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Rirm Professor Br. G.L.Goodale, Cambridge Mass, $ Berkeley St, 



Hosterwit* b. Dresden, Fovember 25,1919, 

 Bear Professor Dr. Goodale, 



A week ago your good letter of Ootober 17 

 has reached me. We were sincerely glad to learn that you and your 

 family came well over the dreadful war, I thank you sincerely, it 

 was again a glance of sun from the times of peace to receive your 

 kind greetings from you and your family and from Miss Ware. Three 

 years ago, on "beginning of January 1917 we received the last mail 

 from you, your friendly letter of December I st. and 3 fine Christ- 

 mas cards. On January 12. I sent a letter and a card with our best 

 wishes and congratulations to yourself and Mrs. Goodale for the 

 golden anniversary of your wedding, but the mail returned some weeks 

 later with the remark that correspondence was no more possible. It 

 is not too late to repeat today our sincere congratulations to you 

 both. We wish sincerely you and Mrs. Goodale will reach also the 60 

 and 75 anniversary in good health. My line on beginning of September 

 1916 told you already of the war- adventures of the lovely easter 

 cards sent by Mrs. Goodale and you on 3 rci. of April. They were open- 

 ed by the Autorite militaire and held in France for almost 5 months. 

 We were always much delighted to receive intelligence from you and 

 express aged, n warmest th ,nks for your thought fulness. Also we came 

 safely out of the war though we felt its talons badly enough. The 

 scarcity of victuals made almost skeletons of us when nothing was 

 to have except the adulterated substitutes. My mother kept at first 

 wonderfully upright, broke down by degrees, and is now aueh suffering 

 by the infirmities of age. She was 85 last week. My wife had a hard 

 time in leading the household during these dreadful years and the 

 reaction is much marked now with her. As to myself I am glad, my 

 advanced age saved me from any partaking in the abominable slaughter. 

 I continued work quietly until the course of matters compelled me 



