Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13


Saw But One American In Civilian
Clothes
The following letters we're received
from Miss Gladys Apker by her par
ents at La Vale:
Dear Mother: Since last writing you
| received another letter from you,
written the middle of October. It is
still raining here every day. We sell
dom ever see the sun. I had to buy
a new pair of rubbers, the kind they
have here are so funny and almost al
ways come off if step in the mud at
ell. At four o'clock Monday afternoon
the nurses Of Base Hospital No. II en-
tertained the American consul Of Con-
stantinople. When the war came on,
Of course he had to leave CONSTANT
nople and has lived in Nantes ever
since. We are getting in no new pa
tents. This morning we sent bunch
out to start for the states. One of the
boys has been here helping me in my
big ward, with fifty beds in it. | GER
tainly did hate to see him go, and in
a way he hated to go, but Of course
I was glad he was going back to the
states. 1t is really quite relief to
one to know that when the boys leave
the hospital they are going home, in
stead of back to the trenches. In car
ing for them one gets attached to them
and it is pretty hard to say goodbye,
and send them back to the front. Our
Burroughs begin December 90. | think
I will have mine some time in Febru-
airy. We get about 10 days leave and
go in groups of five. We want to go
Nice, which is in southern France, and
then take a little trip over to Monte
Carlo, Italy, and when we come back
I am going to try to make arrange
1nents to stop to see Merrill. Won't
that be great! | get letters from
him now in only three days. Yester-
day another nurse and I went down
town; we met two boys who went with
Us through the art gallerys. 1t surely
Is most wonderful Nantes is pretty
good sized city and as nice looking
as any French town have seen. Oh,
yes! I forgot to say that the consul
was dressed in civilian clothes. He Is
the first American SO dressed that |
have seen since left New York. He
certainly did look home like, too. Well
now must get busy, so with much
love will say good by. GLADYS.
December 8.
Dear Folks at Home:
Have received no mail since Thanks
giving time, but am hoping to get some
now every day A lot Of the girls re-
ceived their Christmas boxes today,
but there were no letters. Everything
is going on as usual here. Our pa
tents are gradually increasing in num-
bers. At present we have some less
than a thousand. The latest news is
that we will be away from here by
January 18th. However it takes the
army to work up the rumors. But we
do not pay much attention to rumors
Well l am on night duty once more
and writing you letter in the wee
small hours of the morning. 1t seems
colder here tonight than 1t has fo1
some time, and oh what a wonderful
moon How / wish you might see 1t
It has been very dark and rainy all
day; there has been no sign of snow
as yet. / have now three wards, one
medical, one surgical and one of both
The latter is an officers ward. 1t is
not so busy though as it might sound
There are no new patients coming II
you see and the old ones getting bet
ter all the time. | thought when
wrote last that we might be going
home soon. Now | have changed my
mind about it. | think it is going tc
be a few months yet. Two Of our girls
are leaving for the states tomorrow
one because of her own i'll health ane
the other because of her mothers IL
health. This weather over here is
causing a lot of sickness among the
nurses; so many OF ours have beer
sick and off duty. They get cough
which they cannot seem to lose. Well
this is all for this time. Love to you
December %. :
Dearest ones at home: Your lette
of December was received today.
/ was in bed. Some OF the girls brougn
it to me at noon. So my Christina
box is on the way. ] am getting anS
ious to get it. Most all the girls hav'
received their boxes. did receive tn
I one Belle sent me from Chicag'
3 through Marshall Field & Co., in Lon
don. ] will be SO glad to know tina
Merrill is ON his way home and tina
|. he is back in the United States again
{ even If DON'T get to see him. ha'
! letter from one OF the boys at Nc
bile hospital. He told me that our Iii
tie Madeline had been taken TO
French hospital in Touls and wis no