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(1) March 10 '68 Dear Jack - VIVA!

  This week Mary found a silver-Plated spoon in good Condition in an Antique Shop.  $2.00  IT has Gloria Swanson in a Round inset (her head) - and her signature Running down the spoon.
  Gloria was born 1899 - at Chicago, Ill.
  Troyat's underlined: Tolstoy is our Current Reading.  When you get to be 80 we'll Run a big thing for you - and I'll send you a Package of double underline: Kents - and you indignantly Return them and stigmatize the practice of smoking.  This will parallel something Tolstoy did when he was sent cigarettes at 80 (1908).
   Be Careful Gladys won't smoke 'em up before you get to Return them!