he a disgrace for a grown person. I left some money to have her teeth 
put in order, and gave her a little talk in such French as I could 
manage on the necessity of using her toothbrush, fortunately she 
had a toothache Sunday— it gave me opportunity to speak of what 1 
wanted to as soon as I saw her, hut hesitated for politeness sake, 
even an American godmother might have a little manners- -hut the 
toothache opened the subject. Bhe kept reminding me of Kate Gary, • 
except her mouth, she resembles her remarkably, the small oval face, 
same kind of a forehead and dark eyes. Bazas is the most antique 
thing I have seen. I felt as if I had stepped into the 13th or 14th 
century. The church is I don't know how many centuries old, the 
school , where I have arranged for SDLise to go next year, is in an 
ancient castle. The mother Superior took us through the school Sun- 
day morning before mass. It is like the top floor of the Smithsonian 
up a few steps and down a few steps, only more so. '-'here is a most 
t gl or ices outlook from one of the windows. In scope I imagine it is 
j about like an old-time "^adies seminary. " JELise is an exceptionally 
intelligent child , I think; I wish she could have a modern education. 
That was ay idea in writing to %other ^eon about her. He has writ- 
ten to Mae ftala&e in French for me. (He had written to Lecomte, also, 
I 1 earned , and by way of re commending me told him of my bonne coeur 
as evidenced by my having a French orphan . Dr. I asked about her. ) 
Free education in France does not go beyond what we call grammar 
school --no free high school, no free colleges— but a conscript army 
and endless money for it and for perfect orgies of celebrating the 
"victoire." The French are worse than we are in their indifference 
\ to the welfare of the children they bring into the world. Since 
m coming here to Paris I am not so sure Slise ought to come here to 
study in the Ecole pour Jean e Femmes , or whatever it is, that Ero- 
ther Leon had mentioned. Sazae is so heavenly and %ris so otherly , 
X did not say ai^tMisi? ^mm^ fN^? te,. diise l s let- 
