Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittm
to have it in here where the small quarters were, but It pas kind o
reception hall for us, and she'd go to the kitchen and sh$'d say to
Chinese cook, "You have to put saw water initthis. We'll have to h
mre soup; we havent t got enough. I' He says, "1 already vatered
(chuckles) Things like that, you how.
Q. How long were you in Shanghaf?
A. Well, I didn't stay fn Shanghai too long. I took car$ of this WCA
worn who had this aL5llent until she was better. Then I Vent to
who was up in [Nanking]--1 can't rernerrber the nam of the place.
w map I could. It was str&@t up the line north from slpan@ai.
was there a couple of-well, I was there at least a mnth, I
up to this place where the womls sister was a
of gi~ls, and these girls cam f'mm all over. Oriental
f'rom Java and the islands and so on. She wasn't
think rmybe now it was klnd of a anemia. They
hricm living.
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A. Yes, the one, and she got better. They had to have tpe big nettings
over their beds to keep the msquitoes off. Of course, qsquitoes would
carry diseases too.
Q. Then you went north to where GencUing College is?
A. Yes, Gendling College and no men cam.
Q. Was it on the coast?
A. No. No it ' s strai&t up north fkmn Shanghai. Shangt-@ ' s on the coast.
There's a river and I was allowed to @ up the river to tbis place, the
saw river where Gendling College was. I was there quite a nfce tim. Oh,
the matter of Chinese words, they joked about those quite a good deal. What
they d ask for maybe would be a "soldier. I' When they wanted a drink of
water it would be what they'd say for a drink of water would be a "s~ldier.'~
They wanted to make those little gi~ls just
they were in their teens. Thak was a nice exper
around a good deal, there was a number of teachers
went to Wuchang. It was in the hterior. Now it
east and west. There I had written ahead of tiiw
Lindseyls sister, Olive Lindsey who wried a yo
were missiona3?ies out there from our church, the First Cwistian '3
Then I stayed overnight and went on to Peking where I kn& some mN people.
I stayed in the house or a guest home with a lot of nus&.
Q. This is in Peking?
I
A. Yes, this was in Peking. 1 have
I think. Yout ve heard
been satisfied with