Dear Miss Addams: --
Since dictating this letter I find that while I was going over finances in the office this morning at the opening of the session of the Conference, Mrs Catt [paid] a splendid tribute to you which was lovely and universally applauded. I am told that she said there was no one more patriotic and that you deserved the highest possible respect and praise for all that you had done for peace and a lot of [page 2] other things which I can not recall second hand, but which seemed to make a great impression, and pleased everyone immensely. Before I was told of this tribute, I had a talk with Mrs Catt about our literature and it led on to quite an interview. Miss Rankin was with me. I told her that there were many of our members in her conference and several of our members as speakers on the program. -- She was most kind and cordial -- gave us [page 3] all the time we wanted, and would not be interrupted when others came after her. She thanked us for coming.
We had invited the Conference to tea at the University Club, but the ↑invitation↓ was declined because of the rule to accept no invitations except from cooperating societies. It was not read to the Conference, of course, but Mrs Catt herself saw it.
Mrs Spencer is terribly upset that we have withdrawn from the Council of Women.
Affectionately
H. C. H.
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A "continuation committee" of [cooperating] organizations is being appointed.
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