take him to the [[cross out]] host [[cross out]] doctor.  His oldest (?) girl has just entered a nunnery (or a pre-nunnery) for a 4-year term.  

Keep your courage up.    Love - DB


Dear Mother,
  
I guess you have a nurse for Grandma by now or else have had more of your nights broken.  It seems unfair for the hospital to put the pressure on like that, but perhaps they have to.  I wonder if you would tell [[cross out]] her [[/cross out]] Grandma about an excursion of Dolores - mine to [[cross out]] the [[/cross out]] an International House dance:  We didn't "have to dance with niggers" but there were several there.  Maybe she wouldn't appreciate that.  There were several Americans - other sorts as well.  Dolores had a very good time: she felt everyone had treated her "like a queen."

There is a tremendous amount of ironing for me to do tonight.  As you can imagine, there was a big wash when we got back.

Is Grandma losing strength by this struggle?  How did the new drug work?  How is your work on the barn floor progressing?  I shudder to think of [[cross out]] it [[cross out]]  all that work, & hope you are not doing too much at once.  Good luck, Doris