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American Lake July 8, 1917

Dear Ma:

Just a line to answer a
few questions. About going swimming
we go in swimming every day at
4 o'clock. It is twelve miles to Tacoma
we can either go by street car or auto.
It is 15 cents each way on the car and 25 cents
on an auto. We get milk in our coffee
but the coffee isn't any good, we get all
the sugar we want, we get butter about
every other day. Ans to letter number
two. I don't think we will leave
as soon as we thought, they are
starting things here now that will
take quite a while to learn. I will
have to get in and work my head
off from now on. I went to Tacoma
last night to dance, it took the
last of my money, we didn't get paid
yet. I went to church this morning
they had it in the Y.M.C.A. tent.
There is to be mass held there every
Sunday at 9:o'clock, there is