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33 Ferry Avenue E.,
Detroit, Michigan,
February 22nd, 1908.

DEAR PROF. FENOLLOSA,
I arrived home this morning and am glad to report that I am in much better physical condition than my experience in New York led me to expect. I think the restful time enjoyed there did me good, and I am sure that my little visit with yourself and Mrs. Fenollosa did much to clear the cobwebs from my mind. Our two evenings with Japanese friends were also uplifting.

Since leaving you I have given more thought to the proposed Exhibition and its importance begins to overwhelm me. I hope we will find it possible to swing the affair strongly and with great dignity through the circuit chosen. The possibilities of doing good through the Exhibition and Lectures are boundless. I have sent letters to our friends in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, Chicago, and St. Louis, telling them of the official letters to be sent out from New York and inviting their co-operation on personal as well as official grounds.

I am confident that if we can only start the right men in the right direction, the whole thing will wind up gloriously for all concerned. I am so glad that the demon-commercialism- never raised its head during our late conferences. It is so encouraging to feel that we are not to be embarrassed with commercial considerations. Whatever replies I may receive from the gentlemen to whom I have written concerning this matter, I shall forward to you, so that you will have before you full news of what's happening concerning the personnel of the Central or Executive Committee.

Yourself and Mrs. Fenollosa are keeping very well, I trust.

With kindest remembrances to you both,
Most sincerely yours,
Charles L. Freer

PROF. FENOLLOSA,
The Beresford,
1 W.81st Street,
New York, N. Y.