Dear father:
Seoul, April 7, 1936.
m
his is Tuesday afternoon, but I am Just getting to my
writing. vour letter of March 14, with one from Mrs. Turner enclosed,
came yesterday. Mrs. Turner certainly wrote you a lovely letter,
which showed she genuinely enjoyed your en*er*ainment.  If, as you
say, they do not have many invitations out, it must have been a great
treat.  I was afraid it would cost you a good deal, but you indicated
that it did not.
As to your coding *o Korea, I think you should not hold
back about the cost.  If you had done no*hing for Korea or any other
church work, it might be different; but when Jou have given so liberally
for years, you should not let this question bother you another time.
I hope it may be an experience that will enrich your life for years
to come, and of course you will have invitations many places to speak
upon returning, and can help better than ever before the work nearest
your heart. vou asked if §600 would be enough.  I happened to see in
the March Geographic, which ca^e a few days ago, an ad of the N.Y.K.
Line (Japanese, but with Western cuisine, and I suppose mostly Western
passengers), which gi^es for round *rip S.F. and Los Angeles to Japan:
First Class- $542 up; Cabin Class- $437 up; Second Class- $33^ up; and
Tourist Class- $236 up.  So it looks as if your estimate of $600 would
be sufficient. The President liners are the only ones I have taken,
and they have only two classes, besides ''third*', which you would not
want: "First", and "Tourist".  As I have not handled the money myself,
but was given only an r,order" for a ticket from Nashvillei I cannot
remember Just how much my fare was.  If you
"Touris*" class is what you would want.  It
First without the snobbishness and
those classes on the N.^.K. mean.
the same cuisine as First, but the
though ample enough. The type of passenger in that class is
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congenial, and there is no formality, of course I plan to mee* you
in Yokohama and show you what I know of Japan. vou will not want to
buy your boat ticket to Kobe, as you will want to see as much as you
can of Japan.  So from vokohama we should go by train.  The N.Y.K. ad
gives Its Los Angeles office as 518 W. Sixth.
Speaking of the Geographic, the March number is nearly all on
California. Nov. 1934 had an article, 1Southern California at Work"
with 41 color pho*ographs; and now this number has an article walled
"Northern California at Work'1, also with 41 color photographs. Many
of these are of the wild flowers. In this also are many pictures of
the two bridges at San Francisco. If you have time to drop into a
library, you would enjoy looking at these.
tages of
what all
Line has
limited,
go on a President boat,
has nearly all the advan-
formaiity.  I don't know
ftsji tourist on the Dollar
deck space is a li+tle
I s^  still keeping quiet at':home. They say scarlet fever is
hard on the heart, so one should be careful for some time.  I feel
well and eat well and sleep well; but I am still weak. While in the
hospital the nurses asked me to play the guitar for their prayer
meeting some time. They have pr°yer meeting every morning 7 to 7:30.
I promised for this Monday (yes*erday), thinking then I would be
comple*ely well by then.  So yesterday morning, I dressed and washed,
and went right out.  I made the trip all right, but when I came back
I felt as if I had done a strenuous day's work, and lay down for most