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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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never heard of dried prune juice. She seemed to have little enough information on many things. At my query she smiled tolerantly, cynically, in a superior manner as though I had completely mislaid my mid. Better to have appealed to the wooden cigar store indian. At least nothing could have been expected of him. Upon my return sure enough, all the prune juice that was available had been made and of dried prunes, but the grocer finally ordered some that was extracted from the fresh fruit. In the interim there were unfortunate experiences which - I felt - might have been avoided if I had had the proper help beforehand. In readiness for my third and final dismissal from St Mary's Hospital Dr Snell had me send the Dean a wire telling him I would arrive in Denver - such and such a time, or such and such a date,- would he be able to meet me? Van had to reply to the effect that he would meet me in Denver before the doctors were satisfied and I was permitted to embark for home. Several times throughout that day one of the assistants inquired us to whether I had received a reply to my wire or not. When I finally made ready to go they were determined that I was on my way home - and that I was taking the proper train and of Rochester going west. Despite all efforts to have all my affairs in readiness to make that early morning - eight-thirty-train, there was the usual scramble. If it had not been for my good friend Georgia Benjamin the train would have gone without me. She, it was, who threw last minute things together and hastily
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never heard of dried prune juice. She seemed to have little enough information on many things. At my query she smiled tolerantly, cynically, in a superior manner as though I had completely mislaid my mid. Better to have appealed to the wooden cigar store indian. At least nothing could have been expected of him. Upon my return sure enough, all the prune juice that was available had been made and of dried prunes, but the grocer finally ordered some that was extracted from the fresh fruit. In the interim there were unfortunate experiences which - I felt - might have been avoided if I had had the proper help beforehand. In readiness for my third and final dismissal from St Mary's Hospital Dr Snell had me send the Dean a wire telling him I would arrive in Denver - such and such a time, or such and such a date,- would he be able to meet me? Van had to reply to the effect that he would meet me in Denver before the doctors were satisfied and I was permitted to embark for home. Several times throughout that day one of the assistants inquired us to whether I had received a reply to my wire or not. When I finally made ready to go they were determined that I was on my way home - and that I was taking the proper train and of Rochester going west. Despite all efforts to have all my affairs in readiness to make that early morning - eight-thirty-train, there was the usual scramble. If it had not been for my good friend Georgia Benjamin the train would have gone without me. She, it was, who threw last minute things together and hastily
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