Here is a short quick one for today... prepare for landing!
“Thursday, June 22, Slept until 11:00 [a.m.] again. Tomorrow we land at Cherbourg. We have our railroad tickets for Paris. Cost $4.75.”
Throughout the summer, each of the women seem to meet different men in various places. It is interesting how my grandma writes about these meetings and adventures. On this day, one of her girlfriends meets up with a man she played bridge with. “Told her she had beautiful eyes and some beautiful silk bloomers. Ditched a date with another girl for one with her this evening.”
Another one of Ruth’s girlfriends met a young man with a little baby girl. The mother had died and the father was taking his daughter back to England.
Ruth’s sister was getting married in Wisconsin on this date. She writes, “We also celebrated by eating some wedding cake. Don’t know as we hit the correct time with it, but guess we came near enough.”
“I finished the day by having a date with one of the West Point cadets - JNK... “ (here she lists his name, we’ll use initials, as they see him throughout Europe).
“We went up on the top deck and watched the stars.”
“Treated the cadets to the last of the wedding cake.”
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