Evening star., 1918-08-18
SALVATION ARMY
DIGS IN AT FRONT
Soldiers Lighted by Candle to
Cavern Where Good
Work Goes On.
BYJuHTus u. WOOD.

| nx Ds woOos
Especial Correspondence ef The Evea-
ing Star snd ChicaSo Daily NewE-D
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY N
FRANCE, July 2o.-With q pop like
an exploding rs q tire blew out the
automobile ground to a standstin and
everybody piled out 1t was the third
fiat" for the day and each one meant
a longer delay.
| Dusk was starting to fall we were
in the battle zone. where lights are
Ideally, and running over cut-up roads.
jammed with trucks and wagon trains
which loom out Of space without
warning. was not 3 cheerful prospect
for the night.
The wreck of q town. half tower
\ standing where church once mao
been, not a building with a roof intact.
! walls punctured with gaping holes or
| blown scattering into the road, ence
4 had been known as Mandres aux
| Quatre Tours, though what the gen
erations had left Of the four towers
| had been battered down by the Ger
man artillery months before. A few
soldiers fitted by in the shadows and
we followed.
Hymns Come Out Of Earth.
/
from view as IL the earth had swal-
lowed them up. In the darkness
hole in the ground showed blscker
than the surrounding ruins. There
| was enough light to show steps led
down into the pit and. strangest of
all, strains of singing were coming
out of the ground, echoes OF q tune
unheafd in that war-racked France
i"Jesus, Lover of My Soul" We ginger
| ly ~ Cd U VIA -
The glow of q light and the sound
i of voices increased as we stumbled
down the steep steps. Suddenly we
emerged in the cavern. Smoking
chalk walls broke the gloom and
lengthened the shadows in the cave.
probably 20 by 120 feet in size
j In the far end, frightened by four
II candles, young woman, assisted by
a lusty-voieed man. was leading the
singing while the entire mob of sol
diers which jammed the lighted tunnel
roared out the cheruses.
Both leaders wore the Salvation
Army uniform. for this was one of
the American Salvation Army 'huts'
on the fronts-Toul. Luneville. Verdun.
Scissors and the fighting Marne.
Once there had been real hut of
wood in that village. but a shell had
taken half of il away in one blow
and activities after that were put be-
low ground.
/ Chicago Woman Leads.
Miss Pauline swartz, ranking an en-
voy. graduate of De Pauw Uni
versity, who left q home OF ease and
comfort in Chicago to lead such
life far from friends and luxury in the
hope of making the same exile easier
Tor men OF sterner metal, was the young
woman. Capt. Guy Case OF Denver
was the man.
Leading meetings and serving re-
work Miss SwartZ has also learned
to cook. She can turn out pies, oSok-
les. doughnuts and coffee as good in
quantity and quality as any other of
the Salvation Army lassies.
All Work without Fay.
Some OF the Salvation Army lassies
In France are young with sparkling
eyes. Others, though their eyes -ytill
sparkle. are crowned with silver and
whom they are helping in the grim
fight. To name them all would mot
serve any purpose. Nor to name the
men, for not all the 10 Salvation
Army workers here are lassies. All
are working without pay.
! One thing also they never lose sight
OF to bring a thought of seriousmess
into the soldiers life. The lighf of
the future into his soul as well as the
comforts Of the present into ~his
stomach is part of their creed.
n The corporate organization of.4the