Evening star., 1921-03-20

of what they dug out 4 do some
more diging & il don't matter but
it takes time & II they don't hurry
up & get the foundashun layed the
ground will be froze stif & they can't
get started before winter. told
Grace to let them go a head & build
the house the way they started put
her and the archateck give me the
laugh & SO there going to have II ala
over.
1t showed a little this m but the
archateck says that don't make no
difference as long is it don't freez
hard & the ground gets froze: you
see the foundashun is concreet q II
it should get froze it might maybe
crack some time & brake & give a
way & the house might may be IAN
down on our head.
Well Charley 1 guess things will
go a long k now & I'm glad wear
started & if I was you ] would get
in to the game because liVelnS IN
house is the only way to 1--we "hen
you got Children & l guess It's all
right for the bank to have all my
money & all the papers a bout the
house 4 lot because this Is Ola
bank & no chance of blowing up but
il seems kind of funny that L cant
keep the papers or nothing 10 sho"
that l own a lot or own any thins
but liveing in house IS tne oniS
ing of Children how is little May &
both Ed & the baby is getting long
0 k.
Kindest rgds. from / & Grace.
F. A. Gross.
XXX X x
Chicago. Dec. 23-
DROTHER Charley, this is to wish
- you a mary xmas & Charley
know YOU will exxcus l & Grace from
not sending nothing to you & Mary
this VT but this house building has
got me on the jump & l cant spend
a nickel on nothing this VT. Grace Is
sending little May box OF candy
that she made her self & next xmas
may be we will be better fixed & can
send you some thing as usui put you
can see where wear up against II this
yr & cant send nothing because
things cost a hole lot more .han i
thot or l wouldent never OF started
to build.
the latest is the archateck told me
we should ought to do some grade
ing on the lot round the house Dc,
cause the weather was SO eooo q
then we wouldent have to DO no
gradeing in the spring but could get
busy right a way & fix up the lawn
q Dlant the grass seeds. well 1 told
Grace a bout it & she says 1t was in
the contrack that the contrackter
had to do the gradeing with the dirt
that was dug out Of the ground
where the foundashon is at & told
the archateck bout that he says
on acct of there diging the founda-
shon the rong way at the start there
wasent no dirt left over because they
had to fill in where they dug out
and shouldn't of dug so had to go
e. get a hold of a man to come q
do some gradeing round the house
e he stuck me up for $50 but that's
all over now & out of the way.
Then Grace found out that they
was only . of the rms. up stares that
theys a place for closets in them &;
! says closets was enough but she
saws no they got to be closets in all
I OF the rms. up stares l askd
the archateck a bout 1t & he Gays 1t
was foolish, but Grace kicked like e
a. mule & the archateck says he could
put in the closets but it would make
them rms. smaller. ] asked him
if IL would cost more money & he
says no he ddent think so SO we
| had him go head e. make plans for
\ . more closets e. vest. he come &
| told me IL would cost $50 more e. !
SAYS / thot you told me it woulde mt
cost nothing more e. he says | thot