Feature Letter of August 17th, 2025
Quinlan, Dennis John
Bournemouth was certainly a very lovely place and the few days I had there were real fine. We were invited to some tennis Club dance and sure had a good time at it. Indeed I do think the English have the faculty of entertaining themselves - they think more of pleasure and beauty and enjoying themselves far more than we bustling Canadians - even in these strange times. A good idea, I think!
So you might easily gather that I am just now on a few weeks holiday and bent on seeing as much of England as I can. It's amazing just how easy it is to travel especially with "CANADA" badges on your shoulders. That allows us to commit the grossest crimes of custom & society I suppose and get away with it - "well after all, he's only a colonial you know."
But I have been told that Canadian boys seem to have far better manners than English' - and that from an English girl too!
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