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| The newly married visitors to George in Camp Logan, TX. Herman, right, and Susan, center, Weber. No indication of who the other person in the photo is. |
De George Hotel
Fourth Floor
(Room 409)
March 19, 1918
12:05 noon
Dear Father, Mother, Sister and Niece,Herman, George and I are sitting in Room 409 of the De George Hotel, rates $12.50 a week for room and bath, and as we have taken the room for a week it is probable that we will not leave here until next Monday. Herman and George will be wanting some lunch in a few minutes so I must make this short.
Arrived here Sunday night at 6:10 PM on the Sunshine Special[1], but as I had been unable to send a telegram to let George know just when we would be here, he was not at the station to meet us (though 20 minutes after we left he was there looking to see if we had come in on that train, but he thought it came later). We sent a telegram out to
Intended to write a line yesterday but we talked so much and then went scouting for a hotel where we could get rates for a week (George persuaded Herman that he must stay at least a week). Most of the hotels are not making rates as I suppose there are so many visitors now that the soldiers are here that they can “hold up” almost anyone for the straight price. George recommended this as it is quiet, lower priced than most of the better class because it is a little ways out of the way of the ordinary transient, but of course George had been asking around among others who had relatives come down to see them.
FOR
MOTHER: (George says that he is all out
of Dr. Kay's pills for constipation and would like some sent as soon as
possible.) All well except for a slight indisposition on my part due to overeating
and lack of elimination but didn’t eat any supper last night and had Herman get
some apples and oranges for breakfast this morning and now everything is going
O.K. again and George is making plans for a very pleasant week which I expect to
enjoy to the limit. [End of “For Mother”
section]
The weather
here is like June but still it is not really hot yet. What kind of weather have you up there? Don’t suppose that a letter to us here would
get here before we left so write to Des Plains and send any mail on there until
next Tuesday.The boys are getting hungry so must say good bye for now and will try to write more after this, but we are “on the go” so much that we hardly get time to breathe.
Love
and prayers from us to all. Susan Weber
Dear Folks: You see
now it’s reversed. I’ll have to utilize the corner on Susan’s letter. Got yours written the 14th
yesterday and brot it down here for them to read last nite. Guess they had a lot of fun and got off
pretty slick from what they say. They
sure seem to be having a happy time, and I know I am while they are here but I
don’t care to think of when they go.
Wish I could see you all too. Lots of love, George
[1] The Sunshine Special was
inaugurated by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad (Missouri Pacific Railroad) on December 5,
1915, to provide a
premium level of passenger train service between St. Louis, Little Rock,
and destinations in Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Special
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