Sunday, 10 AM

My darling Ava Helen;

You are a good girl to send your letter special delivery; it arrived before I was up this morning. When are coming up? How about Sunday? You must let me know so I can get an apartment. Do you still want to come in the day time? Remember to come by the Valley route, so that you can get off in Berkeley itself. I'll meet you. You can get a 16 - day ticket, for about $24. Remember to get a Pullman seat if you come by day. If you call the S.P. office by phone they'll probably bring your ticket out to the house. I'm anxious to see you. If you feel worried about leaving Mamma alone, you must have Mrs Filmore come regularly.

Yesterday I saw Maury, who was up here, and talked with him about our paper and his work. He said that next year is his Sabbatical, and that he will get half salary; but that he wants a job in some other university afterwards. He is thinking of trying for a Scandinavian fellowship and going to Sweden next year, I hope he gets a satisfactory job.

Yesterday evening I went to San Francisco alone, to see why people said it is an attractive and interesting city; but I returned completely disappointed. I rode through Chinatown on a cable streetcar, and walked back, seeing nothing but a lot of Chinese reading was bulletins. I went to dinner at States Hofbran, where we went once with the Eastmans, I think. The dinner wasn't very good - I tried reindeer steak, which I don't like, and the bouillon was more like dishwater than Kraftbruhe. Then I walked up Market Street, which was rather crowded, to the Fox theater, and saw a pretty good movie, Will Rogers in "Business and Pleasure", and a Fanchon and Marco idea, with lots of girls, all of whom looked cute enough (at a distance, anyway) to have intercourse with, and they were pretty suitably attired already, since the misplaced shoulder straps could easily have been further displaced.

By the way, in Oakland I saw a sign "Hotel Coit". I have also recently learned that the Greek word for coiton is mixos, µcξος.

I must write now to Franklin, who has reminded me to stay with him.

I love you , darling girl, and Peter and Linus and Linda, too.

Linus.