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#75 Monday 18 December 7:45 am Dearly Beloved, Had a hard choice last night - between seeing “Lady in the Dark” again, or highly touted “Casablanca.” I chose the former, and enjoyed it, though I found more to be critical of than when I saw it before - especially having Charlie Frankel, who’d seen the play, along. They play was properly a musical comedy, if one with an original theme, and in the movie they made more of a straight plot out of it and left out nearly all the music. But I still liked it - if not as good as it might haven as entertainment, it was an interesting development of a serious theme. I still would like you to see it. Funny thing happened yesterday (the funnier because I wasn't there to see it) - one of the Korean kids, a boy of ten or thereabouts, slipped and fell through you can guess where. He shouted until a crowd gathered and someone let down a long pole to him, but that too slippery. Then a rope came down and no sooner had he put his foot in the loops than his overzealous rescuers gave it too lusty a jerk and he went flying down again head first; when he finally got out, unhurt but doubtless humiliated, the knot of people who had gathered just melted away. They do have different sizes, but they’re not cut to fit ala Chic Sales - just squares; and level with the [pg 2] ground since the people are as used to squatting as to sitting. But enough of that - forgive the unlovely pictures I've given you. I did think it was funny. More soldier trouble last night - the first in some time. The men were successful but the girl - a former prostitute, hence one of the more attractive ones in camp (which isn't saying much) got back in reasonably good shape and composed; so it may have been a clandestine date. She's being questioned at length right now. Mailman! I love you Warren
