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Nelka spent a whole winter in one of these villages, living in a one-room hut with a peasant family and sleeping on a wooden bench. What a contrast after the social life of Washington! Here is a descriptive letter written from Kalakshinovka, District of Samara, in 1912: "I am in a desert of snow, in quiet and peace, and feeding three villages.
The Little Russian dialect is very different from Russian but one can get a long. The Red Cross will probably be stationed here throughout the famine until the 'New Bread, that is about the end of July but Baroness Ixkull promised to replace me as soon as she could get another sister. I hope to get back to America in July." Kalakshinovka 1912.
"A peasant walked in today and brought me a present an apple about the size of a plum. I wanted to keep it until Easter but we consulted and decided it would dry up, so I ate it. It is getting late 8 o'clock and the candle is burning low." Kalakshinovka 1912. "The days have fallen into a routine.
It is all the unborn who sit around and choke the atmosphere." Kalakshinovka 1912. "All the horror of the famine is being realized right now. I will not write you about it for it is too terrible and heartbreaking it is the horses, camels, cows and sheep worst of all the horses. I will never forget yesterday as long as I live. I cried all day, I could not sleep all night. It is simply horrible.
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