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October 18th 1905 - Letter from May Sladden to her father, Julius Sladden

Date
18th October 1905
Correspondence From
May Sladden, Orontes
Correspondence To
Julius Sladden, Seward House, Badsey
Relationship to Letter Addressee
Daughter
Text of Letter

“ORONTES”

Oct 18th /05

My dear Father

I must write you a small sheet tonight or my letter will be over weight. We are getting on very nicely & have got to know most of the rest of our fellow-passengers. The heat has been rather trying today, not because the temperature was really very high, but there was a strong warm & moist wind which made most people feel limp. Our port-holes too were shut for a day or two but are opened again tonight I am glad to say. Auntie seems to suffer more from heat in the cabin than I do. I think it is because she gets flurried & consequently hot – she took things very calmly for her at first but the last few days she has been heaving some of her deep sighs again – perhaps it is the heat, but I don’t know what she will do later on, they say it will be 20 degrees hotter than this.  There is to be a dance at the end of next week which means evening dress, we have had two or three impromptu dances, they are quite informal & we just wear blouses – after Colombo there is to be a fancy dress dance, I shall have to find something to go as, there is a shop on board where they have all sorts of things, the man there has some fancy dresses which he says he will bring out after Port Said, I believe they are quite inexpensive so if I can get anything suitable by purchase or hire I think I shall do so, it would be more satisfactory than making up something out of nothing.

You will have written to me in N.Z. before you get this I suppose Mother & you got home again yesterday I hope you both enjoyed your holiday I shall like to hear all parish matters of interest when you write & of course full news of all the family.

I found out yesterday that Miss Rutherford knows Mr Edmund New; I have not found any other mutual acquaintances so far.

Much love to all at home

Your loving daughter

May E Sladden

The diary is to Mother this time.

Letter Images
Type of Correspondence
Envelope containing 1 small double sheet of notepaper
Location of Document
Personal archive of Patsy Miller (née Sladden)