Marguerite MORENO (1871-1948). 5 L.A.S., Touzac July-November 1926, to Georges Spanelly; 32pages mostly in-8 in blue ink, 2 envelopes. Beautiful correspondence to a young actor. Georges Spanelly (1898-1979), who began his career with Dullin at the Atelier, has just stayed at the country house Moreno has just bought in Touzac, in the Lot department, which boasts a park with a spring that gave the property its name, "La Source bleue". Moreno tells Spanelly about his day-to-day life. Her cousin Pierre Moreno does the gardening; she can't do without him, and makes him her factotum. She calls him Pierrou, or "the little servant". She tells Spanelly about the changes and embellishments to the house, and about the visits she receives (Colette, Pierre Brisson...). She gives Spanelly advice: don't get too involved with the comedians he plays with, don't gamble too much at the casino... Etc. As an example of these long letters written in a lively, alert style, let's quote the one of July 18: "Touzac is on the road to happiness. You've found it, this road, don't leave it again. It sometimes offers mediocre shelter, but the bareness of the walls has never prevented you from dreaming: on the contrary! Think of the little house, think of the sweet peace of future years, and don't scatter your efforts or your heart. You'll need both when life's security comes, when you build the refuge. So much morality, my dear Phili, the Krakus reveals itself... Frondaie sent me a book: L'Eau du Nil. I drank half of it: I prefer Marcel Proust. The other day, we caught a little owl as big as a fist, all gruff. It pounced on Pierre, snapping its beak to frighten him. Admiring its incredible courage, we left it with its mother, who feeds it every night in the sainfoin. The rosebushes are all in bloom, the little willow is big, the mimosa is at least 1.20 meters tall and, this morning, there are garlic potatoes"... Attached is a photograph (postcard from the series Nos artistes dans leur loge), with dedication a.s. to Spanelly; plus a L.A.S., March 28, 1926, concerning a treaty for performances at the Odéon of Marcel Schwob and Eugène Morand's translation of Hamlet, with Gémier in the title role (1p. ½ in-4).