Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-03

scat compartment in the train, III which
the other five passengers were trench |
had arrived too late to get meal ticket
for the diner They saw me go forward
and inquire about it, and return without
getting the ticket Pretty soon the
woman opposite leaned forward, and
spread n napkin over my lap. On 1t
she laid large part of the lunch she
had brought with her. We couldn I
talk. but we smiled at each other, and
understood perfectly.
It's hard work, shorn of all romance
except the JOY of service, over there IN
the canteens.
MUD LIKE FUDGE.
"To got to the canteen. you wade
through frightful mud, Of The consist
cncv Of fudge lust before Il sets. Mrs.
Gulick said Then you stand at the
counter for hours serving hot chocolate
20 a crowd so dense that there isn't any
time for conversation. BY and by, rs
the crowd begins TO thin out, the men
come up and lingcr at the counter. They
want to be talked to, and are obviously
waiting for YOU to say something to
them. \ good many of them have been
up TO the front. and they want 10 tell
about it 1t isn't so much what they
say that is significant, rs the things they
don't say.
WRITES To MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS.
Being a mother herself, Mrs Guick
understood how the mothers ut home
would feel about these boys. She brought
back with her a list of over hundred of
them, their home addresses, and their
mothers names Within few DAYS each
of those hundred mothers will receive n
note, telling her that Mrs. Guhck
recently saw John or Jim or Fred. as the
case may be- near the front. and how wcll
lie was looking and how be sends his
love
Women who have been accustomed
To every comfort at home endure IN
convenience and actual dscomforts un-
complainlngly. in order to be near their
work
"We were biileted in tho stone houses
Of the village she said. They were old,
and 50 damp that the moisture stood ont
on tho walls There would be ice on the
stove at noon The moisture made the
cold more penetrating than | have ever
felt il anywhere else. There was only a
little green wood for the fire, and almost
no kindling. We would usually succeed
in having enough fire at night
to heat water Tor the not water DOT Ties,
They kept us warm the first part Of the
night. and the rest Of the night VIC kept
them warm. In the morning VIC used the
water for washing
ABLE To ENDURE HARDSHIP
Mrs. Gulick has always had high
ideals for women and girls and has helped
them realize them, as director Of the
Camp Fire Girls The women over
there come up to all her ideals Of them,
she said One OF the girls she met in a
y. NJ. {. A. hut told Mrs Guick that
she was grateful for former hardships
endured in summer camps, and for her ex-
pericnce as Camp Fire Girl, because it
had prepared her to cope with the
situation over there.
Mrs. Guick was accompanied by her
husband. DR. Luther Halsey Gulick. form
er director of physical training in the pub
lie schools OF New York They visited
thirty different huts: where American
soldiers are served.
I've never heard such unanimous
approval OF anything in my life as
heard of the y NJ c. a. work over
there. she declared And I've never
seen anything that pleased me more thar
the way American women IN France are
taking hold,