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April 16, 1919.
Miss Dora Carothers,
Morietta, Ohio.
My dear Miss Carothers:
I have not answered your telegram because of absence
from town and also because I hardly know whother to advise you to go on the
Chautauqua Circuit or not.
I have never heard you do any public speaking as you
know and so have no way of judging whother you would be able to address a
large audience with ease and with force. I am not at all sfraid that you
wouldn't have plenty to suy or that you wouli 's be enthusiastic, but I.
have loorned from experience that it is one thing to talk in privite and
quite another thing to get up on a platiorm before many different kinds
of audionces and delivor a telling address. For all I know you might be
able to do it with a good deal of success and I am not sure but what I
think you would do it very well. I hesitate, however, to encourage you to
start out on a piece of work for thich I have no way of judging your fitness
when I do know how very successful you will be in other linos of wrk. in
which you have proved your sbility. I should hate to encourage you to go
on the Chattuuqua platrorm only to find
efter you have been on it a few
woeks that publi speaking is not your strong forts, On the other hand you
might do it very well and I would regret not having encouragod you to do it.
Perhaps the best way to test yourself would be to try somo public speaking
in Marietta and see how it goes there, thon you could judge for yoursolf
whether you would be able to hold the attention of a lirge audience.
Perhaps one reason why I um not koenly onthusiastic
about your going on the Chautauqua plat form is because I need you so much
in the actual work. Thero are all kinds of opportunities waiting for
nurses of your experionce and ability and I shall have a dozen differant
places to put you the minute you feel sufficiently rested to o buck to
work. I am wondering how you would like to go to the Southern mountains.
I have just been through the Southorn mountains on a trip and think 1 have
never had so fascinating a visit. The people up in those mountains as you
may
know are native American stock. They havo been shut off, however, from
the progress of the world and are living two or three gonerations behind the
times. They have plenty of nativo ability and soak up new idea and "informa-
tion
as a sponge takes up water. They need public ho=lth nursing very budly
and many agoncies working in the mountains are anxious to have the Red Cross
supply thom with public health nurses. I think you would be just the sort
of a person to make a glowing success of nountain worlt and I should like
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"ocrText": "5\nApril 16, 1919.\nMiss Dora Carothers,\nMorietta, Ohio.\nMy dear Miss Carothers:\nI have not answered your telegram because of absence\nfrom town and also because I hardly know whother to advise you to go on the\nChautauqua Circuit or not.\nI have never heard you do any public speaking as you\nknow and so have no way of judging whother you would be able to address a\nlarge audience with ease and with force. I am not at all sfraid that you\nwouldn't have plenty to suy or that you wouli 's be enthusiastic, but I.\nhave loorned from experience that it is one thing to talk in privite and\nquite another thing to get up on a platiorm before many different kinds\nof audionces and delivor a telling address. For all I know you might be\nable to do it with a good deal of success and I am not sure but what I\nthink you would do it very well. I hesitate, however, to encourage you to\nstart out on a piece of work for thich I have no way of judging your fitness\nwhen I do know how very successful you will be in other linos of wrk. in\nwhich you have proved your sbility. I should hate to encourage you to go\non the Chattuuqua platrorm only to find\nefter you have been on it a few\nwoeks that publi speaking is not your strong forts, On the other hand you\nmight do it very well and I would regret not having encouragod you to do it.\nPerhaps the best way to test yourself would be to try somo public speaking\nin Marietta and see how it goes there, thon you could judge for yoursolf\nwhether you would be able to hold the attention of a lirge audience.\nPerhaps one reason why I um not koenly onthusiastic\nabout your going on the Chautauqua plat form is because I need you so much\nin the actual work. Thero are all kinds of opportunities waiting for\nnurses of your experionce and ability and I shall have a dozen differant\nplaces to put you the minute you feel sufficiently rested to o buck to\nwork. I am wondering how you would like to go to the Southern mountains.\nI have just been through the Southorn mountains on a trip and think 1 have\nnever had so fascinating a visit. The people up in those mountains as you\nmay\nknow are native American stock. They havo been shut off, however, from\nthe progress of the world and are living two or three gonerations behind the\ntimes. They have plenty of nativo ability and soak up new idea and \"informa-\ntion\nas a sponge takes up water. They need public ho=lth nursing very budly\nand many agoncies working in the mountains are anxious to have the Red Cross\nsupply thom with public health nurses. I think you would be just the sort\nof a person to make a glowing success of nountain worlt and I should like"
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