The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-03

Cleanliness may be next to godli-
ness, or, as the Yank in France has
80 aptly put it, next 10 impossible"
and pie and salvation are closely
linked in the minds Of every man in
the A. e. F. who has visited one of
the little huts with the familiar red
and white sign displayed in some
rather prominent but not overly con-
.Spicuous place. For, as an old, old
advertisement in some of the maya
zines along in the late 1905 ex-
pressed 1t, I'VE are advertised by our
loving friends" Such, indeed, is the
situation with the Salvation Army in
the A e. f. They are advertised
from one rat-infested trench on what
was. the famous front line to the low
! Hest hotel de constable" billets by
Sammy .Yank," 'doughboy" or
'.leatherneck,' whatever YOU want to
call him, for their apple pies, dough
nuts, hot chocolate, hot coffee, and
| those meals you get when you come
! in Off a detail, cold, tired and ready
!, to murder anybody from the COM
mander down to the top kick who put
| you, ON the detaiI-that is, you are
until you get back in that kitchen,
| spick and span clean like mothers
/ dL HOME, WdTn t-ilu lul VI SplSy
apple pie odors, or the lingering
/ tokens doughnuts, or the real steam
ing fragrance of coffee After that
meal you will forgive the world.
That's why the Salvation Army
/ lassie, and laddie too. for that mat
| ter, are ace high with the Yank's,
Iand that's why you may be sure. that
all the rules of no talking for pub.
j licity, no writing for periodicals, no
letters for publication might just as
/! we'll be held null and void. Because
when you've got two million press
sgen ts-well, why say more. II
works in the inverse ratio just as
well, too. Remember that, any oil
you who think that the men "over
here" are tongue-tied. Ask any OF
the girls in the canteen how many
fellows come in for eats, how many
men are fed each day. or how much
flour or sugar or dried apples, or
anything that goes to make some
thing nice, is used, and you get this
answer:
.'Why, really, you know / can't tel
you When we come over here fol-
this work, we sign an agreement not
to write any letters to be published
or to do anything Of that sort which
would advertise our work"
Now can you beat that for mod
I.esty? And yet they cited the little
Holland boy who stuck his finger il
hole in the dixie to keep his towr
from being inundated for bravery
and he was mere piker by the side
of anyone who thinks he can stoI
the wave OF praise and thanks tina
is sweeping against this dixie o
hurnbleness Praise, not only from
the boys themselves, but from thu
folks back home, who know wha
I! the Salvation Army is doing owe
here for the boys. One member o
the A. e. F. wrote enthusiastically Il
his mother about MA of the hut
The other day he got letter il
which the best mother in the worl'
wrote:
81 could love the ma you de
. scribed for just what she's been dc
:. ing for all you boys"
But this started out to tell abou
:, pie and salvation, not to sing praise
OF anyone in particular. Take tn
other night, for example, Boys wer
clus tered in all parts of the hui
some writing, some waiting for tn
t services. The captain in charge,
i fine old fellow, Yet boy at hear
!. himself in spite of the sparse gra
4 thatch of hair that covers his heae
h opened the service with sons
That's why a Salvation Army mee'