Dear Bob[1]-
I’ve just looked
thru your letters to see if I could find an unused “request”[2] to
cover a package of stationery I couldn’t get into you last box. No luck ─ So
I’ll see if it can go first class ─ it doesn’t weigh much. The only “request” I
have left is to cover the candy I still plan to make and send to you. This week
will see it in the mail, I promise you.
You
mention trading cigarettes for eggs with the natives[3] ─
I can get you the same kind of a deal here in Hollywood[4]!
Walter
has gone out today with some fellows who are making a small “movie” on their
own ─ I’m anxious to know how it all turns out. They’re trying to make an
educational movie to sell to a Board of Education. Remember when we used to
have them at school ─ and would have preferred Tarzan or the like[5]?
Take
good care ───
Love
Lydia[6]
[1]
Addressed to: Lt. R. B. Richert
02071698; 99th Bm Gr., 346 Bm Sq.; APO 520; c/o Postmaster New York
City.
[2]
As of this date (29 Mar 2016) uncertain if this refers to WW II postal
regulations.
[3]
It is easy to imagine farmers in rural Italy saving enough hens to engage in
trades of this type.
[4]
In a letter from Julius to Robert a civilian line for cigarettes was mentioned.
[5]
A sentiment that students of all generations surely share.
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