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Not long ago we had
a very delightful visit from your
Father and Mother. They came in
the evening and it was very [underlined]
nice. After they left, Mother told
Mildred that she should have
gone to bed promptly at nine
o'clock instead of staying up, whereupon
she replied, "Oh, Mother, but Mister
Bates is so [double underlined] fascinating, I simply
couldn't resist him." I don't bame
Mildred because he was so full
of "beans" that evening.

How do you like France? It
must be very different from America.
Have you been or are you actually
fighting yet?

It certainly looks as if peace
would come about very soon, judging
from the way things are going
over there.

To-day the papers are just full
of this peace talk, and of the
Kaiser, having accepted America's peace
terms. But the general feeling seems
to be against that, as the Kaiser
is not [triple underlined] to be trusted. I hope that