ters have been so seriuus that I thought of her as old for her age, 
hut she is very small for her age. She is just thirteen. I am going 
to send her through the Soole Superieur of the Ursnlines here. It 
is only |9 a month. What she will he ahle to learn to earn her liv- 
ing I ao not know. If sewing were decently paid the prohlem wool* 
he solved for her needlework is beautiful . She showed me her first 
communion clothing, every stitch hy herself, and it is as dainty as 
can he. These people are so different from Baris. line Balade had 
heard that the Austrians were suffering. She asked me about them. 
I told her of the hard winter with no heat at all, of the thin little 
children. She said "Ah, les pauvres. ,t It made me love her— just such 
another as 5*rau Schneider, in her sympathy for the victims of the war, 
regardless of their nationality. If only these common people would 
take things into their own hands— they have infinitely more wisdom 
than presidents and prime ministers. I went to mass with tee Balade 
and KLise in the great cathedral, There are no pews, lime B brought 
two chairs from the side for us— Slise was with her class. In the 
miaaie of the mass an old woman came along and line B gave her a little 
money. I thought it was the offering and hastened to get out my purse 
but she motioned not to, and whispered it was for the chairs. The 
same potentate dressed in red velvet with his Napoleonic hat on his 
head that I had see® in the Madelaine was here. He preceded the priest 
carrying the Host, stepping aside at the altar rail, and he stood with 
his hat on all during the mass. When we got back the grandmother had 
dinner ready, a chicken. It made me feel they had squandered a lot on 
a feast for me. The grandmother (who speaks the local dialect) said 
with a charming deep courtesy as she called us to table, that it was 
something about I'honneur for me, I suppose. Bless her he-rt, I fell 
in love with her. Here is a joke. They had wine, of course, hut there 
was a bottle of beer for mei The mother superior had told her that 
