Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-02-14
WORD RECEIVED
FROM FRANCE
RED CROSS NURSE IN FRANCE
WRITES INTERESTING
LETTERS.

WRITES INTERESTING
LETTERS.
Ed. Nieuwsma, of Strasburg, has
received two interesting letters from
his sister who is Red Cross Nurse
in France, and they are published here
with:
Dec. 3, 1917.
Dear All:
received your several letters in
cluding Jeanette's, j. HIS, Hazel's
and Evelyn's, not to forget Donald's
picutres within the past week. Need
less to say that enjoyed .hem all
immensely. Evidently you have not
received any of my letters. I nave
written to some one in Holland nearly
every week.
received the papers ard music
come time ago. Thanks very much.
spent week in Paris s!lor: time
ago. We went up to be measured for
uniforms and incidentally to see as
much of that beautiful city us we
could. wrote home while there so
perhaps you have heard all about it
by this time. 1t seemed that we were
on the 20 every minute. A week is
not half long enough to see all the
places of interest. We spent one day
at Versailles which is half hours
ride from Paris. AS you know it was
the summer home of Louis XVI first.
The palaces and gardens ar nagn;f-
icent and beyond description. The
grounds are extensive and wonderfully
planned artificial lakes, fountains
and statutes help to beautify the place
and no doubt make it dream in sum-
mar time. The maintenance of his
court (speaking of our illustrious
. Louis) proved too great a strain on
the people. Something like two
Thousand spent their time there as
guests of the king and the expense
.npoverished tie nation to such en- eX-
tent that it brought on the French
Revolution over. century later.
Enough history. We visited the
American Ambulance hospital at Nu-
ieiliy another day. Mrs. Rose met
two of her classmates here. The
hospital has been taken over by the
: U. s. Army. It is considered by the
French Blesse's haven of rest and
comfort. They all want to be taken
there when wounded but of course that
would be impossible. The ward
where the jaw cases were kept was to
: me the most pitable sight. Imagine
: a group of men with their mouths and
jasw, plated and wired together in &
sort of fashion, but unable to talk and
only able to take liquids for diet.
Some .were practically chinless-oth.
ers had part of their jaws shot away
and were horribly disfigured. The
surgeons do such wonderful work there
and it is marvellous how these patients
live through it all.
: On New Years day we are going tt
give over d hundred and seventy chill
dren a Xmas party. Everybody i.
donating generously so that something
worth while can be given to them
The names were obtained from tn,
commissioner of charities so we have
only those who are absolutely in need
Much as would lili eto send you al
a Christmas greeting Of some sort
shall have to defer that pleasure unit
my return. am going to enjoy Lha
box immensely, know. mt wori',
about my not having what nes'. w
can buy all kinds of warm clothing an
we get plenty to eat. / don't thin
am worthy of so much solicitudc il
behalf of my comfort. We ar. no
working hard yet. wish we were
q am still in the Dental dept. All tn
nurses have moved out of the hospita
and the building is being properly ii
stalled with hospital necessities. w
have ebout twenty barracks on tt,
ground besides the main hosnitl build
ing. The place has certainly unde,
gone marked change since we cam
and there is yet much to be done an
all this for men that are going to b
& shot. Doesn't that sound horrible
!, ,Fand yet it is the plain truth. Let L
= hope that ths war will end soon.
enjoyed mothers and fathers lette,
also Tell them not to worry abo,
me.
Must close now. Much love to al
Augusta Nieuwsma.
/ wrote to Anna and George la
week and this week it is your turi