Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-07-08
Miss Vivian Smith States Life One
Grand Rush, But Is Very Much
: Enjoyed
USEFUL ARTICLES
TO THOSE IN NEED
Interesting Experience in Giving
To Soldiers Departing for Gas
School

Miss Vivian Smith writes from
Warsaw, Poland, to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. e Smith, 216 Eighth
street, Baraboo, under date Of May 18
as follows.
Mail came Il yesterday with four
letters from you-April 3, 5, 10, IL
and numerous others from Baraboo.
Am as busy as ever, Life is one grand
rush, but enjoy it. We are investigat
ing families and institutions and then
hand in reports and recommendations
to be o KID and we then make out
requisition for what we want and it
passes through regular channels to
the warehouse, where it is filled and
we deliver. It is grand to be able to
give the people what they need. Yes
terday gave out articles for AZ
people. We give complete outfits. We
piled the things on long tables, called
the women in and gave them clothing
for themselves and families. They
were nurses, cooks, and laundresses
and receive in wages about 81 a
month. They were overcome! Imag
inc receiving winter coat for them
selves and for each Of their children
(some for fOur), sweaters stockings,
underwear, dresses etc. I handed out
clothes for 10 boys, III girls,,3 men and
n oil IIio INV dS
the directress kissed me and we had
q regular time.
It is now midnight, have had a
strenuous day. Went to headquarters
this morning and then to the dentists
Had my teeth cleaned and he would
not take a cent He is the army den
tist, said he would like to be invited
to our dance tomorrow night and so
/ asked him to come.
We all drink Carlsbad water-T
am quite tanned, but I don't mind
taht. The girls have been bitten by
fleas but l haven't yet We are
hungry all the time and eat good
deal. We have soup always and good
meat, and chickens or turkey, pota-
toes, salad sometimes, spinach,
white bread, tea and coffee, and but
ter for breakfast only and good des-
serts. We have tea and matted milk
in our rooms and I bought small
stove and some canned heat, so we
arc fixed fine. We will be in our
own apartment soon. We three girls
have rented this place of Nine Brun-
She is an American, married Pole
and has been in Poland seven years. !;
We get it for $25 per month and
it is a grand apartment, furnished
beautifully with park in front Of it, |
a garden in the rear and services of |
a German maid, so we are very for |
tunate. 1t is but a short walk from
10 Foksal, the Red Cross where the |
personnel live and where we eat and |
one block from 13 Szopena, where the
part of WARSAW
I had very interesting piece of
work. There were 100 soldiers from
the school of gas going to the front
and the Red Cross was giving them
some things I was sent to distribute
them, SO l took two people with me
and we went down; and there were
raZors housewives underwear,
shirts and socks for every soldier.
We laid them in piles and as the
soldiers filed by, we handed them
out. They clanked their heels to-
gether and said "Jinkuia" (thank
you) and were so pleased. We were
short few articles so I drove to
the warehouse to get them and I got
Major Brakeman to give me 100
packages of cigarettes for them. We
then took their pictures. They all
stood an cheered us and America and
thanked us again and again. They
take a ten days course in gas school
before going to the front. We went
all over the place and they showed
US the gas masks, shells etc. The
Russian gas mask is the least per-
fected and the English and American
tho best. They have masks for hor-
ses and dogs. In afternoon we went
to the opening Of one of the chill
d1enis gardens. The Junior Red
Cross is doing this work in Warsaw
There were about a thousand children
on the grounds and they gave speech
es and songs. Their songs are yerv
thrilling Monday May was the
Polish independence Day and ii was