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Maurer

October 15, 1921

Dear Miss Maurer:

I have not yet learned what my schedule will be in Ohio but I am almost certain that I shall have to speak every night in some city. It will therefore not be possible for me to deviate from the itinerary as mapped out by the Managers.

In spite of all that I hope we shall be able to meet somewhere. Possibly I may speak in the city where you are already, or possibly the city where I do speak will not be too far away from Canton for you to take a trolley ride over.

Miss Ruth Maurer, Box 335, Canton, Ohio.

Oct. 15

Box 365, Canton, Ohio, September 9th, 1921.

Dear Dr. Stefansson:

Your letter of recent date delights me inasmuch as you do not deny me the hope of going north, or think it impossible to reach Canton during the coming season.

I am getting in touch with the Coit Lyceum Bureau as you suggested, but regardless of whether or not you are booked for Canton, perhaps you can manage to

stop here as you are passing thru the state. We are very ordinary folk, Mr. Stefansson. You may not like us, but I know we shall like you. You may find it possible to come before your winter's work begins.

I am very hopeful that you will find a place for me with the expedition of next summer. I MUST GO. Surely the right opportunity will come. And I want a good hard job - one that will keep me busy and will make me climb in order to fill it.

As for the "hardships" - well, I would hardly expect to have an elegant boudoir, or the comfort of a chaise lounge, or the luxury of a French maid! And movies, I find, are not at all necessary to my

[...]stence. I admit I do like a good one now [an]d then - such colossal productions, for instance, as the Four Horsemen.

I believe, Mr. Stefansson, if you will find a few minutes now and then in your busy life to think of the request I have made, the right way will eventually develop. If we can talk it over, that may help. I trust to the bigness of your heart to help me satisfy my desire.

Yours sincerely,

Ruth Maurer.