Bonvallet explains to Addams how her family is fairing in the war, including her mother, three sisters, and six nephews. She also discusses her husband and children, as well as her own inability to handle her family's tragedies.
Linn explains his preparations to travel to France and the kind of work he will be undertaking there with the Y.M.C.A. He wants his family to know he is following what he feels is right, despite the danger that being in a war zone puts him in.
An editorial complaining that German women are bearing the brunt of the Versailles treaty, and questioning the belief that Germany was responsible for the outbreak of the war.