MARY CROVATTE HAMBIDGE

1335 MADISON AVENUE

NEW YORK CITY

is taught to see only a part at a time and it is
quite impossible for him to grasp the vision of
the whole and from that to work on the various parts
composing it.

I had no pre-concept whatsoever of your dance and went
quite open mindedly but when I saw it my imagination
was fired by its larger possibilities which I felt,
trained as you had been, you had not grasped, and I
at once worked out a pattern plan for it. However,
if you are so conceited that you cannot learn and so
satisfied that you do not wish to learn it is best
that you rest where you are and accept from a certain
part of the public the adulation which lulls you to
satisfaction. It is strange that you have not
grasped the simple lesson St. Francis had to teach,
that we can learn something from every little bird
and flower.

Do not worry about your costume. I was really sur-
prised that it was so good and that the colour was
so bright and clear. I think, in fact, that it is
much more in keeping with your dance as it is than
anything I could possibly make. If you are satisfied
with your inner spirit and your outer technique
your costume cannot detract from either.

Please believe that I send you only the best of
wishes for your future success,