Catharine Robb Whyte – Letters

[Letterhead CANADIAN PACIFIC BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL Indigenous headdress BANFF ALBERTA CANADA]

Thursday. July 17, 1932.

Dearest Mother I mailed an unfinished letter to you this morning as I wasn't sure when I would have a chance to finish it and now having come up to the hotel to get a check book at the bank at four o'clock we stayed to supper with Frances James and it is now nearly eight and I left there as I did want to write you some more before going out on the walking expedition tomorrow I got your letter and am so glad you are going to Rockport for at least

Logo [top left corner, crest shaped black and white reading CANADIAN PACIFIC BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL small round drawing of man with headdress, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA below crest] {top center: 9.} they have given Pete a commission to paint a pair of portraits of an Indiant [&] Squaw looking at each other. [?] quarters and want them for their hunting lodge in [?]. Isn't that pretty good [?] for a depression. They are to be finished by October.

Madame Pauet went to the Art exhibition with us and as Pete was taking to two of the artists who had painted some of the worst modern paintings she came in and never thinking who the two men were [?] [?] some of the awfuk things in the [?] room I [?] hard and just then the lights went out and we were left in total darkness. We decided to leave

{center top} 14. The next morning we left before we ran into any one I thought [?] [?] the press representative here back with us. Then we started getting packed after lunch for this trip of ours. The MacDonagh [?] for tea and stayed until [?]. We went our to supper and then Barbara and her mother come over and then Dorothy White and her sister to see the house [?]. Then Francis Janies? and Murry called and it was after twelve again when we went to bed. Today we packed [?] all morning came up here at 4 and then after taking the [?] [?] to the house we were so excited we [?] of stayed on [?] wanted us to stay for supper so we did. Then while Pete listened to [?] [?] I wrote this to you. Now

{center top} 15. its nice and they have just come to sat we are going to the movies. Its really an awfully good way to live I ought to fgo have water the trees make mosquitoe nets. Need stocking get ready a bit for an easy start tomorrow but it doesn't seen to matter if we don't do it with until the movies it certainly makes one take things easily and after all worrying doesn't help.

We are going to stop at Castle [?] Saturday and I will try to write you from there.

Loads of love as I must tear? Do [?] we how you and Aunt? [?} are and all the babies. [?] love Catharine

{Heading the page of an image. Sepia color image of two log cabins, one smaller than the other in front of tall tree and the top of a large mountain rigde in the background} {Stamp in center and bottom of top image. CANADIAN PACIFIC CHALET_BUNGALOW CAMPS WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM} {left side TELEGRAMS BANFF, ALBERTA} {right side RIDING HIKING FISHING} Castle Mountain Chalet - Bungalow Camp RAILWAY STATION AND PORT OFFICE CASTLE MOUNTAIN, ALTA. {in red 47} Sunday, Jun. 17, 1932. Dearest Mother, As you see we have gotten this far successfuly and are having a fine trip. After writing you ["Frid" struckout] Thursday night at the Bauf Spring s we went to the movies with Frances and Murray [?] and took the Jonses with us. He is the manager of the Bauf there and this last winter both of theur children died and of course they are having a tough time of it and would pick a sad pathetic movie with a little child dying and so we all left in the middle of it and really it was a rather