Our bedroom has the clothes closet I made out
of the crate which had our springs and mattress in
it, a clothes cabinet with 3 shelves, a rush rug 6 by
10 feet and a couple of throw rugs, our bed with a
counter at the head made up of four foot-lockers
stacked two deep and covered with some old drapes
I had at P.C. [Pasadena College.] (On this counter
are our radio, records, books, Kleenex, etc.)
 The dining room has Mary's sewing machine, a
9 by 12 rush rug, a table and four chairs. The table
is taberneau (somewhat like mahogany but usually
finished lighter) which I got for $10, and the chairs
are Haitian (picturesque but irregular styling with
rush bottoms and all unpainted) which I got for 60c
each at the open market. I plan to paint them.
 The bathroom is practically complete now. Mary
put up little curtains of dotted swiss (?) (with the
fuzzy dots). We also have a Haitian clothes hamper
of bamboo strips and a foot-locker which has our
medicines, etc., in it.
 The kitchen has the refrigerator, a cabinet for
dishes and food, a table, a linen cabinet on top of
which is our two-burner hot plate and a cannister
set we got at Firestone for only $2.00.
 After we get the jeep and can haul things, I will
get some lumber and 3-ply and make Mary some
permanent closets and cupboards and see if the car-
penter in me will really come out. If I were to judge
by Haitian standards, I am already a master car-
penter. There are good Haitian technicians, but they
are few and far between. Any guy that begs, borrows,
or steals a hammer and saw calls himself a carpenter.
 Mary is having quite a time training our little
 girl, Oxane, but she is learning. Who? Mary or the
 girl? I guess both. Really, I think Oxane is quite
 intelligent, but they all have to be watched and
 directed.