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Paul Hasbrouck To His Father, April 27, 1927

From: Paul Hasbrouck Letters From Warm Springs
Creator: Paul Hasbrouck (author)
Date: April 27, 1927
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


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THE INN
-AT-
GEORGIA WARM SPRINGS
WARM SPRINGS, GA.

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April 27, 1927.

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Dear Father:

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The incoming mail has kept things moving in the right direction since I wrote last Sunday. Your and Ruth's letters of last Saturday -- the latter written from New York -- were very welcome. Am wonderfully glad you and she got around some in the car, and even made the Highland trip. The special delivery from Macmillan arrived also on Monday. The specimen pages were satisfactory, and I sent a night letter that afternoon (74cts), telling them to go ahead with composition immediately, as the proof must be in the hands of Columbia professors by May 7. This was the last date (the 7th or 8th) given me by the Dean's office when I phoned in New York, as the proof must be in the hands of the professors ten days before the appearance of candidate. I do not know whether they can make the whole book up in 12 days. Mr. Latham promised it -- the paged proof, in fact, when I thought I would need that -- by the first or middle of May. I thought of course that they had started to set it up. I think that the style is better than that of books I have here to compare it with.

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My brace came back from New York in just a week, and I went down to the express station for it yesterday afternoon. It is alright now, and a great help. Mr. Roosevelt and a Mr. Pope, a wealthy man from Detroit interested here, were quite enthusiastic in acclaiming my use of one cane at walking period yesterday afternoon.

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The package with cards and shirt also arrived, for which, much thanks.

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Last night 11 of us went in two Fords for about the same ride which we took Sunday. Greenville-Duran-White Sulphur Springs. At the latter place we had sandwiches, etc.

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Miss Williams and her sister, Miss Ford (who came when Dr. Williams left) have just started back to New York this morning. Miss Williams is to be married in June to a cadet who graduates from West Point. She had an operation to stabilize her heel, and now walks pretty well. "She'll be alright," as Brudell says, "to get married in June." A very delightful girl, nineteen or twenty.

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Yesterday we moved into the cottage which has just been finished. Have running water in the room. Temporarily the quarters are a little crowded, as we have to double up. Brudell rooms with me. But the weather has turned warm again, and the porches give us lots of room. I am writing in the sun on the front porch now.

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I have not yet decided the end of my stay here. Am considering extending my training from May 5 to perhaps May 12. Miss Mahony yesterday took me for exercises in the water, and said that, with possibly one exception, I had more muscle than anyone wording along these lines. Wished I could stay three months more, or come back in the fall. However, the changes are imperceptible, and the weak muscles quickly go "stale". I stayed out three days, Saturday through Monday, letting them recover during cool weather. I found that I gained back two pounds between Monday and Tuesday mornings just by staying out of the water. Weighed 109 yesterday morning, with the corset additional to my clothing as I weighed 104 at the station before leaving home. Hope you are both well and enjoying fine warm weather.

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Much love,
Paul

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