Kimwha    Korea
March  §& 1939-
Dear  Father:
f        "dour interesting letter of Feb. 26 just came, -■
with its enclosures of a ^rinity bulletin announcing vour
picuresfto be shown tb the Junior church,!the clipping of
a   picture o^ the "Golden 5ats Exposition, andf twentv- one
stamps,  ^hese were among the most interesting you fiave sent.
I had none at all from Colombia,  ^his one in black and white
is a. very striking one, and a .valuable addition to my collection
The Peru stamp depicting the found ins o f iLima four hundred years
ago|was also a very fine one, whicix I am glad to have without
a postal* caneell at ion so that the small figures show uo well,
^he Panama Canal Air Mail stamp islalso very fine; it Is the
best picture of the canal I havetseefi.  ^he Brazil stamp dl
showing the row'of palms is alsofyery interesting, especially
knowing you walked down that ^rery road.  One of the Argentine
stamps has a head of a cow, indicating, I suppose  "the importance of the cattle industry there,  ^he Jamaica- .stamp showing
the new king and queen of England is a'fgood one.
TJas rather surprised to know the 'iaveiis had already
left Long Beach., It is fhirty years! since they went ther el-end
+wenty-six since they built the house at 41 Kennebec  It seems
like that house was old when we built ^onnivue, but thinking
about it now.it must have been onlv- seven vear
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it was all finished by
Am glad you received' the signed deed in time.  Hope
"^he expense I reported included
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everything, the §2 fee as well, so dofnot send anything more.
I did.not know the consular service gave a furlough after three
Perhaps you will meet theideputy
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years.  ', "hat  is very liberal.
when he returns.       f\ d
Forgot' to mention abo^ef thefnew Q-olden 0-ate  stamp.
All  the pictures  I have  seen of  thf  Fair  indicate  it  is  a very
eautiful  thing.   ' Am very  glad   It  is not  one  of  th
modernistic affairs   such  as  Chicago put  on.     But '_. _
is disappointing.  fj|  think  thateall  the beauty  is  only +
Wish T"ou  could  mak '      *      ~~    " '   ""   ' *""
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lake a trip to eSaiiFr-
iould  like to ego myself   '*  • **^—
fenclgco  ^nd   see
it?were not   so  far.
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as  usual   it.
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.    , rrou  spoke, of attending a   funerll,   bu+   did  not  say
whose  it was.     Perhaps    no one ifknew.    ^oufsaiS  there were
'spools  of  silk  thread, there; .   _vith  says  she  can make feood use
of them.f^rou  sent two spools  of  silk  at  Chris+mas,   pink and
blue,   some  of which Ruth used-^n making baby blankets.   n£he
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turned  on the difficulty,   or rather impossibility,   of  Duymg
.sood  cloth or thread any more,     '"heresls no pure cotton or
wool goods to be had;   everything is mixed with  some  substitute-
At first thA mixture was  small,   but  it has been increased  untix
the quality is very poor,   and nothing wears very long,   axtbougn
the prices'are hirther  than before.     0  sunsaing  said tnat wnere
one garment used  to be enough,   now  she must buy two.     \nd the