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gifts and the children hunt the hofcse for them. I had bought a littl© 
rucksack for Bobby, ana Verne ' s admiration ©f it mi ^ested what t© 
get for hor. I hia it bohind th© monumental stove in my room and 
an egg' full of candy in a corner. Sh® was delighted and wore htr 
rucksack up th© Wi@norwald today. I used sen© of the $1 "bill© I 
•brought for Easter gift© to the herbarium peopl®. I wrote ' " Amer- 
ican! aoh© Gruss* on littl© envelopes and put a dollar in each and 
tucked on® at each place whil© they were eating their midday coup. 
I had filled two eggs {red gaper ) with candy and put a dollar in 
each for Xsissler's two kinder, hut Keissler was not th®r©that day. 
!Eh© poor frau who ©leans the floors was so overwhelmed it was al- 
most too much for m@.' Sh© told me Joyously that ot would f©t 
something for hor hub©*ffc (little hey) the dialect of the unedu- 
cated Wiener is mostly "beyond ay under standing , so 1 did not get 
most of it. I asked Wie fie* Kinder si© hat and sh® said Zwel. 
S© I gave her the two «ggs 1 had for Teissier's children. She ; 
must have had a fit wh©n the children ©p©a©d then this nomine and 
found those dollars. B®ing a millionaire' and "Giving to the poor" 
isn't such fun as ©n® might think. I grit ay teeth till ay jaws 
ache to keep from crying— I nood my ©yes for my work and can't 
afford to ory. Ion© of them have ever hinted for money or do any 
whining. H©r© an I a foreigner in their land and I can he stow 
"blessings and happiness or withhold then as seometh to me good — 
lilt® a hlooain' god— it makes a© sick. -We went to Parsifal last 
night, my tr®at.. It is the most wonderful thing 1 ©ver heard. 
H©r© it seems to he regarded as a sort of religious ceremony and is 
always given Saster @ve. fhe few that olapp©d after th® acts were 
hushed down. 1 should think a devout person— raayh© I nean devout 
Puritan— would he shocked at the sight of a stage Holy Srail, glowing 
red with th© Blood ©f Salvation. Bren 1 i» gasped whoa a stuffed 
