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Reformatory for Women
Jan 4 1938
Framingham

To:
Name Dr. Miriam Van Waters
Street & Number Box 99
City Framingham State Mass.

BOX 1112
Joliet, Illinois
January 9, 1938

Dear Dr. Van Waters,

Your letter came as I was preparing to write. I
gather from it that you have had a busy time. Your card
and check arrived christmas eve.It was a surprise
coming so soon after the other one. I feel like a parrot
thanking you so often. I spent only two dollars and have a
ballance of fifteen. I am getting to be a capitalist. For some
reason, hacing a little money makes me feel more like a human
being. We had many good things to eat, in the all, of course.

I thought Mr. Moundins too old for that sort of thing. This
may interest you: Patsy blushingly confided that she is an-
ticipating another bundle from heaven. Our [painsethias?] were
not very good. In fact, they were terrible.

About that interview, Doctor, I don't think Mrs. Sayles
will visit me. She probably would if someone talked
to her and explained our side of the case thoroughly, but Mr.
Knight well knows that the well has been pumped dry.
I feel sure I could get her good wishes if only she would come.

I am glad your little girl was home for the holidays.
Don't you think there is something fascinating in opening
Christmas packages? That is, unless you peek beforehand?
We had lots of church, but I never attend. Miss Binford
advised me to go. Perhaps I will when the new seats come.
We have a new chapel, and I haven't even been inside of it.

Do not mail currency- Money Orders and Checks accepted.
Foodstuffs and packages are not accepted at any time.

Visits every two weeks by relatives only.