Miss Starr is copying Rose Howe's letter for Hudson. Few people can give so charming an idea of Leo XIII as Miss Howe does. Miss Starr feels as though this may be the last Hudson will ever get from Miss Howe as she is very feeble. Starr tells Hudson that neither of them can help with the undone work but each in his own way must give the work all it will take. Starr encloses a letter from a Catholic woman in Chicago. She has three little children and has a promising future, but she has sent several things to the Ave Maria and has heard nothing. Her father, James Sheahan, of the newspaper world, has told her that half of the articles sent in are not read by the editor unless the author is known. So Miss Starr sends the poem to Hudson. The lady does not wish her work to be published if Hudson does not think it worthy, but she comes from the most talented and intellectual family in Chicago. Miss Starr has not been sick for quite a while now. She has sent two articles and Hudson should receive them soon. She does not forget Hudson in her communion and asks Hudson to stop to see her if he is in Chicago during this Holy Season. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. crown 8 vo