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The two of them had read the report over. Don't fool yourself, Mrs. Rosenberg is smart. She can learn quickly. Miss Dickerman is a good, thorough person. If you wanted to learn arithmetic, algebra, history, English literature, she's a good thorough person to teach them, but she's not sparky. Mrs. Rosenberg is as quick as a cat. She's very quick and has a very quick mind. She can learn very quickly, although it may not be thorough. Miss Dickerman would be thorough if she learned anything, but Mrs. Rosenberg learns quickly. It may be surface, but it seems all right at least. She's as quick as she can be and plenty smart. Nobody needs to write her down as a dumbbell. She's not that.

Miss Dickerman had asked her out to spend the weekend. They had a lovely time. Miss Dickerman was like a member of the family with the Roosevelts. They all lived on the same place. She was just back from Europe. She went over to see the President and Mrs. Roosevelt and brought her guest along with her.

So they went in and saw the President. Anna told it to him entertainingly - all about the dancing parties, and various other things larded in, which he enjoyed. He had an awful good time over that and enjoyed that little touch of the way life was lived, with people having a good time,





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