Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
THE LITTLE WOODEN TOWN.

We are reverting to primitive ways. Like disciples of Fhoreau we have
 gone forth and built huts in the woods and by the waters. Soldiers, feresters, munitien workers are living in them,
 and the most interesting part of this little mushroom town are the huts of
 healing.
 Rows and rows of little grey huts of all sorts and sizes, with smart red | crosses painted on them. and legends, plainly printed, telling their respective
 uses. In one such, by certain southern
 waters there is wide central | thoroughfare, known as Piccadilly, and from it branch many mud-payed streets-that down which the nurses | pass to their sleeping huts being l naturally known as "Petticoat Lane''
 Pleasant little white cubicles they
 have, with it's electric light, it's bed l and simple suAicing suite of furniture. Here are all varieties of healing and all the newest devices. The whirlpool | baths for stiff joints are most interest 1 ing. They are of all heights and shapes. to suit every possible joint, where soldier can bathe, if needful Little nurses, with chilblains, come
 and dip their fingers in the hot, whirl- ing waters, and find it beneficial. 1 Hard by there are all the wonderful l rotary machines for loosening joints
 special ones for fingers elbows, knees,
 and a gracious and slim young V. A. | D. inserts her fingers and arms to
 show inquirers how they are used
 And in the ward adjoining are soldi-
 CTS sitting conplacently, enjoying the amenities of massage.
 l The hut full of electric appliances fc oIS ~f,y1 ies powerful magnet for extracting bits
 of metal from the soldiers eyes. Hold
 up a bunch of keys and it simply flies
 from you and fixes itself to the mag
 nets nose!
 | Soldiers, Embroidery.
 Full of interest is the hut for dis
 playing the soldiers work for they
 do wonderful embroidery and fashior
 ingenious toys, and many exce1len
 wooden articles. To see a soldier 1T
 blue sitting engrossed in drawn thread work is to realise afresh the possib ilities of that curious creature, man
 In the wards at tea time there i. an agreeable smell of buttered toast A convalescent is making it, and tn, bed-ridden are sitting up in bed en
 toying it. .---'
 Every now and then hospital shil comes in, and the hospital trail steans slowly. very slowly, from tn, pier. A bugle sounds, and tn
 stretcher-hearers go down te meet if Quickly the beds are made ready an. presently everybody is busy with ;,l
 the hundred and one preparations flo the. reception of new guests. Ant : many are the unlocked for tasks tha l these young VAD. girls are calle, upon to fulfil. for the men com straight from the front. and only thei , wounds have been attended to.
 It is a silent little city at night . In each hut one v.A.D: keeps watcl ! ] and ward, but Night Sisters is har by and makes her stated rounds. Tn ] ward with the 'T.B.'s ftphereula r cases1 is perhaps the least desirah l to watch in. for it is only three sided the fourth is all open to the "ealler air. The men are wrapped up i 2 blankets and girt about with hot ! water bottles, but the nurse keep q close to the hot stove and looks :, little wistfnily out into the great un y yelled night.
 And what a plucky lot these girl : are. They come mostly from com ? fortahie homes where they had neye scrubbed or toiled as they do te-da. Night and pain and death had 9 : bter carefully hidden from them b 2 2 assidueus parents but now they ar face to face with all threel A . honour and praise to them.-Londo 2 Chronicle.