Ask the Scholar
Page 36 of 87
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
OCR
N
D
u
e
M
THE MOTHER FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
C
She came into my Mothers' Clinic one Tuesday morning,
a tall rawboned woman in a ragged Macedonian costume, carrying a small
babe swathed in many coarse wrappings. Her face was set in the hard
lines habitual to the average Macedonian woman but as she watched me
bathe a baby and dress it in the soft, pretty "Amerikinaski" clothes
of the layettes so carefully prepared by the women of America, there
shone from her clear gray eyes a wistful, womanly longing. She watched
el
my every move and lost not a word my interpreter said, as I explained
through him to the mothers how to bathe their babies every day in cold
S
weather as well as in warm. Some of the mothers objected, saying that
the babies would catch cold. I told them that of course they must have
a
good fire and close the doors and windows. The woman
with the hard face and wistful eyes looked as if she would like to speak.
Myx interpreter turned to her and she told him she could not shut her
house to bathe her baby because the whole side of her house was destroy-
ed. I questioned her further and found that she lived in a little
mountain village near Roysden eight hours distant from Kavadar. That
part of the country was the scene of many fierce battles during the war.
The woman's house had suffered much damagge. The enemy had carried off all
their sheep, goats and oxen and their few farming implements. The woman
and her husband had been struggling all summer from early morn until
late at night to put in a little crop of wheat on their barren land that
they might have food for the winter and they had had no time, neither
had they materials with which to repair the house. They had two small
children, besides the baby in the mother's arms. I gave the woman not
only clothes for her baby, but also for her other children, her husband
and herself good warm clothing that will help to keep them warm if they
are not able to rebuild their house.
Thus the work of the Red Cross is reaching even into
these far mountain districts where the ignorant people have scarcely
heard of America. The dainty baby blothes fashioned by the hands of
American women are going into the wilds of the mountains of Serbia -
a part of that country of which Americans even yet know little. Those
little garments not only serve their original purpose of giving relief
to those who have suffered from the war; the little gowns, shirts, and
hoods in soft pretty colors go into ugly mud huts and hovels where
they are an incentive to the mothers to clean up and beautify themselfes,
their families and their homes. The far reaching influence of the work
spent in preparing these layetts can never be estimated.
URSULA TIBBELS.
or
Page data
- Page
- 36
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- 9d39003eabcfcd46
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 2661059
- Core
- doc
- Type
- document
DTO data
{
"id": "2661059",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Auer, Ursula nee Ursula Tibbels",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059",
"collections": [
"Records of the American National Red Cross",
"Historical Nurse Files"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"imageCount": 87,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "2661059",
"label": "Auer, Ursula nee Ursula Tibbels",
"core": "doc",
"dtoType": "document",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "2661059",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Auer, Ursula nee Ursula Tibbels",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059",
"collections": [
"Records of the American National Red Cross",
"Historical Nurse Files"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00081.jpg",
"imageCount": 87,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
"url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661059",
"naId": 2661059,
"coverageEndDate": {
"day": 1,
"logicalDate": "1949-12-01",
"month": 12,
"year": 1949
},
"coverageStartDate": {
"day": 5,
"logicalDate": "1918-09-05",
"month": 9,
"year": 1918
},
"levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
"recordType": "description",
"ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
"seq": 36,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00067/40033_649063_0467/40033_649063_0467-00116.jpg",
"mediaId": "9d39003eabcfcd46",
"ocrText": "N\nD\nu\ne\nM\nTHE MOTHER FROM THE MOUNTAINS.\nC\nShe came into my Mothers' Clinic one Tuesday morning,\na tall rawboned woman in a ragged Macedonian costume, carrying a small\nbabe swathed in many coarse wrappings. Her face was set in the hard\nlines habitual to the average Macedonian woman but as she watched me\nbathe a baby and dress it in the soft, pretty \"Amerikinaski\" clothes\nof the layettes so carefully prepared by the women of America, there\nshone from her clear gray eyes a wistful, womanly longing. She watched\nel\nmy every move and lost not a word my interpreter said, as I explained\nthrough him to the mothers how to bathe their babies every day in cold\nS\nweather as well as in warm. Some of the mothers objected, saying that\nthe babies would catch cold. I told them that of course they must have\na\ngood fire and close the doors and windows. The woman\nwith the hard face and wistful eyes looked as if she would like to speak.\nMyx interpreter turned to her and she told him she could not shut her\nhouse to bathe her baby because the whole side of her house was destroy-\ned. I questioned her further and found that she lived in a little\nmountain village near Roysden eight hours distant from Kavadar. That\npart of the country was the scene of many fierce battles during the war.\nThe woman's house had suffered much damagge. The enemy had carried off all\ntheir sheep, goats and oxen and their few farming implements. The woman\nand her husband had been struggling all summer from early morn until\nlate at night to put in a little crop of wheat on their barren land that\nthey might have food for the winter and they had had no time, neither\nhad they materials with which to repair the house. They had two small\nchildren, besides the baby in the mother's arms. I gave the woman not\nonly clothes for her baby, but also for her other children, her husband\nand herself good warm clothing that will help to keep them warm if they\nare not able to rebuild their house.\nThus the work of the Red Cross is reaching even into\nthese far mountain districts where the ignorant people have scarcely\nheard of America. The dainty baby blothes fashioned by the hands of\nAmerican women are going into the wilds of the mountains of Serbia -\na part of that country of which Americans even yet know little. Those\nlittle garments not only serve their original purpose of giving relief\nto those who have suffered from the war; the little gowns, shirts, and\nhoods in soft pretty colors go into ugly mud huts and hovels where\nthey are an incentive to the mothers to clean up and beautify themselfes,\ntheir families and their homes. The far reaching influence of the work\nspent in preparing these layetts can never be estimated.\nURSULA TIBBELS.\nor"
}