Correspondence to Richenda Rhoden from Lawrence Kay dated Tuesday, November 10th, 1943. (1/2)
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Title
Correspondence to Richenda Rhoden from Lawrence Kay dated Tuesday, November 10th, 1943. (1/2)
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Correspondence to Richenda Rhoden from Lawrence Kay, dated Tuesday November 10, 1943. Letter discusses Lawrence's time in North Africa. (1/2)
Identifier
MS.2019.01.1005
Type
text
Is Part Of
Box 10 Folder 3
Format
PDF
8 w x 5 h
Date
1943
Creator
Kay, Lawrence Lew, 1914 -1943
Subject
correspondence
personal correspondence
World War, 1939-1945
Africa, North
Rhoden, Richenda, 1917-2016
Medium
paper
Language
eng
extracted text
TuesdlQ', Nov 10th.
Deares t Sweet hea r t ,
You will be interested in t he horses here . EV91'Y'ilnere
I see the strain of the Arabian horses. I have seen some exceptionall¥ beau t iful da ppled gray riding horses . They are ever~
thing you hear about . Slight , ~raceful, thin leggecl , spi r i ted
and well proportione l beasts. l<flsh I could send you one .
The draft horses als o have Arabi1:ln blood . App",reuL~ ,
they use the bigger ones , bu t In theo also the t hin leg ll of the
rIding horse are eVident . ,{here we lIould have t ... o hor s es to
pull the same load In the States , here three are used. All 1n
all the animal s are i n good snape. :iesterdll.~ i all." II. mar ble
plaque in the cIty hall . It '"a s dat.ed 1874 and had on it the
Law of Somebody or Other to the effect. that II. f i ne fr om 5 to 15
f r ancs (i n those days a france "as ;rIOI·tt. much 1:\01'(1 "han 2 c.wl s
and II. week In prflson for maltreatment. 01' arv Clmes tic ani ma l .
The warning "as Wl"ltten In Fr ench, Spanish, and Mohammedan.
It Is very interesting that such II. law sl.ould [laVe been promulgated so early In history (at least for t he US i t '''as ear)y .
We did not go hunting todQ¥ bec luse Dan ' l th e di arrr.ea
bug f r om so:ce of hIs patients . He thinks he dl..ln1t wash his
han::ls thor oly enough .
ThI s afte r noon 1 ""ent back to the· CUIlI'" we callle from
In s earch for some amOllunitl on and I also 'II'antad to s!tila in
the carbine I was using . Sighting in Ileans to a dJust t he :>i8ht:>
so that they will be I n l !-lt perfect alignment . I did n ' t tieS;
an,y ammunition, so I couldn ' t sight in my piece. Ho.vev",r, I
2
very much by chance asked ar. off i c er i n a jeep "hape ! eO -lld
et some and h e said that i f I didn ' t ha ve any l u cy,; rte had ~ ol!'le
o spare . Then Ne Introd;;.c e d ou rselves aoo he as kEd me if 1
weren ' t the one \\'ho had given till! talk at the Of f 1cer:! ' Clt;b .
So , i n a dd ition to having given vent to I:V iee liIl{;s , 1 a ls o
!
managed to reap some mat-e r ia l benefit , J idn ' t I?
This eveni ng , :lan 'l an:l ... "ent to see ApOlOin tm ent f or
Love dth Charles Boyer and :£agllret SulLlv,m . !.Ia.be il '.> all
old p i cture, but I enj oy e d it , l or the actillt '''as Cl ever and
t he devel opme nt of t he plot, enjoy able . I like Bo; ar i f he
doesn 't ge t mushy . The story "loiS abQut th~ .Il r o~uce r marr.:r in"
a lady-doctor . She lnsl~ ts on separate apartlllents and he of
c ourse if upset no end. one night she goes d,;.:m to his ap.'irtIllent and he goes up to hers . l'/h!\t:l fuss. Oh, the in t ere:,;; i :1
t he play hinges on t he fact that the,{ h ave nev er lived together
because she gets calls a t tbe most inconvenie nt. t1.:1es. Th e
picture ...as v ery entertaining and eve l", bot!y en joy ed it .
There i s nothin, ne .l as ide .from some planned h_.nting
tr i ps . If 'we i caul::!' on l;r get 3. jeep to u~ e , <fe "ll'Oelhl hUlt
ga zelles out on the de sert , but as it is we a. e c onfined t o
the lim its of hit ch h iking .
Not he 'l.ring frOlll ~ou i s so very PIl1nl' u l. The s ooner
'lie get moving , the soon e r I stl'lll receive e le t.t er from ~ ou a nd
.. hope it wi l l take me days to rea::!. the mll i l th,t is if,.. itincl for
me . /-h:.t'.4'
' ; / / 7 fo-e-J'
~:u',f, -7 M~"';2~~
Deares t Sweet hea r t ,
You will be interested in t he horses here . EV91'Y'ilnere
I see the strain of the Arabian horses. I have seen some exceptionall¥ beau t iful da ppled gray riding horses . They are ever~
thing you hear about . Slight , ~raceful, thin leggecl , spi r i ted
and well proportione l beasts. l<flsh I could send you one .
The draft horses als o have Arabi1:ln blood . App",reuL~ ,
they use the bigger ones , bu t In theo also the t hin leg ll of the
rIding horse are eVident . ,{here we lIould have t ... o hor s es to
pull the same load In the States , here three are used. All 1n
all the animal s are i n good snape. :iesterdll.~ i all." II. mar ble
plaque in the cIty hall . It '"a s dat.ed 1874 and had on it the
Law of Somebody or Other to the effect. that II. f i ne fr om 5 to 15
f r ancs (i n those days a france "as ;rIOI·tt. much 1:\01'(1 "han 2 c.wl s
and II. week In prflson for maltreatment. 01' arv Clmes tic ani ma l .
The warning "as Wl"ltten In Fr ench, Spanish, and Mohammedan.
It Is very interesting that such II. law sl.ould [laVe been promulgated so early In history (at least for t he US i t '''as ear)y .
We did not go hunting todQ¥ bec luse Dan ' l th e di arrr.ea
bug f r om so:ce of hIs patients . He thinks he dl..ln1t wash his
han::ls thor oly enough .
ThI s afte r noon 1 ""ent back to the· CUIlI'" we callle from
In s earch for some amOllunitl on and I also 'II'antad to s!tila in
the carbine I was using . Sighting in Ileans to a dJust t he :>i8ht:>
so that they will be I n l !-lt perfect alignment . I did n ' t tieS;
an,y ammunition, so I couldn ' t sight in my piece. Ho.vev",r, I
2
very much by chance asked ar. off i c er i n a jeep "hape ! eO -lld
et some and h e said that i f I didn ' t ha ve any l u cy,; rte had ~ ol!'le
o spare . Then Ne Introd;;.c e d ou rselves aoo he as kEd me if 1
weren ' t the one \\'ho had given till! talk at the Of f 1cer:! ' Clt;b .
So , i n a dd ition to having given vent to I:V iee liIl{;s , 1 a ls o
!
managed to reap some mat-e r ia l benefit , J idn ' t I?
This eveni ng , :lan 'l an:l ... "ent to see ApOlOin tm ent f or
Love dth Charles Boyer and :£agllret SulLlv,m . !.Ia.be il '.> all
old p i cture, but I enj oy e d it , l or the actillt '''as Cl ever and
t he devel opme nt of t he plot, enjoy able . I like Bo; ar i f he
doesn 't ge t mushy . The story "loiS abQut th~ .Il r o~uce r marr.:r in"
a lady-doctor . She lnsl~ ts on separate apartlllents and he of
c ourse if upset no end. one night she goes d,;.:m to his ap.'irtIllent and he goes up to hers . l'/h!\t:l fuss. Oh, the in t ere:,;; i :1
t he play hinges on t he fact that the,{ h ave nev er lived together
because she gets calls a t tbe most inconvenie nt. t1.:1es. Th e
picture ...as v ery entertaining and eve l", bot!y en joy ed it .
There i s nothin, ne .l as ide .from some planned h_.nting
tr i ps . If 'we i caul::!' on l;r get 3. jeep to u~ e , <fe "ll'Oelhl hUlt
ga zelles out on the de sert , but as it is we a. e c onfined t o
the lim its of hit ch h iking .
Not he 'l.ring frOlll ~ou i s so very PIl1nl' u l. The s ooner
'lie get moving , the soon e r I stl'lll receive e le t.t er from ~ ou a nd
.. hope it wi l l take me days to rea::!. the mll i l th,t is if,.. itincl for
me . /-h:.t'.4'
' ; / / 7 fo-e-J'
~:u',f, -7 M~"';2~~