In response to your kind wishes (and thank you, darlings. Duvets and tea have proved themselves splendid), a bit more of Ursula Nordstrom loveliness before I try to pack madly for a weekend away. From a letter to Garth Williams:
January 28, 1960
Dear Garth:
I will write you a good letter soon.
But not today.
Today all I can say to you is why did you decide to put three sleeves on Frances' bathrobe on page 15 and again on page 18 of Bedtime for Frances......... ?????? I didn't notice the three sleeves. Neither did Russ. Or the salesmen to whom I showed the pictures at the Sales Conference. Or Susan Carr. Or Dorothy Hagen in the Manufacturing Department. But the young lady, Joan Lexau, who goes over proofs and such in our department just noticed the third sleeve. And she wrote me a note which said "Please note third sleeve. OK?" Should I kill myself? Or what?
Garth, badgers only have two arms in their bathrobes.
We realize that you are a very famous artist and if for the same price you will draw three sleeves instead of just two sleeves I guess we should be grateful. But three sleeves is one too many. It looks like something by Charles Addams. I sure as hell wouldn't go to bed and to sleep in a room with a bathrobe with three sleeves..... And I'm a very OLD badger.
Friday, June 19, 2009
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4 maids a-milking:
From another very old badger, I hope you feel better soon. And Bedtime for Frances was possibly my favorite book when I was wee and tow-headed and unknowing. Even as an old badger I'm quite fond of it.
The mind simply boggles.
xx
my book arrived late last week. I think i will read it on a nantucket beach. If it's not raining. Then I will read it indoors or on a porch. Oh i do hope there's a porch.
I love Ursula. Thank you for sharing.
Oh Nantucket seems like *such* a nice place to be reading this book. I hope your trip is a wonderful one, and I hope Ursula's wit makes you giggle.
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