Rauschenbusch declines Addams' invitation to participate at the National Conference on Charities and Correction in St. Louis because he has been so busy traveling and lecturing since the fall.
Linn explains his preparations to travel to France and the kind of work he will be undertaking there with the Y.M.C.A. He wants his family to know he is following what he feels is right, despite the danger that being in a war zone puts him in.
Schwimmer sends a telegram to Addams requesting stationary for international correspondence as well as giving the dates and locations that she will be speaking.
Maynard writes Addams about her experience hosting French delegates, life without her husband, and fond memories of Chicago, prompted by her reading of Edna Ferber's So Big, a novel set in a suburb of the city.