Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Title
Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Creator
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958
Identifier
WWP23060
Date
1919 August 26
Description
Letter from Jon Bouman to his family.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Correspondence
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
Contributor
Rachel Dark
Denise Montgomery
Language
English
Provenance
Evelina Suhler is the granddaughter of Jon Anthony Bouman and inherited the family collection of his letters from the years of World War I. She and her husband gave the letters to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum in 2013.
Text
13 Place de la Bourse
Paris, Aug. 26.
What, hinney!
Were you a little miserykin, and were there teardrops in your e’en? Demmit, that must not be, as Mr. Mantalini remarked. Happily your next lettercard puts matters allright again.
I wonder how the new neighbours will turn out, write me when you have sized them up; it makes a lot of difference whether neighbours are nice or not, especially with the same front door and entrance hall. I shall also be much interested in the result of Bill’s exam. What an extraordinary thing about the childrens’ holidays, they seem fairly persecuted by them. I never had more than three weeks in the summer, and very short Easter and Xmas holidays. Why ever should they have an extra week; -- because the war is over?
Hiatt wrote me from Vienna the other day asking me not to tell his wife that he had been sent so far away; only to say that he had been ordered to Constantinople – which was the Truth, but not the whole truth. Unfortunately she has already been told the full truth by Topping so she had a “down day” too. Topping’s wife is bringing an action for divorce; I think he won’t be with us much longer. Another man is enroute for Paris from New York so as soon as Mr. Roberts comes back I expect the office will be placed on peace footing. I notice the last booklet of the Associated Press which reached us today, omits my name from the “Amsterdam, Netherlands” post, a dash being substituted.
For my latest adventures, see letter to children herewith. Cheer up, dearest, twill soon be Xmas; I want ye, ma honey every minnit, yes I do.
In witness of which my [signature] hand
Thine
Jack
[Enclosed: Advertisement from Times (London) which prompts remark:]
How’s this for snobbery?
Paris, Aug. 26.
What, hinney!
Were you a little miserykin, and were there teardrops in your e’en? Demmit, that must not be, as Mr. Mantalini remarked. Happily your next lettercard puts matters allright again.
I wonder how the new neighbours will turn out, write me when you have sized them up; it makes a lot of difference whether neighbours are nice or not, especially with the same front door and entrance hall. I shall also be much interested in the result of Bill’s exam. What an extraordinary thing about the childrens’ holidays, they seem fairly persecuted by them. I never had more than three weeks in the summer, and very short Easter and Xmas holidays. Why ever should they have an extra week; -- because the war is over?
Hiatt wrote me from Vienna the other day asking me not to tell his wife that he had been sent so far away; only to say that he had been ordered to Constantinople – which was the Truth, but not the whole truth. Unfortunately she has already been told the full truth by Topping so she had a “down day” too. Topping’s wife is bringing an action for divorce; I think he won’t be with us much longer. Another man is enroute for Paris from New York so as soon as Mr. Roberts comes back I expect the office will be placed on peace footing. I notice the last booklet of the Associated Press which reached us today, omits my name from the “Amsterdam, Netherlands” post, a dash being substituted.
For my latest adventures, see letter to children herewith. Cheer up, dearest, twill soon be Xmas; I want ye, ma honey every minnit, yes I do.
In witness of which my [signature] hand
Thine
Jack
[Enclosed: Advertisement from Times (London) which prompts remark:]
How’s this for snobbery?
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman Family
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958, “Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family,” 1919 August 26, WWP23060, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.