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50 [[preprinted letterhead]] [[image - The Lawrence. illustration of about a fifteen story building on a corner, cars and pedestirans in street, with large sign on top "HOTEL LAWRENCE."]] [[image -Diamond shaped "UNITED HOTELS" logo]] UNITED HOTELS NEW YORK CITY - THE ROOSEVELT PHILADELPHIA, PA. - THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SEATLE, WASH. - THE OLYMPIC WORCESTER, MASS. - THE BANCROFT ALBANY, N.Y. - THE UTICA SYRACUSE, N.Y. - THE ONONAGA ROCHESTER, N.Y. - THE SENECA " "[[ditto for ROCHESTER, N.Y.]] - THE ROCHESTER NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. THE NIAGARA ERIE, PA. - THE LAWRENCE AKRON, OHIO - THE PORTAGE FLINT, MICH. - THE DURANT NEWARK, N.J. - THE ROBERT TREAT PATERSON, N.J. - THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON TRENTON, N. J. - THE STACY TRENT HARRISBURG, PA. - THE PENN-HARRIS IN CANADA MONTREAL - THE MOUNT ROYAL TORONTO - THE KING EDWARD HAMILTON - THE ROYAL CONNAUGHT NIAGARA FALLS - THE CLIFTON WINDSOR - THE PRINCE EDWARD ST. JOHN, N.B. - THE ADMIRAL BEATTY [[/preprinted]] Erie, Pa. REED ANSHUTZ MANAGER [[underlined]]Note[[/underlined]]: Above is letterhead of the Lawrence Hotel as of April 1926. The dance Saturday was a very lively affair due in no small part to the presence of Von Stille, who would be incongruous in any affair that had the faintest aspect of dullness. I danced with many fair damsels ranging in age from about thirteen to thirty. The youngest was little Freida Johnson, Hermann Lemp's granddaughter, whom I have a very decidedly warm spot in my heart for. She is precious with no reservations. Marie was there, the girl of the golden west, from the waving fields of flax and wheat of the Dakotas. I also have a warm spot in my heart for her -- look out. And, of course, Lenore and [[underlined]]many[[/underlined]] others. The [[underlined]]many[[/underlined]] is your only consolation. There is a girl here, Ethel Yokes, who is exactly the Willie—type, and for that reason I love to go into her place of business, the library, and talk to her. And she not only is your physical type, but also your mental type. Dutton says she is by far the finest girl in his church -— you see the type. It is partly through Dutton and partly through her that I'm reading Thomas Hardy now. I have just finished "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and am starting "The Return of the Native." Hardy is a marvelous writer, slated for the next Nobel prize in literature if he lives, so I understand. But his attitude toward life is terrible. He regards us all and our lives as the sport and playthings of a cruel diety or perhaps merely destiny. However, he writes so beautifully and so forcefully that in spite of his attitude, he is wonderful to read. I suggest you try one of his books but don't ever try one unless you're in a cheerful state of mind. I thought the story of Tess the most tragic thing I've ever read but they say it is nothing compared to some of his later works like "Jude the Obscure."
