Monday, August 13, 2012

René Bine #110

This is a continuation of the message from card #109 on Friday's post.  Dr. René Bine wrote messages that continued mid-sentence from one card to the next. It's a shame about the occasional missing cards, but I do have this one.

Here's a link to the previous post, if you didn't read that message. This is a beautiful card with a lot of detail, even without the descriptive message, and Bine is fairly careful about keeping his writing to the blank spaces.


The message continues from the previous card:
We also are figuring on entering university courses from 8 to 9 A.M. + 12 to 1 PM or 5 to 6:30 so you can see we will have more then we would the latter are...

practically "free" the other "pay" courses limited to 10 men + we are well satisfied with our success so far. I never kick any how as I have all I can do to study the lingo.
We heard indirectly of the severe accident which befell Miss Mabel Brunker, our U.C. M.D. librarian + a very good friend of ours. If you hear or read anything about its significance (maybe fatal) let me know. Also as I said before leaving, send me only the Sunday Bulletin "News" part + if evenings occasionally then be topics of local interest, only the "news" sheets. We see here the Neue Freie Presse - Wien + every other day or so, at the Cafe, the Paris N.Y. Herald + London Times.
Universitat Strasse is the continuation of Alser Strasse + is running in the picture, toward the Ring. University is 3 blocks from the Krankenhaus (hospital) which faces Alser Strasse. we are 2 1/2 blocks from the latter.

As far as I can tell,  Miss Brunker recovered and lived many more years. More to come on Wednesday.

6 comments:

  1. A most delightful card! It is, like writing between the lines! Never to harm the viewing of it!

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  2. It must have been infuriating if one got lost the mail or if the cards arrived in the wrong order.

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  3. I love his handwriting....these are so cool. What a creative idea to write a continuing message/letter on card after card.

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  4. That is a fascinating collection. He sure made good use of the space.

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  5. I might have told you - my brother used to travel to ranches and whilst there, sketch the place, write me a letter in the drawing's white space, and send it to me. As a young child this would fascinate me beyond belief! Thanks!

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  6. Good point from Lisa, that would be a bit of a hassle... I like the giant barrel/keg on the wagon, sort of looks like a cement mixer from the Flintstones!

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