Calhoun County AlArchives History - Letters .....Letter (Sept. 1919) To: Stella Gaines Roberts Orr - From: Roberta Aurelia Roberts September 1919
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Source: Letter (To: Stella Gaines Roberts Orr - From: Roberta Aurelia Roberts
Date: Sept. 1919
Postmarked: Venus, Texas

Dear Miss Orr, (Stella Roberts Orr)

After a week of extensive inexpensive travels will relate to you part of my 
accidents.  As you may know we left Dallas Monday night and hit the state of 
Texas in high places - Houston, Galveston, Harlingen, San Antonio, Austin, 
Waco, Wacahachie and Venus also  Matamoras, Mexico.  Of course we had the time 
of our young lives!  I did wish I right pass thru Oxford on a special train 
with the band playing!  Our most fun was in Galveston - We thought sure we 
would be sea-sick on our boat ride but were joyfully disappointed.

When we went down into the Gulf and those big waves dashed up we were scared 
to death but soon got over it as the men were so attentive.  They got us a 
surf rider and there is where I lost the skin off my elbows, trying to hold 
on.  They would turn us completely over to see us get ducked and so far as I 
was concerned their wishes were gratified for I went under at least ten times, 
each trip down swallowed a gallon of salt water and came up only to meet a 
wave which took my feet clear off.  One fellow, a Mr. Racine, would get us by 
the feet and pull us off.  We were in Harlingen for three days and it is a 
marvelous country.  _____ as tall as pines and all sorts of orange, lemon, 
grape, fruit, and banana trees.  It is a beautiful place.  Some of that land 
already improved sells for $1,000.00 an acre.  We saw a hog there that weighs 
almost a thousand pounds.  In the Mexican settlement they were having a 
carnival so some of the band boys took us down to it and the also night we 
were there we went to a barbecue and dance.  Everything was furnished by Mr. 
Bishop even to (cars) a seven passenger car for our crowd.  We crossed the Rio 
Grande on foot - in Mexico we went to a gambling den, a cathedral 107 years 
old and a shop.  I didn't succeed in getting souvenirs like I had hope to do 
for the kids as we had to go in a crowds and our time was short.  At San 
Antonio we went through Breckenridge Park and it is the most beautiful thing 
I've ever seen.  The _____ was not open so we couldn't get in and we simply 
flew thru Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis. It would take from now until 
Christmas to tell all about our trip so will not attempt it.  I wouldn't take 
anything for getting to go.  Mr. & Mrs. Cleve Thompson, their kid and her 
sister were with us.  We got off in Wacahachie last night, came to Midlothian 
in a taxi and Mr. Thompson met us there.  We were throughly exhausted to I 
slept until eleven this A. M. without turning over.  When I did wake up my bed 
was decorated with pictures of Jabie's beaux.

Mary Lee and I got us a beau each when we were away.  They are both band boys 
and peaches!  We called hers "Ikie" all the time even tho his name is George.  
And we called mine "Blondie" - he is a decided blond and a regular cut-up.  
The night of the dance the leader got drunk so he led the band and simply made 
us disgrace ourselves laughing.  His home is in Dallas and he said he was 
going to write to me today so you can imagine the case is desperate!

What do you know about Bess?  I think she is the devil for not telling me 
about her love affairs.  Guess all my old pals will leave me soon.

We are going to Fort Worth tomorrow house hunting.  I fell like I do nothing 
but run around.

Haven't brains enough to know what I am writing so will close.
Love to all
From
Roberta (Roberta Roberts)

Additional Comments:
Roberta Aurelia Roberts wrote the letter when she was visiting her Thompson 
cousins in Venus, Texas.

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