Mail Bag brings us an email from a dear friend of mine:
David
I have to share this with you.
Last october my 16 year old grand nephew asked if I could sew him a costume for a party – didn’t refuse. He wanted to be Don Juan after seeing EF in the Adventures of Don Juan. Well, with so many costumes EF wore it would be a challenge so I told him I would create an entirely different Don Juan costume and below is the result. He also wanted a sword. Real if possible.
I have a friend who owns a collection of swords and took along my grandnephew so he could select just the right one. He selected one I thought would compliment then got set in creating the costume but had to get his measurements and he stands 6’2. Big challenge.
Sword was only a loner but because it was illegal to carry a weapon I had to get permission from the police which they did but had to come to party as well.
The costume was a hit and as precautionary sword was only shown to those who asked and with police nearby.
My grand nephew had a wonderful time at the party and the sword was returned to its rightful owner.
You see how snappy my grand nephew looks in his costume but the sword is hardly visible.
On a sad note the gent who loaned him the sword died the other night and their linking drugs as cause. What a shock. Funeral is Wednesday and as he requested long before his death he wanted some EF music played at service. I checked my cds and am toying between the entrance of the gents in Private lives Eliz/Essex or the Sea Hawk when EF is presented to the queen. Which In your opinion would be ok?
Grandnephew is now 17 and hasn’t asked for the imaginable this time but I’m sure he will.
Have a wonderful week.
— David DeWitt
