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I want to thank you\a million times for that wonderful Twinplex
ragor sharpener. Bob and Jean were dowmm yesterday, end Bob used itvand
he pronounced it perfectly wonderful. Then this morning, for the first
tine after returning from Columbia, I tried it out and I found the Gillette
blue-blade that I had used a tamber of times sven better “than when i
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@ pleasant and smooth shave eash morning. My diffioulty has been heretofore
that the second time I used a Gillette blue blade it was satisfactory, but

after that some of the blades were no good while others I would continue to
use for weeks, Mow you have done exactly the thing that assures mo a pleas-
aut shave each morning, and I very greatly appreciate it.

We did appreciate your and Jessie's visit immensely and I thought that
we were able to visit with a full relexation that comes only when people
have a good time. ;

Now, I want to write you and Jessie in eonfiderioe about the misunder~
standing that cane up about the insurance on Bobbys There is a background
to it, which, unless you are able to understand the situation, you will never
appreciate the mental reaction of Mrs. Allen. During her girlhood on the.
farm her father often took out many insurance policies but let everyone of
them lapse. He grew very bitter with each policy he dropped - bitter against
the insurance companies, saying they robbers, rather than secepting his poor
business acumen in dropping them. Se, as she grew up, she learned to mistrust
insurance companies, not having dealt with them personally. ees

I have always firmly believed in insurance. When our family was young
my health was not of the best because I was ruming about four or five jobs
constantly, trying to get enough money ahead to support the family. I had
no heavy bank ascount, and with the birth of each child I took out an addi-
tional five or ten thousand dollar insurance policy. There was constant
disagreement on this policy. Mrs. Alien maintained that always we could
bank our money and provide our own insurance, but it is the same old story -
if you live it is fine. Some wives never believe in insurance, but all
widows do. ; \ :