Mrs. H. M. Evers

Newspaper Article - 'Mrs. H. M. Evers' - Mrs. Evers hopes she can learn much about the living conditions here and the possibilities for the Dutch settlers. ; Alberta Women's Institutes; AWI Collection ; MRS. H. M. EVERS I bring out his capital immediately and until such time as their cap­ital is released things are quite difficult. "' There are very few provinces in Canada that will sup­ply the Dutch settlers with a loan", Mr. Jensma stated. On her arrival here Mrs. Evers i was astounded at the unusua1. building of the city and the large • ields of wheat. " Of course we have wheat too, but our... Mehr ...

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Newspaper Article - 'Mrs. H. M. Evers' - Mrs. Evers hopes she can learn much about the living conditions here and the possibilities for the Dutch settlers. ; Alberta Women's Institutes; AWI Collection ; MRS. H. M. EVERS I bring out his capital immediately and until such time as their cap­ital is released things are quite difficult. "' There are very few provinces in Canada that will sup­ply the Dutch settlers with a loan", Mr. Jensma stated. On her arrival here Mrs. Evers i was astounded at the unusua1. building of the city and the large • ields of wheat. " Of course we have wheat too, but ours is only a small country so we have to be very economical and not spend out land too freely". The buildings are much taller and narrower, es­pecially in the cities. Wood is very expensive so most of the homes are built of brick and concrete with corrugated steel and tile roofs. Give True Picture In her travels across the country Mrs. Evers hopes she can lenrn much about the living conditions here and the possibilities for the Dutch settlers so when she re- | turns to her homeland she will b- i able to give the women of Holland all the information possible and prepare them for their great ad­venture. Mrs. Evers and her family re­side on a 150 acre farm in the northern part of the country. Her daughter Tjaakje is a teacher in home economics and her son. Luken, works on the farm. Besides serving on the immigra­tion board she is a member of the international board of the YWCA; the international Council of Wo­men: international corporation of Dutch Country Wives: the inter­national organization of the As­sociated Country Women of thr World: and a member of the Wo­men's Institutes. She will leave on Tuesday for Toronto, where she will be met by Mr. W. Blome. who is with the Netherlands Immigration Board in Ottawa. A doctor declares the British people are taking 10.000,000 aspirin tablets a day.