Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittrran
acres of ranchland four hmdmd miles from Harbin on the hgari River.
Mrs. Palin lived for two years on this ranch with her husband. l' Now that
was one of the joys of thfs trip. You mt interesting peclple, you how,
f'mm other p&s of the world.
"Q~tober 1, 1919 ; Spent mrning with Mrfi. Brandon, Amriuan Red Cross
nurse at the RRS, Railroad Service Hospital. Took pictures coTIling and gohg.
Chinese children, rallmad station, officer1 s club, the Chinese itinerant
bmer shop. l1 They go along with their tools. I have a Qicture in all ~IW
stuff anyhow, where theylre cutting ad's hair on the street, you how.
Tney are shavhg them or somthhg like that. But the Chbese , see, so
many of them wear long hair, the men, way down the back. You hardly ever
saw a haircut.
Q. What do you suppose the Palins were doing on a ranch?{ This is a ranch
jn Russia or Fn China?
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A. Well, they had the feed-no, it wasn't in China.
Q. h Russia?
A. Yes, in Russia. No, Manchuria. C&, the whole ranch pasnlt in me, you
how. A lot of it-horses wem wild. 'Ihm were those @ves I told about.
They were just wild. They'd get what they could find to eat and all. Then
people would go out and try to catch them up for use.
Q. But the Palins were over there living on a ranch back,then?
A. Yes.
Q. That Is a very interesting point.
A. Oh, they mi@ttve really fbund it naybe a challenge to them. They
could get rich that way or they couldisee the country tha$ way, a good
part of it. And of course, you know, 51 recent years thew' ve learned a lot
about ow farming, the Russians have. The Chinese, you see, they're satisfied
with rice and that ls It, mostly, fish. fish and rie.
Q. Where were the Palins fmm orfgimlly? Do you how? In this country?
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