Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-06-10
Miss Vivian Smith of Baraboo
Writes Of Relief Work Being
Done at Warsaw
FIGHTING CONTINUES BE-
TWEEN POLES AND RUSSIANS
Wounded Are Brought to the City
by AirpIanes---WOmen in the
Army and Ask for Recruits

Miss Vivian Smith, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Smith, 21S Eighth
street, has written from Warsaw, PO-
land where she has been since April
II, under date of April II, in part as
follows:
We have been visiting Children S
hospital this morning. The weather is
marvellous; I have never seen any
thing quite like it. All in week it
has grown warm as summer and lilacs
and spring flowers are in bloom.
Sue has charge Of the Women per-
sOnnel and | am assisting. The visit
to the Children's hospital this morn
ing was very interesting; 100 children
there, some of them so pathetic. The
doctors and sisters are grand and
have never seen any place so spotless
and clean. The bedrooms were all
on the east side, the sun poured in and
the little beds were so clean and
white, and the floors just shone. Some
of them were so i'll; one was paralyZ-
ed and had tuberculosis beside. Some
had had operations and were in plas-
ter casts; one dear little boy had been
run over by an auto and they said
there was no hope for him. The doc
tor asked if we wanted to watch an
operation, so we saw the clinic-moth-
ers bringing in all kinds and condi-
tions of children. One mother was
weeping and said her little boy had
to have brace to cost 500 marks and
she could not buy it. We told her we
would pay for it. The doctors also
asked us for cotton, SO we will fur
nish that and whatever else they all
require. One child was so cunning
and they told him to say 'Vive Il
Amerique" and he yelled it again and
again; we all laughed. At lunch time
one Of the boys asked me to play
tennis with them, so I played for
awhile. Miss Julia Lathrop, U. S.
government expert on child welfare,
is coming soon.
Invited to Tea
We went Thursday to a meeting at
Countess T's to arrange for Miss
Lathrops stay here. The house was
gorgeous, rugs, furnishings and every
thing. The Countess is about 40 years
old very charming and vivacious.
There were a number of people there,
men and women, and she said, Shall
we speak French or English?" They
spoke French. She looked much like
dress and lovely pearls. We had tea
and cheese straws, solid gold spoons
and beautiful china. The Countess
works all day long every day as do
most all of the nobility. The music
here is wonderful opera all the time.
Last evening we went to fine con-
cert. Tomorrow afternoon we have a
musicole and tea at the Red Cross
house, so you see we have good
time along with our work.
Do Some Entertaining
do the entertaining stunt at FOX
sol 10, Red Cross, when Sue is away
There are all kinds of Americans here
and a dozen missions. Yesterday
went with Mrs. Kudlika a Polish
American woman to visit institutions
and I hope / can work with her
awhile. She is wonder. We visit
institutions and report their needs
and give them food and clothing. We
visited boys home, mostly orphans.
400 of them. 1t was scrupulously
clean but very bare. They had a
carpenter shop, shoe shop, and ma
chine shop. They go to school one
half day and work one-half day. Very
fine. The boys are all so polite, they
stood and saluted us and remained
standing while we were in the room
Their dormatories were very clean
and tidy; not SO bare. Just an iror
bed, and chiffonier for several, each
to a home for aged homeless. It was
terribly sad. Old people sitting around
in the raggest of rags I have ever
seen. One old man was blind and sa
there in rags and detection. I an
trying to find a good Polish teachel
as I wish to take lessons while
am here. We went to the opera las
evening, it was gorgeous. Mr.. Boydel
of Chicago was there, sat in a bo,
with Nine. Bishping yice1president