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to hope it is a work of art, not a good likeness to something. I see that on the inscriptions his middle name is spelled without a T.- Johnson. Is that a mistake of the reporter or have they so spelled it? If so don't you think it should be altered? 

It is very comforting to think they recognize your Father's ability & do justice to his character. I don't know if Roosevelt will have his statue. I doubt it if he lives long enough for by that time he will be found out - His progress over here was grotesque, at the Embassy he waited until every one had arrived & then went the rounds like royalty with a word for every one. His speech at the Sorbonne amused these clever Frenchmen when they read the translations -

I hardly dare to hope to see you all over here this summer. up to the present we haven't had any, & of course you see in