28 Jan. '27
Dear [Miss] Addams
I have just heard of the Chicago gathering in your honor from my old friend, Mr. Turner -- and if I had known of it, I too should have sent (for you personally, at least) some little word of affection and glad recognition. Never shall I forget your old-time friendliness & helpfulness to us in The Ethical Society. And never have I been more unhappy & resentful than [illegible] ↑over↓ the attitude of many to you during the war. I felt hard to Chicago itself -- elsewhere there might be more or less ignorance, but Chicago knew what manner of woman you were, therefore [it's] the greater sin. I could only say to myself, despising the [illegible] crowd, something like old Heraclitus, "One man is equal to ten thousand, when he is [page 2] the best." And now at last Chicago is redeeming itself in its act of homage. Nothing I have heard of for some time gives me more cheer than this -- and one here in Washington needs a little cheer [illegible] now in view of the government's ignoble, narrowminded attitude to Mexico & Nicaragua!
With honor & love, dear [Miss] Addams, which no one else can surpass,
Your old friend,
Wm M. Salter
Mrs. Salter feels every bit as I do, she says, & sends her message of love.
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