April 10, 1931 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

[Letter with no date but in envelope LP has marked 1931]

Friday at 3:30

Dearest sweetheart;

Your letter was very nice and I'm sorry your imagination has limitations. You miss so much! I have a good joke on the boys! Today I stopped for mail as I brought Linus from school and there was a big box to you from Sterling Hendricks, but it had been opened. James came and blushed furiously and said he and Sydney had opened it since they had thought it was something from Bozorth-they confused the two. I said "Oh, that's all right. We'll just leave it for Linus." But poor James said, "Oh, but its for Peter!" I said, "Oh." You see I wasn't going to look at it since I thought, too, that it was plates, films, etc. But then I did open it and it is the most cunning knitted little blanket. You should see it. Poor little Jeff will roast if he wears out all of his blankets.

Elizabeth Swift bought another book today and talked awhile "Three Titans" by Emil Lundwig- you know we read of it. Tonight I saw the name Rosemary Schabarum in the paper and looked then in the telephone book and saw Bruno R. Schabarum in South Pasadena. Isn't it strange that she never looked me up? I'm going to call her in the morning.

Linus says his throat is sore. How are you? I have been amused by Mamma telling me stories about what happened when George was twelve and I was just a baby although George is seventeen years older than I. Poor Mamma! I didn't point out the inconsistency of this. She is quilting a quilt. I made the pattern - a fan. She can't understand how I can get it accurate. [drawing of fan pattern] You see that isn't accurate. She says all quilts used to have a fan design. I'm going to bed now. I don't know why I'm weary when I don't do anything to speak of. It is eight o'clock. I'm afraid you won't get this tomorrow. Much love,

Ava Helen

P.S. We'll have to send the wedding present now.

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