Travel Letters: Hawaii, 1933

2 There has been no mail out for a week nearly but I have put an airmail on my other letter which probably will end by going on the same boat as this one and you can see how much quicker it will be. They will forward all mail sent to us at the Moana and when I know any better address will let you know.

We have been very busy doing all sorts of things, from football games to cruises etc. Sunday we went to a football game between the Alumni of two high schools. Several of the Hawaiian boys we know played but we could only spot one of them without a program to

3 help and afterwards we found we had been rooting for the wrong side. It was great fun, a gorgeous day and being Sunday afternoon and a game between unbeaten rivals, there were lots of people and such an interesting and colorful crowd, Japanese Chinese, Portuguese and Hawaiians and combinations of all four. Some had lies around their necks and others with a wreath of real flowers around their hats, especially the men. It looked gay with so many light clothes. The game was a good one. really as good or better than the ones I've seen in the past. They played hard, completed some good forward passes, held each

4 other on the goal line and really it was a remarkably good game all round. They have become awfully enthusiastic about football here, (even have barefoot teams) and they sent a school boys team to the States and they havent been beaten yet, which is pretty good.

When we came out we found one of our tires which had a slow leak had developed a fast one and was flat. Pete got out the hand pump and began pumping when the parking space was still full of cars. He was still pumping when everyone car had left but one and they were changing a tire on it. We have a new tube they gave us afterwards.

{Top centre, handwritten: '5'} {Top, printed letter head with logo for MOANA-SEASIDE HOTEL} The other Thursday - We are having one of the hottest days of the year but by wearing bathing suits to pack in we managed pretty well. Yesterday was the hottest day since January and was 35 ° according to the paper. It felt rather hot in the evening but otherwise we didn't realize and I think today is almost as hot.

lots of mail arrived yesterday and two wonderful long letters from you & the newspapers which we are saving to read Sunday! I guess Russ & Kitty will be in New York now do tell me where they live etc and I do hope they will like it and find it worth giving up living in the house for a while worth it. I'm glad the tooth came out easily -

I will send? this as we have a number of odds and ends to see too right now. We had quite a morning