The Washington herald., 1918-05-28
Salvation Lassies Frying
Doughnuts as Bombs Rain
One Group Had I,2oo Eggs and 1000 Crullers
and Lord Knows How Many Pies" for
Overseas Sammies.
By BERT FORD.
International News Service Stan
CnrresnondAuf

Correspondent.
With American Army In France.
April Is Cby maiD.-Fancy making
apple pies and frying doughnuts. hum
dreds OF them, with a steel helmet on
and a gas mask slung over your
shoulder,
Such equipment may be foreign to
domestic pursuits and comfort. but II
Is necessary while toiling back Of the
front lines whether pounding dough
or a typewriter, giving military orders
or harvesting news for the folks back
home.
That Is why respirators and helmets,
which the doughboys have nicknamed
Carnegie derbies" or steel Stet-
sons" have become quite as much a
part of the apparel Of the American
girls who are acting as ensigns in the
Salvation Army canteens in the sec
tors held by the Yankee troops as
aprons and hairpins.
Said Ensign Myrtle Huntington. of
South Manchester, Conn: II don't
know whether / can ever again get
accustomed to a hat with trimmings
after sporting a helmet so long. The
chin strap reminds me Of the elastic
we wore when little girls.
Gas Masks Constant Need.
The gas masks and helmets are
the first things we look for in the
morning, and the last things we
note the location of late at night
before retiring. Never know what
instant either or both might save
your life. Indispensable in the
danger zone"
1 had often dropped in with other
correspondents to the Salvation
Army canteen for coffee and dough-
nuts, and such delicious doughnuts
they always are, hot and crisp
the kind mother used to make"
And it doesn't make any difference
what the day or the hour. You
can always bank on getting a
steaming wedge OF apple pie oil
fresh-made doughnuts in a Saliva
tion Army canteen. And a smile
and a cheerful greeting.
That is what has reached the
hearts of officers and men, the Gag
erness to serve late or early. or all
night, il necessary. and to serve
free when a buck private finds his
pockets empty, which Is a common
status 'twixt pay days.
1t was a revelation to me-the
| work of the Salvation Army at the
front. My chauffeur gave me the
first inkling.
Salvation Army Praised.
There's one organization over here
that is doing more than the people
in the States dream Of. Ask any
soldier or officer about the Salvation
Army and see il every guy doesn't
boost 1t to the clouds. 1 know, be-
cause I hear the gang spouting
praises every day and I've seen the
Salvationists deliver.
You don't have to give q red
penny. If you're broke you're more
welcome than a guy with his pockets
bulging. / always doped the Saliva
ton Army wrong at home. l thought
sandwich or a cup of coffee meant
that you had to say a string OF
prayers and stand up in a crowded
hall and testify what a wicked sin
ner you'd been. but there isn't any
testimony or preaching mixed up in
their army work. Not SOS you'd no.
tice it.
Little Religion All Right.
I've sampled their hospitality in
every sector and 1 never even had to
say amen though inwardly 1 have
when 1 left canteens late cold. wet
nights with a warm, full stomach,
Remember that line about reaching
man through his stomach? Well
! it's right.
The poet who pulled that knew
what he was talking about. Fellows