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80, UNFOLDING YEARS friends and relatives in Iowa and spending a few days in Chicago, we returned to Washington D.C. it seemed no longer necessary for sister Mary to spend her winters with us, especially as she was far from well. Later in the fall of that same year Hattie came again to visit us -- and what a grand time we had together! Although Emma and I were both at work, Hattie could entertain herself and we took some time off; we also spent delightful evenings together. I know that Hattie enjoyed seeing me in my office, busy and happy, and she rejoiced with me ! Soon after Hattie's departure, Miss Anna Dawson, a former acquaintance from Iowa and now secretary to an Iowa Senator, came to live with us as a roomer. We felt sh would be company for us for sometimes we were very lonely. She remained with us two years when she returned home to care for her aging mother and father. For years I had suffered with my eyes and knew that they should be removed. As long as my father lived I hesitated to have it done for it would have hurt him terribly. Now, however, my dear sister knowing how I suffered gave her consent and the operation was performed in the spring of 11924. After this experience I never again dreaded going into a hospital. The surgeon who operated said it was one of the worst cases he has ever known and that it was done none too soon as it might have affected the brain. I had hoped to be able to use artificial eyes but the surgeon discouraged me. He said the eye sockets were too sensitive and that glass eyes would irritate. My friends declared that they would rather see me with glasses as they had always known me. The operation had been a shock to my nervous system and I did not fully recover until midsummer. As Emma was still working as we now owned our home free of debt, we felt that we could have more of the comforts of life; but we were never extravagant; and we gave liberally to charity. We bought our first radio, an Atwater-Kent Table Model. We became radio fans and continued to take great pleasure in it -- one of the greatest of modern inventions. We also felt
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80, UNFOLDING YEARS friends and relatives in Iowa and spending a few days in Chicago, we returned to Washington D.C. it seemed no longer necessary for sister Mary to spend her winters with us, especially as she was far from well. Later in the fall of that same year Hattie came again to visit us -- and what a grand time we had together! Although Emma and I were both at work, Hattie could entertain herself and we took some time off; we also spent delightful evenings together. I know that Hattie enjoyed seeing me in my office, busy and happy, and she rejoiced with me ! Soon after Hattie's departure, Miss Anna Dawson, a former acquaintance from Iowa and now secretary to an Iowa Senator, came to live with us as a roomer. We felt sh would be company for us for sometimes we were very lonely. She remained with us two years when she returned home to care for her aging mother and father. For years I had suffered with my eyes and knew that they should be removed. As long as my father lived I hesitated to have it done for it would have hurt him terribly. Now, however, my dear sister knowing how I suffered gave her consent and the operation was performed in the spring of 11924. After this experience I never again dreaded going into a hospital. The surgeon who operated said it was one of the worst cases he has ever known and that it was done none too soon as it might have affected the brain. I had hoped to be able to use artificial eyes but the surgeon discouraged me. He said the eye sockets were too sensitive and that glass eyes would irritate. My friends declared that they would rather see me with glasses as they had always known me. The operation had been a shock to my nervous system and I did not fully recover until midsummer. As Emma was still working as we now owned our home free of debt, we felt that we could have more of the comforts of life; but we were never extravagant; and we gave liberally to charity. We bought our first radio, an Atwater-Kent Table Model. We became radio fans and continued to take great pleasure in it -- one of the greatest of modern inventions. We also felt
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