Dear Father:
Kimwha,   Korea,
January  23,   193 9.
:-|        T7hen  I returned"  from my -weekly trip to Chulwon,
Ruth  told me a  letter had   come  fromfyou. f I wal  glad  to hear
again,   for  itfhad  seemed  a  good whilefsince  l|had news,    ^our
previous letter had  been written on the boat,   and  I had had  no
news  since your landing,   although   I knew you were  safe onfland
e  fact
that your -laatfletter was  postmarked New Orleans.
;  Tnankfyou for  enclosing lii  two bulletins  of-the
church 'in" Bran stop.     Th e pictures  dn- both-were''very  fine,   and
well'worth  preserving.     vou and  Nelson were  featuring pretty
largely  in the programs.     Hope all *ent well with your'first
appearance  in America  speaking of your   south   American trip.
I  am  sure vou did well.
Do not  think of.trying- to  send any Christmas  pre-
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nt
we did not expect anything thi's^ year, knowing you wer
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busy, .and where you  could not/do shonpping,   and anyway you have
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Deen under much expense and wiilpprobably need|your extra mone
yourself for a while. §7hen you mentioned sending a present, "
Rut
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was probably one, which went to Rosemead
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pins  and  ordinary  pins, and  needles  from  America are  oS  such
superior quality  she  could use wfiat ev^er yo
perhaps  one  or two atfa   time tucked   in a  letter
a "f*etv
could" send any  ti~ne,
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outside of hour own
something whibh may surprise you that I
have been wishing I might have some time; that is a book with
a brief account of thefchief operas|and oratorios
opportunity to hear good music atfany time
phonograph, the phonograph acTiores an imoortancetfar beyond
what it does in America.  We find^b^a. source of  constant delight •
The few records we have become like old friends, and the more
I |can learn about them the better we enjoy them.  And to know
somethingjof the background and purpose-of a masterpiece is h-
very  valueabie in explaining to quests who have a meager knowledge of music  In my talk to the Friday Club here a few months
ago on the five classic composers, I used Material from three'
books on music appreciation borrowed from MI-s:s uchakin of Songdo.
They contained very|much indispensable information "about the lives
of hie composers and about some .of their compositions  "*
were some thrilling accounts of llandei
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lessiah
and Mendelssohn
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which made  it
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for me to wai
till  I   could  hear  them.     I  already have  several  records  from the
Messiah T#hIch you brought  withSvou  in 1936.     I would  1
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Slave  b s   complete  a   set  of  each as  is  a^ailao-ie
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was   in Chulwon invited me  t
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giving an opera
on her phono
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an  eyening makes a mem or^b
tainment  for anyone wh$o cares an^tSin^ about  good music
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lad known as muc
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about music *hen as
to now and had been here