From a personal collection of photos and letters of Eugene Hamilton Storer
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Letter to Eugene H. Storer from Charles Adams-Vice president of the Coleville loan and trust company
The Coleville Loan and Trust Company
Capital $25,000 February 20, 1911
Coleville, Washington
Mr. Eugene H. Storer,
Aladin, Wash.
My dear Mr. Storer;
I am in reciept of your letter of the 19th inst and am heartily in sympathy with the enterprise shown by the Aladdin people in the building of a hall and can fully realize the importance from a social standpoint, for in a community of that kind it is absolutelynecessary that something of this nature be provided where public meetings may be held and I presume nothing tends more towards the development of a section than pleasant social intercourse among it's inhabitants.
If it were possible for you to come to Coleville I really feel it would be the best thing to do for I am satisfied that you could sell quite a few tickets if you were here in person. For myself, I want to say that I will be glad to subscribe and if you will send me one I will make remittance. It may be impossible for me to attend, in fact I rather presume that it will, but I assure you I would enjoy the trip and meeting you people personally very much indeed.
As of course you are aware, the boys around the Court House are touched pretty often in matters of this kind, yet the majority of them are rather liberally inclined and I feel satisfied would be glad to remember the Aladdin people in some manner such as you suggest.
Regarding the last matter of which you made mention I very much appreciate your suggestion. I have met the gentleman once but only for a moment, however, I believe he and Mr. Seal are quite friends and I hope that we may be able to number him among our customers in the not distant future. I personally wish to thank you for the interst manifested.
With kindest regards and best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
(signature) Charles Adams
C.A. Vice President
Capital $25,000 February 20, 1911
Coleville, Washington
Mr. Eugene H. Storer,
Aladin, Wash.
My dear Mr. Storer;
I am in reciept of your letter of the 19th inst and am heartily in sympathy with the enterprise shown by the Aladdin people in the building of a hall and can fully realize the importance from a social standpoint, for in a community of that kind it is absolutelynecessary that something of this nature be provided where public meetings may be held and I presume nothing tends more towards the development of a section than pleasant social intercourse among it's inhabitants.
If it were possible for you to come to Coleville I really feel it would be the best thing to do for I am satisfied that you could sell quite a few tickets if you were here in person. For myself, I want to say that I will be glad to subscribe and if you will send me one I will make remittance. It may be impossible for me to attend, in fact I rather presume that it will, but I assure you I would enjoy the trip and meeting you people personally very much indeed.
As of course you are aware, the boys around the Court House are touched pretty often in matters of this kind, yet the majority of them are rather liberally inclined and I feel satisfied would be glad to remember the Aladdin people in some manner such as you suggest.
Regarding the last matter of which you made mention I very much appreciate your suggestion. I have met the gentleman once but only for a moment, however, I believe he and Mr. Seal are quite friends and I hope that we may be able to number him among our customers in the not distant future. I personally wish to thank you for the interst manifested.
With kindest regards and best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
(signature) Charles Adams
C.A. Vice President
Letter written to Miss Carolyn Nancy Peale from grandfather Roy Ivan Johnson-famous english author
Roy Ivan Johnson
5462 University Ave
Feb 24 1923
Dear Carolyn Nancy,
I am sure you forgive such familiarity of address on the part of one who taught your mother the refinements of a language which is to become one of your own social heritages. Just a word about language before I pass on to the more serious business of congratulation: Don't let anybody say to you, "Is um iddley diddley angy tozies toasty in ums tweetums wuzzy-uzzy banket? " and get away with it. The proper reply to such solicitous questions is : "I'm quite comfortable, thank you, but I would like to have an extra cracker with my tea at lunch time"--or some other remark which shows that you are quite capable of thinking for yourself.
No doubt you have already recieved many congratulations, Carolyn Nancy, and some of them have been accompanied by little pink and blue rattles (no, all of them blue for a little girl--or is it pink?) to make them sound louder. But you will value my congratulations none the less because they come a little late and because they are unaccompanied by the noisy din of rattle-boxes. I congratulate you for many reasons: First, because you have a splendid mother; second, because you have a good father ( I'm trusting your mother's judgement on that--so I know it's all right); and third, because you are a splendid baby. I am trusting both your mother's and your father's judgement on that--so I can't be mistaken. You have a pretty name, too, and that's cause for congratulation--though I am a little disappointed because"Dorothy" isn't in it somewhere.
Now just a word of warning about books: if you see anything around that looks like "The Scientific Feeding of Infants," be sure to get it and read it. If you know what's in it you'll be prepared for it. Other books worth reading are "The Fourth Watch" and "Texts." It's a great mistake, however, to take too much of a book at one time. When I was your age or a little older, I use to take whole pages from the dictionary at one time. And I did it so often that after awhile there wasn't any dictionary left.
I hope you feel like cooing and smiling a little after you read this letter. Then I'll know you liked it. You may do as you please about reading it to your father and mother. But I wish you would tell your mother that I appreciated her note of congratulation about the new book. There has been some delay in binding the edition, but copies should be available soon.
There are a great many more things that I should like to tell you--but my space is running out. Mrs. Johnson (that's my babie's mother) says to tell you about our littles boy--the brown-eyed one--but he's a young man nearly eight years old now. He almosts to an "older generation." There! I'll bet that's a new word for you.
WITH WISHES GOOD, BETTER, AND BEST,
(signature) Roy Ivan Johnson
P.S. --What is the color of your eyes?
5462 University Ave
Feb 24 1923
Dear Carolyn Nancy,
I am sure you forgive such familiarity of address on the part of one who taught your mother the refinements of a language which is to become one of your own social heritages. Just a word about language before I pass on to the more serious business of congratulation: Don't let anybody say to you, "Is um iddley diddley angy tozies toasty in ums tweetums wuzzy-uzzy banket? " and get away with it. The proper reply to such solicitous questions is : "I'm quite comfortable, thank you, but I would like to have an extra cracker with my tea at lunch time"--or some other remark which shows that you are quite capable of thinking for yourself.
No doubt you have already recieved many congratulations, Carolyn Nancy, and some of them have been accompanied by little pink and blue rattles (no, all of them blue for a little girl--or is it pink?) to make them sound louder. But you will value my congratulations none the less because they come a little late and because they are unaccompanied by the noisy din of rattle-boxes. I congratulate you for many reasons: First, because you have a splendid mother; second, because you have a good father ( I'm trusting your mother's judgement on that--so I know it's all right); and third, because you are a splendid baby. I am trusting both your mother's and your father's judgement on that--so I can't be mistaken. You have a pretty name, too, and that's cause for congratulation--though I am a little disappointed because"Dorothy" isn't in it somewhere.
Now just a word of warning about books: if you see anything around that looks like "The Scientific Feeding of Infants," be sure to get it and read it. If you know what's in it you'll be prepared for it. Other books worth reading are "The Fourth Watch" and "Texts." It's a great mistake, however, to take too much of a book at one time. When I was your age or a little older, I use to take whole pages from the dictionary at one time. And I did it so often that after awhile there wasn't any dictionary left.
I hope you feel like cooing and smiling a little after you read this letter. Then I'll know you liked it. You may do as you please about reading it to your father and mother. But I wish you would tell your mother that I appreciated her note of congratulation about the new book. There has been some delay in binding the edition, but copies should be available soon.
There are a great many more things that I should like to tell you--but my space is running out. Mrs. Johnson (that's my babie's mother) says to tell you about our littles boy--the brown-eyed one--but he's a young man nearly eight years old now. He almosts to an "older generation." There! I'll bet that's a new word for you.
WITH WISHES GOOD, BETTER, AND BEST,
(signature) Roy Ivan Johnson
P.S. --What is the color of your eyes?
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