Letter from Charles S. Carstairs to Henry Clay Frick, 21 October 1913
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OFFICE OF H. C. FRICK
RECEIVED
NOV 3 1913
FORWARDED
REFERRED
ANSWERED
F[ile]
M. KNOEDLER & CO.
556-558, FIFTH AVENUE
NEW-YORK
15, OLD BOND ST, LONDON
17, PLACE VENDOME, PARIS
TELEPHONE CENTRAL 30-64
CABLE ADDRESSES:
KNOEDLER, NEW-YORK
KNOEDLER, LONDON
KNOEDLER, PARIS
PARIS, October 21, 1913. 191
Mr. H. C. Frick
640, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK.
Dear Mr. Frick,
I trust you had a pleasant journey home and have enjoyed golf at Myopia since your return. I see by the paper that Childs was duly married, and no doubt you are happy at having added a sweet daughter-in-law to your family.
I took my trip to Italy in the motor with the children. We were gone about three and a half weeks and had a very enjoyable and instructive time. I often wished that you might have been with me when contemplating some of the great masterpieces only to be found in Italy. We went to every place by motor, and as the roads were good and the distances not long, it was most enjoyable. We must really go together some time.
You were kind enough when here to say that you would be pleased to do anything in your power to help my son Haseltine in his efforts to be appointed to the Diplomatic Service. He went home the end of August and has taken a couple of rooms at Washington, The Albany, 1703 H. Street, N. W. The conditions are as follows: There are five or six vacancies and about eighty applicants, out of which, I understand, fifty have been designated for the examinations, he being one of the fifty. These examinations take place November 17th and, I understand,
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Mr. H. C. Frick, New York. Sheet 2.
21.10.13.
are to be quite difficult, and he is preparing for them with a tutor. I think, all things being equal, the determining factor in getting an appointment is the influence one can bring to bear: if, for example, ten men pass the exams and there are five vacancies, the five with the best influence back of them will receive the appointments. He was duly recommended to the President for the exams by both Oliver & Penrose and has written asking me to put the matter before you and have you do what you can for him. I have given you his address so that you can communicate with him direct in the event of your having anything to say, and I am writing him not to hesitate to write you direct, as it consumes too much time doing it through me so far away.
I am returning to London Thursday. Was there with Roland about ten days ago and am looking after the matters with which you entrusted me, but up to the present time there is nothing accomplished.
Will probably sail for home about December 1st.
Drop me a line some time when you are not too busy.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
C. S. Carstairs
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RECEIVED
NOV 3 1913
FORWARDED
REFERRED
ANSWERED
F[ile]
M. KNOEDLER & CO.
556-558, FIFTH AVENUE
NEW-YORK
15, OLD BOND ST, LONDON
17, PLACE VENDOME, PARIS
TELEPHONE CENTRAL 30-64
CABLE ADDRESSES:
KNOEDLER, NEW-YORK
KNOEDLER, LONDON
KNOEDLER, PARIS
PARIS, October 21, 1913. 191
Mr. H. C. Frick
640, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK.
Dear Mr. Frick,
I trust you had a pleasant journey home and have enjoyed golf at Myopia since your return. I see by the paper that Childs was duly married, and no doubt you are happy at having added a sweet daughter-in-law to your family.
I took my trip to Italy in the motor with the children. We were gone about three and a half weeks and had a very enjoyable and instructive time. I often wished that you might have been with me when contemplating some of the great masterpieces only to be found in Italy. We went to every place by motor, and as the roads were good and the distances not long, it was most enjoyable. We must really go together some time.
You were kind enough when here to say that you would be pleased to do anything in your power to help my son Haseltine in his efforts to be appointed to the Diplomatic Service. He went home the end of August and has taken a couple of rooms at Washington, The Albany, 1703 H. Street, N. W. The conditions are as follows: There are five or six vacancies and about eighty applicants, out of which, I understand, fifty have been designated for the examinations, he being one of the fifty. These examinations take place November 17th and, I understand,
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Mr. H. C. Frick, New York. Sheet 2.
21.10.13.
are to be quite difficult, and he is preparing for them with a tutor. I think, all things being equal, the determining factor in getting an appointment is the influence one can bring to bear: if, for example, ten men pass the exams and there are five vacancies, the five with the best influence back of them will receive the appointments. He was duly recommended to the President for the exams by both Oliver & Penrose and has written asking me to put the matter before you and have you do what you can for him. I have given you his address so that you can communicate with him direct in the event of your having anything to say, and I am writing him not to hesitate to write you direct, as it consumes too much time doing it through me so far away.
I am returning to London Thursday. Was there with Roland about ten days ago and am looking after the matters with which you entrusted me, but up to the present time there is nothing accomplished.
Will probably sail for home about December 1st.
Drop me a line some time when you are not too busy.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
C. S. Carstairs
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