Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
PARIS BOULEVARDS
MILITARY" STUDIES
American Nurses and Aids Work
IN Twelve-Hour
Shifts.
GOOD WORD FOR Y. w. C. A.
Recreation Huts Are Established
Wherever Base Hospitals
Are Located in France.
GOOD WORD FOR Y. w. C. A..

letter From 7. w. C. A. sccretary.l
PARIS. October 26-"There aren't
any time clocks in Paris--at least none
W ha eyent swiftly Se sn9"xh 9 sfe pace
striving, a biEuess Of endeavor in : me
war atmosphere that fills every day tc
tons succeed each other so rapidly tina,
ahos ,S OF yesterday t,.ne SO startiingiy, vivit
blurred by tomorrow
Of n, remem6sr that ny first Impression
Vice "e abnoaS can soldier on active ser
on the Partisan bouleyards. We'd jus,
landed at Bordeaux the night before
train. From the station they sent US
TO the american hostess house that
for women war workers. a deiightfnl
ha sshsd after ter the he long night trip Once
new and curiosity hurried LED as feG G4a f oi
glimpse of the wonder city and it's
These boulevards were wonderful
they're military. studies " An e ;sM
from daw of unt
ful agents de Vile goes to bed of ne
trans; no theaters; only the stars or
the occasional flight of enemy planes
sirens. roilus in horizon blue; Poles les
nth In their CURIOUS four;cornered CAPS
CnunS little Beistans with vari-colored
fezes; Italians trim and handsome III
gray brushed by us and we gazed at
figures on movie reel. But when we
along; along as II they, meant to go some:
2 sudden little choke and then smiled
broadly. We knew that, they were real
puIppose written all oyer their faces.
That IMPRESSION deepened when
again 0os I'll pas the Fny po nnd
came down the Champs Elysees with %
s sipfIsss o dog ,a ,ret march and gaS
And they looked earnest enough, just
the few thousands on review, to clean
up the whole boche army.
Many OF these boys that parnded
here on July /! came back to the. city
began tsw the says ots for aay
And that was my third Impression OF
e erImv AmsTisa1 with
wv I'VE ,s sure cleaned them up-and we'll
to get some more Huns
DOCTORS AND NURSES
WORK DAY AND NIGHT
The flood Of wounded that poured
there that @an esdr 70 be ssefu
an opportunity OF service. 1 donneu an
IN ons q the pig n mli,sr sn' h 10 Ters
near near, Paris ;ba and and learned few things
ievafds mthe doctors SAND and o the e"e nurses Gses
and and the aids Day and night duri":
pushed the Germans out Of chate eaae
Thierry and scissors. sanitary tra1n
into the hospitals Of Paris and its
suburbs. And day and night the doc
tors tors and the nurses worked at top
sJust how i hard ihf Hospital work Is /,
began to realize after a few days when
IT md
The nurses were working twelve-hour
shifts and 80 were the aids. They did
and EVEN manas edm to look or s G91impiaint
almost fresh each day.
nnrs aoW " do you ,ss l., do IT., asked ono
"..Perfectly simple when you're used
easy. We have a little time off at noon 20 y
when rests us and then the tea in the
Tea asked amazed. Where and
how '"'
AFTERNooN TEA SERVED TO
TIRED SECRETARY-NURSES
a hut in the Building just OPPOSITE in
charge OF Y. w. c. A. secretary. She
makes the tea in the afternoon and hot
nurses. When were not BUSY She sr-
ranges little trips for US on our after
for US when we're too busy ' TO s do it
ourselves and is generally useful You
dont look very ft-Go over and try
81 didn't feel very lit and was only
too fe glad i, , to slip away from the ward
ttary's tea. found her ensconced be-
hind a teapot with raal cookies
on the table, and while slipped and
nibbled and forgot all about the war
for few minutes and the poor chaps
In the ward Id left, she told me about
the work that was being done for the
nurses.
Wherever there, is base hospital
official charge OF the recrcational work
for the nurses. establishes recreation
huts, The Y. w. c. A. co-operates bv
furnishing 4 secretary who goes in
and takes charge of the hut if tho
head nurse of the unit SO desires.
There are twelve of them working in
Margaret Morriss. assistant 'op pr OF s1Ss
OF history at Mount Holyoke College,
who has been loaned by the college For
war work. They began their work as
soon as plans are completed for tho
Red Cross hut, taking charge of fur
nishing and equipping 1t. In that way
they get into immediate touch with the
nurses OF the unit and learn their
needs and desires. And thereafter their
them by keeping on hand a constant
supply Of new magazines, of writing
paper OF books: by arranging parties
and concerts and trips; by shopping or
doing little errands.
went back to my ward with a new
vim Tor my work. 1t wasn't just tho
tea. I. was the knowledge Of what
army who were fighting for the wo-
men OF the world"