Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-07-27
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Paus, France, Juue 10, 1918.

Paus, France, Juue 10, 1918.
My Dear Miss Godsey and Custer Camp
Fire Girls:
Some three weeks have passed since /
received your box for the Red Cross
Nurse. 1t will not be possible for me to
tell you the feeling that it gave me to
think thgt the girls of my own state
were interested enough in nurses and
their work here to remember one of
them in this kindly manner.
To mention each article with its touch
of hand work, which alone makes it
gift to be priced would take too long as
| am anxious to tell you little about
my work. But do thank you each and
all and will say that | find each article
useful and needed. Not forgetting the
candy, which of course | devoursd
greediiy.
Since coming to France my work has
been with the Children's Bureau of the
American Red Cross. was first sta
toned at Evian les Baius, a beautiful
little town on the Swiss border, where
the returning refugees from German
territory are first welcomed back to
France. Here we opened hospital for
children and it was very interesting
work to receive the poor mistreated and
hungry little waits which came to us.
Some 800 or 1000 people day pass
through here so we were not lacking in
a chance to be useful.
From Evian was transferred to Paris
where | was one of the first nurses to
give home nursing care. 1t is not quite
well under way and the Americans are
having courses for the French, teaching
them our methods and trying to improve
sanitary conditions.
am now in Blors, one of the oldest
cities of France. 1t is town of 10000
people and one that has suffered more
than its share from war conditions.
came here four months ago with a lady
doctor. We have opened a dispensary
and seen and given care to LOCO chill
dren. Our staff has now increased to
five-another American nurse, a French |
nurse and two social workers besides |
good deal Of volunteer help Besides |
our work in the city, which consists of
the dispensary, home nursing, and a |
great deal of relief in food and clothing, |
we have now opened summer home in |
an adjoining town where we are send |
ing our sick babies for convalescence.
1t is a beautiful spot with large garden |
and play space and well supplied with |
toys and good things to eat and we ex-
pect to have wonderful results from it. |
Practically ali the children of France
show the effects of the var and suffering
in their faces and by bdng thin and un.
dernourished. We are trying to make
our house real vacation from all trou-
bles and a Joy for them and it is well
worth seeing the sparksof fun and life
bubble up in them and slso to note their
change in appetite. They haye become
so used to living on piece of bread and
piece of chocolate or something of the
sort that they didn't know how to sit
down and eat meal But they surely
put the food out OF sight after being
there a few days
Have received letter from Miss Bailey
telling me of your layette for Sacajawea
and that it was on its way to France. 1t
will surely be welcome gift and | shall
pick some interesting little refugee to
claim it and write you about her.
/ understand that all packages have
been stopped from the States now but if
this is changed and you find time to do
more of this work it will surely be vel.
come and shall be glad to place it for
you and write you about it. The thing
| miss most is real baby clothes such as
little outing gowns and shirts and dap.
ers. They do not know anything about |
them and the result of substitutes is
most pitiful.
Thanking you again for all you have |
done and hoping you will forgive my |
neglect in answering promptly, remain |
Sincerely yours,
EVANGELYN. II. MOSHER.
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