head, where it made a "golden halo," whatever that is. Him and Will
explained to me about the dance. It seems that opium is made out of the
flower, and they wanted me to show by dancing all the beautiful dreams
that come with opium, and then the sleep afterward. I have known a lot
of people who hit the pipe, and I don't know as they have ever had many
beautiful dreams, but anyway the dance is awful pretty. The artist gave
a party the other night, and had me come and do it. All the lights in
the room was turned off and a greenish light was thrown on me and I
danced fast at first and then I went slower and slower until at the last
I dropped down on the stage and the lights went out and I run away in
the dark. Everybody was crazy about it, and one of the big restaurants
on Broadway is going to have me give the dance every night at midnight.
Do you see, Kate, I told you if I got a chance I would get away from
Seventh Avenue. I begun at 14th Street, and I am working up. I am up to
42nd and one of these days, I tell you, I am going to be dancing at the
Winter Garden. I don't see why I shouldn't, I can dance as well as any
girl in New York City, and now that Jim and your gang ain't around to
queer me, there ain't no reason why I shouldn't be in the best places in
town. I have had to stick to a lot of bum joints just because the
managers of decent places didn't want to have a person who was mixed up
with the crowd that I was in, around their place.

I am really having an awful good time. I get home about three in the
morning and I sleep until about nine. I make my breakfast in my room
yet, cause I like my own coffee, and then Jim Kelly who is my dancing
partner now, comes up and we practise steps or else Will Henderson and
Jim and me go over to Mamie Callahan's who has got a piano, and we work
at some new thing. I don't have to be at the cafe till night and most
every afternoon, I go around to some of the other places or to the shows
to see what the other girls are dancing. I thought I would take some
lessons from some of the swell teachers, but Lord, I can dance as well
as any of them so what is the use of me spending my money.

I bought a swell new suit yesterday, and I sure do look some going up
the avenue and, hear _me_, it is Fifth Avenue instead of Seventh. Oh,
there is some class to your sister, Kate, and when I get on the new lid
that the milliner made me, well--I should worry.

I went up to a party the other night at