Omaha daily bee., 1912-09-20

name on her. llStr I0EAdelen hdu coHse1eH'
tiously made a list 0of all the people tc
whom. she wanted or felt she ought tc
send post cards.
This list is always longest on ones
i first trip. The, reason is obvious, The
! first time you are in Europe you wish
all your friends to know it, and SEM
most of your time and money in writing
! souvenirs. The next time you have more
sense. .....s.
And now,J as Helen wanted to send a
card to almost every one she knew, the
task was most ardurous. Letter writing
/ was for her always hard, and post card
"phrasing" was even more so. She never
knew what to say. She would anguish
half an hour over a sentence for thai
blank space, which was to small to
write anything connected and too large
for just with much love-
When she had written about twenty
although there were many names still
on the list, she pushed the cards aside
, and took out some note paper. She would
relieve the strain by writing to her
mother.
London, Aug. g. 1912-Dear Mother:
know / have written you only hurried
notes, but have been so rushed. So am
staying in this rainy afternoon to write
some letters and post cards that have
been putting off from day to day.
well have seen really a great deal of
London in the short time we have been
here. Have had to see most of it alone,
as Warren has been too busy to be with
me. We did go together to Westminster
abbey and l am hoping he will go with
me to the tower. But even it he had the
! time--he hates sightseeing so.
However, we go to some different
place for dinner every evening, which is
really a most interesting way to see the
city. There are SO many beautiful res
taurants here and the food is so good
and SO cheap. ! am sending you one of
the menus to show you just how cheap
things are. Look, at all the vegetables
that are only Id Is cents). Imagine any
of the good New York restaurants putting
anything on their menus for s cents.
And even asparagus is only a shilling
Ninety cents is what they charge at
home.
But I'm afraid I'm talking too much
about food. Warren says l would make
a good press agent for the London res
taurants. / can't help being enthusiastic
when i find what delicious things you
can get for such absurdly small prices
But perhaps you would rather hear of
something else.
About the stores-I know you will be
interested in them. Much to my surprise
I have not found them particularly
cheap. So I am buying very little. We
have about come to the conclusion that
by the time we pay duty the things will
cost us more than they would at home.
"of course, there are some few things
you can get much better here-rain
coats, for instance Warren and / each
bought one; they are very smart as they
say over here, and very well made.
British. substantial, solid and thick is
Warrens phrase.
but don't care for their gowns.
They haven't as much style and are not
so graceful as ours. Perhaps 1 am pre-.
JUDGED but / don't think the English
women dress rearly as we'll as we do at
least not on the street. / have bought
only one dress here and that is little
French modeT-gray blue chiffon 1t is
very pretty. and think reasonable-all
handmade and only 9 pounds G45)
Il have bought you some gloves ana
handkerchiefs. These are two of the
few things that are cheaper But.
mother. ] wish you could see the English
shoes. They are awful! Heavy. thick