Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland

11&N. [?] St.
Germantown, Pa.
Nov. 30,1916
My very dear Emily Howland.
Thanksgiving Day and I
am being thankful that I have much
a dear friend as thee!
I did not know until after thee
had returned from little Dear [?]
what a hard time thy old enemy
had been giving thee. It makes me
very resentful to think of thy suffering
so much. But I am glad thee
was with thy [?] nurses and neighbors

who could do so much to make thee
comfortable. It seemed to be a very good
summer for [reformation?]. Fran and I
had [bad?] [attacks?] at [Poems?] while I
am sorry to say seems to be rather
hard on some forums [?] [affection?]

Fran and I have such pleasant
memories of our visit to them last summer.
It was lovely of them to have us.

[?] I go to [?] Fran & attend
a conference in the interests of Peace.
[Leyton Risbardo?] temporary pastor of
the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklynn
nice for the chief [leader?]. He is an
English Conscientious Objector, has been
in jail for his convictions. I had never
heard a more [?] [leader?] such

depths of conviction, person and fire are seldom
combined in one person. Added to these is an
unanswered gift as a [person?] [?].
The Conference will last two days. Fran doesnt enjoy
conferences so I cannot get her to go too. She gets too
tired and does not sleep.
Lois Otis has been out more in fact it was she who told
us [?] illness. She seems very well and is most enthusiastic
over her visit to L. D. I.
In her form [Wilbur?] [?] not must that is [cheaper?]
or printing to an early close [?] now. I think they
are utterly sick of it but don’t know how to stop.
[Wilbur?] says Herbert could not wake them his
annual visit because he [?] not get [properties?]
and of France.

On last Saturday I stood nearly all
day in the corner of 11th & Chestnut Sts
calling the collection of the [persons?] by to Peace
lectures going on within a store there
which The Museum’s Peace Party had
rented for the time it stood empty.
Hundreds of men turned in at our
behest and came out either pleased, disgusted or
angry. A wild-eyed guy French
deserter from Verdun [?] the
floors. He lives in constant fear of being
taken back & shot. I wonder if he can
be taken from the U.S. He determined every
word that the [?] said and said he
[?] what war meant and he wanted it
stopped. He spoke broken English. Perhaps
it would be as well not to speak of the
poor fellow [where?] there would be any danger
of word getting back to France for he might
be found if the French authorities heard of
him. Probably they think him killed. I
wish I would hear the tale of his escape
he must have supposed regimes of fear
of capture. He spoke such broken English
that it was hard to follow him.
The great [?] hung [?] the
store window was "Above all nations
is humanity" below were the flags of
all nations intertwined.
One man who had a son on the
Mexican border was so enraged
That he attacked me in land
[?]. A crowd gathered which on
being invited went in to hear the [?]
to find out what had had such an effect on
the offended one.
"The problem of human living together"
seems to be the very thing much working
as for now. The classes on the Social
Order begin now. We are to have Dr.

Hollander of Johns Hopkins join us 6
lectures on the Problem of Poverty. We
ask into the class people of all sorts
of [?] and have interesting discussions. Our
committee pays $250 to Dr. Hollander
for his 6 lectures. I will enclose a
notice of the course
The wonderful thing about thee, my
dear friend, is that no matter how
far I delve into these things. I
find that thee has thought them
all out before me.

Stanley Yarnall is likely to go
to Mexico in the winter on a
Mission to study the educational
situation there with a view to working
up the establishment of schools and

an agricultural college. The school committee
granted him 6 weeks absence at its meeting
yesterday.
We are mourning the resignation of [Isaac Sharples]
from Haverford College. We have no
such man to take his place. His successor is
not yet appointed.
With love ever & always and [?]
remembrance to the teachers. sincerely thine
Agnes L. Tierney

For some reason or other I can't write or spell
this evening.

[Program of Social Order Study inserted here]

Miss Emily Howland
Brice Center [Rhode Island]
Cayuga Co.
Sherwood N.Y.