You who can help; . a dear little Frenchlady, with a little black bonnet and a tight-fitting, jetted cape, came into my office andbrought me a diplome de belle action fromthe French Comite National Central, votedat their meeting of October 7 in recogni-tion of my kindness to the poor soldiersblesses et tiiberculeux. Naturally I am ter-ribly pleased to have it and will send it toyou to keep for me, for it will interestMoll to have it apres la guerre. The so-ciety was founded before the war, for therelief of suffering. Until two days ago this house was socold that my hand refused to make evensig
You who can help; . a dear little Frenchlady, with a little black bonnet and a tight-fitting, jetted cape, came into my office andbrought me a diplome de belle action fromthe French Comite National Central, votedat their meeting of October 7 in recogni-tion of my kindness to the poor soldiersblesses et tiiberculeux. Naturally I am ter-ribly pleased to have it and will send it toyou to keep for me, for it will interestMoll to have it apres la guerre. The so-ciety was founded before the war, for therelief of suffering. Until two days ago this house was socold that my hand refused to make evensigns after a couple of hours of that the heat is turned on we areblissfully comfortable. We have sent pink pajamas and a pairof hospital socks to Molls filleul, who haswritten that he is in a hospital in Flanders,not wounded, but having a lot of troublewith his right leg. We have not seen himfor some time, for he was sent from Ver-dun to Flanders at a time when there was [ 270 ] ........ ;m^ ?;r >-rL. •ft? IB^^. You Who Can Help too much activity for permissions, but sheis still faithful. I still have the refugee here in the house,Clemences niece. She is normal now, and,poor child! I would gladly do anything forher, and Moll is so good to her. Moll hada Victor given her, and Eugenie builds afire in Molls room for her, and takes inher tea, and is absolutely happy if Mollwill start the Victor and let her stay andhear it. And Mollie never tires of hear-ing of her life with the Germans. Marlborough just appeared ! And I amtoo happy to have him back here brought a huge piece of the L 49, oneof the Zeppelins that were brought down. [ 271 ] Paris, November 27, 1917. Yesterday afternoon I met a charmingEnglish colonel who has just returned fromItaly. He was telling of conditions there,which are none too cheerful, and his re-mark, This is some war, fully, yetsimply, expressed the feeling we all have. If you could see the pile of letters I havebefore me you would
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