Letter from Arthur Strasser to Florence Cohen, April 16, 1950
Title
Letter from Arthur Strasser to Florence Cohen, April 16, 1950
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Letter sent from "Arty" at The Citadel to Florence in New York.
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English
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https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1625
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Charleston (S. C.)
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[Page 1]
Sunday
Dearest darling,
I’m truly sorry I didn’t write you more this past week. Believe me it wasn’t because I haven’t been thinking of you because you should know better than that honey. I think of you constantly, maybe even too much as far as school authorities are concerned. The reason is that unfortunately I’ve been sick. Nothing too serious but I had a cold and a fever and couldn’t afford to go to the hospital for a few days as we had a slew of tests and missing them would have been bad. With the tests and my cold I had my hands full so please forgive me again.
Speaking to you today really made me feel a lot better. I get an awful big kick out of talking to you. We’ll have to arrange days and the hour I call so I call station to station from now on so I can call more often. Even if I only get a chance to say hello and hear that you still love me, it’s worth a million dollars.
I must admit that I didn’t expressly intend my wanting to change our relationship in that one way as a proposal for one reason. You are such a wonderful person I couldn’t ask you to marry me if I couldn’t give you a few,
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even if it’s only a very few, of the fairly fine things in life. I want to settle down more than I can tell you but honey, when they say you cann’t [sic] live off of love long, they mean it. If you could, I feel we could live for quite some time off mine alone. But someday I’ll be earning a few pennies a week and then I’ll be asking you to change our status in no uncertain terms and will not take no as an answer. Untill [sic] that time I can only tell you that I love you enough to ask that question but a little education and experience in business are all that stand between us. Please try and be patient. Believe me it is just as hard if not harder for me but someday - !
Now about my party. I feel that it would be nice if I had it on the 16th of June. Does that interfere with any of your plans? Does it interfere with your exams? If the answer to those questions is no, then I’d like to tell you who I’d like to invite. Firstly, is the girl that I love very much and if he cann’t [sic] or will not come, no party! Will you come, honey? Then sister and her date, Joyce G and bob, Janice and Ben, Barbara and Ben, Barbara [illegible] and Phil ( I have to ask Phil and I’ll convince him if he needs any convincing to take Barbara as I’d like her to come), and then a few people
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Rockville [illegible] that you don’t know. I don’t think I’ve left out anyone from Corona except maybe that girl who dates those Irish boys. I don’t remember her name. Would you please find out the adress [sic] of all these people for me so I write them and ask them to join us for the evening. I feel that would be better than to have you call them as the party is at my house. I just thought of someone. What do you think of the idea of inviting Lila. She really has been nice to me and I have been a stinker so I think it might be nice. If you can think of anyone who I’ve forgotten please tell me! You must realise [sic] that we know each other too well to hold any punches. I have a memory like a sive [sic] and I need you to plug a few of the holes. Thanks, sweets.
I’ll continue again tomorrow honey, as I have an awful lot of work to do. I miss you terribly and love you as much as any person could love another.
Regards to the folks and the gang.
All my love,
Arty
Sunday
Dearest darling,
I’m truly sorry I didn’t write you more this past week. Believe me it wasn’t because I haven’t been thinking of you because you should know better than that honey. I think of you constantly, maybe even too much as far as school authorities are concerned. The reason is that unfortunately I’ve been sick. Nothing too serious but I had a cold and a fever and couldn’t afford to go to the hospital for a few days as we had a slew of tests and missing them would have been bad. With the tests and my cold I had my hands full so please forgive me again.
Speaking to you today really made me feel a lot better. I get an awful big kick out of talking to you. We’ll have to arrange days and the hour I call so I call station to station from now on so I can call more often. Even if I only get a chance to say hello and hear that you still love me, it’s worth a million dollars.
I must admit that I didn’t expressly intend my wanting to change our relationship in that one way as a proposal for one reason. You are such a wonderful person I couldn’t ask you to marry me if I couldn’t give you a few,
[Page 2]
even if it’s only a very few, of the fairly fine things in life. I want to settle down more than I can tell you but honey, when they say you cann’t [sic] live off of love long, they mean it. If you could, I feel we could live for quite some time off mine alone. But someday I’ll be earning a few pennies a week and then I’ll be asking you to change our status in no uncertain terms and will not take no as an answer. Untill [sic] that time I can only tell you that I love you enough to ask that question but a little education and experience in business are all that stand between us. Please try and be patient. Believe me it is just as hard if not harder for me but someday - !
Now about my party. I feel that it would be nice if I had it on the 16th of June. Does that interfere with any of your plans? Does it interfere with your exams? If the answer to those questions is no, then I’d like to tell you who I’d like to invite. Firstly, is the girl that I love very much and if he cann’t [sic] or will not come, no party! Will you come, honey? Then sister and her date, Joyce G and bob, Janice and Ben, Barbara and Ben, Barbara [illegible] and Phil ( I have to ask Phil and I’ll convince him if he needs any convincing to take Barbara as I’d like her to come), and then a few people
[Page 3]
Rockville [illegible] that you don’t know. I don’t think I’ve left out anyone from Corona except maybe that girl who dates those Irish boys. I don’t remember her name. Would you please find out the adress [sic] of all these people for me so I write them and ask them to join us for the evening. I feel that would be better than to have you call them as the party is at my house. I just thought of someone. What do you think of the idea of inviting Lila. She really has been nice to me and I have been a stinker so I think it might be nice. If you can think of anyone who I’ve forgotten please tell me! You must realise [sic] that we know each other too well to hold any punches. I have a memory like a sive [sic] and I need you to plug a few of the holes. Thanks, sweets.
I’ll continue again tomorrow honey, as I have an awful lot of work to do. I miss you terribly and love you as much as any person could love another.
Regards to the folks and the gang.
All my love,
Arty
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Citation
Strasser, Arthur, “Letter from Arthur Strasser to Florence Cohen, April 16, 1950,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed May 3, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1625.