Dot writes to tell Dart that he is now engaged to an employee of the Bell Telephone Company. She starts next Monday and gets her first check on October 14th. Today she received her official employee ID and was reimbursed for the costs she incurred traveling to New York for the interviews. She’ll work just a 3 minute walk from her house, noon to 8:00 PM. She plans to come home for her supper each night to save money. “I’m really quite satisfied with the set up. The company seems to be a good one to work for and I think I’m going to like it. At any rate, I’m going to make sure that it likes me.”

She’s quite pleased that she’ll be able to continue with her shorthand class, even if she gets there a little late each night. She’s convinced her friend Helen to take the class and is going to her house tonight to tutor her on all she’s learned so far. “That’ll take all of five minutes!”

There was a little birthday celebration at the Chamberlain’s house tonight as Gordon’s wife Betty turned 26. Dot seems to think her sister-in-law is not really mature enough to  be 26. All she wanted for her birthday were nylon stockings, and she got five pairs. That’s not too practical a gift in Dot’s mind.

The other night when Dart was enumerating the snacks he’d had while visiting family, he was extolling the virtues of buttermilk. Dot is shocked to learn that he likes the foul stuff and asks why he would insult his poor stomach that way when there are so many nice things to eat and drink.

It sounds to her as though he’s going to be very busy. She thinks it would perfectly fine if he were to cut his letters back to three a week. After all, she reminds him, his studies are the most important thing he has to think about right now.

“It’s only been a week since I saw you smile at me as the train pulled out of the East Cleveland station, but it seems ever so much longer than that.  Gee, you looked more handsome than usual that night and it was all I could do to keep from getting off the train. I love you, Dart.”

Before signing off, she explains that she had enclosed some cartoons from the New Yorker for him to forward to Burke. She thinks she recalls Dart mentioning that Burke liked cartoons from there.