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Hôtel Aachener Hof
gegenüber 
Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse. 
Electrische Fahrstühle
TELEFON AMT I, 1246

Berlin N.W. den 2 ten October 1901
Georgenstr. 21/22

My dear father:
I enclose mother's letter of the 15th instant so that you may see just what I am replying to. As far as I can see there is no especial reason at this time to feel particularly alarmed about Will's health. He looks still a little queer, & must have appeared even more strange when Jack Andrews saw him, because of his beard. He is also of course a little pale, but as he has lived all summer in the city this is to be expected. He could not have much tan unless he walked much in the country, or went on some such trip as I have taken. Walking around with me sightseeing:- & this is hard work;- Will indeed got tired, but as this was in his feet & due to light shoes, it is nothing to worry about. 

As far as his food goes, as I wrote, his pension was not good. Of course I could not order him to leave it, but I [[__ed?]]] so much about the danger of living on such fare, that he became worried himself & left of his own accord. Since then, at least as long as I was with him, he has been living in very good restaurants. I do not think this on the whole is as good as a pension; not on account of the food, but because in a pension Will can spend an hour or two  in conversation instead of going back at once to his studio. I urged him to look for a better pension, but of course I could not order him to do so, nor need you. Will is economical & as he can live well cheaper in a good pension than in a restaurant it is easy to see that unless he takes a chum; - in which case there is no objection to good restaurants; - he will soon go of his own accord into a pension. There is a new Englishman who would like to come into his studio, & I rather think it would be well for Will to have him. Just at present he has not returned from his vacation. 

As far as living by himself & cooking his own meals goes Will has already offered his cook stove to a man who lent him a bicycle, so you need not worry about that. Indeed I think I have scared Will into being more careful about eating at least I tried all the time to do so. It costs money for this, however, (not that Will's allowance is too small, it is larger than he needs). One cannot live at good restaurants (by this I mean not fashionable, but students & artists  places) for less than 80 [[cents]] to $1.00 pr. day. It seems queer but we must buy all our water (the Paris water is not safe) & this costs more than beer (beer is 50 [[cents]] & water 60 [[cents]]) & the same as wine; all of which adds to the expense. Will generally has water at one meal then at another, the beer is light & harmless. I discouraged him from drinking wine; he has not done so for a long time. I think it is all manufactured from anything but grapes & so is not healthful. Every morning he has a pint of milk sent to his studio, which is good for him.

As far as the studio goes I found it neat & pretty, but not fully furnished. With a new bath rug, sofa cover, & curtain to the shelves, it looks very well, tho the rug is a little too bright.

Will has a good suit of new winter clothes which I bought with him. Also a new hat. He of course