Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Title
Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Creator
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958
Identifier
WWP23167
Date
1928 February 19
Description
Letter from Jon Bouman to his family.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Germany--History--1918-1933
Correspondence
Berlin, Germany
Contributor
Rachel Dark
Denise Montgomery
Language
English
Requires
PROOFREADING
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
28 Zimmerstrasse
Berlin, Sunday eve, Feb. 19/1928
Dearest,
Sorry to hear you have had a bad cold, with cough. I hope you have successfully scotched the enemy. A couple of weeks ago I too had a bad head-cold, which passed off in the usual way, with loads of handkerchiefs. It is strange that I never had a cold when I was on that trip through the border states although one would think it would expose one more than anywhere else. I may say I have been remarkably free from colds this winter – touch wood!
George Grant has not shown up so far – I shall be pleased to see him. I hope Mary has been writing to Mrs. S.; I shall see them as soon as I hear. I also wonder if Mrs. Harrington has any friends in Berlin whom it would be nice for you to meet. Have you heard from Mrs. Petri yet?
I am to go to Leipzig on March 4 for a couple of days to see the great Fair which opens then. It seems this job is always given to the latest comer on the staff; same as the Derby in the London office. No doubt it will be interesting, if noisy. Lochner has got the assignment to go to Amsterdam for the Olympic Games. He has my sympathy, because that is a nerve-racking job. Topping is going there from the Paris Office, and King from London. Another man from New York. We had heard something here about Howe being transferred to Tokyo; this is quite unusual, as most of the Tokyo correspondents had their training in San Francisco hitherto. He may do all right there, although it will leave London short of a good story-teller. I hear Smith sailed last week for New York; we don’t know what dirty work is to be done at the cross-roads this time; we should like to know.
Once more Sunday is my day off, but it was raining in the morning. I had a fairly good walk under threatening skies in the afternoon and tried to get into 2 picture houses this evening but they were sold out, so went to a café instead and read the papers. Edwin Wilcox is keeping up his long tramps in the country on Saturdays; he is always asking Bodker (of Reuters) to join him, but Bodker always gets up too late. Wilcox always wears English country clothes, and is never seen at any of the press gatherings which he despises. He is a rum cuss. But always pleased to see me.
I hope Betty had a nice holiday. Glad Bill is progressing well with his Spanish and German. I wish I could see you all again.
With love to you all,
Thine,
Jack.
Berlin, Sunday eve, Feb. 19/1928
Dearest,
Sorry to hear you have had a bad cold, with cough. I hope you have successfully scotched the enemy. A couple of weeks ago I too had a bad head-cold, which passed off in the usual way, with loads of handkerchiefs. It is strange that I never had a cold when I was on that trip through the border states although one would think it would expose one more than anywhere else. I may say I have been remarkably free from colds this winter – touch wood!
George Grant has not shown up so far – I shall be pleased to see him. I hope Mary has been writing to Mrs. S.; I shall see them as soon as I hear. I also wonder if Mrs. Harrington has any friends in Berlin whom it would be nice for you to meet. Have you heard from Mrs. Petri yet?
I am to go to Leipzig on March 4 for a couple of days to see the great Fair which opens then. It seems this job is always given to the latest comer on the staff; same as the Derby in the London office. No doubt it will be interesting, if noisy. Lochner has got the assignment to go to Amsterdam for the Olympic Games. He has my sympathy, because that is a nerve-racking job. Topping is going there from the Paris Office, and King from London. Another man from New York. We had heard something here about Howe being transferred to Tokyo; this is quite unusual, as most of the Tokyo correspondents had their training in San Francisco hitherto. He may do all right there, although it will leave London short of a good story-teller. I hear Smith sailed last week for New York; we don’t know what dirty work is to be done at the cross-roads this time; we should like to know.
Once more Sunday is my day off, but it was raining in the morning. I had a fairly good walk under threatening skies in the afternoon and tried to get into 2 picture houses this evening but they were sold out, so went to a café instead and read the papers. Edwin Wilcox is keeping up his long tramps in the country on Saturdays; he is always asking Bodker (of Reuters) to join him, but Bodker always gets up too late. Wilcox always wears English country clothes, and is never seen at any of the press gatherings which he despises. He is a rum cuss. But always pleased to see me.
I hope Betty had a nice holiday. Glad Bill is progressing well with his Spanish and German. I wish I could see you all again.
With love to you all,
Thine,
Jack.
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman Family
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958, “Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family,” 1928 February 19, WWP23167, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.