The Babe’s first wife was not comfortable with the public lifestyle the Babe loved, instead choosing to stay home and care for their adopted daughter Dorothy. So she was away from the Babe when a fire rushed through their home and ended her life in 1929. Exceptionally rare handwritten letter refrences obtaining a team signed baseball on “George H. Ruth” letterhead, is entirely in Helen’s hand, and signed in perfect ink at the close. Page is age-toned but otherwise very strong, with original mailing folds.