Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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A. Well I don ' t remmber too much about it except that just had ,lots
of people in it. Your vision is cut off you know. (chuc le) The streets
are narrow mostly. It's been so long I can't describe t+t to you, but
there were all rnanner of nations represented there.
place. I didn't go to church there any, but I was taken It w&s
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o a busy, missi a llsy
where they had a school and the first thing I hew they *re beggin me
to stay and be a missionary, and I said, ''No, I couldnl t
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to go back and report." And I did. Af'ter I got back to he states 'I had
to report back to California. Well I was only there unti I that. could, now I
failed. Well Shanw was my home you see. This other
have been telling you about. It was my Chima home.
where Daisy Brown lived. They had an awfblly nice
should say, and they were very cordial and wanted
got well enough one th to com? and see m. He
the time, I was able to go out with him a little.
our nice yard out here. '' He said, "
(chuckle) I didn't know about the wa
womn's clothes were hanging on the line. But t
there. Then another little story I rember was
was another house or two in that same conrpowld,
in place, and this little boy went over to see
field too. Of cowse these YWCA women weren't
but they really were in part. But this little to a neighbor's
home and the lady of the house said, ''What di
just want to see your new carpet." So she sal
I '11 show you ow new carpet. '' He went and he
looked long and hard, he kneeled down and smel
he said, This carpet doesn't We me sick."
at horn. (chuckle) They told that story.
was that their leader was in Peking On YWCA business
happened to their tea strainer. So when they had to
about som business in Shanghai, they slgm
would remmber to get it, since they
when she send an answer to the telegmm, sh
never got to meet her but she was outst
Chinese YWCA--girls1 homes, we were invi
just an ord*y meal but that was interesting.
Q. Were these upper class homes or addle class?
A. I think they were both. Of course the YWCA doesn't mqke any difkerence.
So rry next step was, we had
First Christian Chwch but
She was known as Helen or
better. She belonged to
when I was a senior in
senior year was across
room in the same house
for q maintenance.
called Dudjo, and I
it's not in the
in t;he vicinity
of a little hospital and she
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