Addams congratulates Blaine and the City Homes Association for their hard work and remarks on a discussion she had with Charles Eliot about the closed shop.
Addams thanks Blaine for the flowers, describing the staff of Hull-House as battered and worn from the holidays. Addams sends Blaine a silver box made by the boys in the shop.
Addams remarks on her neglect in thanking her Washington hostess, sends Ellen Gates Starr's book and comments on the engagement of Rose Pastor and J. G. Phelps Stokes.