THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL

INCORPORATED

DALLAS, TEXAS

January 11, 1937

My dear Miss Stein,

How can I thank you and Miss Toklas for the thrill you gave my
travellers? It was indeed kind of you to entertain so graciously
such a bevy of girls. They have written most enthusiastic descrip-
tions of what is easily the high light of the trip. It was really a
coal of fire on my head for I am aware that I have been a most negli-
gent correspondent. My friends are probably to blame for they have
been too indulgent towards this fault of mine.

Early in the season I learned from our newspapers that you were
planning another visit to our country and that, of course, means
Texas. Your tiny suite at "The Cottage" is yearning for your coming
and so are all of us. Exie has learned to make some new dishes that
I am sure will appeal to you both. We have made some additions I
want to show you, a new residence for Sophomores, and have doubled
the size of our dining room, all warranted by our increased enroll-
ment. The good times seem at last to be coming around the corner.

We are thrilled beyond words over a letter from Mr. Louis Bromfield
asking for information about the school, this at your instigation
and for which we are most grateful to you. We immediately sent
our catalogues and pictures to him and sincerely hope that we shall
have the pleasure of enrolling his three little daughters.

As I sit and look out my window over the campus I can well imagine
that I am in the cold and icy north. The ground is white with snow
and every tree and twig is covered in a heavy coat of ice. It is a
most gorgeous sight, a veritable fairy land, though the trees are
groaning under their heavy load, some of them bending over to touch
the ground and many limbs being broken off completely. This wintry
weather has lasted for five days and is such a novelty for us that
the girls are having the thrill of their lives.

Again, thank you many times for your gracious hospitality to my
travelling family. Miss Morgan and I both send our best wishes to
you and Miss Toklas and shall look forward to seeing you in Texas
before the winter is gone.

EH:j

Miss Gertrude Stein
Paris, France