Edna: June 2, 1924 Chicago, Ill. (and Gladys)

Dear Friends,
How was your weekend? Mine was quiet and uneventful. Nothing happened that is worth saying anything about.
Anyway, here is the next letter from Edna and a little note included from Gladys.

It is a little hard to read in spots, so here is what it says:

                 Chicago, Ill.

                  June 2, 1924

Dear Friend Howard:

   Received tour letter

some time ago, but

circumstances have

delayed my answering

it. Now I am through

with my collage work

but I am working and

all my spare time is

evenings and I am

awfully tired sometimes.

So if my letter does

not sound very good

(as I presume it will

not) you will know

 the "Reason Why"

  Well did you have

a nice vacation the

30th? I sure did. Did

 not work all day. Went

to Lincoln Park with

Uncle Walter & Gladys

and in the evening I

went to a dance

sure had a wonderful

time.

  As I have told you 

before, I am working

for Mr. Block. Mrs. Block

and Leon are away

for a two week vacation 

went in car this morning

at 4:00 o'clock. So I

 go with Mr. Block in

a Taxi every morning

& night.

Do not know yet

when I will be home

but it will be some

time soon maybe in

July sometime or August.

  Well news is

is scarce so guess I will

 ring off.

  Was to a picture 

show tonight, saw " The

Woman on the Jury". Sure

was swell. Yesterday I

saw 'The Arizona Express"

that also was a peach.

   Howard, are you 

still angry with me 

since that time on

Christmas when we

went to show at Ogema?

Hope you forget about

it.

  Well greet Thomas

and tell him I am coming

back soon. It is a year

ago tonight the 2nd since

I left home. Arrived Chgo.

tomorrow morning 3rd

Please let me hear

from you sometime

again.

       Sincerely,

          Edna

Hello 

How are you

I am fine &

hope you are the

same, tink I sk all

quil for dis time

   from Gladys

P.S. Oh. ya! I forget to

tell you. I see you soon

        "Ha Ha"

Well, interesting. It sounds more and more like she can get a bit crabby from time to time and like to write about it so the reader knows how she was feeling at the time.

I looked up the movies she said she saw and this is what I found.
"The woman on the Jury"
It was a silent film, of coarse. I was trying to find out what it was about but I could not find what I wanted. But, it was remade in 1929 with a title of "The Love Racket". It is a story of a woman who is put on a jury that is to judge another woman for something she herself had done.
I tried to find a picture of it but this is all I could find.




I did find a description of this on. This is an edge of your seat kind of story.
It involves a murder, someone being falsely accused of it and then trying to clear his name, running from the gang who set him up, getting on a train, The Arizona Express. A girl helping to clear his name and getting the real killer to write a letter of confession. The getting that letter to the governor before he is executed in the morning. I wonder if they would remake this one. I can see it being done today, couldn't you?

I wonder what happened at Christmas time that she wants him to forget?

As for Gladys's note on the back, I don't think I copied it right. Any ideas what it says for sure?

Anyway here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

 I think the one on the right just might be Edna.

Not sure who they are or even what they are doing.

Not sure what this picture is of but someone had a habit of writing where it was taken in a certain sector.

Well news is scarce so I will close for now.
Till Friday.
Your friend,
Sandy