Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

The June wedding of Dr. Washburn as groan and Miss Thmps as a bride
was very good, November had election day. February did P" he Gearge
Wasldmgtan cherry tree #stunt and so forth and so forth.
lobster race by Dr. Brady and Mr. Hayward.
'Tuesday, June the 3rd, 1919. Setting up aercises
10 :00 a.m. Cards in afternoun. Dance given by unit
Dancing lessons by Miss Bridge at 4:30 p.m. I
Morsemm by Vincent I. Bane2 . Wamlatiuns
repz-d Mss Ireland today. " Oh, golly.
Q. What had Miss Ireland done?
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Dr. Bankan at
A. I can't tell, I don't rmmiber. kt's see if it's She made up
with a girl named Wss Englmd. They had Ireland and
all the way thraugh.
Q. And these *re their real natres?
A. Yes, &ose ere their real names . (pause) Samething about pos~ed a
-om regulation. (1-) Oh, golly. "Allwed toes and hats off
with lw neck today .It We 1, I posted the unifonn regulat&ms after that.
Thls was sanething that I did.
'Wednesday, JLIW the faueh. Russian lessons began todai arranged by my
group, Mr. Torjeffsky, instructor, assisted by Kiss Paulipney , one of my
aides. Large attendance. Leasun lasted for me half ho*. Fmglish lesswill
be giwn Eb . Torjeff sky in refion for his kinhs4Mr. Torjeffsb,
prarwnxnced Torjuffsky, is the director of the Fhssian
and director of
the Siberian Tamers Association." Tanners Association? a tin^ goes by
very rapidly. Ckme can scarcely find motqjh time in
reading and writing. Tonight we had a concert in the
salon. '&ere was a piano solo by Ws , KCPIID, a
cated in a California University. A flute mde of reed, played by a male
Jap, acccqanied a dolin &layed7 by dining, rocm boy Jq. And another
instnment, sort of a banjo effect, played by Elrs, Matwes. This Jap
wit was vdry mird, indeed, but the climax cam when a elderly qle Jap
8mg a long, old folk solo, aacanpanying himself an a s
of queer deaQp. We also gave a vocal selectim . s
quartet of Mr. and Mrs. bblstsad, Miss Hbover, and Dr.
in otrr group.
"June the fifth; Russian class for an hour today.
fifteen minutes. A tiny little blackbird cam to met
that m are netrhg Zand, Also sighted a four m five
passing us. Qlrite wam~ today. Sent my
of th.e *ican Red Cross Nursing Service,
decorated with flags tonight for the dance.
RLlssh man and three small SQA~S." %y were steerage p4ssengss.
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by were tk Russians going back into Russia?
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A. Well, b y
had interests *re
probaly, -%M mi?? was gbirng on-mre
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