Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
S A. PASTRY FOR
j. S. A. SOLDIERS
Salvation Army Is Wonderfully
Aiding Men Abroad.
WORK where CAN HELP MOST
Qanization to Further Worthy
cause-Now Has $50 Work.
ers in the Field.
from the Committee on Public Informa-
ton. Washington. D. c.
BY MAY T. RlGElQW

"a AOA4 Au0 SOAlAAISCS VII uUAC x4AAO1 lila
ton. Washington. D. CO.
BY MAY T. BlGELOW.
Salvation Army lassies have dropped
tambOurines for rolling pins and arr
baking pies for our soldiers. They
bake real homemade pies and feather
weight crullers that take the edge oil
q mans inconsistencies.
Every girl who wears the Salvation
Army khaki in France must be q good
cook. At one of their huts, you bring
about 6 cents and your plate for the
evenings special" These dishes are
cakes and buildings, which aren't in
Guided in army ratiOns.
One of the kitchens began with q
tiny stove, which would bake only one
pie at time. Soon, kindly quarter.
master supplied the girls with an old
held stove that cooked four at once
it looked big to those girls. But now
they have a 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. The 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 have lived ON Iron
ratiOns" for two or three days. AS
yet, the army has published no cas-
lalty list of pies at the front, but ac-
cording 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 it.
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 it's
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 piesY According to
our soldiers. they can.
The day of a Salvation Army lass
Is long lover there" She bakes and
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
her three workers should build the
fire for month. Her turn would have
come around in April, but tn, others
protested, so she continued to rise
early during February She discov-
cred that the only water without
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 photograph 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 q 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 Il heavy motortruck, or
hammering all day at the walls of
some new shack. Later, some of them
will run a moving picture machine, or
make their night deliveries of food to
the trenches. Sometimes the working
day is 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
Army. In India there is
strong organization now, differed by
who serve the Indian wounded.
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 college
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 and
hold meetings while the bombs ex-
plode on the streets above. Their |
calmness steadies the people. and their !
ardor inspires them. On one occasion
King George attended a subway meet
ing during an air raid. Both he and
Lloyd George recognize their value in
London at the present time.
At Reims the famous Adjutant Car !;
rel is an anti-aircraft battery in her. |
self. A raid begins, sowing fresh ruin |
and terror over the desolate city.
Then this Frenchwoman exercises her
magic. for such is her tranquillizing |
effect in a moment Of panic. She
brings people into cellars from the |
streets and makes of those refugees
places of worship.
Rebuilding Homes.
Italy, too, has its s. A. workers. !,
Durinp tho German invasion %ho,