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1953-11-23 Des Moines Register Article: "My Day"

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Des Moines Tribune
Nov. 23.
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My Day

By Eleanor Roosevelt

NEW YORK, N. Y. -- I AM glad I returned from my trip last week before this unprecedented blanket of smog began playing havoc with air travel in this area. In fact, I arrived in New York on the dot after coming all the way from Albuquerque, New Mexico, which seems to me a remarkable achievement.

I WAS BEGINNING TO lose faith in travel by air after being six hours late between Salt Lake City and Seattle. My faith was restored by my prompt arrival in New York, though once the winter sets in the best of airplanes is subject to the vagaries of the weather.
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I SHOULD LIKE TO MEN-tion, if belatedly, that in Tucson I was a guest for the night at the El Dorado Lodge. My hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bittker, were most kind and I enjoyed seeing their beautiful Italian gardens. These are dropped right in the midst of the desert, with a beautiful swimming pool, lawns with little markers for those who like to improve their golf game by practice putting, and innumerable places to sit and sun and rest.

IN TUCSON, ALSO, I FOUND myself rather unexpectedly attending a birthday luncheon for Bradeis University. The women's committee was proudly celebrating the fact that it had more than doubled its life members in the last few months. So the library of Brandeis will go on increasing the number of its volumes, for this women's committee is devoted to improving and developing the university's library.

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[[Handwriting]] Des Moines Tribune Nov. 23. [[end handwriting]] My Day By Eleanor Roosevelt NEW YORK, N. Y. -- I AM glad I returned from my trip last week before this unprecedented blanket of smog began playing havoc with air travel in this area. In fact, I arrived in New York on the dot after coming all the way from Albuquerque, New Mexico, which seems to me a remarkable achievement. I WAS BEGINNING TO lose faith in travel by air after being six hours late between Salt Lake City and Seattle. My faith was restored by my prompt arrival in New York, though once the winter sets in the best of airplanes is subject to the vagaries of the weather. * * * I SHOULD LIKE TO MEN-tion, if belatedly, that in Tucson I was a guest for the night at the El Dorado Lodge. My hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bittker, were most kind and I enjoyed seeing their beautiful Italian gardens. These are dropped right in the midst of the desert, with a beautiful swimming pool, lawns with little markers for those who like to improve their golf game by practice putting, and innumerable places to sit and sun and rest. IN TUCSON, ALSO, I FOUND myself rather unexpectedly attending a birthday luncheon for Bradeis University. The women's committee was proudly celebrating the fact that it had more than doubled its life members in the last few months. So the library of Brandeis will go on increasing the number of its volumes, for this women's committee is devoted to improving and developing the university's library.