January 9, 1921 from Mrs. Forest Shoemaker
It’s been almost a year since I worked on Esther’s letters. I didn’t realize it had been quite that long until this morning, when it occurred to me that I hadn’t touched them since I moved last fall. Yikes!
The newest letters are from January 1921. There is a scarlet fever epidemic in Geneva, so Esther’s family can’t write to her or her brother Clark, who is attending Purdue University. Family friends have taken to writing to Esther and Clark. Clark must be feeling lonesome, because he not only writes to Mamma to tell her to encourage Esther to write to him, but he chastises her for neglecting him.
red paper boat 