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Of course by now you have
decided one way or the other about
the nurse's training that you were
[contemplating] in your note,
so that it is [futile] for me to
write about it at all. I think on
the surface the [little] I [ppoint]
[] secretaray's advice was best,
and if there is still any doubt
in your mind about [hospital]
work it may do some good to know
that any menial job in a hos-
pital [corps] - even tho it is in
that [glorious] "somewhere in France"
is mighty disagreeable and takes
an infinite amount of patience and
strength and enthusiasm, a
hospital menial job is that. The
nurses that are in active work over
here have had years of practice
in the states. I find it is only the
experienced that will get anywhere
near the front except of course,
for certain moneyed volunteers
with a "pull" - and they are in
the way, from the workers point
of view.

Of course by now you have

decided one way or the other about
the nurses' training that you were
contemplating in your note
so that it is futile of me to
write about it at all. I think on
the siurface the battle {word?}-
ment Secretary's advice was best,
and if there is still any doubt
in your mind about hospital
work it may do some good to know
that any menial job in a hos-
pital corps--even tho it is in
that glorious "somewhere in France"
is mightly disagreeable and takes
an infinite amount of patience and
forebearance, and if there is any job
in the world that will sap a person's
strength and enthusiasm, a
hospital menial job is that. The
nurses that are in active work over
here have had years of practice
in the States, and it is only the
experienced that will get anywere
near to the front: except, of course,
for certain moneyed volunteers
with a "pull"--and they are in
the way, from the worker's point
of view. It is admirable to