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in pencil Kansas City 2/12/33

Sunday Dear Charles & Kack, I think my first impulse - in coming out here to a Middlewestern City in the winter was to get away from small town life for a time - hear again the fire wagons scream, street cars jingle, mingle with middlewestern crowds on the street at night. I have got a large workroom, with bedroom adjoining - 2 baths - 2 closets for $1.00 per day - in a hotel - and right in the heart of the city. Food is much cheaper now too.

The streets full of people out of work.  Street prostitution going way up again.

I came out in my little car.

I sent home & had Bob send me, by express, one of your painting - the one of green tree tops - I always loved.  a still life of John's - soft with velvety colors.  Also I have a new and nice Lankes print.

I was getting out a book of short stories and it had gone to the printer but I wasn't satisfied so I wrote a new short story - about seven or eight thousand words - called Brother Death - I think