Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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impossible.
"Sunday, Jme the fifteenth, 1919; Rdnhg very hard- rn arose. Sea
becam s d t caImer. Very few seasick. Spent h s t entire day
writing letters and cards to folks at hcme. Had our last class in Usian
today. &. Torjeffse responded very all to Dr.
of appreciation. June seventeenth; Everyom packing
lettss fst and furiously, ready for the landing at
At tmight's dhwr, Captain Ogasaki gave an elaborate party. The ship's
dining roan was dewrated with flags of every nation. It was of special
interest to see a very large lhited States £lag cantingat with a Japanese
flag in the center of the front of the roan. There were bwrs for each of
us and all clamed their brightly colored caps. All were pipplied with bright
colored streamrs which soon formed a network aver the t4les. The flleal
was very elaborate and each table was supplied with a bwday cake. Mter
dbmr there were mnring picwes, om of which was a -to parade which
takes place in NiWco every J w 5th.
I casbd a ten dollar brican Express mxley order and M y received nineteen
yen, fifty sen. " See, that ' s nineteen dollars and fifty cents. "Thereby
10s- fifty cents, fifty and mty-five
also d y gave nineteen yen, fifty sen for ten
at a mil exdmge I was able to get
for a ten dollar Arerican Expess
by train, electric car, to Kama ma,
tqles of the Buddhist religim. We
Buddha in Japan. We went inside of this great iron nrmst#z. # wdt
frrm place to place in rickshaws and presented a very in spectacle
as R mde dawn an avenue single file at brealmeck speed.
Q. Haw many of you went on that trip?
A. Lst me see if I have that. Ims counting tihirigs th+ No, I w't
b. 'CLhUrsday, June 19, 1919; Eight of us," one answeg to y m qwestb,
"eight of us at breakfast at NatunacMs Restaurant,
se ladies who were quite curious and had
about cme of us in Japanese to one anather.
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of the party was," the 'poppa' was in quotation
out Dr. Brady . They regarded us with suspicion when
as the 'Mama, ' I started out in search of Miss RDse
Eran a Mr. Wi.nniesy that she is at lucita, four
Yobhama. As this is such a vest diptame a d other
with the trip to Akita, I haw to aontetzt myself with
her. 1hadanicetalkwithPaulVanMckeatt.h
He is a brother to Mr. Van Heake at Springfield."
Q. Was Rose ABtbmster Eram Springfield?
A. Yes. I 'm glad to have an opportunity to tell yws abpt bse . She was
p a Springfield wanan and a udper of aur church, Fixst &$istian Church.
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