The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03

| Let me give you an example or two.
Joseph Huntington, from Somewhere
| in Connecticut came with our party
He is a graduate of Yale, an old
bachelor of fifty or better. His father
acquired handful of South Dakota
sections Of real estate in the early
days and left Joe so rich that he has
never done anything much but help
folks and get elected to the legisla-
ture.
+ Joe and I came here together. We
were told to report to the superin.
tendent of this Y. NJ. c. A. district,
who would assign u.s., The superin-
tendent was away and i became con.
cerned about .,nnaking myself :, COM
Portable at the hotel to await his
coming. Later | ,strolled into down.
town hut and. found Joe selling cigar.
cites and chewing gum. This fellow.
who had probably, never done. hard
days work in, his life, butted into
that hut and asked for the hardest
job in sight. ,., -,
That night two soldiers ,drifted into
the hut. That's where they all J., 60
when in trouble. They had been sent
from somewhere, their camp was five
miles out, and they couldn't find a
ROOM Joe brought them to his room
and put them in his bed. And this
fellow, always used to beds of dOwny
ease. slept on the floor!
A Millionaire Lao.
Another chap, millionaire from
New York. who had gone the pace
that kills, suddenly came to himself
when we got into the war. He went
M ~ 1yNl.
unteered his services. He frankly
stated that he could not remember
|anything worth while that he had ever
done, and was not sure that he could
do anything in France--,but would they
give him a trial? They did. He is
now. running: pa Y. M. c.. A., hut up
near the front, and wonderful tales
come back bfshis helpfulness to- the
l boys. At. rains all the time up there
land. there is no fuel The other day
he wrote back:- Il never was 50 cold,
so wet, and SO happy in my, life"
$50 here we, are, some Hundreds Of
u.s. scattered al over France; preacher
and layman. millionaire and poor man,
college professor and Eareling,, man,
serving the Boys. A university presi-
dent is driving an automobile, a hotel
man is teaching the boys to speak
French; a preacher is running a can.
teen; a travelling man is organizing
and teaching Bible classes. Every man
finds his level here. It's all ques.
ton of connecting with the boys. Here
is about the daily routine of the hut
secretary:
A Daily Routine.
you must sleep where you can;
eat when there's a chance, and over
look the daily bath. If you are lucky
enough to have a bed you will be
glad enough to make it yourself. And
If you can find needle and thread you
won't stop to look for somebody else
to mend your clothes.
you must be interruption proof
"a lecturer at%the front continues his
talk under a shower Of air bombs.)
and noise proof. The other day, an
English association woman worker
was killed. at the counter of her can.
teen in a communication trench, but
her assistant continued selling lem
Onade. : ''.
"You must be jack-of-all-trades.
The hut secretary is store keeper, stem.
agFapher, club manager, Shoute stew.
ard, head waiter, school $teacher, i'm.
presario, athletic promoter, boxing re.
fierce, father confessor, boxmaker,
town crier, preacher. good mixer and
dead game sport"