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duction odf armament. 3b e emphatically aisagreea — Wi need a "big army 
and navy, we should be prepared for war. With the example before her 
eyes of the result of being prepared for war! I an setting lots 
of 11 ez Sypes but not all. Dr. Schneider says that Engler is baching 
Lies. Dr t Perkins thinks Men has soin o imlaiowa pull, '"hen Angler re- 
tired as director ".lea was considered for successor, but they Cir.ally 
chose m. Hi el s. Br« ;> llger does not berate Mez as Dr. Zahlbruclcjer 
did, bo only looks lihe a suffering martyr, My guess is that <*ermany 
is revenging herself on America — we all know from our newspapers that 
Germany is eqaul to say Sehreckliehkeit . bast night I went to hoar 
Aida in the 3taatsoper, 1 enjoyed it immensely. 1 had given Irrau- 
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lein' the money to get two tickets (like -"ran Schneider, she does such 
errands for me) but because they we:ee sehr teuer she got but one — it 
was about 70 cents. she said she would meet me at the door after the 
opera to bring me borne I I said she sho Id not — I easily found my way • 
hack to the untergrund. f .The other operas we heard at the Deutsches 
operhaus in Charlottenburg, not far from here. June 13.— It is not 
clear from your letter, which I was glad to get, just what amused you 
in Hackel's remarks about my difficulty with the language and the 
"music" of my speech. It wasn't nice of him to give me away after my 
telling you how perfectly and fluently 1 spoke German. I hope thay 
will allow me to get duplicates in r aris. Everyone tells me I shall 
have a hard time in Paris. Dr. Briquet says the herbarium is not in 
order and working hours are short. 1 hope they will let me work 
through noon, at least, I have done that everywhere but in Florence. 
I shall be careful to ask everything of Prof. Lecomte. 1 hope I shall 
not say German words when I am seeking x?rench. I wrote you of my nerve> 
wraekin- time in Italy. -I'm not "flitting very rapidly." Mez make s 
species faster than I can find them. 1 leave here tomorrow night. 
There is very little ball here, You will have to visit Karlsruhe for 
