m. to ask how to spell the
name of the highest peak in the Andes--Aconcagua.
At first there was only a two-week delay between the writing and
the publication, but these intervals grew longer as the tourists
progressed from country to country, demonstrating the limits of
postal departments and/or carriers of the day. By the time the
final letter was printed, Pap and Aura May had been home
approximately three months.
EMBARKING FROM NEW ORLEANS
At Sea, Nov. 27, 1949
To the Graphic:
We will start with Mattoon, Ill., where my daughter, Aura May
Durham, and I went to catch the Illinois Central's "Panama
Limited" for New Orleans.
This is a thoroughly-modern, diesel-powered all-pullman train.
Among other things it has a folding removable ladder for all
night access to each upper berth, which does away with the porter
and his wooden stepladder and small washrooms at each end of the
car, which permits the car to add two full sections. Time will
tell whether this feature proves popular with the traveling
public. The train is fast, the roadbed good. She was on-the-dot
into Mattoon and about five minutes ahead at destination.
Our reservations were at the Roosevelt Hotel . . . centrally
located a block and a half off Canal St.
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