TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, business letterhead, August 21, 1953. DeMille writes to an admirer. In full: “Thank you for your friendly birthday wishes. In our youth we welcome the hurrying milestones; after forty we busily admire the scenery and ignore them. But when three score and ten have passed, we count the years again—not because the Psalmist says we will be lucky to reach four score years, but because it is pleasant to have birthdays and to have them so warmly remembered….” After signing, DeMille adds a handwritten postscript of appreciation. A few light wrinkles and show-through of mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
