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been waiting for it to whistle all day but this morning while writing this letter I nearly tumbled over the box of presents to get out into the kitchen in order to hear the whistle. The Ballantines had company to celebrate their day. Addie came over late at night to see Mrs Barry & brought her a couple of blocked handkerchiefs with a small bottle of perfume. Ma Gilcher came with his wifes present to me [a coffee cake homemade] then went over to the Ballantines & asked for somethin to drink which he always does wouldn't you think he would be ashamed? she never forgets me, he said his boy was taller than he was & didn't take to music & he was glad of it. he is German & shoots off his mouth about Americans but now is more careful what he says. its when he has been drinking that he talks I was out in front of the house & Beatrice Monk was walking bye, she hailed me & so came in for a minute. She said her mother was taking her nap so she thought she'd walk out. her mother she said was 82 years old & fussy. I showed her Wallaces picture you took & read her his letter where it told that Mary May was losing her mind but she say its her eyesight & cant write to him but not her mind, well now, will close this letter thank you for the presents. hope you enjoyed your box. Ma

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