Dec. 8th.
My dear Miss Addams.
Frieda and I want to send to you Christmas greetings far warmer than can be expressed by printed, or even written word! For our thoughts travel back to last year, when we had the great happiness of once more hearing the lovely Hull House music and when it was our privilege to see you several times.
We had hoped for at least a glimpse when you were over in Europe in the summer! But I never heard of your being in London at all; and as I was ill a good deal of the time, I fear I should have been [page 2] unable in any case to meet you. It distressed us very much to hear, indirectly, that you had been ill at Geneva! And I wish I could be sure that you are now quite strong again.
Perhaps you know that Lea Taylor and Mary Stone were almost our first guests in our new home -- and their visit was a happiness which we shall never forget. We wanted to have a little picture of our house made for our Christmas card; but we have had such an unbroken spell of rain and dark weather that I have not been able to secure a "snapshot" clear enough to be used for a block.
How much we hope that someday you may enter our door, I cannot and need not say! As you may suppose, we feel very sad over the defeat of the miners after their long long struggle! If we had not had [page 3] a government callously indifferent to ordinary fair play, and almost openly avowing a purpose to crush trade-unionism this could not have happened!
I hope all your Christmas activities will be very successful and happy and that you yourself will enjoy in full measure the true peace and goodwill which belong to the dear season!
With our united warm love,
I am
Affectionately yours
M A B Maynard.
Will you please give our greetings to Mrs [Kohn] if she remembers us, and to Mrs Lovett, Miss Binford, Miss Southall and Miss Wood -- also to the two old ladies of whom Ken was so fond of ↑(in the [Labor] Museum)↓, if you know which they are! Mrs Pelham always kept us in touch with them.
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