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    "ocrText": "March 81, 1927\nMiss Harriette S Douglas\nAmerican University Women's Club\n4 Rue de Chevreuse\nParis, France\nMy dear Miss Douglas\nI wish that 1 could have been with you\non your holiday in the south of France. It no only sounds\nrestful, but charming in every way. Unfortunate for you,\nhowever, if the sun did not shine. I was under the impress-\nicn that it always shone in the south of France at this\nseason of the year.\nThe little clipping WSS read with & great\ndeal of interest, and your letter was passed around to the\nvarious members of our staff who knew you when you were with\nus.\nThe pin has been forwarded to you. We\nare very glad to make you as present of it 80 do not bother\nto send the customary one dollar.\nI do not know whether I have written you\nsince Christmas, I hardly think that I have, but let me tell\nyou now that your card to me 86 well 8.6.to the Nursing Service\nand also to Miss Butler reached UB quite safely. Re all\nenjoyed the cards very much, as we not only appreciated your\nthinking of UE, but the cards, themselves, were lovely.\nThere is 80 much I wan't to talk to you\nabout that I hardly know where to begin. In the firet place\nI an listing Red Cross nurses who are in Peris who Might be\navailable for some service in connection with the Visit of\nthe American Legion. I have recently heard from Miss Francis, and\n*iss Judy, and have them on my list, and naturally I have you.\nI am wondering if you know of any other Red Cross surses who\nmight be available? Plane are very embryonic and are being\ndeveloped between the LORCS and the French Red Cross. Having\nvisions, however, of some of our people falling ill and being\nrailroaded into French Hospitals without any knowledge of the"
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