Mrs. H. M. Evers

Source: Alberta Women's Institutes; AWI Collection

Transcript: 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.
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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.