The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
INA" WAS RIGHT
ON JOB COOKING
Had Doughnuts and Coffee For
Fighting Boys-ls An Old
SaIvationist

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Isc waF 1rty douahboy, just out
Il the ttcnchc3. He was euked With
rnud; he still wore his steel helmet,
and his pas mask was underneath his
chin, says Henry M. Hyde in the Chi.
cago Tribune. He came into the huge,
half ruiAed stone barn close to the
front line and called out "Mai''
An elderly woman pushed aside q
canvas screen which cut of one corner
Of the barn. Her sleeves were rolled
up and her hands we're covered with
-four. IT,. ,xsl,,4t,t# IS F ~S E'1N#@.S
"well, sonniefo she said. ,'...-
"Got any Of them hot fried cakes
and coffee, mai" l.s4.
"Just finished a fresh batch she
said, and a minute later three brown
doughnuts and a cup Of steaming cot
fee were on the table before him.
It was one of the front line Saliva
tion Army buts back Of the American
sector in France. The woman was
"Ma" Burdick, who, with her hus-
band whom the doughboys know as
"Pa,n is in charge.
Everybody who comes back from
the American expeditionary force is
singing the praises of the Salvation
Army men and women and their work
in the 20 little huts which have been
so far established as close as they get
to the fighting line along the Amer
lean front. And in hundreds of letters
and cables from General Pershing
down the same story of unselfsh,
homely, every day human service Is
told.
"We all know the wonderful work
done by the Y NJ G. A. and the Red
Cross" says Commissioner Estill.
"We of the Salvation Army hope
that the support which the American
people are giving them may continue
and increase, as il should. But we
also feel that in our smaller way our
officers in France are doipg work
which does not in any way duplicate
or interfere with what they are doing.
"Our officers establish their huts
just as close to the front line trenches
as they are permitted,' said Commis-
sioner Estill, in command of the West.
ern States with headquarters here.
She Sews On Buttons
"At every hut there are women, as
well as men officers stationed. Our
letters and reports make il plain that
the boys in the army, and most Of
them are mere boys, appreciate g., at
| ly the sight and the influence o a
| good woman right at the front. Be
cause these women are on duty, and
every one of them must be a good
cook, we, arc able to run little lunch
counter in each of our huts. What IL
means to a tired and dirty boy just
out Of the trenches to get hot cup
of coffee or cocoa and a couple OF
doughnuts or n piece of home made
apple pie! Think Whist it would mean
to you if you were 5000 miles from
home and mother and were only nine
teen years old.
"Then our women are glad to sew
on buttons for the boys, even to darn
their socks. Ma Burdick. for instance
is real mother to hundreds of our
young soldiers.
81 am sure we will all agree that
the influence of good Christian WON
an, under such circumstances, is enor
nous.
"JudPing from some of our fnau
Cial reports our men and women work
ers in France arc not always careful
to collect the five or ten cents which
we are supposed to charge for the
little lunches served in the front line
huts: In fact, / know that no tired
and penniless soldier is ever refused
his coffee and sinkers simply because
he hasn't got the price