Author: (Carman, Bliss). King, Mary Perry.
Title: Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Perry King with Whom the Poet Bliss Carman Is Said to Have Been Involved in "Something Close to a Menage a Trois".
Description: New Canaan, Connecticut, March 3, 1919. 1919. - Three pages penned on a sheet of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide "Sunshine House" stationery. Mary Perry King thanks the American lecture impressario James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau for the list of "attractions" which he sent her. She took friends to Mr. Nichols' recital which they " enjoyed very much indeed. Some things - he reads hauntingly." [i.e. WW1 poet Robert Nichols] She was, however, disappointed that Pond had not sent her tickets as she'd asked "I could have used six more tickets if they had been sent to New Canaan as I asked. I left town immediately upon writing Mr. Nichols and only returned late the night before the Recital - to find that no tickets - nor any word had been sent.." She mentions her series at the Anderson Galleries and concludes by suggesting that if Pond wishes to consider it, she would be glad to talk with him concerning her programs "at any possible time that you may appoint." Signed in full "Mary Perry King". Folded once for mailing. Near fine. One of the leading proponents of oral rhythmics Mary Perry King (1865-1939) taught speech and posture to many leading actors of her day. She met the Canadian poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929) in 1896, becoming his patron and the greatest female influence on the poet's life. According to Mitchell Kennerley, Bliss Carman's roomate, "On rare occasions they had intimate relations at 10 E. 16 which they always advised me by leaving a bunch of violets - Mary Perry's favorite flower - on the pillow of my bed." According to Kennerley, her husband Dr. Morris L. King did not object and "even supported her involvement in the career of Bliss Carman to the extent that the situation developed into something close to a menage a trois". Through Mary, Bliss Carman became an advocate of Delsarte's philosophy of "unitrinianism". Carman moved in 1908 to live near the King's New Canaan estate "Sunshine House", and even spent the Summers in a cabin near the couple's Summer home in the Catskills. Mary Perry King co-authored "Earth deities and other rhythmic masques" and "Daughters of Dawn: A lyrical pageant.." with Carman. Fine .

Keywords: LITERATURE; MARY PERRY KING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; 1ST EDITION; BLISS CARMAN; ORAL RHYTHMICS; JAMES POND; THE POND BUREAU; NICHOLS RECITAL; UNITRINIANISM; SUNSHINE HOUSE; POE


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