P.S. I Love You

Photo, with inscription on reverse:

To Shayne 8/18/79

The one who has been my whole life, and I know in the near future we will get everything we want in life. Your family has been so sweet to me and Shannon is like my own "flesh and blood" and always will be.

I love you very much you're ???

P.S. I love you very much

Found in "The Stepford Wives" by Ira Levin. Published by Fawcett Crest, 1973.

EDIT: Looks like it's "I love you very much you're mine." Thanks, all.

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And How!

Holiday card / gift label:

Joyeux Noël

And Happy New Year too! And How!

Love to you all

Olga

Found in "Black Widow" by Patrick Quentin. Dell Book #759, 1952.

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Mein Clown

Notebook page of doodles.

Found in "Der Fuehrer: Hitler's Rise to Power" byKonrad Heiden. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1944.

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Dog-eared

As promised, our new employee:

The Million

Novelty million dollar bill.

Found in "Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book" published by Rodale and General Mills, 2005.

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Hamlet They're Not, But Great Danes To Be Sure

Two polaroids.

Found in "Great Danes" by Diane McCarty. Published by TFH Publications, 1995.

Personal note: I just adopted a big dog (maybe not quite this big) so I was excited to post these. I will show off the newest member of the family as soon as I take some photos.

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I Am Still Alive

First page of a letter, written on American Red Cross stationery and dated April 29th, "Somewhere in New Guinea."

Hello Ma,

Guess it is about time I wrote you folks a few lines, what do you think?

I am still alive and feeling fine. In fact I am getting so I don't mind this place one bit. I could find nicer places but this is no where as bad as you people think back home. When I get back I can describe it to you in more detail. You know we have to be careful about what we write over here. But you tell my mother not to worry about me one bit as I will make out O.K..

Tell the kids that they would get a kick out of...

Found in "New Frontiers of the Mind: The Story of the Duke Experiments" by J.B. Rhine. Published by Farrar and Rinehart, 1937.

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"Two Shelves" giveaway winner

Boy, it's starting to take a long time to format and figure out these entries. I'll have to work on a better system

Anyway, happy to announce that the winner of the giveaway was Alexa, who entered right here on Forgotten Bookmarks.

Alexa, if you read this, send me an email at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com. I'll try and contact you directly, but it always helps if I hear from you first.

Thanks to all of you who entered, these giveaways are always a great time.

Contest closed, results to come

Giving away lots of books today, must be that spring air. Up for grabs:

17 volumes from the "World's Greatest Literature" series.

5 volumes (with index) of "Short Story Classics: Foreign"

10 matched volumes of Rudyard Kipling

Contest closed, will post an update with the winner in a moment.

Fruit Cake

Recipe:

Fruit Cake

4 cups sifted flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 dozen large or X large eggs
1 cup orange juice
1 lb butter
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon rose water

Cream butter until very light and sugary
Add eggs 1 at a time, beating thoroughly after each one
Sift flour and baking powder very well together and add alternately with orange juice, flavorings.
Blend.
Add the following fruits which are dredged with one cup of flour:

1/4 lb candied orange peel
1/4 lb candied lemon peel
1 lb or more of shelled unsalted nutes (pecans or pecans and almonds are best)
1 lb candied pineapple (yellow is best)
2 lb cherries
2 lb light raisins

Mix together with your hands - put in loaf pans.
Line pans with solocone paper or buttered paper (completely saturated with butter)
Bake at 275 degrees about 3 1/2 hours till done.
When cool enough to handle tins put in about one cup of brandy (apricot or peach).
Wrap tightly in foil when completely cool.

Found in "The Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. Published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1963.

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