Washed: 37 diapers (accurate count)

Omaha, Nebr

August 3, 1936

Dear Marie,

I just finished a letter to Sara Jane and Betty Nicholson. I received them a couple of days ago and I wanted to answer them myself before passing them on to you and you know it takes quite a bit of will power to write three letters after 9 P.M. I answered Dunkin's letter a couple of days ago.

Interruption - while I holler to mama to go get your letter so I can answer it.

Well, Marie, I'm getting along O.K. at Preglers. Oh, I'm not pretending to like the job of anything drastic like that. You know I'm just doing it for the money. Today's work is as follows:

Dressed Arvin

1. Made breakfast for the whole family

2. Washed dishes

3. Went over the floors with the dust mop

4. Ironed Art's skirt.

5. Made the large bed

6. Went over the floors with the vacum sweeper

7. Dusted the furniture

8. Washed the baby's bottles

9. Made lunch - set table etc.

10. Washed dishes.

11. Made some Jello for Dinner

12. Washed: 37 diapers (accurate count), 2 shirts, 2 gowns, 2 blankets, 1 pad, 2 pr Arwin's stockings and 1 pr. his underwear.

13. Made dinner (I do all the cooking.)

14. Started to wash dishes

15. Prepared a second dinner for some "Uncle Sam" and "Freddie" who Toby called up to come over and get dinner. Aren't they some relation to May?

16. Finished dishes

17. Took down diapers

18. Went home & wrote three letters

P.S. No exaggeration

You know May, Art's sister, Dottie and Millard went to California for a two weeks' visit. Before she left, they had a hired girl May didn't like very well because she was sort of a vamp. May was afraid she would snatch her husband or Freddie while she was away so she fired her and called up Toby to she if she could get ahold of you to work for her while she was in California. Now, I ask you Ladies and Gentlemen, where is the so-called unemployment?

I am (including, enclosing) Sara Jane's, Betty Nicholson's, and Jane Dunkin's letters. Please also find a picture of Sara Jane which she sent us. In her letter you'll notice she seems quite anxious that we come and visit her. Now really, when she asks us so politely, we should honor her by our presense at her household some time in the near future. I wrote and told her you would "figer" things out so we can come and visit her. You will, won't you?

I am directly insulted!! Reading over your letter to answer it I find you asked about Betty's finger and you didn't ask about my hands!! I have the sum total of 8 cuts on my hands. One of them is just where it makes it inconvenient to write. I received five of the cuts while opening a can of Crosco this morning (The Crisco can wrapper is full of blood) the other three being contracted over a period of nearly a week washing dishes.

I made a great big Chocolate Mocha cake at Pregler's last Saturday. It was very good and they thought so too. Last Thursday I made 2 lemon pies. They were pretty good too.

By the way, I threw up at Pregler's last Friday (I ate some spoild cantaloupe for breakfast)

Betty  keeps Martin nice and clean. I bring them something every night.

Toby gave me a dress the other day and said she had promised it to you but being I was working there now she would give it to me. And did I tell her!! I made it clearly undrstood that she couldn't give anything to me that had been promised to you and told her that the dress rightfully belonged to you. I then went on to say that I would write and tell you of what you had fallen heir to. (You have never seen the dress). It is a white silk backless thing with peach colored straps. Of course I'll keep the dress, but I just said that so she wouldn't think she was giving me anything.

Well, Marie, I really must close for it is exactly 20 minutes after 11 and I must get to bed. Please excuse the scribbly writing but you can't expct much else at this time of the night. I'm writing with my knees propped up in bed.

Love, Lottie.