Last Sunday I wore the dress you sent. A preacher comes every two months to the church in town. My friend Tommy took me on the back of his bicycle. I had to be careful not to tear my dress. It got dusty but Tommy has made me an iron so I can wash and iron and wear it as often as I want. The iron is Tommy’s invention, it is hollow with a wood handle welded on top. You put hot coals in it, so you do not have to heat it up on the stove like other irons, because I do not have my stove yet. If your housekeeper would like one, Tommy could make you one. You can write to him care of Mrs Lacey’s Boarding House, Gibber’s Creek. He is a very good workman. He has made me a stove for Christmas too! He is going to bring it out in Mr Doo’s cart tomorrow. I have not seen it yet. He says it is a new invention as well, as it is made of two layers of metal with air in between them so the room does not get so hot.I do not see how air can stop a room getting hot, but Tommy says it does and his inventions work nearly all of the time.
