Baldwin letters, 1914-1918.

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Baldwin letters, 1914-1918.

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Correspondence. In the account of her "first trip east," she describes travels in battle i n the districts of Chateau Thierry, Rheims, Challon, Ville-en-Tardenois, with vi vid details of blown up roads, detours, bombed cities, and their experiences dur ing the time their hospital and kitchen were housed in an old chateau with walls and roof full of "huge shell holes," their struggle for dryness when it rained, and how they slept with an umbrella and wash basin on their beds. In her letter titled "Salis de Bearn," where she went "on leave" after armistice, she gave minute descriptions of the thermal establishment, "the cure," the good hotel service, her impressions of other guests, the countryside, vineyards, fall colors, sunsets, and views of the Pyrenees from the hotel. She wrote, "This is all I think of for Salis - - now for Armistice Day." Here she told of the tension which existed in Paris for several days during the negotiations pending the signing of the peace treaty, and of the excitement and celebrations in Paris after it was signed. In one of her letters she tells of Christmas in France, which is also in detail, and very typical of the customs in that country. The contents of these letters could be of value to students majoring in Food and Nutrition and those in the School of Nursing.

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