Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-01-08
Archie Cook Performs His Role
Before the Ruler Of Spain in
His Private Theatre
TELLS OF TRAVELS
TN SOUTH AND EAST
After Filing Engagement in Spain
the Company Goes to London
and Elsewhere---America later


letters received recently by Mrs. w.
II. Newell, from Clinton Archibald
Cook. her nephew and adopted son.
Mr. Cook Is the son OF Mrs. Grace
Bumgartner, San Antonio Texas. Leon
Barte' is Mr.. Cooks stage name,
which he assumed four years ago
when he joined the company OF the
famous Russian dancers, Madame
Paylowa. He has been on the stage
but about five or six years.
Buenois Aires, Argentina.
August 8, 1919.
Dear mother: 1t certainly has
been an age since / have had letter
from you. Hope it is not because
YOU are i'll. Suppose it is because
YOU are busy wedding that garden or
looking after your chickens, for
am certain you will do those things
until you go to your grave. My hands
are strangers to weeds and it has
been many years now since / shut
your chickens up for the night. |
have been busy looking after diff
ferent kind Of weed and the garden
is my mind and body. Must say my
garden like yours, is very fertile soil
for weeds and my work is often dis.
couraging still / believe / keep my
garden cleaner than most.
/ have been worrying lately with
the idea that | overlooked your birth
day, but if did you must forgive me
on account of constant hard work
and much travel. | am sending you a
little gift now, in case | forgot it on
your birthday Of that, more, later.
We came to Argentina from Mexico
via San Antonio and New York. |
telegraphed to San Antonio and had
my mother get on our train there and
ride with me for two hours. Only
two hours-in which to see my other
mother, after all these years. And
although | hurried across the states,
after two years absence from New
York, l didn't see you at all. You
can't imagine how sorry | was about
that after | had planned on seeing
you. We have been in Buenos Aires
this time three months and leave on
the 10Th for Brazil, again after which
we go to Spain, England and France.
| have worked hard and made rapid
strides lately professionally. Have
now the position / have long desired
in the company as the principal solo
dancer and receive fine salary. Am
trying hard to save money but find
in my present position that my pres
ent salary is of about as much use
toward this end as my old and con
siderably smaller one was.
Through the advice of artist friends
in New York | have taken up the
study of sculpture as a substantial
trade to fall back upon in case Of any
accident to my useful body. Greatly
to my surprise and pleasure they as
sure me / have some talent, though
who can tell how much
I am sending you portraits of 9
head portrait statue, life-sized that
have completed of a friend here. L
is the second piece of work ever
did and the result of only two months
work
| am we'll and in good spirits. An
anxiously awaiting some word from
you, Hope you will have written m'
ere you receive this. think of yoI
a great deal and hope you do not for
get me Please write me all the news
I send world of love and best wishes
for your health. Your son,
ARCHIE
Second I etfer
Royal Mail Steamer, "Orbita"
Nov. 6, 1919
Dear mother: / shall not be able tt
mail this letter to you for a week a
least, perhaps longer, for | am nov
half way between Bahia, Brazil, AM
the Canary Islands. This boat stop
at Las Palmas so possibly I'll be abl
to mail my letter there.
/ am now on my first trip acros
the Atlantic to Europe, but this
the sixth time I have crossed tn
equator. / am decidedly thrilled a
the idea of seeing Europe and eve
more excited about being able t
dance in Madrid, Paris and Londol
shall be able to demand doubl
salary when l return to New Yof
simply because the United State
has the silly-goose notion that n
artist can be really good that has nj
been accepted by Europe when th
truth is that in many things Amerie
has twenty artists to iEurope's one.
! am getting exceedingly tired