BLACKWELL FAMILY ALICE STONE BLACKWELL GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE sta-stoThe paper that is read by intelligent Italians "LA STAMPA LIBERA" The Only Italian Labor Daily in the United States phone: STuyvesant 9-01016 April 2, 1932 81 E. Street New York City Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 3 Monadnock Street, Upham's Corner Boston, Mass. Dear Miss Blackwell: Because you came to our aid at a critical time when our paper was published under the name of "Il Nuovo Mondo," we are writing this letter to you as we are facing a far graver crisis in our struggle with the sinister forces of Fascism; a waging against the Italian equivalent in America of Hitlerism. "Il Nuovo Mondo", representing the sacrifies of thousands of liberty loving Italians in America, is no more. In its place "La Stampa Libera", (The Free Press) is trying to stem the tide of Fascism in this country. Amongst the 9 Italian Dailies published in the United States and Canada, ours is the only anti-Fascist and Labor Daily. Humble Italian workmen, Italians in the professions, and native born Americans found no sacrifice too great in the past in helping to keep the paper going. But unfortunately, those lovers of liberty have almost as a body been deprived of their earning power because of the economic devastation which has seized the country. As things stand, if we can keep "La Stampa Libera" alive until next June, we are certain that by that time it will become self-supporting, and we will be the permanent spokesman of those who are trying to counteract the propaganda of the Dictator in Rome who is reaching across the sea. If, however, we cannot secure enough funds for the next few weeks intervening, there is every danger that this sole instrument among liberty-loving Italians for combating Fascism will pass away. Three thousand dollars will tide us over the crisis. Think of having the sole avenue of Italian press opposition to Fascism in America destroyed because of the lack of this amount! Can you give a contribution towards this amount? Can you induce some friends of yours to help save "La Stampa Libera?" German Hitlerism and Italian Fascism are spreading their poison into other lands. Racial persecution which we believed would be extinguished by Democracy is beginning its war against humanity. Only a press fired by the ideals of "La Stampa Libera can meet this terrorism. In asking for you to help us we appeal for more than saving of the paper. We ask your cooperation in meeting a world-wide menace. Hoping you will not deny us your generous assistance, with many thanks, we remain Cordially yours, Girolamo Valenti GENERAL MANAGER BS&AU - 12646 La Stampa LiberaSTANFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ROMANIC LANGUAGES Box 1725 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA Jan. 14, 1930 Dear Miss Blackwell: Yes, you can obtain the names of all the members of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish in the United States. The charge for such service is $25.00. The charge is necessary to cover all charges incidental to having the names printed. In case you want the names printed on envelopes, I suggest that you forward the envelopes along with the $25.00. We will print the names on the envelopes and return them to you. Sincerely yours, M. . McCormickSpanish Teachers $25. Spanish School Students' Addresses for Next Year Alicia Acosta, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH Winifred J. Adkins, 1112 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Frances G. Allison, 572 High Street, West Medford Mass. Dorothy L. Angevine, 928 East 18th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. Lucy Bartholomew, 280 East 21 Street, Brookly, N. Y. Esther Beliner, 216 W. 100 Street, New York City Katherine J. Bird, 446 Church St., Greensboro, N.C. Fred L. Blythe, %Centro de Estudios Historicos, Madrid Spain. Ella. M. Brown, 144 Benita Ave,. Youngstown, Ohio [Esta?] M. Bshara, 827 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Inez L. Burleigh, Centralia, ILL. Clarice L. Carlucci, 29 Evelyn Pace, New York, N.Y. #Donald R. Clark, 156 Denver Street., Rochester, N.Y. Ruth C. Clark, 538 Academy St., South Orange, N.J. Angeline Cockerill, 237 N. Washington St., Greenfield, Ohio Helen G. Cole, 856 So. 16th St., Newark, N.J. [?] S. Conradi, 419 E. 22nd. St., Baltimore, Md. Charlotte E. Cox, Wyoming, N.Y. [Olatia?] Crane, 4005 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Tex. Arsane Croteau, Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn. Fazel W. Croxford, Stony Point, N.Y. Nettie J. Cummings, Womens College of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala. Rosemary C. Curran, 81 E. Grove St., Bogata, N.J. Florence Cuthbert, 15 Burchard Ave., Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Dorothy Dalzell, 486 Main St., Waltham, Mass. [?oads] Doyle, 2964 Perry Avenue, New York City Mary Ann Drasnin, 2228 Washington, St., Charleston, W. Va. Beatrice Elias, 1611 Nelson Ave., New York, N.Y. Florence N. Fallon, Haverford Pa. Isabel Fisher, 129 Woodland Ave., New York, N.Y. Mary E. Fox, Gunnison, Colo. Helen R. Goodrich, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis. Dorothy M. Graves, 1222 W. Kiowa, Colorado Springs, Colo. Beatrice Grove, Deer Park, Wash. Edna N. Haight, Middlebury, Vt. Ildra A. Harris, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y. Rebecca G. Hennon, 114 Lafayette Street., York, Pa. Allison Q. Hodge, 2114 W. Central Ave., Toledo, Ohio Jean Holland, Northwestern Teachers' College, Alva, Okla. Mary F. Holland, 238 West [?111] Place, Chicago Ill. Marie Horsnby, Mrs., % Connor Hotel, Joplin, Mo. Mary V. Hulbert, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Grace G. Humrich, Sherwood Road, Short Hills, N.J. Lucy Taylor Irving, Susquehanna University, Selingsgrove, Pa. Margaret F. Johnson, 301 South Main St., New Lexington, Ohio Naomi C. Johnson, 4840 Hazel Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Fern Jones, Shreve, Ohio Olufa M. Jones, 236 College St., Burlington, Vt. Annie E. R. Kaminer, "Kamross", Lexington, S.C. Louis C. Keating, 39 Perkins Hall, Cambridge, Mass. Helen J. Kennard, 810 N. 24 Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla. Pauline Krepela, 209 Williams St., Long Island City, N.Y. 52 namesSpanish School Students Addresses for Next Year Florence M. Leighton, 266 South First Ave., Mount Vernon, N.Y. Isabel A. Lewis, 317 W. 99th St., N.Y.C. Charlotte M. Lorenz, American Express Co., Madrid, Spain Viola M. Lowstetter, 8013 Westmoreland Ave., Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pa. Donal R. Lyon, New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. Bernice C. McCollum, Coachella, Calif. Hazel M. McCutcheon, 82 Park St., Canton, N.Y. Marion A. Maffitt, 550 Fort Washington Ave., New York, N.Y. Margaret J. Mahoney, 103 Providence St., Worcester, Mass. Gertrude E. Mannis, Flushing High School, Flushing, N.Y. Josephine E. Marino, 234 Nepperhan Ave., Yonders, N.Y. Rose E. Martin, Spanish Dept., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Elgitha V. Meier, 313 Manlins St., Fayetteville, N.Y. Julio Mercado, 8642 Woodhaven Blvd., Woodhaven, N.Y. Laura B. Merritt, 242 Union St., Johnstown, Pa. Charles J. Michalski, 1305 Parade St., Erie, Pa. Anna L. Murphy, 61 West 10th St., New York City Florence Noble, Middlebury, Vt. Rosa Noto, 326 E. 15th St., New York City Eugene F. Parker, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Irene B. Pujol, 202 East Boulevard, Baton Rouge, La. Beatrice M. Reardon, 105 Huntington Ave., Hyde Park, Mass. Elbert W. Ringo, Bordentown Military Institute, Bordentown, N.J. Mary W. Roe, Colony, Okla Lillian Rosasco, 13 Morton, St., New York City Marta Samans, 332 Manheim St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. Alma R. Schulkey, Decatur, Tex. Rose Shapiro, 214 Hooper St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Velma E. Shelley, 906 E. Armour, Kansas City, Mo. Arthur H. Sheridan, 132-15 105 St., Ozone Park, N.Y. Mabel Q. Skinner, Box 476, Freeport, Long Island, N.Y. Valaurez B. Spratlin, Viajes Marsaas, Madrid, Spain Dorothy Stenwood, 2 Parley Vale, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Charles H. Stovens, Jr., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. #David R. Stone, Holmes High School, Covington, Ky. Mary M. Sullivan, 559-59th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Sena M. Sutherland, 445 Baker Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. Marie V. Tarboux, 269 N.E. 100 St., Miami, Fla. Terrell L. Tatum, University of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mary Terhune, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo. Lorette Thompson, Middlebury, Vt. R.F.D. 3 Mary P. Thompson, 1207 N. Union St., Rockland, Mass. Helen C. Urquhart, 2270 Hazelwood Ave., Detroit, Mich. Minnie R. Wade, Sparta, Ga. #Helen C. Warren, West Auburn, Mass. William R. Weaver, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. Ellen S. Werner, Sergeant Hall, 34th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Charles W. White, 139 East Genesee St., Auburn, N.Y. Wilbur C. Zeigler, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. # Regularly enrolled French School. 49 names FACULTY ADDRESSES Concha Espina, Goya, 103, Madrid Jose Martel, 521 E. 189th St., New York City Carlos Concha, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Miguel de Zerraga, The Park Central, New York City Manuel Salas, New Jersey College for Women, New Brunswick, N.J. Julio Mercado, 8642 Woodhaven Boulevard, Woodhaven, New York Anita Osuna, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. Miirrha Alhambra, 507 W. 139th St. New York City Evelyn Cortes, 61-09 39th Ave., Woodside, L.I., N.Y. J. Moreno-Lacalle, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. Stelton, N.J. 10 namesSpanish Students' Addresses Easter, 1940 67 Bay State Road Boston, Massachusetts Dear Miss Blackwell- If you cannot read this note it will be much loss to you! - But I am writing you on Easter Sunday to thank you for your kind and inspiring message. I have found the bitter cold weather very difficult at this seasons, and I have been much concerned about sick friends & relatives, - but indeed Ihave thought of you, and I never forget you! - Please accept my warm remembrances, (Even the North wind cannot blow away the precious memories & [befes?]) and I salute your “wind’s eye“. Faithfully & gratefully Louie R StammondBrx 74. National “Soldiers’ Home Tenn. N. S. H. Tenn Madam: Permit me to thank you For your valiant & truchant defense of the revolutionaries [*revolutionists*] of Russia. The sudden coolness of our subsidized press in its attitude [towards] upon the Russian question is quite characteristic of a shameless & venial journalism. And Socialists are perfectly aware of the reason. There has been too much Socialism mixed up with the Russian revolution; too much for the patience of the controllers of public opinion in America & Europe. You are not yet a Socialist, but you will be. I’ve not seen any prominent reform writers to call the attention of the thoughtless Public to the suddenly quenched enthusiasm of American editors for freedom in Russia. Very respectfully J. H. Steffee An Old Socialist & Woman’s Righter. No reply expected.J.H. Steffee (old soldier)DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. March 19, 1895. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Boston, Mass. Dear Miss Blackwell: Mrs. Gardener has written me two very encouraging letters, and I hope Mr. Flower may return soon. so that the article may come out in May. Mrs. Gardener is of opinion that the photographs of which I spoke would add greatly to the value of the article. I have written to Dr. Ayvazian at New York. asking him to get me photographs of Armenians in New York. and to Mr. Mangasarian at Chicago, making the same request. I have no address of any Armenian at Boston. May I ask you to giveme the address of one, or, if it is not too much trouble, may I request you to gather a number of photographs from Armenians in Boston, especially little children and young girls, and send them to Mrs. Gardener direct. You are free to select any that seem to you suitable. Mrs. Gardener wishes that each picture should show on its back the name of the person it represented and, if possible, his or her occupation. Dr. Josiah Strong allows me to use certain extracts from his letter for my article. Mr. Greene's book is meeting with great success here, and I have no doubt that it will make a strong impression. Yours truly (signed) Robert Stein. x Mrs. Helen N. Gardener DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 1895. Dear Miss Blackwell: I am revising the circular, and in the revised issue the sentence to which you object will be omitted. As to having the Turkish troops go out "bag and baggage." that is a demand which would introduce a great complication. The essential quality of the proposed petition must be simplicity, and hence it must not involve more than one object. The essential point is to have an energetic and well-meaning man in charge. I do not think a man like Kallay could ever become a tool of the Sultan. As Mr. Greene said to me: "When once reform has begun, it will not go back." The main object is to begin it. The suggestion which you make, in regard to sending the circular end petition in the form of a number of the Woman's Column, interests me greatly, but I can not at once make up my mind as to whether this should be done. I am afraid that very many persons are in the habit of throwing things into the waste basket unopened which come to them otherwise than in the form of letters. Of course if we can not raise enough money to send it out in the form of a sealed letter, we must try to do the next best thing. I will think over your suggestion and let you know as soon as I arrive at a conclusion. Since you mention Mrs. Barrows, it occurs to me that she might be willing to secure her husband's signature to the circular. I assume of course that she is the wife of Mr. Barrows whose name occurs in Mr. Greene's book. I should be grateful to any one who aids me in getting signatures (of course only those of prominent people), for in the short time remaining it will be difficult for me to accomplish all that work alone. I have requested Mrs. Gardener's signature, and asked her to convey the same request to Mr. Flower. Dr. Hamlin has consented to be one of the signers. There are quite a number of people in this city who, I am confident, will sign their names after a number of others, but who would hesitate to make the beginning. The names of E. Everett Hale, Minot C. Savage, Governor Greenhalge and Ex-Governor Russell would attract many others. The signers ought to be persons not merely of local but of national reputation. Sincerely yours, (signed) Robert Stein.Robert Stein Robert SteinCHARLES F. WATTS G. OTTO HAUBOLD GEO. L. McKESSON PRESIDENT CLERK DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS The Toledo Board of Education OFFICE, ROOM 1 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ‘PHONES: HOME, PRIVATE EX. 2 BELL, MAIN 162 MEMBERS: R. A. BARTLEY MRS. PAULINE STEINEM CHARLES F. KNPP G. OTTO HAUBOLD TOLEDO, OHIO, Feb. 27th 1906 Dear Miss Blackwell: Many thanks to you for your “Songs of Russia”. I assure you that I praise the book very much; for itself, and for the giver. It brings back to me pleasant memories of highminded women and men, and their work in a great cause. To have met them and to be in sympathy with their ideas will always be a source of pleasure to me. With all good wishes, and hoping to meet you again, I am very sincerely yours Pauline SteinemPaulenie Steinem Dear Mr. Stevens: I have mailed Sylvia Parkhurst’s story to Mr. Grimes, also the article about Amy Haynes Gillmore. This last I cut down to about half a column. The statements about Miss Kerr are interesting, but I don’t think we can find room for them with so much else going on that is nearer- all this Washington business &. Enclosed is a first instalment of editorials - about 1000 words. I send them in order that if I have taken up anything, that the Journal has already covered while I was ill, you may weed it out. I am planning to have an editorial crowing over the withdrawal of Mrs. Young’s resignation, as due to the protests of women who are now voters; & one “Do Men Want to Vote?” using George Kennan’s figures in the North American;& one about the traveling salesmen who are protesting about their being practically disfranchised; & I ought to write something about my mother, which will be the hardest of all. Have had to put in most of my time yesterday & to day on the 3000 word article for Bryan’s father “The Commoner”. Tomorrow shall tackle the rest of the editorials. Am expecting to come in to the office for a short time Tuesday afternoon. I enclose a few “fillers”, & may have some more.I hope you are getting some rest this hot day. Sincerely, Alice Stone Blackwell. Aug. 3, 1913Dorchester, Mass. July 27, 1913 Dear Mr. Stevens: In the box of letters [?&c] sent out to me Saturday, I find an article by Mrs. Grace Welbur Trout which I think had better go in, though somewhat stale, because she is the State president & because we can afford to "rub in" a victory; but I would put it in some inconspicuous place, such as page 6 or 7. Prof. Lewis Johnson's letter should go in, too. With them I am sending you a lot of clippings that I have lately made. Some of them you may like to use, others probably are not worth it. They are sent merely as raw material. I think I will not start in with editorial for the next issue, but hope to do so the following week. I am enclosing an item about the Congressional appropriation of funds for the white slave prosecutions which should go in. Thank you for hunting up information for me about the union label. What I wanted to know was not whether Little & Brown habitually used it, but whether they were entitled to if they wanted to - i.e. whether they had their printing done at a union shop. And if not, I want the names & addresses of a few good union shops something like Grimes's, that do job printing & occasional books. I have got an estimate from Grimes on my book, & I want to get one or two more estimates before deciding. Sincerely, Alice Stone Blackwell [*P.S. I am making a little additional note about the new suffrage paper, because the one last week did not mention its price or address.*] Tuesday Dear Mr. Stevens: I hope to send these off so that they will reach the fraternity office by the first mail tomorrow. It will depend on whether I can catchanybody going up to the P.O. If not, you will not get them till nearly noon, and you may not be able to get them in. Do not do so if itwill delay you badly. But I want you to correct [the] one set of figures in my editorial "Women as Inventors." The number of patents taken out by women in the 26 years ending with 1910 should be 7042. Sincerely, Alice Stone BlackwellOffice of The Women's Journal No. 6 Beacon St., Room 1018 Boston, Mass., Oct. 30 1903 Dear Mr. Stevens; Will you please have them send a marked copy of Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane's article to each of the addresses enclosed (all in the state of Washington), and send a dozen copes to Mrs. Crane herself at Kalamazoo, Mich.? Sincerely, Alice Stone BlackwellDear Mr. Stevens: My editorial about [?Lindsey] has run into unexpected length, & will crowd out some of the others. All those about Elizabeth Dutcher, [who] &c., which are a series - about women's wages, the right to sit down, etc, - would be just as good next week. In haste, A. S. Blackwell Chilmark, Monday P.M. [*The enclosed are good if you have not got them already.*] Chilmark, Mass. Sept. 7, 1913 Dear Mr. Stevens: Paul Kellogg wants to make the beginning of his review of "A Sunny Life" read "a prophet of fortune", instead of "a soldier of fortune". Please change it; & please do not fail to put in, either at the head of the article or as a footnote or somewhere the description of the book - subject, author, publisher & price. I have sent the Springfield Republican another translation, "A Song of Freedom." You might keep an eye out for it. If the Board meeting of the Mass. W. S. A. is set for next Friday, I shall try to come home next Thursday; otherwise not till the following week. In great haste, sincerely, Alice Stone Blackwell Chilmark, Sept. 9, 1913 Dear Mr. Stevens: In a very hasty note mailed to you last night, I told you that my editorial about Judge Lindsey would crowd out some of the others. The one about Mrs. Parkhurst's coming to America can stand over, also the one about Josephine Roche. Perhaps it would make a better fit to take [them] those out than the series about the working women. The one about the Suffrage Fair ought to get in. The one about Finland would be good to lead off with, & I should like if possible to get in the one crowded out last week about the antis as "Conservationists." But you will have to see what is possible, & do the best you can. In one of my editorials I quote Mrs. Sarah A. Evans in the Galveston Tribune, & I think I gave the date of the Tribune wrong. It should be June 16, 1913. If the series about the working women goes in, this is the order: If Women Knew; The Right to Sit Down; Ballot Helps Workers. Please tell Miss Ryan I would like to send Judge Lindsey 200 copies free of charge, of the next Journal, [I understand he] & of the last with the report of his speech, unless he had [it] those already. I have had no word as to a Board meeting next Friday - & if there is none I shall probably not come home till next week Wednesday. Mrs. Catt's interview about Mrs. Parkhurst ought to go in, but not in a very conspicuous place. Please get in the enclosed short items if possible. Sincerely, Alice Stone Blackwell. P.S. Since writing my letter to you, I have found the enclosed letter from Mrs. Blatch in the Tribune, which I had overlooked. Perhaps you had better hold back Mrs. Catt’s letter till next week, & then we can print the two together. And in view of the abusive editorials about Mrs. Pankhurst in several papers, I guess if you can get in my editorial “Shall We Boycott Her?” You had better. But do the best you can & I shall not “kick”.Nor Easter April 1941 With Dear Love to Alice Stone Blackwell, our widely loved and honored leader from Jane A & Mary L Stecoart 1603-22 Street Toledo O 4/3/1941 The Rainbow There is always a rainbow which arches the sky for every difficult situation in life. God has not left the people of His world to grope in darkness without a rainbow of hope upon the sky. -Christian Advocate The Upward Look The fact that the sun is hidden behind the clouds does not mean that it has ceased to shine. When a train enters a tunnel, its passengers do not jump to the conclusion that the road has come to a dead end. A vision of a rent in the clouds, unveiling the sun, always, comes to him who persistently adopts the upward look. -Christian Advocate 163 West Newton st. Boston April 11 "32 Dear Miss Alice Stone Blackwell I hope you will pardon this intrusion. I read the long article in the Boston Transcript about you, and it interested me so much I thought, being a Stone, and have always read everything about Lucy Stone Blackwell, and about you, that I would write you. I am a Gregory Stone descendent, and belong to the Stone Association. I am a Civil War veteran, near 87, and am Commander of G.A.R. Past 122. There used to be 242 in the Past, now there's but 2 of us left. I am almost alone in the world for nearly all my many relatives have died. I am retired, and all I find to do it to write letters and poems, sometimes short stories and songs, both words and music. I am enclosing a few of my many poems and hope you may find time 2 to read some of them. I write many on different subjects, mostly military. The article in the Transcript mentioned your love of poetry, and that is my reason for enclosing these. I don't pretend to be a real poet, but have to write when the feeling comes on. Yours Sincerely, Charles E. Stone Charles E. StoneLUTHER STONE, CASHIER. BANK OF PLAINVIEW. INCORPORATED. OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANK. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. WRITE INSURANCE IN THE BEST COMPANIES. REAL ESTATE LOANS AT REASONABLE RATES. Plainsview, Neb., Oct 14 1894 Dear Cousin Alice There came to me [?a roll?] of St. Nicholas last week, and by them I judged that you were home from your camping grounds. I hope you are the better for your rest. I think all the Papers that you sent before going away were re'cd in due time and also the flowers such many thanks for them. We have had a very dry Summer out here. our garden was most a failure There is some corn, and there was quite a little small grain. I think: The crop was far from a failure but the farmers feel very poor. These last days of a Oct are very sorry days for you and Uncle Harry they beingthe last days of Dear [??out Lmay?], I can not even think how lonely you are. I can not pen my feelings, for you I only can say I am so sorry for you and I feel that is very poor comfort for you. Aunt Sarah writes that she is poorly and thinks she is not going to live very long, she writes that [?grandpa?] will be the last leaf to fall from the Stone tree. The last letter from home told us that grandpa was well as usual had just been sick for a day or two but was all right. I wish Luther would think he could go back home and see his father & mother but he thinks the money would do them more good and money they will surely need. We have been very well the past Summer. Luther is having a hard time just now with sore eyes, but I hope they are beginning to mend now. I hope this letter will find you all well. The family all wish to be remembered to you and uncle Harry from Kati M. Stone152 Bay State Rd. Boston, Mass. "Alice Stone Blackwell",- Boston Mass. Enclosed please find my check for $25. For young consumptive". Please do not use my name. Yours truly. "Miss" M.P. Stone November 30th, 1930Department of Commerce and Labor BUREAU OF STATISTICS Washington April 21, 1906 Dear Miss Blackwell: I have yours of the 19th [?mar.] and appreciate very much its frank spirit and your kind interest in the Russian cause. I am very sorry in deed to see you so adversely influenced by the despicable (I hope you'll pardon my strong language) attack of that mercenary sheet, the World, upon Gorky's character. Whatever you may think of the moral aspect of the case after you have read the enclosed clipping, I hope you will change your opinion as to his veracity. As you will see from the clipping Gorky is but one of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen who under similar conditions call each other man and wife though their marriage has not received any legal or ecclesiastical sanction. Afterall it is the views and customs of society and the fellow beings among whom we live that determine our attitude in matters of right and wrong. In Russia, people of all walks of life and in highest circles of society recognized them as man and wife, since they declared themselves as such to the world. Can you accuse G. of prevaricating in view of these facts? To him as well as to thousands of his countrymen an official formality does not mean what it does in the eyes of American citizens brought up under different conditions and with a deep and just regard for the law. The very fact that none of the Russians either here or in Europe has changed his opinion of G. since the newspaper intrusion into his private affair is additional proof that he acted in good faith when he declared her his wife, for that is what she is. As you will see from the enclosed statements she is not only that, but a woman of highest moral character who has given her life to the cause she and her husband are working for, and deserve the highest respect and sympathy of all right minded men and women. As for arranging an interview with the President, the idea has already been broached to him by some mutual friends of ours in this city and he declined to see him for political reasons. As regards [?Chaikosay?] I doubt that he would consent to see him for the same reason. In the case of Gorky there could at least be the excuse of his desire to meet a famous Russian man of letter, while in that of [?Chaikosay?] there is nothing remarkable about him except his connection with the revolutionary movement. However if you desire to correspond with Mr. [?Foulke?] in the matter, there can be not harm in trying. If there is anything you wish me to do at any time, please let me know. Sincerely yours, [?N.G.?] StoneP.S. Have you noticed how quick the papers were to take up the World's attack and how most of them failed to publish Mr. Scott's statement? As you probably may know his friends still intend to do all in their power to make Gorky's stay in this country useful to the cause of Russian revolution, and if the enclosed statement changes the aspect of the case in your eyes, you would render the cause a great service, by giving it the widest publicity possible in your power. NY Globe Apr. 18, 1906 Facts About Gorky Statement Made With His Consent of His Marital Relations Followed Russian Custom His First Wife Remarried Under It--Who His Present Companion Is. The following statement of the facts in the Gorky case, signed by Leroy Scott, one of his most intimate companions in this country, is issued with the consent of Mr. Gorky: "Maxim Gorky has been so outraged by the treatment accorded him and his wife that he has refused absolutely to make any statement whatever. But I believe the ill Mr. and Mrs. Gorky have suffered is greatly due to the public's ignorance of their relations and of Russian conditions; and so, as a friend who is acquainted with the facts, and with Mr. Gorky's consent, I make the following statement: "Mr. Gorky was first married in 1896. The marriage was not a happy one, and three years ago he and his wife separated by mutual consent. The relations between them have continued friendly, and he has supported her and his two children. In Russia divorce can be secured by a husband or wife only by covering the other with vilest infamy--which course self-respecting people refuse to follow, unless vile conduct has actually occurred. Furthermore, divorce is prohibitively expensive, and it can be secured only by those whom the government approves. For Mr. Gorky and his wife a divorce was impossible. "The difficulty of securing a divorce, the disreputable means that must be employed, have had the natural result of making a large part of the people of Russia revolt against divorce. Since men and women who have been separated without the impossible divorce may very naturally desire to remarry, custom in Russia has established an equivalent, socially, for the marriage ceremony. If a man publicly accepts and acknowledges a woman as his wife, or vice versa, the couple are socially recognized as man and wife, and are socially received as such. The first Mrs. Gorky has herself remarried according to this custom. This custom has existed in Russia for more than sixty years; it has become an unwritten law; and thousands and thousands of couples are living together, honored, according to it. In many provinces even the law, which always lags behind public sentiment, recognizes the wife of such a union as the legal heir and the children legitimate. "It was under this custom that Mr. Gorky was joined to the present Mme Gorky. Had they been living here in America, or under such conditions as exist in America, they would have been legally married long ago. In Russia they are recognized and received as man and wife. About a year ago the press despacthes from Russia made much of Mrs. Gorky's visits to Gorky in prison, her attempts to secure his release, her nursing him through his illness. The present Mrs. Gorky is the Mrs. Gorky that was referred to. "Since Mrs. Gorky has suffered so much detraction in the last few days, it is justice to her that the public should know more of her than the mere fact that she is an actress. She is of the Yurkovsky family, one of the oldest in Russia. Her father is a baron. One of her uncles was Admiral Yurkovsky, who was killed at Sebastapol. At sixteen she was forced by her parents into marriage with Gen. Dgeliabujsky, a high government official, and belonging to a family of nobles that have been powerful in Russian affairs for over a thousand years. But her husband was a conservative, was in favor of Russia's oppressive government; her sympathies were with the people. Five years ago she secured a legal divorce, which was possible for her, since she had wealth and high position. "Prior to her divorce she had acted occasionally, from love of the art and without pay, in the Stanislav Theatre of Art in Moscow. The social position of an actress is so high in Russia that she could do this without loss of prestige. After her divorce, under the stage name of Madam Andreiva, she became the leading lady of this theatre, the only theatre she ever acted in, and rose to be regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Russia. All that she earned she gave to the cause of liberty. Last year, feeling that the revolution needed all of her, she abandoned the stage and threw her whole energy into the struggle for freedom. The result was that her arrest was ordered. A friend gave her thirty minutes' warning, and she escaped. Had she been captured it is certain she would have been executed. "This is a plain statement of the facts regarding two people who are recognized as man and wife in Russia, who have suffered, and are now giving their lives to the cause of freedom, to the cause of humanity. Leroy Scott."[Dr. Tehaykovsky] N. J. Stone DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR BUREAU OF STATISTICS WASHINGTON April 14, 1906. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, Boston Dear Madam: Dr [?Hourivich] may have written to you before leaving for Russia that I would try to fill his place to the best of my ability with reference to the Russian cause. It has occurred to me that if we could arrange a meeting between the President and Gorky that it might be helpful to the cause of Russian freedom as it would give both Gorky & the cause a standing with the influential and well to do people in this country who are so far lukewarmin their attitude. I am inclined to think that Mr. Faulke would be more likely to arrange [?about] an informal meeting with the President, than any other person I can think of. If this idea appeals to you I should be glad to have you write to him and shall do so myself if you will kindly let me know his present address. If there is any way in which I can be useful to you please consider me at your services. I am a native of Russia. Russian is my native tongue. Very truly yours A. J. StoneNew Madison Ohio Feb. 28, 1907 The Woman's Journal, Boston, Mass. My Dear Friends - I know you are always interested in people and their doings, especially if it is good that is being done, so this is why I am moved to write this morning, enclosing some brief notes. I am also moved to solicit a favor of the Womans Journal. Our W.C.T.W. is about ti open a Reading Room and Amusement Hall. Our National Suffrage paper [?] to be much in evidence on our Reading able. Can you furnish one or two copies gratis to a public Reading Room from which so [?] access? I am sure it would be good missionary work. Will you kindly let me know what you can do for us in this line. Mail to my address. Yours for a better humanity Rev. Sara L. Stoner New Madison Ohio Box 73Sarah Stoner [*Personal*]My dear Miss Blackwell - It is with great interest that I read in the Bookman a criticism of your "Lucy Stone." It interests me for a great many reasons - because she has always fascinated me - because perhaps - we might place a translation in France - but especially because Madame Juliette Adams known to all of France for her stand and her staunch insistance in France on woman's capacity lays much of her success to "Elizabeth Stone Blackwell - first woman surgen to make London mensurgeons bow before her." and her sister, both of whom she met at Daniel Stern's in Paris away back in 1860 or so. Madame Adams is nearly 95 - and her memory is sadly going - she has been a marvellous figure - of whom I should like to tell you more sometime. But I should be very grateful to you if you could tell me if there was an Elizabeth Stone Blackwell - if she was a surgeon - or if Madame Adams is confusing Lucy Stone Blackwell with someone else. Will you tell me, too, when either or both were in Paris? As soon as I can, I shall read your biography - but it may not be obtainable here - and as I am writing something about Madame Adams I should be especially glad to have definite information. I shall be coming to America within a few weeks. so will you write me c/o Mrs. E.A. Miras 1034 East 26th Brooklyn? I should like to see you - if we can arrange it. As this letter must go via your publisher, it may be delayed. Thank you for any information you can give me - Very sincerely yours, Alice StormsAbout Elizabeth Stone Blackwell