NAWSA General Correspondence Hagar, Louise Box 806 Pasadena 19 Cal April 19, 1949. Dear Miss Blackwell. Your cheery Easter Greetings arrived early and pleased me very much. I have already thanked you; but I knew you would be interested in the enclosed clipping of your Mother. I know Beth would also be glad to see it so I will send it to her and ask her to send it on to you; that is why it is not coming direct from Pasadena. It is very strange but Sunday was Mrs. Newell's 112th Birthday. I mentioned it to Beth and Henrietta very thoughtfully said she would order an Easter plant for Bethany Church and give it in Mrs. Newell's name! Wasn't that kind of her? I did not think of it; but I had sent a remembrance to a young man who was named Newell for Mrs. Newell and told him it was her 112th Birthday, so we were all remembering Mrs. Newell. Then when the Star News arrived Sunday morning Lo and Behold it contained this picture of your Mother! It is not very good but I recognized it the minute I saw it and I knew it was Mrs. Lucy Stone. I thought it was so strange that the two persons who had done so much for Beth and for me should not be forgotten this Easter Day but would be remembered from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Beth and I owe Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Newell for our happy lives and you too continued your kindness to Beth and to me after your Mother passed away for which we are very grateful. I hope you are in good health and had a Happy Easter.- With love from Louise Hagar. Box 715 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA April 24, 1938 - Dear Miss Blackwell - I thank you for your kind thought of me, and for your Easter Greetings with their good advice and uplift. Your cards have always been not only for that particular day for which they were sent; but to be read and re-read during the days and weeks that follow. I am glad you are so pleasantly situated now in Cambridge; but it made me sad to hear you could give no better report about your eyes. With care and rest I hope you will be able to see objects with the left eye for some time to come. You certainly have a great store house of memories which will help while away the hours for you. It is fortunate some of your relations live near to run in and keep you informed as to what is going on in the world and as to what they are doing. I hope your Easter Day was a pleasant one - We had a three days hot wave with thermometer 91° each day so I did not feel like doing anything but staying home and keeping cool. I am supposed to keep out of crowds so I did not attend any service. I listened over the radio. The wild flowers are beautiful just now and extend over acres and acres of ground. In one Valley the lupines are so thick they look like a blue lake or sea from a distance. Then there are vast fields of poppies and other flowers creating a gorgeous carpet of bright colors - Thousands go to see the wonderful sight every day. It is too bad we are having rain today or many more would be on their way to admire them. The famous Wistaria Vine at Sierra Madre is also in bloom and a great attraction. It covers over an acre of ground. It is right at the foot of the mountains and I was glad to see the floods did it no harm - though we could see how high the water came on a lovely home near the vine - Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery and grounds. There are over 200 acres - The roses, iris, pansies great pink cannas and flowers of all kinds also many rare trees such as the Chinese Fringe tree were in full bloom so was a beautiful pink crabapple and groves of orange trees with fragrant blossoms at the same time loaded with fruit - I saw two little humming birds trying to drive a big mountain blue jay away from their nest to keep him from eating the eggs - They are larger than the Eastern jays and a deeper blue. They are so bold they will eat hen's eggs so a humming bird's egg would just be an appetizer. Of course I saw the famous paintings. The Blue Boy by Gainsborough Pinkie by Lawrence Lady Hamilton etc. etc. Beth writes that you listen to the radio. I wonder if you hear some from Hollywood. We go to the various broadcasts. The Lux Hollywood Hotel, Jolsen's, Charlie McCarthys and various others - again thanking you for your kindness. Yours sincerely Louis Hagar. Box 715 Pasadena California January 8, 1938. Dear Miss Blackwell. Thank you for your Christmas Greetings of cheer and courage. It was kind of you to remember me again this year. I am sorry you are having trouble with your eyes and hope the oculists will be able to restore the sight very soon. You have used your eyes so much all these years they are probably tired and need a rest. I hope you were able to enjoy Christmas. I wonder if you have a radio and listened to some of the fine programs from all over the world. I enjoyed them so much at Christmas and New Years. I wish I could send you some of our sunny warm weather that we have had all through the holidays Last year at this time we were having our freezing weather so this is a pleasant change. Wishing you good health through 1938 and a speedy return of your eyesight. Yours sincerely Louise Hagar. [*Hagar*] General Delivery WASHINGTON. D. C. April 7, 1934. Dear Miss Blackwell. Thank you for your Easter Greetings which found me this time in Washington D. C. It certainly was kind of you to remember me, especially as I move around so much - I hope you and Miss Barry-Blackwell had a pleasant Easter Day even though the weather outside was not all sunshine - Beth told me that Mrs. Mayhew was here the past winter so she has probably told you that the weather in Washington is not "perpetual sunshine". but it is an interesting city and I feel quite at home in it - There is so much to see and to do here - Had a beautiful Easter season - Went to service in the magnificent Washington Cathedral only a part of which is completed. It is the resting place of Admiral Dewey and ex-President Wilson - I also went to a service at the old church of St. John which is called The Presidents Church - because so many Presidents have worshipped there. Franklin Roosevelt went there for a short service before going to the Capitol to take his oath of office and become President of the United States. Easter I went to the sunrise service which was held in the amphitheatre of the Arlington Cemetery and conducted by the Knights Templars in full uniforms. Mrs. Roosevelt was there and many distinguished people - The air was cold but the sun came out later and we had a lovely Spring day - After the service I walked to the other side of the amphitheatre where is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It is guarded by a soldier who paces back and forth and creates as much interest for the tourists as the tomb of the dead. Monday I went to the egg rolling at the south side of the White House. Had a lovely [beautiful] time there. It was a beautiful day and the children came with their gay baskets holding colored eggs - also chocolate eggs, rabbits etc. Some of the baskets were gorgeous. Children from rich families were there with their darkey Mammies, poor children, and colored children but they all had a good time. Mrs. Roosevelt, her daughter, and the two grandchildren came down among the crowd and saw a load of animals that looked very life like as they moved their heads and legs - A band played for the children, and young woman played games with them but what pleased them the most was the egg rolling. I left near noon and went to the Zoo returning at 3P.M. to hear the Marine Band play and sing until 5P.M. I have been in the Capitol, Treasury, Library and various other government buildings and to the Amaryllis Show. The cherry blossoms are not out yet. There is to be a Festival of the Cherry Blossoms April 19-20-21-and they are to be out then. Again thanking you for your Greeting which I always enjoy keeping Yours sincerely Louise Hagar. [*Louise Hagar*] 1504-18th Ave. Seattle, Washington. Dear Miss Blackwell. May 1, 1930. Another token reached me at Easter Time to show that you still remembered me up here in the "Great Northwest". I certainly thank you for your thoughtfulness and kindness. I have your card before me on my table so I may read it often. A card from you is not just for the particular day for which it is sent; but is good throughout the entire year and gives one something to think about, so I like to keep them. Your Christmas card is on my bureau. I particularly liked the first statement on your Easter card by Mary Johnston. "The sunset holds the colors of dawn". I certainly glory in the riot of color of the sun sets, and sun rises here in Seattle when the weather is clear - The city is built on hills. We are on the top of "second hill". From my windows I can look East across the valleys and Lake Washington to snow covered Mt. Rainier and the beautiful Cascade Mountains and watch the sun rise in all its loveliness sending brilliant hues across the sky. In the evening looking West where the sun is sinking behind the tall Olympic Mountains, across Puget Sound, I watch the gorgeous colors spreading across the sky, followed by "the afterglow" which turns the snow of Mt. Rainier so it looks rose colored! Both are very beautiful and this week we had a double rainbow to add more color to the scenery. We have cherry pear, and prune trees in our back yard that were masses of blossoms three weeks ago. I wish you could see Mt. Rainier through an opening in the blossoms. It makes a lovely picture. Now the apple trees are in bloom;- In the front of the house the lilacs snowballs Japanese cherry Pyrus Japonica, and Scotch Broom are all in flower, also the mountain ash tree and dogwood trees. The roses and peonies are budded but not in flower yet. If it is pleasant tomorrow I plan to take the ferry across Puget Sound and after seeing the Bremerton Navy yard plan to take an automobile trip along Hood Canal which is at the foot of the Olympic Mountains and one of the finest scenic drives, they say around here being particularly interesting now because the Rhododendrons are out. The Olympic peaks are not as high as those of the Cascade Mountains. "The Brothers" being 6920 ft. and "Constance" 7777 ft. They are about 40 miles from Seattle - Several of the Cascade peaks are over 10,000 ft with Mt. Rainier 14,408 ft. That is 60 miles from here. I think Seattle is the loveliest city on the Pacific Coast where one wishes the four seasons without the extreme hot or cold weather of the Eastern States. The last two winters are called "very cold" by the old Seattleites but the thermometer did not go below 18° (above) which I call good bracing weather and only lasted three weeks. and 89° was the highest we had last summer - I suppose you and Miss Barry-Blackwell, also little Jack are looking forward to Thilmark and warm weather. I hope you will all have a happy summer. Clifton Parker is due in Seattle soon but I shall not try to see him as I have had my teeth out and look very comical. Thanking you again for the card, and your book of Spanish poems. Yours sincerely Louise Hagar. Box 715 Pasadena California December 14, 1938. Dear Miss Blackwell - Thank you for your Christmas and New Year Greetings which I always enjoy and keep from one year to the next - I hope you are in the best of health and will have a pleasant Christmas Day. I thought of you the other evening when I saw Rev. U. E. Harding the man who was almost blind and had the cornea from another's eye grafted upon his own - I expected to see him walk in with restored sight - but was disappointed when he had to be led by another. He said he had half of one per cent vision before the operation now he has five per cent and hopes to have 40 per cent - I thought you might wonder if such an operation would give back your sight. It seems at present as if it were too much of a risk and too painful for the amount of sight that the operation gives. Your card states that you can see objects around you though seen as through a fog. There is an elderly lady in this house who told me her sight grew dim. She paid as much as five dollars for a little phial of drops which the specialist gave her which did no good. She paid out much money to doctors who did not help her eyes. then a friend who had been cured of a similar dimness of sight told her to buy a little tube of ointment Mercury Oxide Yellow 1% E R. Squibb & Sons. (It costs 25 cents at the drug store but be sure to get that and not another ointment the clerks offer). She spread a towel over the pillow and then she would rub a little of the ointment on the outside of her lids when going to bed. In the morning there would be sharp particles that had come away In four days she began to see the leaves again on the trees and steadily her sight returned. Now her eyes are bright and she sees everything - That was three years ago. She says she would not be without that ointment and rubs some on her eyes about once a week - She had me buy four tubes for her the other day so as to be sure to have enough in the house. If you have no disease of the eyes I wondered if this simple remedy would help you. Sincerely yours, Louise Hagar. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.