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February 29th 1896
My Dear Clarence,
Your Thursday night letter mailed Fri morning has just reached me on the four o'clock mail this Saturday afternoon. I have had two long letters from you today enough to make any girl supremely happy. Daddy's (good advise) letter came this morning. You had better believe I read it not twice
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the top of the ladder by singing at the [?] musical occasion given in New York. I do not think I will weaken it by doing something which I shall not appear as well in.
What a slave I have written you - Yes darling we will drive to Delaware sometime - Oh those happy times coming
Yours ever Girlie
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but many times as I always do - the precious words of my loved one.
Poor Mrs. Palmer & You must have given her a shock, I really think she had an idea that she was said of patronizing me & pushing me along - But joking apart, Clarence, really it is very sad to see a woman so lacking in everything which made her lovable. - & Mrs H - most certainly her husband does not. That I know. And a life without love seems to me worse than death. I thank God, beyond everything else that I call forth and claim for my own the love of a few people. Ok! if I can only deserve it, and keep it to the end. That Miss Ethel Lunman the charming girls whom Mrs H. was as anxious for me to room with and make a friend of, I have just met. She is a middle aged painted and frescoed maiden of
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uncertain years - Don't laugh - I must confess, I did at the idea of my rooming with such a harlequin. Do you know I'm afraid there must be something queer about the Hulberts. They have such funny friends - Enough -
Possum dear, I really don't object to you being a trifle "criminal" if you will only write back hand to me. It is so much more satisfying to my artistic since.
You did not tell me whether they had received my letters at [?]. I spent this afternoon
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at the Metropolitan Art Museum, I knew I should have the blues if I stayed at home as it has found pitch forks all day, I put on Mackintosh and storm rubbers and set sail - did not get very wet and had a leisurely afternoon among the pictures & sculpture. I enjoy the mythological sculpture so much, as there is just enough smothering of the Greek & Latin fables & stories left in my brain to make
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them facinating [fascinating].
Do you remember Orestes and Electra & all their kindred that we heard Prof Moulton lecture on? There are beautiful statues of them all.
As to the matter of the nervous strain, I experienced in signing for the Apollo. I have rightly say, that even our successes take a deal out of us. My nerves have not yet recovered their [?] but will soon - but, dearest I realize the truth, that I had better not do much more of this, while in New York, and to from to you that I mean what I say. I have declined the honor of preparing and giving the contralto roll in Beethovans ninth symphony which is to be given in a few months - by all the choral clubs of N.Y. to tell you frankly the reasons the music is a great strain $ does not show my voice off to any extent, when all is done. So as I have already reached
