Dec 5, 1920.
Carissima Mater:-
Thanks just heaps for sending the stuff I asked for. The doily & Lord Jeff got here Friday afternoon O.K. It was a shame for you to have gone to all that bother for at the last moment our heroine departed home, sick so I guess I'll have Anne to make her something before the thing comes off so will give the 2 doilies to Biddy for a wedding present as I originally planned. Talk about weddings - I got an invitation to Norma's Dec. 15. It is to be a big church wedding and I'd like to go but of course I cant [sic] but I must send her a wedding present and as I dont [sic] see any chance of my getting away to get it I wonder if you can for I'd like to have her have it before her wedding since I cant [sic] come. I had thot of getting her either one of those black chinese vases with flowers on it (at the Jap store on Worthington St price $2 or $3) Or else some peice [sic] of silver. I enclose my card to put in it.
I thot perhaps if you weren't going in Hal could get it and have it sent - I dont [sic] know how expensive cut glass is - perhaps that would be O.K. You do as you think best and I'll do the rest.
The cocoa came in great shape and I am deeply grateful.
This week I've been boning my noodle off. Besides my special topic on Army Tests I've had to make up Zoo lab and have done 13 hours for Sammie. All yesterday afternoon I spent studying bones in Zoo lab for a quiz tomorrow P.M. and last night I worked correcting Army tests for Psychie. I've spent all my time today, except when eating, on a paper for Bible. It's finished now but is the dumbest thing I ever wrote but I can't seem to do any better. Hilly had a breakfast party this A.M and we had some of your blackberry jam at it and the girls were just crazy over it and the six of us ate the whole jar of it up.
We had a great time this week for we had some beaus which weren't fresh - result = pearsonitis. I doped up with sodamints but still have a headache. Great life!
Tues. A.M. Sammie is going to take 6 of us down to visit a class of feeble minded children and then we have a big quiz in Psychie when we get back - Wednesday I leave to read back Lit and then I guess the worst of my woes will be over. O dear! a filling just came out of one of my pearly teeth - I see my doom!
Three weeks from today and Xmas will be over! If anyone wants to know what I want its [sic] a pair of black kid gloves, another volume of Noyes' Poems or a collection of best of's or another volume of Ibsen's plays, a pair of mahogany candlesticks, any kind of brass desk stuff to go with the calendar Charlie gave me and so forth. Do you have any idea what Richard, & Theodore want? Guess I'll get Harold some books - I hate to get people things they dont [sic] want even if they do need them. I'll have to do all my shopping Dec. 21 the day we go home.
Have you any Xmas cards bot yet? I havn't [sic a one - must get some -
Wish me luck in my Zoo quiz. I cant [sic] flunk this one. If my head doesn't ache I guess I'll get on - P.D.Q.
Reservoir,
Ruth.