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by paying Pavlik out of the picture funds. Pavlik was very much blamed for the Poets episode especially as they all had free tickets and in return behaved badly to the ball as well as supper tickets into the bargain which lost money for us. In fact almost all of the New York contingent expected and got free tickets to everything. What's more a hotel bill of about forty dollars was charged to the ball which Bissell had to pay from the ball money. Bissell herself gave another hundred dollars to help make up the deficit although she had already spent hundreds on the ball which I know that she could not afford. I myself personally paid most of Pavlik's travelling expenses. I am explaining all this to tell you of my situation in regard to Pavlik and his relation with the museum.

Now for the actual drawings. I have appended a list of those now in the museum and you will see that there are only eight in all including Mrs Bissells and ours which I put in so that we could make a better showing for the trustees. I do not think that costume drawings are worth as much as seventy-five dollars, fifty dollars is nearer right. And I didn't want all the beggars - only two would do the trick. Its going to be hard as hell to get the money anyway as everyone is so down on Pavlik, and because there is a very strong rumour around that the whole festival was just a way of getting money for my friends. And I do feel that it is not unreasonable to pay Pavlik for the drawings which were done for the Ball in this way as after all he was asked to design a ball for us which was in reality the dozen drawings which took him no time at all. We did not ask him to try to lure New York to Hartford which is what he spent most of his time on. Personally I am not at all unappreciative of his effort and I know that he put far more into the ball than was expected, yet Hartford and especially the museum which is now very definitely anti-New York cant see that point and it is definitely better not to bring it up. I should like to buy a serious picture by Pavlik as we have so many of his theatrical things, but I think that in justice to him and to me we should wait until things blow over a but because I am definitely seriously worried about my job here.

If I can get him $750 now and buy a picture in the fall, I think

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that would be best. Excuse this scrawl - Nellie is away.
I shall be down next week and talk it over with you
and in the meanwhile shall attempt to get Pavlik the
money immediately, which I confess I have been putting
off because I am worried about the result. Naturally the
ballet drawings are for the museum to o.

Chick.

Drawings for the Paper Ball now at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Costume for A.E.Austin Jr.

Costume for Mrs. A.E.Austin

Costume for Mrs Bissells Horses

Costume for Mrs. Austin's Horses

Costume for Mrs R.M.Bissell

Program Cover

Drawing for Invitation

Design for Court (which someone has stolen)

(Making eight drawings in all)

Drawings for four costumes and one setting for Serenata-Magic

I am returning to you the extra drawings
for the invitation which were not used.

The drawing for Agnes costume was not good but she wanted it
and I sent it to her. The one for Paul was not interesting
enough for the Museum and that can go back. Also the
program cover which I have given to the museum to make up
the group cost two hundred dollars to reproduce which I shall
have personally to pay. Pavlik insisted on doing the cover
and I insisted on having it properly and I may say expensively
reproduced. I say all this to insist that no expense was
spared in giving the best possible execution to Pavlik's ideas.

Love to all from the flood