Finish it yourself

(1951 July 17)

By the way, I asked Daddy if he would like to finish wearing your brown suit. He tried on the coat and said, "What the hell is the matter with it?" I explained you had the Double Breasted Bug, whereupon he grabbed up the Crimson [Ripon college annual] and all through lunch, page by page, would cry, "There's single breasted suit! There's another! There's another! Here's two in Vieth's window! [a Ripon men's store]. Here's another!" He ended up by saying that you look better in a single-breasted anyway, that he will buy no more until that one is worn out. So there--. I said if the sleeves were let down he could finish it, but he flatly refused, although he admitted it was better than any suit of his.