T2020.102.497

Ft Kamehameha Jan. 8, 1922

Friend Alice:

Thanking you very much for the kind Christmas greeting which I received some few days ago. I etend, [extend,] to you the same and we all hope that the year of 1922 will be remember, [remembered,] as a year of peace and kindness.

The rainy season seems to be over, (which I hope), as the sun is shining every day and from morning until night.

Last evening downtown I saw a few show, [shows], at the Y.M.C.A. The show was put on by sailors. The title was "Trouble Makers." The principle part was about a man who was starting a show and wanted to hire orators. His office boy was, [[inserted above]: a]], niger and was supposed to answer all door calls. The niger gave his employer and friends much trouble by kicking them out. It was the best and funniest show I have seen for a long time.

Yes! I certainly would like to have been at that social you were writing about, but as it is impossible, I must imagine I have been there and had a real good time.

No! You did not ask me in your, [[inserted above]: letter]], before your last one how long I had got to serve. I still have five months to serve. Am supposed to get discharged the fifth of June. Time cannot fly to, [too], fast for me as I am anxious to become a civilian again.

As ever a friend,

Carl