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No, I was never at the [unclear] fair. I think [unclear] didn't join in, as we had good grounfs and buildings for many years. The clock has struck eight. The paper has just come. I wanted to begin a chapter on my early political opinions, but it must wait. Jan.19. So you attended a Townsend club meeting? I went to their district meeting Thursday afternoon out of curiosity, and took notes for Dr. [unclear]. He couldn't go. They say they have no intention of advocating a third party. They have the same tactic that Upton Sinclair employs - use old party candidates but get them to endorse their platform. Such things never work. An old time polition has too many Capitalist ideas firmly embedded in his brain cells to be able to keep his promises, even if he knows how to use his vote. I encourage the idea of pensions, not only for old people, but for everybody. I [unclear] the mere fact of getting together on an economic idea is a steep [unclear] for many people, so I favor it, but I have not joined the club. You have done much more writing for the public than I. I have written letters and diaries voluminously, but very little [unclear], and some of it is out of print. You seem more than ever like [unclear] - only please, don't get sentimental - when you mention the [unclear] at Bloomington, only 16 miles from old [unclear]. I have a very dear friend who lives now, and has for years in [unclear]. Had a letter this past week from her. She taught me music for several years. Yes, I recall the [unclear] Monthyl and the Woman's Magazine and the Daily. I was in [unclear] at the time of the Fair [unclear] and took my little daughter. We went to the development and heard the publisher - wasn't his name [unclear]? - give an address. He was a clever schemer, but little more, and was on the decline at the time. Your thrill over the [unclear] India paper reminds me of one I had - an article which was syndicated in a Chicago paper was translated into Spanish for an educational monthly [unclear], then re-translated into English and printed in some school paper here in the U.S. My father-in-law Prof. Alexander Kerr, who was professor [unclear] at Wisconsin U. after tracking [Greeks?] there 39n years, found the article and gave me the copy. It has been lost in all these years of moving about, but the subject of the paper was teaching children by suggestion, and founded upon the experiences and successes I had with my own Katherine. I cured her of thumb-sucking as well as some other things. I'm glad you wrote for Daniel De Leon's N.Y. People