September 15th 1922
My dear Miss Addams.
The young man referred to in your note of Aug 25th did not come to see me and I did not send a letter to him as Miss Crawfords letter suggested, as Mr Ford had returned to Detroit by the time I got your letter otherwise I should have been glad to have done so. Have been meaning to write for months to [tell] you how much interested I was in your new [page 2] book which you were so good to send me. The review of the “Peace Ship” seemed to me to have been excellently done. I hope Mrs. Ford will read it. A group of women here who did excellent work toward disarmament last year are about to organize or reorganize the W.I.L. We had hoped to have Mrs Mead with us for a luncheon meeting on the 23rd but her plans seem to have been changed and she is returning to Boston next week She has been in [Louisville] [page 3] and expected to go to Cleveland then come here. We are greatly disappointed. If you are coming this way this fall would you speak at a meeting for us? There seems a great deal of good interest in Internationalism among the women in Detroit at least among some of them. We have been greatly occupied the past month in the advent of a grandson my daughter’s baby -- born Aug 21st. Dorothy [page 4] made a fine recovery but the dear little baby was very sick for a few days and we have been most anxious but he is gaining now so we are much encouraged. The other baby is adorable and a regular little beauty. The children were at Mackinac for three weeks so that Grandma Packard had a little chance to enjoy her.
Lovingly yours,
Lilian S. Holt.
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