She thanks Hudson for his letter. The reason for the delay in answering it is due to the fact that his letter and one she received from Miss Eliza Allen Starr had completely bewildered her. She states that while in her younger days she admired Miss Starr as a beneficial influence on her, since Miss Starr's rise to prominence along with acquiring its attending consequences tending toward arbitrary reasoning, loquacity, and a critical attitude towards the views of others, Miss Starr's influence on her has been nil. Hudson's letter made her regret that she would not be continuing "Aunt Winifred" but she feels that it would be of no avail even though all the people to whom she has talked have given their approval of the story. She regards James Alphonsus McMaster 's Writings about church music as scandalous and blasphemous. If the Cecilian society is allied to the Cecilian writers, the society is a fraud. If it is not, it will not object to having the truth revealed. She believes that the Ave Maria should be happy to make the truth known since it is by smothering these minor differences between the church members and Rome that major defections are prevented. She commands Hudson for the vast improvement made in the quality of the Ave Maria since he began to serve as editor and she hopes that he continues to hold this position. In her mother's opinion Aunt Winifred did not even perform the barest essentials of marriage, but her case must have come under some theological ruling in effect at that time since she always has been one of the Church's communicants. Miss Howe recalls hearing a preacher say that it was not the ceremony but the fidelity of the parties to one another that made the marriage. She wonders whether this could be the ruling applied to Aunt Winifred. If Father General Edwards Sorin will be at home she and her mother are going to Notre Dame next week. Then she will be prepared to answer any questions Hudson may have about Binsiedeln. Her sister received Hudson's letter regarding Pere Marquette. If Hudson wishes to print "The Holy Rosary at the Tomb of St. Dominic" she will continue to write it. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 12pp. of 12mo. 3pp. of 32mo.