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us of his interesting experience in Ecuador. I had a letlrer of introduction
to him from his sister sent to m by Miss Dolly ~i-t;ghell. &.
Jenkins, United State Consul, and Mr. Pa-r, secret s&r@ce man, were
very nice. Both feel that service am@g the Russians hopeless task.
Mr. Palmr is especially fond of the Chinese and bound feet
of their womn. Mr. Hufftnan of the YMCA was very
hrican Red Crass family played sevewup. 1
=thy "quite unreservedly. 'I What do I man by that? te unreservedly.
Q. You gave him the facts.
A. Yes, okay. llOctober 3, 1919 ; Went shopping in Prist
International Bank wLth Miss Bartlett and Mr. Dawson.
charge at the bank and it was Interesting to see him
Chinese assistants. I got fill value for an
We went to Rwso-Asiatic Bank to
rubles for one dollar. l1 Nuw YOU see,
seventy for a dollar and eighty for a dollar.
Q. But you said these are Siberian here. They may be a bffemt currency
then your Russian mles, do you suppose?
A. Well, the ruble was losing its value, and our men were-and I p s s some
of the womn bought up a lot of the rubles and bm@t them horn thinking
that they could cash in later when the rmbles repined it6 value. I don't
know what they did with their rubles. Oh, I had a couple of them rqlself,
but I don't seem to have any. I think I gave it to som boy who was frantic
about It. Liked it. "Kerensky rubles called starey dengyb" dengy must be
money. Yes, . that' is correct, ,"twenty per one dollar today, hrican gold is
sowt. Yen axe good at two fbr a dollar. l1 That l s the Japanese mney . ''1
bomt blue serge for uniform dress at six hundred Siberim rubles an. -
wchin, 'I that 's f'umy. I was going to have a uniform drpss made. Oh, "I
bo-t six yards of that serge and that Is sf lk, splendid wlity, changeable,
at 170 Siberian rubles per archin. l1 That ' s a masuremnt, "Afterwards
bought sheeting for new hospital. Called on Madam may a Kentucky worn,
mied to the hi@ French comnissioner here. She has thpe lovely Eddies.
"Mis~ lkwley, she's another wish nurse, %as been keepOtng company during
absence of Monsieur Danyau. " We're getting to the end yw see. !'October 2 .I1
Q. October the 2nd?
A. Yes. October 1st I've been reading. llMss Bartlett, Miss Nil1 and I
were referred to Russian Red Cross Ho pital. Three hundred beds, much better
equipped, cleaner and better clonducte 1 than my other sea in the city. The
chief sister was a superior type of waman and well educaQ2d. Here one saw
flies in great nmbers. A training sQChoo1," that mant mr nurses; they
don't call them that any mre. You train animals but yoq don't train in education.
You teach them. "'Ihdning school two year co is conducted.
They have 25 students. . Nurses quarters not bad, but
much better.
Chief sister says Russian Red Cross gave one allion
the beginning
of the war. Nothing since. Hospital built ten years
patients who help with upkeep. Hospital. receives
tish and American Red Cross, dmor of the