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[[stamp]] ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART [[/stamp]]
Mrs Peter Voohrees
5-59

My dear Edw,

I must just send you a few lines and thank you for your letter which made us laugh very much.- As to my painting I have not done much but if you have a friend visiting, you can't always run away I am crazy to paint in oils again and hope to make an attempt soon but it has been very warm today, of late mean and a most peculiar day today we rode at seven this morning it was very delightful and when we got the breeze 
cool- While Maud was here we acted "Die Gouvernante" which was great fun and made every body laugh, we were sorry to have her go for both the friend were very lively- The other day I rode with Marie Mosle and we had a very good time- she and G are great friends and I have given her a painting lesson she like it very much, also are going to meddle for we have ordered clay, but how it will work I don't know-

Mrs Heidlauf is here now and at present she is looking on while the others are playing Scat - Gretchen and the others are in bed and I expect to follow- We have not been