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Nile Kinnick correspondence, December 1942-March 1943
1943-02-04: Page 01
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Thursday Feb. 4, 1943 Dear Folks, I am sorry it has been so long since I last wrote, but until I had my day off I figured there wouldn't be much [time] to write. By rights I should have been off on Monday, but a change in the liberty schedule assigned me Wednesday. I caught a train for Boston Tuesday night getting in there about seven oclock. After registering at the Statler (I was paid on the 1st!) I walked a few blocks along the Commons to the Parker House where I had supper. Had the rarest piece of steak in my experience. It wasn't still alive, but it certainly hadn't lost its reflexes. It almost jumped off the plate when I pricked it with my fork. When telling the waitress how you want your steak cooked you should always take into consideration how busy the place is. If it is packed be sure and say you want the steak "well done," and if you're lucky it may not bleed when you cut it. Parker House rolls were supposed to have originated at this hostelry. Remember how we used to enjoy them while living in Adel. We put them over the hot air register to make them raise didn't we? On my way over from the Statler I noticed that "Springtime for Henry" was playing at the Colonial, starring Edward Everett Horton a Phi Psi of the first water. You will recall that I met him in Cedar Rapids in the spring of 1940 when he had this
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Thursday Feb. 4, 1943 Dear Folks, I am sorry it has been so long since I last wrote, but until I had my day off I figured there wouldn't be much [time] to write. By rights I should have been off on Monday, but a change in the liberty schedule assigned me Wednesday. I caught a train for Boston Tuesday night getting in there about seven oclock. After registering at the Statler (I was paid on the 1st!) I walked a few blocks along the Commons to the Parker House where I had supper. Had the rarest piece of steak in my experience. It wasn't still alive, but it certainly hadn't lost its reflexes. It almost jumped off the plate when I pricked it with my fork. When telling the waitress how you want your steak cooked you should always take into consideration how busy the place is. If it is packed be sure and say you want the steak "well done," and if you're lucky it may not bleed when you cut it. Parker House rolls were supposed to have originated at this hostelry. Remember how we used to enjoy them while living in Adel. We put them over the hot air register to make them raise didn't we? On my way over from the Statler I noticed that "Springtime for Henry" was playing at the Colonial, starring Edward Everett Horton a Phi Psi of the first water. You will recall that I met him in Cedar Rapids in the spring of 1940 when he had this
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