Dear Miss Addams,
I discovered only this morning that I had failed so far to thank you for sending us that beautiful etching of the Entrance to Hull House. I had it framed & when it came back I put it into my desk unwrapped. This morning I was working on a talk to some young folks on "How a Guild may serve the community." My thoughts turned to Hull House as they always do when I think of service to any community. Then I saw the unopened package & opened it, thought of how splendid it is going to look upon the wall of our drawing room (we live in the YMCA building) and then realized with a shock that I had never thanked you for sending it.
I do thank you very much indeed. It is not only beautiful but it serves to remind me of a very happy period of my life. My experience at Hull House was all too brief, yet short as it was it gave me an [page 2] interest in the poor & the handicapped which I shall never lose. More than that, it brought me in touch with one whose life & work has been an [inspiration] & always will be. I am no longer a boy yet somehow I have never lost my tendency to hero worship. Even to this day a lump rises in my throat as I recall how you got up from your sick bed to come down stairs to say goodbye to my wife & me as we started on our long journey to India.
Nor shall I forget that day during the war when in the 1st Congregational Church, Evanston, you stood fearlessly for Peace when almost every one in the audience was against you. Then it was I learned that pacifists are no cowards.
I hope this letter is not bad taste. It comes from the heart of me who through varied experiences has come to value beyond words the few [truly] great souls he has been privileged to know.
Again most sincere thanks for remembering [us]. If you had sent only a penny post card I should have appreciated being remember. All the more so since the thought of us came manifest in such a beautiful & useful form.
Very sincerely yours,
Glenn P Wishard
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