tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post6582612991784503149..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: "Big contract + a vacation!"John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4601062611534643412016-03-27T23:31:45.538-07:002016-03-27T23:31:45.538-07:00It was indeed!It was indeed!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27252271191492915402016-03-27T19:54:15.135-07:002016-03-27T19:54:15.135-07:00I'd like to believe it was team effort!I'd like to believe it was team effort!Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56801926586052056702016-03-27T18:35:21.080-07:002016-03-27T18:35:21.080-07:00I think you got it!I think you got it!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9773513849992364062016-03-27T17:26:49.918-07:002016-03-27T17:26:49.918-07:00"Rushed off on the Orheum tour for 20 weeks. ..."Rushed off on the Orheum tour for 20 weeks. Will be back May or June. Big contract plus a vacation! Have worked hard for 2 years (yes seree) + this will be a pleasure trip."<br /><br />"Had a seance with Tompkins in Chicago. Will tell you all about it when I get back. Enclosed find my route - regards to you 2"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-501102492508551512016-03-27T14:07:42.929-07:002016-03-27T14:07:42.929-07:00Yes, both of you are right. HH didn't punctuat...Yes, both of you are right. HH didn't punctuate that sentence with a period after "route" and didn't capitalize the "R" in regards.<br /><br />He must have enclosed his theater itinerary so that Weyde could track him for a reply letter.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63023112556699736852016-03-27T12:36:19.156-07:002016-03-27T12:36:19.156-07:00I think that's right.I think that's right.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-62527870835037913432016-03-27T11:50:24.656-07:002016-03-27T11:50:24.656-07:00Leona--click on the eBay link to the auction photo...Leona--click on the eBay link to the auction photo of this letter. You will be able to really zoom in.<br /><br />The first word of that 5th sentence might be "Today": Today will be a pleasure trip.<br /><br />Some chowderhead punched those notebook binder holes in this letter. What was he thinking?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-53243544123882223342016-03-27T11:38:53.038-07:002016-03-27T11:38:53.038-07:00I read the last sentence as 'enclosed find my ...I read the last sentence as 'enclosed find my route' :)Leona Prestonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-25758704125393089552016-03-26T19:46:00.965-07:002016-03-26T19:46:00.965-07:00Great catch Bill!
That last sentence might read:...Great catch Bill! <br /><br />That last sentence might read: Enclosed find my verite regards to you 2--Houdini<br /><br />Verite is French for "truthful." HH may have enclosed something in the letter as a gift to the recipients.<br /><br />Koval has HH performing in Chicago the previous week, so HH's comment about recently having a séance in the Windy City is confirmed. I try to Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56755975821072809552016-03-26T19:25:15.160-07:002016-03-26T19:25:15.160-07:00Ebay description says this is to Henry Van Der Wey...Ebay description says this is to Henry Van Der Weyde (1838-1924). Probably not; Henry moved from U.S. back to England in 1870, and lived there the rest of his life. This correspondence is with William Van Der Weyde (1870-1928), also a photographer. Henry was William's uncle, and William lived in NYC during the time of the correspondence (you can find other letters from Houdini to William in Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-39887495338621645642016-03-26T13:10:49.154-07:002016-03-26T13:10:49.154-07:00The first sentence is: Rushed off on the Orpheum t...The first sentence is: Rushed off on the Orpheum tour...<br /><br />The word "Rushed" is correct.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17245592092389714142016-03-26T13:04:45.388-07:002016-03-26T13:04:45.388-07:00Let's take this one step at a time. Koval was ...Let's take this one step at a time. Koval was correct, he has HH playing at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis Jan 15-20. There is also a list of Orpheum Theater dates for the next several months in the Koval Diary. HH was not fibbing when he mentioned that 20 week Orpheum tour.<br /><br />Big contact + a vacation is actually Big contract. The next sentence: Have worked hard 2 years (yes siree)Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com