Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

%e was a niece of a man namd Smiley. Pk. Robert
pretty sure his flrst naxle was Robert. I'm not too
fairly &ue. His wife died and this dece who was,
her thirties, went and kept house for him. And I
dishwasher, and that sort of thing. They were
Of come, everywhere I was, I was a mrnber of
easier for m. But that home was near the high
ri@t along until, oh, I had to run to get to
of blocks away. See, the hi& school then
to live. And that's the hi@ school I
of honor in high school.
Q. Good for you. What year &kd you graduate?
A. 1904, and then I went ri@t into training.
Q. Where did you start . . .
A. I was on the program--yout 11 be interested in this, I
nencemnt exercises were held In Chatterton's
the program and I had the whole--it was a symposium on
"Humor in hrican Oratory. " It was a poem that I
remnber it was about Bill Nye and so forth. Bill
awkward-well, I can1 t remmber it. Then I ended up, I lalaw. "But none we
welcome as we do the fmus Chauncey M. %Pew. And then I told something
about him.
Q. For paduation did you wear caps and gowns?
A. No. 1
Q. What did you wear?
A. Wore a white dress. And uy graduation dress was givf
Kreide~ girls1 panmther. Ch, she was a dressy person,
little curls, those little ripples, -you know, down here.
you like my hair?
to ne by the
zr hair, those
2w they--do
Q. Yes, I do very much.
A. Well, it ' s a wig, you know, and I just got it Saturdz
it ?
Do you like
Q. Yes, I do. Do you like it?
A. Well, I have to get used to it.
Q. Ch, it looks so natural; it looks just lovely.
A. Well, thank you. I wanted
i
it whiter because ny own k.
white on top, but I had a bald spot here and a ba3d spot
mde a French roll but it woul slip down.
r was real
;re. And I