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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 01/06/1924

    It would seem more natural to be receiving a letter from you from London rather than for me to be writing you from here. After a very enjoyable 10 days in Paris, I arrived in London at 6:00 p.m. today by way of Calais and Dover. What a beautiful contrast England is over France. Outside of Paris, France is a rather forlorn looking place. The country from England's coast to London is so beautiful and well kept up, everything spic and span. It will be lovely in the spring. I shall hardly stay long in London and hardly do any sightseeing until spring when I return and when everything will be so much prettier.

    After a few days here we will leave for Amsterdam and then Utrecht, Holland, Brussels, Belgium, and then on to Vienna until I am ready for a sightseeing tour on route home, about April I think.

    I haven't received any mail from anyone from anywhere yet so you can imagine how eager I am to hear from you and know that you are well. I have felt fine all the time not even a semblance of a cold. It is a beautiful day. Clear, crisp, heavy frost and a little ice, the only nice day since leaving America. The Channel was very smooth. I am almost beginning to wonder if the water ever gets rough, but I suppose my time will come soon.

    Another doctor from Hopkins is going to Vienna with me and stay as long as I do. I am not so sure how much work we are going to be able to get but we will see the world at any rate. So far I like America best. Paris is very nice for a visit if you have plenty of money but the French are a pretty cold coin seeking lot - though probably no worse than the English whom I have yet to get acquainted with. London is smoky and stuffy but quite clear, no fog. I am just about half a square off Trafalgar Square. Had dinner at Simpson's Restaurant tonight, do you know it? Will have to look up Holford Square some time and see where you passed your time. My room is well heated and very nice.

    I almost forgot to tell you about the patient. He has I think a brain tumor. It shows in the x-ray. None other than myself had any feeling that it was a tumor. We are going to watch him for a while and probably he will have to be brought to America for operation. His brother sailed for Washington yesterday. He was most greatly impressed with my diagnosis.

    I met a Baron and Baroness and they are surely nuts. No wonder Socialism grows in England. No human beings could be so inane. I met a great many doctors in Paris. They were cordial and insisted on me operating when I come back. I think I told you about going to Napoleon's Tomb, the Luxembourg Palace, the Louvre (the greatest art gallery in the world). For once we get even with the Frenchmen by getting $5 for $1. They are quite worried.

    Have left my trunk in Paris and traveling with a suitcase & very comfortably. I don't see any bargains in clothes. I doubt I'll buy anything, shall surely not have any clothes made here. In spring I may get some goods if they seem particularly striking.

    Have you been well? Let me know what you think of Miss Martin if she calls. I wrote her from Paris, thanking her for a little present (a book). Write me lots of news.

    Your loving son, Walter x x x x x x x x x x

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