Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Liang Yu Ho, New York City, September 10, 1919
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Liang Yu Ho, New York City, September 10, 1919
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Liang Yu Ho, New York City, September 10, 1919
Transcription
10 September, 1919
Liang Yu Ho
Hotel Manhattan
New York City
My dear Mr. Liang:
I very much fear that this letter will not reach you, but I am going to take a chance. If it does, be sure that it carries with it hearty thanks for your most generous letter of July 15th, which followed me up to my sumner camp in the northern wilderness, and my best wishes for a pleasant and safe voyage back to the home land.
Your Andover visit, in spite of the antics of the weather, will always remain a delightful memory. I only wish that we might get another glimpse of you before you turn your face to the far East.
Accept my gratitude, please, for your generous offer to serve me in the Orient if the opportunity presents. It does sometimes happen that I am glad to secure little articles of one kind or another that can be purchased so abundantly, and reasonably too, and that can rarely be found on this side of the globe. Your rash but generous offer, therefore, may yet be accepted. If it is I shall try to be restrained in my requests, so that you will be able to stand the shock, and the strain.
Mr. Hinman of our faculty, and one of the instructors at Long Lake Lodge where Tsai has been passing the summer months, has just been in my office and tells me that Tsai was probably the most popular boy in the camp this summer. Everybody liked him, and about his only fault, according to Hr. Hinman, was the tendency to make too free use of his money. I had already detected this trait, and am a bit afraid that I shall have a little difficulty in keeping the boy within the proper bounds in this respect. I assume, however, that you do not wish him to spend much money, even though the family funds can stand the strain.
With warmest personal regards, and every good wish, believe me
always
Most sincerely yours,
Liang Yu Ho
Hotel Manhattan
New York City
My dear Mr. Liang:
I very much fear that this letter will not reach you, but I am going to take a chance. If it does, be sure that it carries with it hearty thanks for your most generous letter of July 15th, which followed me up to my sumner camp in the northern wilderness, and my best wishes for a pleasant and safe voyage back to the home land.
Your Andover visit, in spite of the antics of the weather, will always remain a delightful memory. I only wish that we might get another glimpse of you before you turn your face to the far East.
Accept my gratitude, please, for your generous offer to serve me in the Orient if the opportunity presents. It does sometimes happen that I am glad to secure little articles of one kind or another that can be purchased so abundantly, and reasonably too, and that can rarely be found on this side of the globe. Your rash but generous offer, therefore, may yet be accepted. If it is I shall try to be restrained in my requests, so that you will be able to stand the shock, and the strain.
Mr. Hinman of our faculty, and one of the instructors at Long Lake Lodge where Tsai has been passing the summer months, has just been in my office and tells me that Tsai was probably the most popular boy in the camp this summer. Everybody liked him, and about his only fault, according to Hr. Hinman, was the tendency to make too free use of his money. I had already detected this trait, and am a bit afraid that I shall have a little difficulty in keeping the boy within the proper bounds in this respect. I assume, however, that you do not wish him to spend much money, even though the family funds can stand the strain.
With warmest personal regards, and every good wish, believe me
always
Most sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
September 10, 1919
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence