Édith PIAF. L.A.S. "Ta petite bonne femme oiseau", Washington D.C. "Statler Hotel" June 3, 1955, to "Mon amour chéri" [her husband Jacques Pills]; 2pages in-4. Loving letter to her husband while on tour in America. She looks after Pills' career: "Don't forget to ask about Ostend if there's an accordion! Phone the guy who gave you those songs before you left, you know, the ones you took exclusively. Defend yourself well, my good fellow, and tell yourself that I'm with you all the way". She is very disappointed in Roland [Avellis, her secretary] who "lied about a lot of things" and withdraws her friendship. She ends her tour tomorrow in Quebec City, with sadness, "because the public and Gérard [Thibault] are really magnificent! The more I look for you, the more I miss you! Keep me posted on everything!" She concludes: "I love you, my little darling, and dream only of you, your little good bird woman. Attached is a telegram, Denver, Colorado [1955], to her husband Jacques Pills; 1page oblong in-8, envelope headed Télé France. "Je t'adore, mon petit bonhomme ne pense qu'à toi ta petite bonne femme à toi Oiseau".