planton-cries

Updated: May 21, 2025

The most terrible cry of all, and which was not included in the regular program of planton-cries, consisted of the words: "Aux douches les hommes" when all, sick, dead and dying not excepted, descended to the baths.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room

In the course of a half-hour, which time, as I was informed, intervened between the just-ended morning promenade and the noon meal which was the next thing on the program, I gleaned considerable information concerning the daily schedule of La Ferte. A typical day was divided by planton-cries as follows: "Cafe," "Corvee d'eau," "Nettoyage de Chambre," "Monter les Hommes," "A la soupe les hommes."

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room