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I hope you have found things in Wash DC not too bad after your long absence and that the car is behaving well and your house work not getting too much for you.

From the little I have gleaned from our little ocean press newspaper, international difficulties seem to be approaching a climax, and I am thankful that we are on this side of the Atlantic.

I am letting Doris finish—

Dear Dad,

It has been a good trip; we have not had sunshine, that is all. But today everybody upon the deck was in high spirits in the warmth & in the thought of the closeness of home. It has been interesting this afternoon to see the light-ship of Boston. The Captain's dinner was last night - good manly T-bone steak & turkey with all kinds of small cakes. But mother hasn't enjoyed her food as much as before: she has had a long "fast" of small eating, tho no nausea.

The moving pictures have been a little better than on the way over, having been, I suppose, designed somewhat in eye of impressing foreigners with our land: a fierce Western today, a N.Y. ad agency another day, etc. We rise at 6:00 tomorrow & hope to get thru [custommery] tomorrow 11:-. I hope to find Dol in Stoughton. 

Love,
Doris



Providence to Boston Fri. 4.30 We finally got off & across the city to the Grand Central in time to catch the 2 o'clock train,—hope to get the 5.08 home. Bike coming along on our ticket probably later, but as baggage. Had no trouble with customs—didn't look at our stuff tho Doris opened a couple of suitcases.
Have your coat old. Doris

Wed. —6 Sept 1950


UNITED STATES LINES
S.S.

Dear Sid:

They say we dock early Friday morning. Doris has been making out a sheet of declarations which comes to about $140+, and she has been arranging also for the transportation of the bike to the train. We found our 3 packages,—your coat, 1 M suit and my winter coat—awaiting us at Southampton. I don't know how we are going to manage them all, but maybe the Lord will provide, as Molly Johen used to say when she borrowed money (never to repay) to go to the camp meetings. 

This hasn't been a very comfortable trip. It began being rough soon after we left Ireland & between the remnants of 3 hurricanes and the natural cussedness of the sea, we have gone up and down