Blackwell Family           General Correspondence               Baldwin, Celia
Blackwell, Alice Stone2741 Fed. Blvd. Denver Colo.
June 22 1930.
To Alice Stone Blackwell.
Dear Comrade :
I am writing 
now to thank you for the 
card with the beautiful 
poem and to tell you how 
glad I was to know about 
the book of poems. A friend 
mine lived in Argentina 
for five years. She acquired
 a good deal of conversation. 
at Spanish and is very fond
of the language but she 
has always been so busy 
She has never had the time2
to learn much book Spanish
as soon as I saw the notice 
of your translations I said 
"I know just  what to give 
Mrs. Mantz[?] for a Christmas 
present"; and I straightaway 
ordered the book through " The
Brokey" which is run by a 
friend of mine.
Perhaps you will be pleased 
to know that my selection was 
a fortunate one. Mrs. Mantz[?]
writes me, 
"And I want to tell you - when I
opened that lovely book - you 
should have see my surprise. 
I said "Oh!" & I have a hard 
time to keep it out of my hands, 
I love it so, and I shall learn 
a lot from it. My! what a  wonderful 
woman Miss Blackwell must be." 
There, now. Doesn't that make you 

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feel good? I get a great 
deal of pleasure out of it even 
at second hand.

I am sending you a little 
book which was written by 
a sister of mine just before 
she died, on Christmas 1928. I 
think it was her last piece 
of writing. 
with all good wishes
I am 
Sincerely 
Celia BaldwinCelia Baldwin
Pleasant word