The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-08

salvation Army lasSies have dropped
.ambourines for rolling pins and are
baking pies for our soldiers. They
,ake real homemade pies and feather
weight crullers that take the edge of
1 mans homeslckness.
Every girl who wears the Salvation
Army khaki in France must be a good
.ook. At one of their huts, you bring
about cents and your plate for the
evenings special" These dishes are
:akes and puddings. which aren't in
,luded in army rations.
One of the kitchens began with a
1ny stove, which would bake only one
pie at time. Soon, kindly quarter
master supplied the girls with an old
ield stove that cooked four at once
looked big to those girls. But now
hey have huge one, and turn out
hundreds of pies day. At the can
zen, they sell them to soldiers who
wait their turn in long lines. But some
IF the pies find their way into the
renches.
AT night men set out with packs of
provisions and crawl up to the boys
With them. The enemy sends up star
ihells-like arc lights hung in midalr
and the bearer ducks, crouching az
still as the sandbags on either side of
aim. Then he reaches the outposts
where soldiers have lived on "Iron
'ations" for two or three days. As
yet, the army has published no cas-
ialty list of pies at the front, but ac-
,ording to unofficial reports. they don't
asst long.
AT first, there was hard time find
Ing tins for their pies. Franco does
lot appreciate American pastry, and
had no dishes suitable for cooking 1t.
few weeks ago a French ship
brought over 1000 tins for use in the
Salvation Army huts.
Pies to the Fore.
Pies won the Salvation Army its
Welcome at headquarters, according to
popular legend in France. "They
say that General Pershing asked only
one question of the officer who ar
ranged for the work there. "Can your
girls bake good pies?" According to
our soldiers. they can.
The day of Salvation Army lass
stews, she mends clothes for soldiers.
and answers a thousand questions.
When she gets up In the cold winter
mornings she builds the wood fire in
her room. Once vigorous captain ar
ranged q schedule by which each of
aer three workers should build the
Ire for month. Her turn would haye
come around in April, but the others
protested, so she continued to rise
snrly during February. She discov-
cred that the only water without a
coating of ice. was that in their hot
water bottles. So every morning she
would unscrew the cap of the bottle
and pour its contents into her wash
bowl.
During the day the phonograph spins
steadily. Every record sent across
from the New York headquarters is
played until the tune is shaved Off.
Then there are the reading and writ
ing corners of the huts. where men
can be quiet for time, unless a bonn
bardment interferes.
In the evening there is religious
service in the hut. Every night it Is
crowded by soldiers who enjoy singing
the familiar hymns. The same girls
lead these meetings who have worked
since dawn. Men preach and pray
after driving heavy motortruck, or
hammering all day at the walls of
some new shack. Later, some of them
will run moving picture machine, or
make their night deliveries of food to
the trenches. Sometimes the working
day is IS hours. One Engllshwoman
has served four years. without d day
of rest, In the British huts.
Following the Flag.
England's workers reached the front
not two weeks after the soldiers
Salvation Army. In India there is a
strong organization now, officered by
natives, who serve the Indian wounded.
Mesopotamia, Egypt and South Africa
have their Salvation Army field work
ers. This spring, for the first time,
England has appointed army chaplains
from the organization. There are four
Of them in the United States army.
London is the location of an inter-
esting corps. Here there is a cole .e
Of 500 girls. When an air raid occurs
some of these cadets are rushed to
the place of danger. At the same time
a supply truck with a kitchen leaves
the nearest shelter. The girls marshal
the crowds in subways and cellars aad
hold meetings while the bombs ex-
plode on the streets above. Their
calmness steadies the people. and their
ardor inspires them. On one occasion
Ehg George attended subway meet
iiN during an air raid. Both he and
Lloyd George recognize their value In
London at the present time.
1 At ReIms the famous Adiutent Car