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RW:P

November 1st, 1929.

My dear Robert,

I wired you the day before yesterday, upon my arrival, thanking you for your long letter, and this morning I find your note of October 30th and am delighted to read that you are so much better.

Please forgive my dictating these lines, but you will understand that I am most extraordinarily busy trying to get the big wheel into swing, which of course, takes a few days.

As a matter of fact, I tried to telephone you last night after 12 o'clock and had no reply from your hotel until 8 o'clock this morning and I then cancelled my call.  What a pity, as I really would have longed to talk to you.

Regarding your letter, I am delighted with your proposition for your opening night and please, if possible, keep yourself free after the show so that we can go somewhere for supper.  I am looking forward very much to seeing you.

Have you made any plans as to where you are staying? Let me know what they are.

I have lots of things to tell you, which would go too far to write.  However, I spent a week in London before my sailing and had a perfectly lovely stay.  My trip was fair, a great number of very interesting people aboard, although the arrival was a rather sad one considering the terrific breakdown of the Stock Exchange, where everybody lost a great deal of money.  As usual I had to be wherever something is going on and was hit quite severely.

Drop me a line soon again and let me know howyou are getting on and write me your telephone - room number and 'what time you are usually in during the night'.

Meanwhile, all my best wishes.  As ever,

Yours,

Robert Haslem, Esq.,
North Park Hotel,
1936 North Clark St., Chicago.