In those days, there were no air mail across the Atlantic, mail went by ship, and a typical letter would take two weeks from the time I wrote it until Janette got it, or two weeks from the time she wrote one till I got it. So this made life complicated. I recall my inexperience with life in another country, in going to the meeting in London, in the fall of 1934. I stopped at the shop I'd heard of, called Liberty's, and there was a beautiful vase, and I bought a pair and sent them to Janette. I hadn't realized there would be a duty when she got it the other end, and she was rather upset when the postman appeared and said "Here's a package for you, the duty is $35.00." In time, I learned better.