She waited until Hudson should not be too busy before she bothered him with a long letter, but the Ave Maria brought such great news of Notre Dame that she could not wait. She hopes Our Lady has given Hudson better health. It is very unpleasant to be misunderstood and especially by a priest. The reasons Hudson gave for refusing her request were not good ones, even though he thought so. He has said so many similar applications, but she states that if the Ave Maria is the Blessed Virgin's journal it must give aid to religious undertakings and particularly to its contributors. Another reason that Hudson gave was that he had no control over the funds. Religious orders, she concludes, are like families, the heads of which often take all the responsibility and give none to their children. Pope Leo XIII pointed Hudson out as head of a family of contributors. Now that someone else will be in charge Hudson will have less scruple in estimating its rights as well as duties. She wrote gratuitously for the Ave Maria for about nine years by request of its founder, and she even tries to increase its circulation. She considered her sacrifices a pleasure and now she thinks it is a strange that she thought she could get help from the same quarter in serving the same God. The church should think about the necessity of showing an example of charity to the people in the world. She wishes that it had not fallen to her to make such an unbecoming effort as this, but God is welcome to all and she hopes He will send choicest blessings and favors on Notre Dame in proportion to the pain He has willed upon her. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. royal 8 vo