World War I Collection

[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