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    "ocrText": "N\nu\nDecember 30, 1922\nn\nMiss Christine M. nuno.\nc/o Amerigan Red Cross,\nAthens, Greece.\n3\ne\nMy dear lise Nuno:\na\nI send to you good wishes for a Hapiy New Year, although it will be la\nC\nin reaching you. It was sweet of you to leave so many cards and messages to be\ne\ndistributed by HASS Johnson for you even thoughtyou weré out of the co ntry.\nis very rare that anyone thinks so far ahead as this. / liks lieslon has been with\nD\nus for two days, and has given us the latest news on the refugee situation. She\nspoke to the personnel here in the assembly Hall and gave a most interesting tal\nI have been in conference with Major Daly and Col. Haskoll, both of who\nare leaving to serve as Commissioner and Assistant Comidasioner to the American\nRed Cross in Greede. I have said everything I could to milce them believe in the\nvalue of nurses, and have given them a set of regulations, and as you will prob-\nably be interested in them I am sending you a copy. These regulations were de-\nveloped months ago for use in connection with qur other Commissions, and were ac\nproved by Dr. Hill and everyone else at the time.\nn\nThis is only a note principaliy to thank you for the vory beautiful Chr\nmas bage Everyone has admired it, and I am simply thrilled by having it, The\nfrills on the sirt of the little lady, including her ruffled petticoat appeal to\nmy sense of beauty and what is aesthetic. The little dresses which trame in the\nother package are very, very nice. I haven't yet had an opportunit to see whet\ntheuprige tickets are on them, but if they are, I will enclose a cheok for the a\nIf not, please let me kmow what you paid for thom. I am enclosing sone notes fr\nthe childron to you You will recall that I sent them each something from you fi\namong the things which y u hed purchased in Philadelphia. Naturally they were a\ndelighted. I am sorry to regort that my sister is not doing well, and I fear fr\ncertain symptoms that the kidnoys are involved, That is what I was afraid might\nhaypen. are all well, the history is out, and if it'wore not for miss Boardm\nand her Health Aides, and a fe other little things, I S ould be a vory happy per\nson. As it is, I let the waves splash around my feet without even getting wet.\nPlease give my kind regards to all the nurses and to Mr. nurray. Poor E\nI hear he is sitting with two sets of flannels and a sweater on, with his feet on\na little Square rug, on account of chilblains, in/ a miserable little office, for]\nand pitiful. DO advise him to come back to America, that the job is not big enou\nfor a man of his ability. It is too bad to have him so unhap y ,and besides he is\nnot strong enough for the work. This is confidential.\nAgain wishing you a Happy New Yeat,\nAffectionate yours,\nN/2 Encl.\nNational Director, Nursing Service\nN"
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