46.
TO ROSA
WINTELER
Zurich Friday
Saturday [29 April 1899]
Dear Miss!
Before
I
set about
my
day's
work
today
I want to thank
you
for
your
friendly
little
card,
after I had been
waiting
to
see
whether I
couldn't
find
time to
visit
you.
I wanted to
go
just today
--
but I
did not
finish
my
work; however,
I'll be
sure
to
come a
week from
Sunday. (I
think if I
promise
it,
then it will
go
easier.)
I wonder how the
little
Winteler home feels under
your
management? It probably thinks: Yes,
indeed,
Rosa is the only
one
who
remains reliable
and faithful to
me! But
all the
same,
in this it is
a
little bit
mistaken. Little mother-in-law, for
example,
is not
an
activity
to
be sneezed at either:
--
And
your
foster-children,
Pauli
cat dog little
bird,
how good will they have it under such strict
discipline
and
attention....And
just
across
the street
you
have the
prime
fount of Aarau
wisdom,
which is
tapped
fresh from the barrel
every
day.
Do
you go
there
already?
If
so,
then
give
my
regards
to Mr.
Schuft
[nickname
meaning
"rogue"]
&
also to
Mr.
Rennhart
--
if the
latter
still remembers
me.
As long
as we are
at
it,
give
also
my
kindest
regards
to
your
friend the little Miss Bride. Ask her also
whether her sweetheart is
sending
her
many
sentimental little letters
--
oh, that must be nice
--
if
you
haven't asked her
already
(?)
I
am
just
fine. I work hard
&
feel
very
pleased
&
good
in
doing
so.
The
days
&
weeks
slip by just
so,
without
my
noticing
it
except
toward
the
end of the month.....the old
song
with the old
motif
&
and
the
many
variations,
a
few of which
you
too
probably
know how to
sing,
Miss Housewife!
But
now
I have to
start
with
my
work! Kindest
regards
from
your
Albert
47.
TO ROSA
WINTELER
Zurich, Thursday
[18
May
1899]
D[ear] Miss
Rosa!
I received
a
postcard
from
Mommy
announcing
that she and Papa
will arrive here
Friday evening
&
will
immediately continue
for Aarau,
and that I should inform
you
of that. If it's
at all
feasible,
I'll
come
to
you
at Whitsuntide. I
am
immensely delighted
that
once
again
I'll be able to
pleasantly
idle
away
such
a
day,
because I
am
frightfully
overburdened with work these
days.
Cordial
greetings
to
everybody
there, and
especially
to
you
from
your
Albert
48.
TO
JULIA NIGGLI
Zurich, Friday [28 July 1899]
Dear
Miss!
When
your
nice little card
was
lying
on
my
table the other
day,
I
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