The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-15
THE LOVING ARE TliE DARING
tVirginia Citizen. J


That was a wonderful address in
iaiGimore last Sunday afternoon by
Evangelne tEya) Booth the head
It the Salvatiorr Army. Thanked by
! saiyation Army band OF forty pieces
~ New York, and vocal learn OF
/ ZEN men. the soui-stirring hymns
eid-fashioned religion awakened
taes hippodrome such as 1t probably
! al never been before And the
packed and standing audience of
ihrcr thousand vociferously applauded
speaker and singers.
The most striking feature. how
t.cr, was the enthusiasm OF the re-
arning soldiers here and there liz
tho audience who checred TO the
srho when the Salvation Army
workers at the front were alluded
to- This was probably the first oe-
,.sston that had unsealed the lips OF
ii salvation Army officer 10 talk of
their deeds In the world war, and
Il would not have been alluded to
except that the famous commander
AND speaker had been specially urged
10 speak of their part In the
Mr. Others tand chiefly the dough
i,o$a) have been singing the praises
u the Salvation Army, but thus far
mo eager public has been unable to
get. them to talk much OF their
desds.
The fact that these indefatigahle
orkers knew no closing hours on the
western front, that their dispensing
I. bandoned shack on the firing
line. that they freely gave 10 our
lays. and those OF our allies while
yhting or at rest, that doughnuts
+. - the inner man and binding
nunds. brushing away tears and
r.ting home for the wounded tpos-
sinly their last letter. made these
humble toilers the idolizcd Of all the
camps
Ono of thousand such Incl
dents. is recited of a Salvation Army
ssie passing out doughnuts to The
boys as they loaded and fired their
Guns. when doughboy stopped
hcoting and attempted to drive the
girl to the rear. He protested in vain
that. she would be killed, when the
trail little Miss meekiy remarked.
Then let us die for you boys, too:
can't we?"
returning soldier tells of a similar
aciuent when these girls and elderly
men would insist on crowding into
the firing line with doughnuts and
water. Turning to the girl just be-
J I'd him, while shells We're bursting
"a answer she held out to him a
doughnut and tin of water. Snatch
ing her up bodily he started to shell
herewith her. when a shell took her
life and left him a cripple.
It. Is any wonder that after a hot
akirrish the captain Of company
went to the manager Of a dug out
Salvation Army canteen and pre-
scented to him 1900 francs $3.50.
that his company of Yanks had
emptied from their pockets. and
asked that with 1t he and his little
present ones showing hard wear)
company? The Salvation Army cap
tainNthanked the donor. but answered
that they would use that money for
flour to make more doughnuts with
10 give to the boys
Thus far the Salvation Army has
been supported by voluntary con-
srihutions. among them Rockefeller
WanAmaker and other monied men
who have satisfied themselves OF the
worthiness Of the cause, but largely
from the dimes and quarters that
have come to these honest toiling
people and their tambovrlnes. All
Other organisations have had their
.sdrives." and as yet the Salvation
ArfdY has had none. But when It
does come the women and soldier
1 boys OF America will see 10 1t that
il dees not fail,
'sIhasmuch as We have done 1t unto
ons-pf the least of thsse
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