5403 Reno Road , 



Washington , D. C. , 



March 12, 1923. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Cambridge , Mass , 

 '.Dear Mr. Deane, 



I an inclosiaag Prof. Haokel's receipt for y our kind gift. 

 When the Ruhr was invaded in January I feared that all Europe 

 iamght again soon he at war, so I sent all the gifts up to June, 

 before coramuni cation was interrupted. Thank heaven war has not 

 resulted and I sincerely hope it will not. 



Prof. %okel wrote in December that the Avaerican gifts 

 had enabled then to get some coal. They could not have had any 

 except for these gifts. They had none last year — only a small 

 amount of wood; and wood is getting scarcer and more expensive 

 all the time, low they can heat one room. Tie is particularly 

 grateful because his wife suffers much from rheumatism, and 

 the pain is increased by the continual cold. 



I hope you are enjoying tne '-/inter. Spring is in the air 

 here now, and blackbirds, song sparrows, robins and bluebirds 

 are here again. 



With best wishes, 



Yours sincerely, 



