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Tuesday - Feb 23 1904

Dear Mother and Father -

I am sorry you are not coming over here this Spring - But as you are not you can get some idea of my place here from photo's [[photos]] I am having reprinted - I am doing some good work here now and the reason I have not written about it was because I am tired of of [[sic]] talking about it.  So as I am sending in six paintings to exhibitions this Spring will wait to see what happens before becoming inflated with pride - But among their number are some that are not bad, and better than I have done, [[strikethrough]] for some [[/strikethrough]] as yet. Forgive my throwing bouquets at myself -

The Fords are beginning to hunt up some young models for me - and with