January 26 1920

Dear Davey:

Yours with list recd. Thanks.

Dont bother about settling up for the canvases now. It would
be hard to fix their value anyhow as they were, most of them,
in the second hand class, altho made good by the white prep.

Perhaps something will turn up later and you will have some-
thing you wont need and I will want.

Let it stand as some sort of exchange of which I will get
my part later.

What I was particular about was the list in reference to the
catalog.

Rotten weather here. Dont hold the bad weather too much
against Chicago. Cant be much worse there than here.

The flu is taking hold in N.Y. I hear that there are very
few students in the school this week on account of it.

Been serving on the PAFA jury. Good jury. Your things are
in OK. Will see the hanging next week. There was a lot of
young stuff accepted, and it will be a more brilliant show
than usual.

The Bs, the Ss, K, the Hugo Ballins and the Hs were for the
evening at the Cottons last night. Made drawings and had them
thrown up big on the screen.

Rex Slinkard Memorial Ex on at Knoedlers. VERY FINE!

Daniels has pulled off a show I like very much, and so does
every body else, it appears, Glackens, Lawson, Prendergast,
Henri. --- Half of the old 8.

If you don't come back before you go to Santa Fe we shall mis
you. But I agree that it is better to be where one is happ
y and can work. If I know now what my mind will be next win-
ter New York wont see much too much of me.

George and I still play some pool at the Nat Arts.

I hope you have some good luck before your ex is over and if
not then I hope it will come later and come strong.

I should like very much to see your show here in N. Y.

Our best to Florence and Bill

Sincerely yours,

December 8, 1924.

Dear Davey,

Just got yours, and mighty glad to hear from you.
Missed not seeing you on return after our young lifetime
away. A year and four months is a long time out of a life.
It slides away rapidly when the rut isn't changed, but it
makes a lot of history when the time has been passed as ours
was--- ten months in another world,--- all different.

In a stay of a few months one does not know how different
Spain is,--- ten months through a summer, winter and spring,
living more in touch with the people, lets one in. Then
going to Ireland was like jumping through the other side of the
world. It was like coming back to the warmth of home, and
still preserving the novelty of being away. Diaz had many
recuerdas for me to deliver to you.

I am not going to make a long letter of this since you say
you expect to be in New York by January. I do not know how
long we will be here after the beginning of January, but we
certainly do hope that you will come before we leave. We may
have to go to Los Angeles.

When we meet there will certainly be a great confab. It
will be good to look upon you and Florence and Bill. I gave
Viv your cheque for the horse and told her it was a Christmas
present from you.

Let us see you as early in January, and with love to
all--

Mr. Randall Davey,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.