The Myl.es Standish 

 30 Bay State Road 

 Boston, Massachusetts , 



Wednesday eve. W^?/?-^ 



Dear Mr . Deane; - 



Thank you so much for your letter 

 expressing your interest in the Guild. I am sorry 

 that you felt such disappointment in not coming into 



the sale. There was much more publicity in the 

 newsoapers than we have ever had "before and so we did 

 not mail so many individual cards, hut another year 

 I will surely send you a very particular message so 

 that you can come for it is a joy to have you. You 

 may have discovered that the check which you mention- 

 ed as inclosing in my note missed being tucked in at 

 the last moment. It is easy to do that and I have 

 often had the same experience myself and then discover 

 ed the check on my desk or still in my check book a 

 day or so after I had thought it was received at its 

 destination. Possibly you have tucked it into another 

 envelope and sent it on its way to the Guild. I do 

 appreciate your loving sympathy and interest. 



Have you been into the Copley Gallery 

 to see the most unusual Pastels of Flowers done by 

 Laura. Combs Hills? If not, dear Mr. beane do not miss 

 this exquisitely lovely experience. The exhibit re- 

 mains till December 8th. and I know you will enjoy it 

 more than you can possibly anticipate. One has the 

 sensation when leav ing the gallery of having been in 

 a living garden of flowers. She has painted more 

 then the form of the flowers and their color, for one 



