West Derry, N. H.,
Feb. 26, 1907.Dear friend Carrie:-
I hope your health wont [sic] be taken away when you see this envelope, but such is the fact. I have opened an office here, and am doing very well which is quite remarkable considering there are three other lawyers here. I agree with you that Ben Hur is a wonderful play, and do think the secenery [sic] was perfectly grand, but realy [sic] I was disappointed in the chariot race, it seemed to me to was to[o] mechanical, if they had only had two chariots I think it would have been more effective. I also had a seat quite near the stage and I heard others say who sat at a distance the chariot race seemed much better when seen from a distance. I liked Ben Hur very much, as well as the Old Man, but the ladies I did not like very much, it seemed to me as though they were only saying the words. I liked the rowing scene and the ocean scean [sic] very much although all were certainly fine.
I extend an invitation to attend Mackbeth with me which of course you know is given in Academy Hall March twentyfirsth [sic], I will see that you have a room at Hildreth Hall and I will leave it to you to choose the chaperon. [sic]
Chester Richardson's case certainly is a very strange one. I cannot understand how he could live away from home four years in his right mind, and not let his friends here [sic] from him. I rode to Boston one day last week with Chester Woodbury's brother and his wife, and he told me that Chester was to do one of two things next year either go to Boston University Law School, or take an H. M. degree at Dartmouth, whether he stays at Dartmouth will depend on whither [sic] or not he can get a certain scholarship and he will know by the first of April.
You and Mary must have kept yourselves very busy reading, to have read so many books since Christmas. I am reading Dickin's [sic] "Beak House" although I like it very much, it is very dry and uninteresting in spots.
Your friend,
Lester Russell.