Show n o J PROM FROM SYDE om C fl- fl TO TO P My De Dear r Girl I always expected this of oC iouI ou ouI ouI I knew when the th oo occasion lon arose you would rise to It You can close the th book now V and although it has ha been rather tragic yet In Ina Inay Ina Ina a way ay ay iou ou must be b glad thit th you read It clear clar through to the th end for tor I J am sure ure iou ou ha hao ha 0 learned that loving Is I not all nil of oC life and that the tho greatest pain must cease some somo timeA time Urne timeA A very charming woman told me the tift th other day that people Were e ery y foolish to worry orry She said If Ie on ono one has h trouble iou ou may either holp help it or it may over over- overcome overcome come iou aou ou Dent Dont Don t worry about It it It If iou ou die it woh web t worry ou any more and If It you work ork ork It out you don t need to worry any more Rather good philosophy philosophy phy Isn ian t it Im I 1 m awfully glad you saw aw lie Lei Lee Lee- Leelie lie Pa Paula ula for tor under any other e iou OU two tao women omen should hould be great creat friends I al- al aIas wai 1 as thought this and I 1 kno know It now since I received ed lour our letter after aCter iou ou had mot met Leslie Lulie It was as a brae brale e thing of ot ou mv dear to decide not to snake make any trouble about the tho In boy Of OC course I know you really could not do am thing unless iou ou made Lea Les- Lealie Les Leslie lie so 10 il miserable that she he ho would glie o the Iho baby up and andI I do tot not think she he would do this Any Leslie iou ou know has ha a Ory ery tenacious sense of ot dull dut dut and hav having has has- haIng ing log taken taen the boy into h her r homeI home I think she would feel she could gio ghe hm a better belter bringing up than thon iou OU I do not think sho he would feel tec thi this because ot of any scruples whatever but cause br-cause be- be b cause sour our work necessarily keep you away HY from him You could not g glio giso 0 him the moth moth- mother er or s a care that she he can give I 1 bob ion ob will III also alo for he me Paula It if I say MY to to ou ou that as s the ears eara go on sour our hurt will III grow less and les less and the tho boy will seem som I but a dream to iou OU Your fate I Is to be that of a great cInema queen queenI I am not sure sur I J would wl wish h hI I that hat fate tate fo for tor an ani woman that I cued much for tor for all 1111 the th wo- wo women wo women men I J base har or e kno known n and I Iliac Iha c liac c known n three or four tour that were Vere on thi and who a are ero I successful actresses or singers I II Ih o hae c known own none that was as par par- hippy h On One has to pay I for Cor the plaudits of oC th the public bythe by bythe bythe the loss los of oC the real lor loe 10 e of oC one ones s friends friend As A things have havo turned out my dear 1 am glad Riad ou went back to 10 Albany It was a triumph for OU outwardly as well as Inward Inward- Inwardly Inwardly ly Iy You made all those super super- supercilious cilious women omen envious lous of oC ou ou and I know Imo that you made me very vory proud of ot iou ou For lor ou not only conquered prejudice prejudices prejudices dice dices but YOU youl own lesser self elt eltI I expect I am preaching a IL lit lit- little lIttie lit little tle tie but sometimes I feel tel like an anold anold old oid old mm Wio 10 has ha seen every phase of ot life liCe and et who sho ho ha has missed the one ono great joy of oC liv- liv livIng liv living ing log ingI logI I am returning east very vry soon n and probably will miss you some some- somewhere somewhere where hero along the tho way But Dut agaIn I nt to tell toll iou OU I am aol glad ou have lae la e met Leslie and appreciate clale her goodness goodne her and all a her other splendId Quail Quail- qualities ties I Through a 0 drib circum- circum we e seldom meet let et to me Leslie Prescott I Is th the most de delightfully do- do sincere woman I hae e ever known knon kno n There Ive I've saId ald It Dead Paula keep my secret ss as asI I 1 have kept ou ours rs Ah Always Alwayn aYR SYD SrI COP right 1924 NESt NEA IA Ser Inc Ine |