The text is written in red and black capital letters. The text reads both right to left (black) and right to left (red) if the paper is turned over and read on the reverse side. It states,"Welcome to days to come! Shall we forfeit much? Sight, hearing, speech perhaps and thought? In the end our loss is self, the glory our gain." The appropriate punctuation marks are written in red and black as are directional arrows. The letters are written written twice, text over text or mirror image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.