Show WRITES FROM FRANCE miss aliss myrt myrtice IcV butler of center ville a graduate of the L D S hospital her course in junet june 1917 after aluch she traveled on the coast and inU irV British columbia and then took cl rge of a hospital in wyoming y when the war started mi miss ss butler was one of te first to enlist in the red cross ying direct to fort bayard new hew maico where she was stationed for s ort time prior to going overseas she e is now in the largest base h hospital ital in france and writes inter tingly of her work as follows 1 I am no noi ts settled in the largest ba base hos hospi sp it tapin i n france and 01 oh i what a j joy 0 y it is tg be of some service to these noble lalys y vs of uncle sams who have left thep a all to 0 come and fight for these poo poc war war s stricken people of europe and maintain that freedom we love so mih mh at home itis it is worth all the hards rop and worry a nurse has to put u P with w to be able to do something for r 0 who always bear their dufferin suf ferin without w a murmur our work i getting bette belter r now as we have mor supplies and we are favored with a stove love t in our mess hall we do not g demuch e much time for anything b but ou our ge r agular work as our hours hou rs are are from in y to 7 this is a sur pacal hospital 1 ad d there are seventy five cases in th taj h ward I 1 have charge of just as 0 soon O as any of the men ate are able to 1 gel ground ro nd or help them elves at all agey are most willing just the otlie day one of them hopped on onel foot the entire length of the te 1 F ard R 2 zie eta to 1 get et a drink of lian both bother a nurse some ottic sitting up patients help sew omiao oratio ork that may be conven convenient tit and those w with i th well arms arm I 1 write jetters for te oe sick they some times are love I 1 Ift lers but this is all in the great fadly if you could only see and endurance of all these men and their devotion to duty you would feel it a privilege to give them s soine a fe comfort and help to alleviate pain perhaps yd yu have heard what some of the llie nurses have gone through also just reck recently aly the boche made an air raid anone of the hospitals and made direct hits killing some patients ad nurses but not one nurse left her 10 race ace of duty b but U t a amid d the flashes of exploding bombs bo as sought out the helpless and wounded and brought thim them to the dugouts and places of safety as best they could and all withof wit houta w word d of complaint the ie count country ja here he rr is viry very different from home we are arc located in a town where thet houses look like they were a thousand years old and the good people liec customs all their own wn the treed tree and grass are green and there is no just dust for it rains nearly every day surely S I 1 hope it will not be long beare the blood soaked soil of F france rance will be washed clean and that the bolest industry of the french peasants peasant st may go forth in peace again 1 j 1 I am now oi on X night duty and all the lights have tt be put out at 10 and it keeps me very busy especially if a hospital train arrives from the front the sold soldiers lers come in under all conditions bred hungry worn and severely founded but never yet have I 1 seen r heard them complain but on shii ot other her hand they all come coche smiling ana ana with a cheerfulness tf that at makes us eiert efert every effort for their good lf tose atlonie who donate to lo the redcross could see the coin comforts forts they hep help these boys who aa live and dil for us s 0 they could feel L that hat their giving is is a blessing and the 0 ae sl ackers would hang their lieada eadi G m shame unworthy to shake the hands hanas of 01 tho thosa whom they refuse to help the bugle is sounding and another train is ar arriving i ing from the front |