[Letter from Lyle Creelman to her mother]

              Sunday, July 27,1958*
i>ear M >ther,
his is probably the last typed letter you will have from me for a little while
as I just have not room to take my typewriter-—or rather I have not weight. Its is
difficult to pack for the weather one would normally expect firr Brussels and for
Helsinki. I will just have to hope for the best.
I had a busy day yesterday—hair done in the morning after a little shopping and
then Elizabeth and I picked up ^etty Tennant, who used to be with the Rockefeller
foundation and took her to lunch, ^he came back to my place and stayed and talked
until after five o'clock. After s e left the -^oirkefeller oundation she took a job
teaching Public Health at Yale.  It was nice to hear about all the new developments
in that field in the eastern U.S. $he ±a  off to-day with Marjorie ^uvillard and
Yvonne Hentsch for a holiday to the Belleric Islands.  I have not had time to look
them up in my atlas but I think they are off the coast of Spain.
On Friday I mailed you a post-card giving you my address in ^inland, ^rite me a
couple of times there so that I will know how you are getting along. Please do not
worry about me if you do not have more than one message( card oi; letter) a week. It
is hard to find time to write and then to find stamps and be sure of the right postage
for airmail 1T
Jhe big governments are certainly having a time keeping up tpo  Russia. Even
if the top meeting is held it would not seem that much value can come from it, but
even is only a little bit more understanding on the part ofleall it would be worth it.
I started this letter just before lunch when Ruth Steinkamp called and suggested
a short run in her new car and a picnic lunch, ^e went to a near-by spot on the
*?ura a&d then I returned about three. I found lots of flowers but limited myself to
bringipg back only two for pressing. One was a very pretty yellow flower, called tlihe
common'rock-rose. I am going to write to Ethel Wigmore who used to be our librarian
and is now retired in London and ask if she can find a book on flower pressing. Now
with age when I am not so keen on going on long hikes identifying and pressing flowers
would be an interesting hobby. I have finished packing. If they do not weigh my
bag which I shall carry in my hand and which is heavy with a lot of papers I shall
not be over-weight. However if I am W.H#0. pays so I should not worry too much.
This do in Brussels will be amusing if I can keep my sense of humor. About
three or four international Catholicc health associations are meeting at the same
time, There is a gala opening with them all to-gether to-morrow afternoon and a big
closing with them all on Saturday afternoon. If possible I shall skip the closing
and go to the Fair. I have already been sent a complimentary ticket to the fair so I
guees it is expected that we do not attend every session. There will be a lot of
entertainment and rich food I expect. *he Belgians love food probably more than any
other group of Europeans.
I have arranged for the janitor's wife to come to water the flowers on my
balconies on the days my maid does not come.  I would hate to come back and find my
flowers withered from lack of water. They are very pretty now, especially the
bright red geraniums. Ahe lobelia is just about gone—it is fetter to plant petunias
with the geraniums as they last much longet.
I am taking only my blue coat which I got in Vancouver. Hope it will be warm
enough for Finland but it is so warm here to-day that I cannot wven carry a wollen
coat over my arms. Am wearing the cotton two peece I wore when I left Vancouver.
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