Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-09
s. A. LASSIES TO
AID DRIVE after
SERVICE ABROAD
Two Courageous Girls Arrive
to Help Secure Funds to
Make Men Comfortable
Overseas.

O. H. Menold. state director Of
publicity for the United War Work
campaign, Thursday morning re-
ceived 4 night letter from Elmore
Leffingwell, national headquarters.
New York, giving details OF work
performed by two young Salvation
Army lassies in France, who have
returned home to aid in the drive
which starts next Monday. Captain
Violet McAllister and 1t. Alice Nc
Allister were the two girls and their
stories are of particular interest be-
cause OF the hrst-hand information
obtained in the last few weeks.
Three weeks ago today We were
behind lines in Argonne forest"
said Capt. Violet McAllister, little
Salvation Army lassie, who, with her
sister, 1t Alice McAllister, has been
in France for the past seven months
making life a bit more comfortable
and happier for the American
doughboys and who has just landed
in New York clad intsteel helmets
and full battle array, including
kettles and doughnut ladies'. The
two girls created 4 sensation when
they stepped on the dock.
Home to Aid Drive.
They would not be here now II it
were not for United War Work
drive, because of which they were
called home to tell American people
just how much boys appreciate the
things $40, s000 900 will buy for them.
These two girls were the very first
to assist in American field hospitals
and the day they left France were
helping in a hospital that was heav-
ily shelled. Lieutenant McAllister
was struck on the head by piece OF
shrapnel but her iaunty tin millinery
saved her.
"If you did nothing but walk
around so the boys could see your
and talk to you" an overworked
medical man told them, you would
help a lot" But they didn't do only
that, they washed clotted blood from
boyish faces, cheered them up with
real United States talk, took mes
sages for dear ones at home and
wet parched lips with COOL damp
Gave EN- He'll"
"One poor fellow" said Captain
McAllister, twas literally riddled
with bullets and said to him, Well,
they peppered you up 4 bit | see
'Oh. Fritz punctured me 4 little he
admitted, but we sure gave him
he'll"
1--WE served men hot chocolate and
soup in winter and lemonade in sur.-
mer," she went on. We made
hone st-to-goodness American lemon
ade even if we did have to walk .
mile to draw water from ice-cold
springs and squeeze all lemons by
hand. Often when wounded Ameri-
cans and Germans were brought IN
to the hospital together, our boys
would motion to doctors to go ahead
with Germans. That shows some
thing of the bigness of spirit OF our
boys. Can you imagine = German
irving to make wounded American
soldiers in Germany more comfort
able"
Get German Piano.
The McAllister sisters, or, as they
are called in France, "the Meal
lister twins" are proud owners OF .
German piano which was presented
to them by the commanding officer
when they arrived in Villas, which
had been occupied "a hours before
by Germans. They left the piano in
France however, for men of their
division to enjoy. These lassies have
been on FIVE battle fronts and have
moved with the First division, which
| is Americas shock troops division,
ever since they have been overseas.
They are always there when boys
came back tagged from big fight
with plenty of hot drinks and plenty
of CHEEKY words. Every possible
night we had a sing. The boys like
best Of all to sing hymns and mother
songs, so Alice and | played on our
banjos and piano and sang with the
boys. We tried to take the place for
a little time of mothers, sisters and
.>.,h.,rts harL IN The states"