Blackwell Family
Alice Stone Blackwell                       Kitty Barry                                  1924Dorchester, Mass
                              Sept 30 1924

Darling Kitty:
          Harold called me up about 9 P.M. 
yesterday, & told me that George had 
got home after landing you safely 
at Maria's. He said you had asked 
George to let me know - which was 
like your usual kindness; that 
George was then in bed, but had 
asked Howard to give the message. 
           Howard said he should be 
going into the city this morning 
early, on some important business, 
& should probably have to make 
George his deputy again today in 
escorting Mrs. Thomas & the others 
up from Rockport this afternoon. 
I am glad they have such mild 
weather, & also that you have it2
at Maria's. Howard said George was
"immensely pleased" to escort you
to Ware, & reported that it was a pretty
town. Yesterday afternoon I
had a long talk with Mr. Blood
at his office, & learned some
additional particulars, but the
main facts, of course, we
already knew.
This A. M. I had a talk
with Anna over the phone. She 
says she & Howard have signed the
documents. to arrange for the trust,
& that a fourth trustee has been
appointed, a lumber [man] merchant in
N. J. who is a large creditor. She
said the N. J. creditors wanted
someone from that region to be


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put on, which was natural. She
has consented to my telling the 
family the arrangement that has
been made. She is very plucky, &
says it is rather fun, "as [?] a
sporting proposition", to see how
little one can live upon; & I
told her how wonderful Mrs. 
Barlow was at that.
Mrs. Thomas has bought the
house she has been living in in Cambridge, from
the trustees; & Helen said that
if necessary Howard's family could
go & live in the [bottom] ground-
floor flat under Mrs. Thomas.
Howard hopes to be able to rent 
from the trustees the house he is 
now living in, but as it is quite
a valuable house, Anna thought
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[th] they might insist upon selling it.
They do not know yet how much
the trustees will allow Howard, to
[lve] live on; but I was glad to
hear that there is a prospect of
their hiring him to do some
work for them. Helen starts
tomorrow on her work as
assistant to the Secretary of
the Brown & Nichols school.
Anna says Charles's cousin
Mrs. Chester arrived from Europe
Sunday night, & [Howard]
Charles went to meet her,
taking Lawrence along; & she
was detained till ever so 
late by the customs inspectors,
because, as it was Sunday, they


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did not have their full force on -
only about 10 inspectors instead
of 40 - & she had a number
of trunks &c. So Charles &
Lawrence didn't get home till
about midnight, but
Lawrence had much enjoyed
his view of the liner, when
she came in to the pier, with 
all her lights shining, a
beautiful sight. Elizabeth
continues to enjoy her new
school very much, & they
are all well, Alison's very
desirous to continue her
aesthetic dancing, but Anna
has doubts about it, as the 6
expense, including the costumes,
is considerable.
Florence writes that Mr.
Allen, without her consent,
has put up a sign on her
land announcing that the
Squibnocket road is not a 
public road, & that the
town will not be responsible
for damages, & she wants to
know if she has a right to
take it down. I must try to
find out. Am very [busily] busy
preparing another La Follette article,
which is wanted "immediately or 
sooner". It feels quite lonesome
to have your room empty, & I
involuntarily look for Jack at
every corner. Make Maria
[*read aloud to you her series of articles about
the wildflowers. They are charming. Always
affectionately, Alice. *]


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Oct. 6. 1924.
Dear Kitty:
Enclosed are more letters
& cards. I did not get Anna
by phone this A.M., & had
only a moment's talk with
Howard, so there is not much
news.
Ever so many things
remind me of you & Jack.
Today I saw a little black
dog led along in leash by
a robust looking woman.
He did not want to go,
& was objecting with all his legs.
[* great shame. I am glad that I can do something
to help out. It is beautiful & warm, & I hope
you are enjoying Mari's [pia??a]. I Your
affectionate
cousin
Alice *]Mrs. Boyer & I have gone
shares in a chicken - she
cooked it & them divided it
in half - & there was a lot
of nice tender chicken skin,
& I thought how much
Jock would have liked to 
have it, and how much
I should have like to
give it to him. The skin
generally falls to his share,
you know. But no doubt
he is getting plenty to eat, &
enjoys the delights of Peggy's
& Blackie's society in addition.
Maria says you are as well as
can be expected in view of your
[* financial situation. You tell her I quite agree
that your financial situation is a great pity & a *]