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soldiers, then the journey a thousand of them in the train, & twenty four hours without any comfort or food. Old women of 78 who had brought up two generations and whom the masters considered of the family were sent off. Never have non combatants been so treated before. And if wars go on it will be worse no noncombatants will be safe - Ah! women must be up and doing. I cannot begin to tell you how Belgian women & those from the north of France have been treated you know from our papers perhaps better than I do.

You see I cannot keep away from the subject we all live under such a shame, if we forget for half an hour we come back to horrors of the situation with a jerk. I thought Mr. Stillman looked as if he were suffering as we all are. I hope the visit to Rome will have