Atlanta, Georgia, Jan 14/90

Mrs. H. M. Caine
#2-3 Knoxville Tenn




#29 Capital Ave.
Atlanta, Georgia, Jan 14/90

Mrs. Angier says my voice will be a dramatic soprano!

My Dearest Mamma,
Today finds me more truly happy than I have ever been before in my life. It is because I have found that someday I may make something grand out of my voice. I never knew what ambition meant before, but I do understand it now. I feel I must do something with this voice of mine. Yesterday Mrs. Angier had me sing for her again, that is, this time she took each tone by itself and showed me how to place it just right, and the result was not only astonishment and delight on my own part, but rapture on the part of Mrs. Angier, Anne and the rest. Every minute Mrs. Angier would say--; beautiful! Magnificent! Glorious! All I can say is that I am so glad and happy. And now I want to study, study!
I have found my "spere" at last, as Betsy Babbet would say.
And now to change the "sublime to the ridiculous", I would like very much to have you send me my hot water bag which I shall need for "various purposes" I have had my first touch of neuralgia since coming here and had to comfort myself last night with a porcelain thing which didn't fit very kindly to my face. I hardly feel it at all today, but I think I had better have the bag with me. I shall begin looking for a letter from home soon. Tell Jo so not to forget me. (Ahem!) Anne is going to mail this for me, so as Harry says "it must be only a note" with much, much love, Anna.



“No Envelope” “incomplete”

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Atlanta, GA Oct,
23 11:30 AM '90
Mrs. H. M. Caine

Your influence has awakened me to a fact that I did not see before. I never thought there was any harm in a game of cards, but I have come to the conviction that it is a sin, because, first it is a waste of time, and, second, because our influence on young boys is not good. They have not will power enough to keep away from evil associates. The game is very fascinating and when once a young boy learns to like it, he will go where he should not to play. You may have all the credit to my awakening.......'Unfinished portion'