Moore Barracks Hospital,
September 28^th, 1916

Dear Dad,

I was glad indeed to get your letter to-day. Hope you find plenty of use for the toilet roll.

I thought Aunt Mart was going home and wrote her to Frisco on the 26^th. She will be home tho, shortly after the letter arrives.

Warren’s death is sure news to me. It must have been a terrible shock to his parents. Too bad, when he was getting promoted so fast.

Glad, business keeps up so well and I certainly hope your new man proves to be a good one. He may use my instruments as much as he wishes, but must take care of them, and not monkey with anything he does not understand. The use of that phorometer is pretty well thrashed out in the correspondence on my private file, from Savage and DeJeng. Let him read all of this, and he will see pretty well what my ideas are. There is a slight possibility that I will be cabling for my instruments and books. If I do, it would be best to get three strong boxes made at Wests, two for the books, and one for the instruments, and ship them quickest way and insured. The Phrom. cost about 65.⁰⁰ The Retinoscope and Ophthat. almost 25.⁰⁰ and the dissecting and other small pieces about 10.⁰⁰ while the costs of the books, I have marked inside the cover in your 9211 mark. I am trying to get transferred for training or permanently to the eye dept. of a hospital in Folkestone. Of course absolutely nothing may come of it, but if I am successful and get a permanent thing, I will likely want my own things and also the AllCo. catalogue in the Optical room book case. I won’t know probably for a week or two how my chances are and it may be a couple of months before I have anything definite, but I am making a try for it anyway.

Re those watches for Gormley of Niagara, she certainly never paid us for them, that I know of, my remembrance of the matter is that they sent the invoice to you, but I either wrote (or went in to see) Gunther) drawing their attention to the error, and they rectified it.

Motoring is still good here in the daytime, but I don’t think there is any night driving for pleasure, on account of the dim lights. They carry lights, but not as bright as our side lights. I do not believe they allow any pleasure cars at all. But there are thousands of merchants, buss lines, and ambulances, tearing around all the time. I tell you, that eight Cadillac it is sure some car. Seems to be very easy riding.

I am rather surprised that Miss Aspden has not turned out well. I thought she would.

If I were you I would sell to Vanse, if you can get any kind of a decent show, I would hate to rent it to him tho. He could use the front for a shoe store, and the upstairs for a shoe store room, repairs etc, and the back, with a side entrance for his other business. What is Coomber doing?

Say, it’s funny about my pen. I have never heard of it yet.

Tell Nert. I have none of the snaps of myself, taken at home and at Springbank and London, after I enlisted, and would like some to send to Floss.

Also please have Emerson send me a suspensory every two months, starting from the time you receive this. I only will have the J&J No10. Med. Have Nerta pay him for these. I have not tried to get them here, but suppose I might try. Have him send one anyway and I will let you know later, if he is to continue.

I am still well and able to eat about four meals a day. I do not get potatoes very often, as they are not peeled and I have not time to peel them, but I am eating other vegetables quite often and some fish. I don’t think I get as much meat as I used to tho, and think I will be better for it. I should gain if I am on this diet long. I have oatmeal for breakfast now.

It is not as cold here now as it was and is a little better, but it rains a few minutes, a couple of times a day.

Next week I think I will walk over to Hythe some afternoon. It is just under an hours walk, and historical. There is a big cement all down the beach. The towns here are very close to-gether, one so close to the next, that I cannot tell when I leave one and enter the next.

Your affectionate son,
Worth.