The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-11
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Aetter From Man Back Home From . Summer Vacation

= Letter From . Man Back Home From ,
 Summer Vacation
 hEAR AVERY;:-I arrived here all safe lD This Is q lovely place, more wonderful
 Tn fact than eyerI had any idea, ant | (Written to a friend who is remain
 ing away another two yeeks).
 my present plan is to stop here and get 6 good rest for the next eleven months or SO The house at which am stopping is a two family Dutch colonial with sunporch, copper gutters and everything. It has no mosoui toes, sand-flies, hornets or rattlesnakes what soever in it. The windows don't rattle, there are no leaks in the roof and all the plumbina is in good condition. You can imagine what all these things mean to me after "a summer at the shore and in the country!
 There are lots of interesting sights here chief among which is a regular honest -to-good ness bed with real spring in it and thing called mattress. This is soft and comfort. able and has no rocks in it like at the sum. mer hotel at which you are stopping spent practically all of my first day home gazing at this wonderful view of my own bed. It is very beautiful and worth coming miles to see A human being can spend an entire night in 1t and not get up crippled for the rest of his natural life.
 Other places. of interest here include a kitchen and gas stove, n tile bathroom with no wet bathing suits all over the floor, a bathtub without any shoes, waterwings, baby toys, clamshells, sardine cans and mud in it; and any number of clothes closets big enough to put something besides can and hat in,
 Another very interesting thing, at place like this is a piano that has been tuned since the Battle of Monmouth. When you strike the keys of this piano you get musical notes and not noise like the arrival of a new ship ment of bric-a-brac at the five and ten-ceni store.
 Around this house there is yard with nc strangers in it and attached to the house is veranda where can sit as long as l wish and not listen to lot of loose-lipped women knock the new arrivals. In fact, one of the great charms of this place is that there are no "new arrivals !' 17fl | Well, I am feeling much improved 1T health and mind, although back from my va cation only two days, and it seems good tt be on the job again at the boiler factory where can work eight hours a day and gel real rest, instead of having to put in ter and twelve hours day rowing boats, dig ging claims, blackberrying, swimming, eating dancing and trying to cure sunburn and ivy poisoning. You have no idea how restful il seems not to have to get in and out of ( bathing suit four or five times day! You will be glad to hear that I am nc longer in any danger of starving to death My wife is now home and cooking and w are eating once again like regular people It seems great not to have to bribe somt waiter fifty cents to bring you another thre' cents worth of rack steak.
 I forgot to mention that for the first tint in weeks l can get as much to eat as want without any argument and the chances of getting ptomaine poisoning are very re mote. I will miss this very much. .
 We'll, as I said before, this is delight full spot. Wish you were here. If you arr wise you will cut out your vacation now be fore you become physical wreck.
 will drop you some souvenir postcard tomorrow showing views of my home and thu furnace and set-tubs. Your friend,
 OBIDIAH FLUBDUBB. l P. S.-I forgot to mention that am coo for the first time in months. s l -%@-