Letter from Flossy to Kathlyn

Title

Letter from Flossy to Kathlyn

Subject

Florida State College for Women
Monroe, Kathlyn Medora
Correspondence

Description

A letter from Ruby "Flossy" Leach to Kathlyn Medora Monroe while she was confined to the infirmary, preserved in Kathlyn Medora Monroe's scrapbook.

Creator

Monroe, Kathlyn Medora

Source

Kathlyn Medora Monroe Scrapbook, 1914-1915
Heritage Protocol & University Archives
HP 2007-135

Publisher

Heritage Protocol, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Date

1914-1915

Contributor

Leach, Ruby

Rights

This image is the property of Florida State University. Its use is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. To obtain a high-resolution copy of this image for a fee, please contact Florida State University Heritage Protocol.

Format

8 x 10 in.

Language

English

Type

Scrapbook
Journal

Identifier

HP 2007-135_001_001_page

Text

When she brings in, on a trap, luxurious dishes of such delicious and tempting contents as would tempt the appetite of a mummy, say: "Nay, nay, dear nurse, kindly retreat with marvelous agility from my divine presence with that roasted fowl, that fruit salad, that banana frappe, and that chocolate nut compot and that cream puff. Bring to me, instead, toast which would petrify an elephants digestive apparatus, soup such as is served up in F.S.C. dining room, and some cow tea. Thank you."

Then she will courtesy, very low and respectful-like, and say: "Your mere wish is my command" or "I'd go thru fire for you" or something like that, and 'sachet out.

When the doctor comes, dont fail to hug him, be-he's always the grand squeeze at sick rooms. Then tell him how he looks like your dear lost uncle, and proceed to ask his opinion on the fundamental acts of transmigration on the harmonics of evolutionary psychological crimes. This is a guaranteed way of making an impression on any doctor, no matter how reserved it is, or how moss-grown, even if he does think women should suffer.

I am enclosing herewith a pamphlet which will start you to thinking.

Your soul mate,

The Queen of Sheba

word originated by K. Monroe

Files

hp2007135_004.tif

Citation

Monroe, Kathlyn Medora, “Letter from Flossy to Kathlyn,” That I May Remember: the Scrapbooks of Florida State College for Women (1905-1947), accessed March 29, 2024, https://fscwscrapbooks.omeka.net/items/show/85.