Show the wheel of mirth A rainy afternoon scene ine main hall of the eden musee new york ty discovered seated edith chanon and ellen glasgow edith what perfect weather it only it wo ild rain every day ellen yes but unhappily into each life some sunshine must fall edith life is such a d smal bus ness how perfectly it Is zei by these faded tawdry waxworks around us these cuaty rusty ru sty crowned heads it is so beautifully depressing do you come here ellen of late I 1 have done much my thinking here the plot of ahe wheel of life came to me while I 1 was s tt ng in this very chair ed th how interesting I 1 do n ar ly all my worl here both thinking and writing I 1 wrote the bouso of mirth here over in that corner be hind the wax u of I 1 know of no other corner where the atmosphere is quite so thick ellen except the chamber of hor bors down bairs I 1 planned my beat scene there edith for certain ghastly effects I 1 recommend the chamber of horrors but tor general dreariness I 1 think the atmosphere of this hall Is much the best I 1 enjoyed your wheel very much at thirty I 1 confess my view of life was still tinged with you developed early my dear ellen I 1 always had intuitions more real to me than the so called facts of existence As a child I 1 shunned the rose because I 1 sensed the thorns the first marsh man golds of spring threw me into a profound melancholy daf odias always suggested a danse maca bre experience taught me that my intuitions were correct edith it is always sate to trust ones intuitions that is it one be a woman and a literary genius still experience is not wholly without value oh dear the rain has stopped and the sun Is coming out isn t it too bad ellen and spring Is almost here with its foolish violets and perky green stuff I 1 can haru wait for autumn edith there Is nothing lovelier than a wet day in october Es lebe der tod Es lebe der tod ellen what a splendid title for a novel ea lebe der tod edith shall we collaborate on ita ellen I 1 should love to edith come over in the hauer corner and we will block it out |