Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-06
Patients Work

Patients Work
r 3, Towle. manager of he Excel
sior creamery, has received the follow
ing letter from his sister, Miss Mary
Towle:
II. S. Base Hospital No 6,
December Is, 1913.
Dear Tim,
Your letter of October 20, and the
calendar came all right. shall appre-
ciate the American calendar every day
in the week for the year. Perhaps IN
few months I shall be carrying 1t across
the waters to the states. We nave no
idea what our future will be, but we
shall not be sorry when the day comes
that we can board the boat for home.
We are running very light now and
lots of nurses, but we are an eVacua-
ton hospital and other hospitals Will
evacuate to us, so we will continue 10
be busy at intervals for some time.
We are not allowed to write about
our patients All information to tamil
les must go through Washington d. Z.
unless we write for the patients or get
the Red Cross workers to do it for
them.
have an orthopedic ward. The pat
tents all have broken legs and arms.
They are hung up in frames and my
ward looks like Maine forest with the
wooden frames reaching almost to the
ceiling. A reconstruction worker is
teaching my patients to make bead
necklaces, baskets, wood carving,
string pocket books. belts, wooden
soldiers, etc. They are doing some very
beautiful work and my ward is very
popular for visitors. One of the boys
has made whole baseball nine, and
they are just splendid.
Since / last wrote you, have had
leave / went to the beautiful city of
Nice. We stopped over night at Mines,
beautiful, sleepy city. There is the
famous Roman Arena where Caesar
used to watch the bull fights. peeked
over the top at the city and the sur
rounding country. There is famous
picture gallery where many famous
familiar original are hanging. Marsai-
lies is typical sea port city. Has very
beautiful stores and we visited a
church which is built upon the highest
point Of a cliff. We went up the per-
pendicular side of the cliff in cars, like
those that go up Mt.Tom in Massachu-
sets, one car goes up and the other
comes down This was a great piece of
engineering.
The view from our window in the
Hotel O'Conner in Nice was four ran
ges of mountains with wide valley
between, those in the right and those
on the left, and snow capped peak at
the other end of the valley. 1t was very
beautiful in the morning sunshine. We
had wonderful clear weather, tempera-
ture between Stand so degrees F. We
took all day trips. Went to Monte Car
10, Monaco, Mention, Cauns, where we
had sail on the blue Mediterranean
Sea, and to Grasse where we purchased
some of the very famous perfumes.
Now | am back and the others are
having their turn. We are looking for
ward to delightful Christmas. The
choir is practising carols, the enter
talnment and decorating committee are
working hard. We are filling stockings
for the French orphans We will also
have Christmas tree for the children
or all the French women who work
here. Then of course, our bed patients
will not be neglected. There will be
wonderful dinner for all, dining room
decorations and entertainments in the
evening for the unit and patients.
Last week had the honor of having
Miss Margaret Wilson sing in my ward
She gave an excellent concert here n
the unit and patients.
We have papers printed in English
that give all the latest censored news
1t seems to be very accurate news. too
President Wilson is greatly praised
and admired. How we all would like tr
be in Paris at this time. They saw the
hotels are all full and people are luck,
to have any kind of a room there.
To-day we have been to the city
Went through the beautiful Theatre. Il
has been closed since the war begar
but will be opened again as soon al
peace is declared. We also went to al
) old church, saw some of the wonderful
carvings, the old tombs, ETC. Much low,
, to all,
, Mary.