The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-14
s 4 PASTRY FOR
U. S A SOLDIERS
Salvation Army Is Wonderfully
Aiding Men Abroad.
WORK WHERE CAN HELP MOST
Large Sums Subseribsd 10 Assist Or
eanixatlon to Further Worthy
cause-Now Has 1B0 Work.
ere In the Field.


ere In the Field.
tFrom the Committee on Public Informa
ton, Warrington, d. CT
BY MAY.T. oioELoW.. s-a
Salvation Army lassies have dropped
'tambourines for rolling pins and are
baking pies for our soldiers. They
bake real homemade pies and feather.
weight crullers that take the edge ofI
q mans homesickness.
Every girl who wears the Salvation
Army Khaki In France must be q good
cook. At one of their huts, you bring
about 9 cents and your plate for the
r evenings special" These dishes are
cakes and puddings, which aren't In
cluded in army rations.
One of the kitchens began with a
tiny stove, which would bake only one
pie at time. Soon. kindly quarter
master supplied the girls with an old
field stove that cooked four at once
1t looked big to those girls. But now
they have huge one, and turn out
hundreds Of pies day. At the can
teen, they sell them to soldiers who
wait their turn in long lines. But some
of the pies find their way into the
trenches.
/. At night men set out with packs Of
provisions and crawl up to the boys
with them. Tho enemy sends up star
shells-like arc lights hung In midair
and the bearer ducks, crouching as
still as the sandbags on either side of
him. Then he reaches the outposts,
where soldiers hive lived on iron
ratiOns" for two or three days. As
yet. the army has published no cas-
fualty list OF pies at the front, but ac-
coraing to unofficial reports, they don't
last long.
At first. there was hard time find
ing tins for their pies. France does
not appreciate American pastry, and
had no dishes suitable for cooking 1t.
A 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
u popular legend In France. 'They
cay" that General Pershlng asked only
enc question Of the officer who ar
hanged for the work there. "Can your
I81rls bake good pies?" According to
;0ur soldiers. they can.
The day Of Salvation Army lass
~ long ''over there" She bakes and
otews, she mends clothes for soldiers,
and answers thousand questions.
When she gets up In the cold winter
mornings she builds the wood fire in
her room. Once a vigorous captain ar.
Snnged n schedule by which each Of
Aee three workers should build the
- for month. Her turn would have
'c0me around In April, but the others
protested, so she continued to rise
early during February. She discov-
ofod 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
1ten dily. Every record sent across
from the New York headquarters is
played until the tune is shaved of.
Then there are the reading and writ
tng corners of the huts. where men
can be quiet. for time, unless bonn
bardment interferes.
In the evening there is religious
service In the hut. Every night 1t Is
crowded by soldiers who enjoy singing
the fniuiliar hymns. The same girls
lead these meetings who have worked
since dawn. Men preach and pray
after driving n heavy motortruck, or
hamn.'ring all day at the walls Of
some new shack. Later. some Of them
VIII run moving picture machine. or
make their night deliveries of food to
H. trenches. Sometimes the working
day IL IS hours. One Englishwoman
has served four years. without a day
Of rest, in the British huts.
Following the Flag.
England's workers reached the front
not two weeks after the soldiers
Wherever the troops go. there Is the
Salvation Army. In India there Is q
strong organization now. ofiicered by
natives, who serve the Indian wounded
Aesopotamin. Egypt and South Africa
have their Salvation Army field work
srs. This spring, for the first time
England has appointed army chaplains
from the organization. There are foul
a them In the United States army.
London is the location Of an inter
esting corps. Here there Is college
Of 500 girls. When an air raid occur
some Of these cadets are rushed t.
the place of danger. At the same time
4 supply truck with n kitchen Leaves
the nearest shelter. The girls marsha
the crowds in subways and cefinrs ant
hold meetings while the bombs az
Mode on the streets above. Theil
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