Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-14
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kFrom the Committee on Public lnforma.
ton. Washington. d. c.
BY MAY 7. BlGELoW.
Salvation Army lassies have dropped
t~ambOurines for rolling pins and are
baking pies for our soldiers. They
bake real homemade pies and feather.
weight crullers that take the edge Cd
a mans inconsistencies.
Every girl who wears the Salvation
Army khaki In France must be q good
cook. At one of their huts, you bring
about 9 cents and your plate for the
evenings special" These dishes are
cakes and p~uddings, which aren't In.
cluded In army r2tions.
One Of the Kitchens began with a
tiny stove, which would bake only one
pie at a time. Soon, a kindly quarter
master supplied the girls with an old
field stove that cooked four at once
1t looked big to those girls. But now
they have a huge 0ne, and turn out
hundreds Of pies a day. At the can
teen, they sell them to soldiers who
wait their turn in long lines. But some
Of the pies find their way into the
trenches.
AT night men set out with packs of
provisions and crawl up to the boys
with them. The enemy sends up star
shells-like arc lights hung In midair
and the bearer ducks, crouchlng as
Still as the sandbass on either side of
him. Then he reaches the outposts,
where soldiers have lived on "iron
rations' for two or three days. As
yet, the army has published no cas-
ualty list of pies at the front, but ac-
cording to unofficial reports, they don't
last long.
AT first, there was u hard time find
ing tins for their pies. France does
no appreciate American pastry. ana
had no dishes suitable for cooking if,
A few weeks ago a French shin
brought over 1000 tins for use in the
SalVatlon Army hutS.
Pies to the Fore.
I1es won the Salvation Army it's
welcome at headquarters, according to
a popular legend in France. ''They
say" that General pershlng asked only
one question Of the officer who ar
ranged for the work there. Can your
girls bake good pies?' According to
u soldiers, they can.
The day OF a Salvation Army lass
Is long owe there" She bai,es and
stews, she nlends clothes for soldiers.
II answers a thousand questions,
when She gets up in the cold winter
mornings she builds the wood fire in
her room. Once a vigorous captain or.
ranged Il schedule by which each of
her three workers should build the
lire Tor Il month. Her turn would have
come around in April, but the others
protested. SO she continued to rise
early during February. She discoy-
cred that the only water without a
coating of ice, was that in their hot
water bottles. So every morning she
would unscrew the cap Of the bottle
ana pour Its contents into her wash
bowl.
During the day the photograph spins
steadily. Every record sent across
from the New York headquarters Is
played until the tune is shaved off,
Ihen there are the reading and writ.
ing corners Of the huts, where men
can be quiet for q time, unless Il BON.
bardment interferes...
IN the evening there IS a. religious
service In the hut. Every night it Is
craXdedby soldiers who enjoy singing
the familiar hymns. The same girls
lead these meetings who have worked
SINCE dawn. Men preach and pray
after driving a heavy motortruck, Or
hammering all day ut the walls Of
some new shack. Later, some of them
Will run a moving picture machine, or
make their night deliveries of food Ia
the trenches. Sometimes the working
'dny Is IL hours. One Engllsliwomau
SKI
mas served four years, without q day
ut rest. In the British huts.
Following the FLAG.
England's workers reached the front
no two weeks after the soldiers
Wherever the troops 90, there Is the
salvation Army. In India there IL a
strong organization now, differed by
natives. who serve the Indian wounded
MesopotamIa. Egypt and South Africa
haxe their Salvation Army field work.
era. This spring, for the first time,
xGnsland has appointed army CHAPLAIN
IRON the organization. There are foul
of them In the UNited States army.
London IL the location Of nm inter.
esting COL ps. Here there IL a college
or oW girls. When m air raid occurs
some q these cadets are rushed "a
IN plAoe Of danger. At the same time
q s'Rs'y truck with = kitchen leaves
tie nearest shelter. The girls marshal