| CEHBates_July-Nov1921_048a[Imprinted: H. L. A. BATES
277 PINE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ]
August 27th 1921 Sat 11 AM
My dear old Sned:
A package arrived for you from New York
yesterday insured up to $25.00. I have sent it
to you by parcel post this a.m. also insuring it
for the same amount. I dont know what is in
it, but I suppose it is something from you
brother or brothers Dick and/or Nor. Be sure to let
me know promptly if it does or does not arrive
as, being insured, I would have to put in a
claim if it was lost. I went with Les to the
Lindermans last night for dinner. Martha says
Jos will arrive tonight and so she and I will
drive to 16th St. to meet him at 9:15 p.m. Les
says he expects to leave for Long Beach on the 7th
at latest. I have just received a very
fine letter from you written yesterday. You
have the right idea and that is "service to your
fellow man." To perform service is to build up
your soul, and you know the text "What shall
it profit a man to gain the whole world and
lose his own soul." To do good to others, that
is what we are here for, and not to worry
about the next world. Andrew Gilmartin was
the pressman who printed all our forms. He
was a very fine man and was a brother
of John Gilmartin the head of the Gilmartin Co.
It does not give me a shock when friends
of my age pass away. I know that every one
in this world has to go, some sooner and some
later, and that every day brings one that much | CEHBates_July-Nov1921_048a[Imprinted: H. L. A. BATES
277 PINE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ]
August 27th 1921 Sat 11 AM
My dear old Sned:
A package arrived for you from New York
yesterday insured up to $25.00. I have sent it
to you by parcel post this a.m. also insuring it
for the same amount. I dont know what is in
it, but I suppose it is something from you
brother or brothers Dick and/or Nor. Be sure to let
me know promptly if it does or does not arrive
as, being insured, I would have to put in a
claim if it was lost. I went with Les to the
Lindermans last night for dinner. Martha says
Jos will arrive tonight and so she and I will
drive to 16th St. to meet him at 9:15 p.m. Les
says he expects to leave for Long Beach on the 7th
at latest. I have just received a very
fine[underlined] letter from you written yesterday. You
have the right idea and that is "service to your
fellow man." To perform service is to build up
your soul, and you know the text "What shall
it profit a man to gain the whole world and
lose his own soul." To do good to others, that
is what we are here for, and not to worry
about the next world. Andrew Gilmartin was
the pressman who printed all our forms. He
was a very fine man and was a brother
of John Gilmartin the head of the Gilmartin Co.
It does not give me a shock when friends
of my age pass away. I know that every one
in this world has to go, some sooner and some
later, and that every day brings one that much |
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