Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-16


Gladys Apker to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Apker, La Valle.
France,
October Is, 1918.
Dearest Mother and Dad:
Once again / am on duty and it
surely does seem good though | am
far from busy yet. We think we are
going to continue to be with this out
fit now so telegraphed two days ago
for our mail. | guess | told you be-
fore that one of my class mates,
Mabel Nelson, is just short distance
from here. I have seen her two or
three times and am sort of expect ng
her out here today. | have had some
wonderful long rides out over the
country in trucks. One day we walked
to a town five miles from here and
back. The village itself looks like
all French villages. 1t sets up on a
great high hill and you can look over
the big high wall that surrounds the
town and see miles of the most beautl
full river valley. There are thick
woods on one side, then the river, on
the other side of which is a stretch
of green that looks like soft velvet
carpet. Next to this brilliant green
is one of Francs white roads with a
canal on the other side of it. The
ground then elevators about 20 feet
on which there is another road follow
ing the lines Of high green hills and
cliffs. My description is very crude
but perhaps you can imagine it and
how lovely a beautiful sun set is. II
they make a drive along here imagine
we will be moving on. | hope we do
and that we won't have to stay in
tents all winter. We have real good
eats here; of course it does not taste
like mother used to make but mother
was never in the army so how could
she get the army flavor? And you
know I've just been thinking that l
won't be a nurse any more when the
war is> over and I'm back in the q. S.
A. I'll take in washing by the piece.
Ha! Ha! I'm beginning to shiver
so good night,
Heaps of love to you both,
GLADYS
Second Letter
France November 1918.
Dearest Mother and Dad:
This has been another rainy day
but never the less, we two girls went
out to the little village and met one
of our hospital boys from Chicago at
the little store | have told you of. He
brought music with him and then we
went to the house where the piano
is. The piano is sadly out of time but
the old American songs certainly
sounded mighty good. They served
us tea before we went. The room we
were in this time was quite DETERRENT.
ly furnished than the other one we
were in last time. This one is supposed
to be the sitting room | think. | wish
you could see the furniture, the most
beautiful old carved stuff. There was
a buffet china closet, several high
backed chairs, a table and in one cor
ner is an old spinning wheel covered
with dust: The piano has two lamp
brackets on each side and above it is
huge clock carved of the same wood
and white ivory figures. On the table
buffet etc, there were pretty EN-
broidered and lace pieces. The china
was hand painted very thin and old
We had a lovely time and were in
vited to come again. Now We are
planning to ask them if we may &C
there and cook a dinner. That is
done a great deal here Americans
may go and take their own food and
either have 1t cooked or cook it them
selves. The boys want to get chicken
and have a real dinner. They say
they have heard me tell about good