not as congested at that time and Julia knew her way around town. This was during World War I. There were all different kinds of shops and products to see such as Japanese lanterns. A few days later we went again to L.A. and discovered that the Japanese lanterns and even some of the shops we had seen were gone. "LET ME IN!" I must relate an amusing event that took place at Aunt Julia's home. Her apartment was the upper part of a duplex. At the main floor outside entrance to the duplex, one would ring a bell and ask for the door to be unlocked by the apartment occupant who was being visited. Just after we had arrived, Mother and Julia's sister, Jennie Farley Gibson, unexpectedly arrived in LA. She had traveled from Ogden to see her son, Vivian, who was in the Army and was soon leaving for overseas. It was dark when Jennie arrived at Julia's and rang the doorbell. A trumpet-type tube allowed people in an apartment to speak with a person at the outside entrance. Julia said, "Who is there?". Jennie said, "I'm your sister!". Then Julia said, "My sister is here--you're no sister of mine!" This started Aunt Jennie laughing so hard that she realized that she couldn't talk her sister into letting her in. So Aunt Jennie went next door to the duplex and explained to the occupant her situation. The neighbor contacted Julia by phone, told of Jennie's predicament, and Julia quickly released the locked door. What a happy reunion the three sisters had. They had many a laugh as they related this event at various times over the years. On another day Julia arranged for us to go on a ship from L.A. to San Diego where Aunt Jennie was able to say goodbye to Viv before he left for overseas. On the ship we met a Mrs. Draney from Ogden who entertained us by telling us our fortunes. PARENTAL LOVE What a tragedy it was for Mother and Dad to lose young sons. My older brother Edward Farley Marriott was just past 3 1/2 years of age when he died from Scarlet Fever. He was a very blond, blue-eyed child who loved to do his own special dancing every time he heard any kind of music being played. Then Darius at the age of 10 passed away. He also was very blond, blue-eyed and extremely ambitious. He would wake up Mother in the middle of the night saying, "Come on Ma, let's do the washing!" Today children can be vaccinated for diseases, but at the time, nothing could be done to save their lives. A number of times I heard my Mother say that if she had stopped having children after the five boys, she never would have had her two daughters who were such a joy in her and