December 12 -- 1917
My dear Miss Addams:
We have been thinking so much about you on your journey south and shall feel glad when you are safely home again. It seemed so far to go for so short a time.
You did so much for us at Swarthmore. It has been a weight on my conscience ever since that we should have allowed you to give out so much of yourself [page 2] on Sunday -- especially after the full busy days which preceded. The community here was so interested in having you that I fear I allowed our personal friends' eagerness to share the visit outweigh the responsibility I should have felt to have protected you. If Sunday afternoon did not overtire you perhaps it will be some satisfaction to you to know how greatly such an opportunity was appreciated by all those who were here. We have received many expressions of gratitude. I want you to [page 3] know that you were in an entirely sympathetic pacifist group notwithstanding that one expression toward the close. Her heart is right but her mind does not always comprehend. If you knew all that is back of her life you would understand even that outburst which I was sorry, however, occurred in your presence.
We shall not always feel obliged to share you with our friends if you will feel free to come to us whenever you can. In the future, we shall try to give you rest rather than ask you to give out so much.
I hope the meeting on Sunday [page 4] morning was not too much of a strain. For service there and for all your goodness, we are so grateful.
The least thing that Mr Hull or I could ever do for you would be such a joy -- especially if we could help you bear any of your new burdens brought on by the present situation. Some day, sooner perhaps than we now dream, we pray they may be lifted.
With love and deepest gratitude,
Hannah Clothier Hull
P.S. Do not think of replying to this.
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