New York Wednesday evening May 1st, 1918<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your letter of Sunday reached me this afternoon. &nbsp;Glad that at last you have received rain. &nbsp;We have had rain here the last two days.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Miss Hogle, a St. Barnabas nurse who has been in a cantonment in Texas the last six months, arrived a few days ago. &nbsp;She is one of a group being sent from the States with the British Expeditionary Force.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The only address I have of Percy Mosford is 32 Rocky Bank Rd., but I shall be surprised if we see England.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yesterday afternoon Miss Dunlop and I went over to Brooklyn to call on a doctor's wife, Mrs. Duffield. &nbsp;Miss Dunlop has been for a number of years Assistant Supt. Of St. Luke's, Duluth. &nbsp;Mrs. Duffield is a friend o Miss Smith, the Supt. They took their training together in a Brooklyn hospital. &nbsp;We had a very nice visit. &nbsp;She told of hearing the Archbishop of York twice. &nbsp;Her brother is a minister and connected with Old Trinity. <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This afternoon four of us went up to Bronx Park spending most of the time in the zoo.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have finished the trench cap and am now knitting a white sleeveless sweater down to the waste.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, I know Miss Pace.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mrs. Pearce will miss William. &nbsp;Did he bring the broom and dustless mop home? &nbsp;They are both good as new.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, Frances, I know you are glad to welcome you last group of practice teachers. &nbsp;I hope they have good positions for next year.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I believe we are to get an early start some morning and take the river trip up to West Point. &nbsp;I hope the plan materializes.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Very many happy returns of the day, Mother. &nbsp;You certainly do not look your 71 years. &nbsp;I hope I will be as good-looking when I reach that age. &nbsp;I sent you a pair of gloves this morning and hope they fit. &nbsp;Sorry they will reach you a day late. &nbsp;They wash nicely if you follow these directions**************.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Six hotels in NY under the same management have been selected by the government for the mobilization of nurses. &nbsp;I believe the Holly is one of the nicest.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A big stand decorated with flags and electric lights has been erected in Washington Square. &nbsp;It is something to do with the Liberty Loan Drive. &nbsp;This is all for now.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Affectionately, Jane<br>
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