Letter from John Macy to Helen Keller

Letter from John Macy to Helen Keller

Author: John Macy

Year: 1908

January 27, 1908 A.D. My dear Bill: Teacher is sending you a check for one hundred shiners[?] so that when you need it you may have the wherewith to pay the Southern Ry Co. for the pleasure of riding in its suspect care. Save the money and do not spend it in disgraceful business, or you may have to walk, for your German publishers reports that though[?] he spent "very much money" for advertising the book for the Christmas sale, people kept their money in their pockets on account of the financial depression. So you will not be rich this winter. We have a new genius in the Kitchen Yelept[?] Katie Dowd. She looks the part, for she is unhandsome, but she is good and efficient. I do not say that too loud, even when I am touching wood, lest she turn out a bad lot like the long long line of departed maids. Teacher says that your braille is full of mistakes. That is because you have been so long without your weekly spanking. We shall make up for the omitted discipline when you get home. The negro boys' ouse[?] is better than I expected it to be. I do not see what you can do for him except send it to the Transcript. That [?] [?] [?] sheet will exploit any achievement of a black brother. Bet