Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
that the type of it did not indicate whether a woman was @.rcLed or single.
The style of hairdress called rn magi, a festooned ~ ~ indi- ~ n
cates that the Japanese lady is married." I have a pict- here of mura
magi ha rdress worn by a &ed Japanese lady. illustrations were
somthlqg to . . . (chuckles)
Q. They're darling.
A. "1 purchased four fur0 siki. It 's crepe silk sort of kerchiefs of
squares that the Japs carry their pareels in. Tnese are beautiful in color
with wonderm color desip. I pwlchased in Yokohama a arved lacquered
box for ten yen. I am very proud of this. It I don1 t how whatever became
of it. I gave a lot away.
''Secured photos and sent them to Ken and Alice ,"--that 's Ken Dalbey and
Alice Dalbey. He was a brother to Alice and they lived the street
from where I was living. He was oh, kind of a miner out west ; fun, and
could he sing. They used to st mund their organ and dng. It was a lot
of fun. When I got to Siberia, he had subscribed to the LHly Journal.
Q. The newspaper?
A. The newspaper, yes. And then it all came in when the, ship came in. I'd
get a pat big pile of papers, you see. I think they un.@ttve had a weekly
edition. It wasnlt every day, from the way it was sent z~lyhaw. It kept
in touch with haw, you know.
Q. What a nice idea. This was the Ilaois State Jom* newspaper?
A. Yes. 'IOw party mt at the Grand Hotel at 6:45, went to the Yokohama
station for dinner by rickshaw. Then we boarded the trW at nine and set
out for Tsurug;;l. Our train had three sleeping cars and we diner; also one
baaage car reserved for us. We traveled on the hperial Limited. The
sleeping compart~nts in one car were elegant. The corridor ran the length
of the car at one side and sleeping compartments were on "the other side. I
slept in booth thirteen." Lucky nmber.
Q. How mny of you were there in a room? I
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A. Oh, I don't know. Now there were 22 when we started and we didn't lose
any on the way. the^ were 29 nurses; 22 nurses and sev aides. were were
eighteen mn.
Q. Did each one of you have an individual compaYltmnt far sleeping?
A. Well, I think so. Yes, we did. But I don't think I m t e in a little
experience I had. I thought I1d better not.
Q
Was it that bad?
A. Yes. 'We arrived in Tsuruga about 1:00 p.m. Had lunch on traln. Went
to police station and had passports visaed again. Went Bo money exchange
and post orfice. Had difficult tim making authorities of the latter