Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24

about town some this afternoon. We
like it better than the English towns
The people here seem to be so much
better dressed and look more like
Americans. We went into store or
two and with the few French words
we knew and the few English words
the clerk new we managed to make
out after a fashion.
All through the town are large beds
of all kinds of bright flowers. In try
ing to find place where we could ex-
change our American and English
money for French we had about six
kids trailing after us. 1t was the same
in England. / thought Ameicans had
ceased to be curiosity, but it seems
they have not by the way we were
looked at. We had about fifty people
in front Of the hotel watching two or
three of the girls getting their shoes
shined.
I can't realize I'm in France, it
seems so much like the U. S. way out
here. Before the war this place was
public park and surely must have
been a beautiful one. We are more
comfortably located than we were at
Gordon. We are only in a room and
as ours is a corner one we have three
windows. We are going to fix the
place UP with curtains, etc. Our mess
hall is next door and we have real
y. S. food. You see we are all very
satisfied and happy, much more so
than when we were in the United
States and wishing we were here.
We were at first a little disappointed
that we were not nearer the front.
We can't even hear gun here.
Our u. S. boys are great and we
sure can be proud of them. The
French people can't understand them
at all. Their slang for one thing. One
young man who speaks English said
that he could not understand us when
we said such at this: 1.-THE water is
running shy" German prisoners
seem to be scattered all over France
and I've seen good part of it in get
ting here.
Many Of the girls are crazy about
coffee which is no good either in Eng
land or here. One girl paid 81 cents
for cup Of it and another paid soc
for cup of cocoa. Chocolate candy
is impossible. One girl paid soc for
a piece Of candy (candy bar and it
was not chocolate either. Very small
oranges are IL cents each, pears are
tic each and everything the same.
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I am on special for patient burned
by some Of old Bills gas. He is get
ting better every day and will be ali
right again in time. He is a splendid
patient and has heaps of nerve. |
never had a patient that enjoyed any
more l spend hours every day pick
ing off scabs.
We have had a band here the last
two or three days giving concerts out
under the trees. They always played
con Wisconsin, | found they were all
Madison U. boys. | did not know
them but they were anxious to see
me nevertheless.
was in Paris several hours and /
had the most wonderful automobile
ride there around the city. I saw SO
many historical and ancient things
that could never have seen any 9TH
er way. | saw some bombed places
and some places the Germans are try
ing to bomb but SO far have missed.
| believe one could live in Paris life
time and always find something old
yet new and beautiful to look at.
We live in barracks divided off in
two rooms, two in each. We have
bought some pink and white material
dows. They make things look like a
little log cabin room. There are two
good beds in each room. We have
only BEEN having one sheet but
guess we will have two some time lat
er. Blankets don't pick so much after
all and we have slept under two every
night. We have very good eats.
About all the staple articles we don't
get are butter and real milk. We use
condensed milk. / don't seem to miss
butter at all. Today for the first time
we had some and I did not even touch
it. We have no hot water at all ex-
cept what they use for cooking. When
we take a bath we go to another build
( ing used for nurses baths. We have
showers and tubs 1t sure is cold
getting under the shower but one
feels good afterward. It's just that
it's cold until one gets used to it.
| Appreciates Red Cross