Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittm
everythhg until you get onto smooth sea again. So that was an expePience.
There was just two of us in a canoe.
'We were the guests of Red Cross at luncheon at Seaside Qn. The native
pineapple was an important feature and pmnounced delicioys by all. Af'ter
luncheon, 3: 00 p.m. , I permitted, " -doesn't that sound awful, "permitted the
gmup to disperse for shopping, all meting at Young's Hoflel at 4: 15 p.m.
I went with a small party. Mr. Rogers, Miss JThgland, Wsg Ireland, and
Dir. Barnham in the cm of Mr. Waterhouse as his guest to His country how,
then his city residenc~ His country horn was at the top of a mmtab
and it took remarkahile ingenuity on the part of Mr. Wate~house to Mve
his car mund the curves and bends without sending us ovqr the edge into
the depths below. Here we had another wonderfW view, Di4mond Head, the
barren mmtain. It stood out alone in its bareness. It*is barren while
all the rest of the munta9ns and lowlands are mst verdwt. This difference
is due to the difference in rainfall. After puYlchasing a few postal. and
some films at Young's Hotel, I chapemned my group to theiPier 7 where our
boat awaited us. See, we didn' t have so long there, but 1 spent it well.
"At the pier, we were decorated with gwlmds of native ffowers, blue hydrangeas
and, something else." There's a dash there. '"Ih+se~garlands are
called . . . " (chuckles)
A. May be . Yes, that's what It was. Sure, sure, we wed decorated with
that. When we arrived, too, we were. But I didn't get tO say it tl-ysn.
"Many of the nurses purchased beads made from seeds of native plants. Passed
by the Executive Building which was once the palace of wen Ulios
called her Queen Lil , you how-who left her throne when @awaii ask
the United States ownership. We were all on deck when the Nippon + dipped
into the sea.at 5:00 p.m. bound for Yokohama, our next stpp. It's M Japan,
you know. "Again the diving boys hovered around the boat 1 and folloWd US
out for a mile or more. The sky and the sea were never re beautif211, the
muntahs were glorious, and as they faded away in the roaching darhess,
we were conscious of a deep feeling that we were sure 1eaV-i~ our own corntry
behind when the far off li&thouse intermittently fla&hed a fond farewell.
" I guess we just interpreted it that way.
"Satur+y, June' the. seventh; Now, it s just a little a week, a day
over a week, since we left San Francisco. We sailed thirtieth of
lby , Decoration Day. Russian classes resmd. in the
va.rious diversions. Tim passing rapidly.
Vesper semrZce at 5:00 p.m., Dr. Woodbuy in
June the ninth, 1919; PIad court martial,"
Barnham, chmging him with absence from
to ladies, appearhg on the deck without proper miform, snoring, etcetera.
Lots of mmimnt . Tuesday, June the tenth, 1919 ; Tha thee day c d ~ a l
af Jams contests and races began with deck golf, shuffleboard and ~)in@;pOng
in the mrning. In the afterrpon we had the mica1 cha3.p contest. / Cracker
contest and so forth and so ow. Sea is calm as glass." %hat was good for
our sick people.
Whesday, June the elevent4; This is the day we lost a& sea. We cmssed