April 1 Friday – Sam’s notebook: “Visit that Villa—leave here 9 a.m.” [NB 47 TS 8]. Note: Sam was still shopping for a better villa.
Edward B. Caulfield of the Italian Gazette wrote to Sam.
“The New York ‘Sun’ is misinformed. Maurice Hewlett is not spending the winter in Florence, & he has not even come to Italy for the tour he will make this spring through Tuscany to collect material.
“I have only just met him, but I know some friends of his well.” Could Sam suggest a “likely editor” of an American newspaper? He needed more reliable news. He added about Clara’s “forthcoming concert” that he had received the notice to insert in his paper but had not received the “customary complimentary tickets” [MTP].
Edward Stern wrote from Phila. to Sam, enclosing an essay of his entitled “Change” which he offered for any changes Sam might suggest [MTP].