The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-22
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Tele.

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
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 This is the story they tell when they get back to the comforts and civilization of the base "out there" After a Ions and hungry day of patrol work the young lieutenant and his orderly came riding to a farmhouse, where they found gunners' mess installed, and they asked for food. They got it. "a nice bit of turkey" the gunners captain called 1t, though the sub altern had his doubts. Are you sure it's turkey?" he asked. Certain" said the gunner. The subaltern finished his meal in silence. Then when the time came to go he thanked his host and called to his orderly Jones saddle the turkeys
 The Carmaux correspondent of the Paris Matn today sends an extract from a let ter written by Sergeant Henri Galaup, of the Fifteenth infantry regiment, who, dur ing the battle of Ypres, with his section, withstood repeated attacks by an enemy company. and awarded the Military medal by General Joffre.
 Sergeant Galaup says that in presenting the medals General Joffre had pleasant word for every one. He said to the ser geant: You are very young to get the the military medal. The sergeant replied T am 23 general"
 'Twenty-t echoed the general. DO you know that I waited until l was 63 before I got it. Are you pleased?". The sergeant replied: T am very proud of 1t, general" "So am l." rejoined the gen. eral
 After this short dialogue" he writes, "the general embraced me warmly, and , Inc cheeks. I cannot tell you what l felt when the generals heavy moustache brushed my cheek. At such moments one feels as if in a trance
 How the parish house of the American church in Paris has been transformed into huge factory for the manufacture of clothing for war refugees is vividly de- scribed by Horace H. Herr, editor of the Indiana Times, writing to his paper from Paris. The efforts of Dr. Watson, the rector, and his congregation have been "at the forefront of all relief work in Europe "Dr. Watson told me- Mir Herr writes that this great church, which is the largest American church in Europe, ac- tually faced bankruptcy shortly after the | war The Sunday collections dropped | from sl50 or $200 to $10 or $20 His appeals to American friends met with generous | response, however. and as result the church is still open and doing one of the most extensive works in the relief field. | q went into the church building and | found the large rooms provided Tor the so- | cial life the church stocked with wooden | socks, blankets, sweaters, bandages, etc In another room I saw 25 sewing ma 1 chimes and women at work with them Some of these women are refugees wh 1 have been given work to enable them tt | make enough to keep soul, and body to-
 gether. others were what in America we | call society women.' There wasn't any gossip either-it was all work. Two grea l trucxloads of packages were waiting to o' | sent into the devastated district O l France Before those piles of clothns every criticism I have harbored agans the church fell away and 1t thrilled m | to think that it remained for an American
 church though not of my denomination
 to give the American flag a new meanins
 in France. Next year or year after, whei
 vou make your tour of France and vol
 reach Paris l am sure you will hear O
 pr. Watson and the American chufcn a
 one of the combinations made iliustriou
 in the memory of the French peopl through it's merciful ministering to tn least of these and the beautiful churcl
 ot o3 Avenue de fAlma will have neV interest for every American TT Churchman.