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

things to eat and they know l must
be able to cook and bake them, so
perhaps once more I'll have chance
to try my hand at cooking but I've
most forgotten now how to make
things. We are thinking of chicken,
mashed potatoes, head lettuce,
tomato salad or apple and nut salad
and lemon pie Sounds good, doesn't
it? We are, also going to take a pic
ture of petite Madeline, her mother,
grand mother and great grand mother
1t will be some picture too now, I'm
telling you. They are tickled to
death and want one Of the other nurse
and I as a souvenir. The real old
grand mother wears the oldest dress
you ever saw and piece of grain sack
for an apron. You see she has been
going out to help pi ok up potatoes
And hoes! Oh me Oh. my. The
leather is heavy and stiff like boards
and absolutely no shape to them at ali.
She usually wears folded handker-
chief tied around her head. Her eyes
are blue and her nose is like a rose
also her cheeks. There is only one
tooth visible, how many more
there are / can't say and her face is
some what wrinkled. In the evening
she sits with a bucket of Goals under
her chair to keep her warm.
We have only few patients here
now and none in our ward. Today we
moved all our beds and scrubbed our
whole floor One end of our building
has been partitioned off as a recrea-
ton room. We have all home made
furniture covered with cretonne AMI
you would be surprised how we'll and
coy it looks. 1t is reported today
that the French papers say the war is
about finished, that Germany has
agreed to the same terms Austria has
complied with and if such is the case,
Americans will very soon begin to
part for the good old u. S. A. I'm
getting a couple of vases made out Of
German shells. They have the
Louvaine cross and the thistle an and
are lovely when done. Last Sunday
evening chaplain from an artillery
company which is near us, came over
and held protestant services and
communion; it surely seemed good to
sing some real old church songs once
more Monday evening some boys
came over from where they are in the
village and gave us a band concert.
Every one was there, standing up
mostly, though a bench was found for
us. To look around at the bunch one
would have thought that we were in
the most fashionable theatre in the
states
Yours with lots of love,
GLADYS
Dearest Home Folks:
Today | suppose you are all rejoic-
ing at the good war news. We here
have pictured in our minds the big
time they must have had there when
the news reached them. 1t is said that
there was quite a lot of excitement
among the French last evening in the
bigs towns near us. Everything went
tht same with us except that we did
not camouflage our lights at all. An
artillery officer who knows one of the
nurses came down yesterday and
wired our quarters and l declare it
seems to me that | never saw such
bright lights in my life. Perhaps you
can imagine often having used a
candle We only have handful Oh
patients here now. My last patient
is being moved from our ward today
so will not need to be on duty TO-
night. The night force has been cut
down to six or eight people. We are
just wondering what will become Of
us now, if we will move or not. One
of our army divisions over here called
the Army Of Occupation, is the one we
belong to and we are hoping that we
will be lucky enough to follow them on
into Germany but know there will be
no such good luck. Then again l may
go back to our base. It. does not do
much good to speculate though as one
can't possibly guess correctly. My
night man and | celebrated last night
by making sea-foam and it turned out
great. Yesterday / received the first
pay I've had since coming over and
still have that for August coming.
Still have received no mail but am
hoping and waiting every day.
Yours ever with love.
GLADYS
Mobile Hospital No. 8.
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