The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

TIT will be long time before we hear
 the last of the echoes of the won = derful celebration for our soldiers of our Rainbow division.
 Doubtless some will come straying into the next generation and the next, and some of us as old ladies in the warmest place in the chimney corner by the fire will be looked upon with absolute ven eration and awe, as the oldest people in the world. when we relate our recollee- liens of that historic day to our great grand children, or nephews and nieces, as the case may be.
 No doubt that quiet and efficient body of women known as the Red Cross can teen service will be surprised to know that some one prophecies their echo will be one of the strongest of them all.
 Every one knows that the canteen served as mattresses for the breakfast at the Terminal station the morning the troops arrived, so the boys missed none of the intimate campaign association with their comrades of the Red Cross at their first meal in Birmingham.
 But all through the day one would see one or two women in canteen uniform perhaps stopping a moment to watch the parade and indulge in a few wild cheers, or quiet tears, or giving word of greet ing to some lovely looking boy in khaki who might not happen to have the magic sign of the Rainbow on his shoulder, but always there was a business-like air of ..going somewhere" about those women dressed in blue.
 We did hear that the canteen was so- ing to serve supper to the soldiers in Capitol park, and some of us, or some of our friends, perhaps, sent cake to Mrs Grubb or mayoe stuffed some dozens of eggs for Mrs. Worthington, or baked a ham for Mrs. Williamson.
 But the stupendous task of preparing a home-like supper for 2000 was per- formed in such a quiet way under the mana cement of Mrs. Kirkpatrick, every detail so perfectly planned. and each so neatly dovetailed into the other, and such splendid cooperation from each one of her associates that very few people knew they were doing anything at all. Think of 2500 stuffed eggs. Can you im- agine anything more appalling than knowing you had ito turn over such a finished product, and, by the way, when Mrs. Kirkpatrick called the Sunday'Cap- tain Mrs William Worthington, for the stuffed eggs for 200 it was said that 1t could not be done, but the captain knew her company and accepted the job and it was done. Six crates and seven and a half dozen were stuffed. There were eggs, eggs, everywhere-3bo eggs to crate. 1S7 dozen eggs. 2252 eggs to feed the 167th.
 Mrs. worthington said; We did not use all of these 2252 eggs. however, for the supper Many were left. We sent a quantity to the Salvation Army, Y. w C. A, Mercy Home, and many were served at the hut.
 After the very hard day Saturday. my workers, faithful as ever, came early Sunday to the hut and they found full aay.
 All day long and into the night the soldiers came in, tired and worn out and hungry We served them with all the good broiled ham, stuffed eggs, hot rolls and coffee and cake, giving 250 men a good meal. The eggs were stuffed by the Sunday canteen workers and theii friends. The Southside Baptist church ladies stuffed one whole case of 90 dozen
 All day Sunday the hut was full O soldiers, some with their families some with their sweethearts
 We had a number of wounded men who could not stand the strain, so spent the say lounging in the hut. We had th' noldier OiHara from Anniston who ha