May 27 Monday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to William Dean Howells after presumably receiving a photograph of Howells inscribed to “Old Clemens.”

“Old Clemens” his love to “Old Howells,” with a many thanks for the reminder, & for the vehicle that conveyed it. You do the part well, in the picture—which is old beyond computation—but it is a trifle too clerical, too archbishopy; also too intentionally & studiedly holy—as it were, a kind of Ament who has been gutting & looting & ravishing, & is doing his best to keep the Kodak from suspecting it.

Send one & evoke the jealous frenzy of Old Aldrich [MTHL 2: 727].

Sam’s notebook: “About this time read or talk (preferably the former) to J.H. Rosenberg’s (206 Broadway— address). I must remember to ask the age of the boys, & require that the hall shall be small” [NB 44 TS 11]. Fatout lists the talk J.H. Rosenberg’s, N.Y.C., but gives no particulars [MT Speaking 669].