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[[pre-printed letterhead]]
Hotel Continental
3 Rue Castiglione
1 er. Arrdt.
Paris
TELEGRAMMES
Contental-Paris
TELEPHONE
No. 243.91
No. 133.33
Paris le [[/pre-printed letterhead]]
May 24 [[preprinted]]190[[/preprinted]]5

Dear Colonel Hecker,

The days are flying by most rapidly and they are so full of interest and pleasure as to make letter writing almost an impossibility.  But I must tell you that the Whistler Exhibition is progressing most satisfactorily.  The attendance is larger and the interest shown most intelligent and appreciative.  I wish Whistler himself could be present occasionally and see the amazing changes that has overtaken the opinions of thousands concerning his work.  Then, too, his desire to have his collected work, in different mediums, shown in Paris is demonstrating his foresight concerning exhibitions.  For the 

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Transcription Notes:
missed 2 words . Colonel Hecket name may be wrong Frank Hecker was Freer's friend, next-door neighbor on Ferry Street in Detroit and fellow oriental art collector.--thomasc I think I got the missed words. Freer's handwriting is interesting--thomasc