Evening journal., 1919-05-14
IANKS ARE FRIENDS
OF S. A. LASSIES
Will Never Forget Dough-
nut Treats on Battle
Fronts
MISS SAVERS WITH
TROOPS OVER THERE

I'VE have no lard 10 make doughtnuts
1t present, so we are not as busy as
usual. We expect some tomorrow"
That is the complaint OF Miss Reba
ssyers, a salvation Army worker, in a
letter TO her mother at No. i29 Broome
,lreet, this city. In another part Of the
letter she tells how the "Boche'
bombed the camp where she was sta
toned, but adds that was only excite
ment. Her only lament was that tie
lard for the doughnuts was missing.
Miss Sayers was connected with the
local organization OF tae salvation
Army, but when war was declared she
asked for overseas duty. After ten
months training in New York City she
was sent to France in Jirch. 1918,
having been commissioned o lieutenant.
from that time until the armistice was
signed she was with the dOughb0ys In
some Of their hardest fought cam
paigns. taking part with them In all
heir dangers.
Just Imagine yourself over here in
France" she says in one Of lier letters,
never In a nice, clean bed with nice,
slean sheets. And a parlor. That word
Nas never In the vocabulary OF any
army. ] have not lived In or near a
parlOr for a year and the French appar-
entity do not know the. comforts Of a
'cking chair, for ! have never seen
in this country"
n another letter Lieutenant Sayers
ells how she, with her assistants, were
sitting 10 the Salvation Army hut, when
he order flights out" was given. There
Mas a camouflaged candle in the hut
and an army kitchen range. The candle
Mas put out and the range covered
with baking pans from which dough-
nuts had 10 be emptied. Then an
0ntl-aircraft gun opened fire in the
backyard" close enough 10 shake the
frame building and knock cups and
aucers out OF the girls hands.
The "Boches' begon 10 bomb the
sown, shells falling close 20 the hut.
machine guns peppering the invaders,
soldiers running helter-skelter for
shelter.
I'VE ran out Of the hut, OF course" /"
Miss Sayers said, land fell on our knees
In a clump OF bushes because we heard
that was the right thing 10 do when
4 place was TO be bombed. We could
not help laughing at each other for we
looked so laughable crouched there on
our knees with the bombing planes
lowering over our huts."
Then Miss Sayers told how, as soon
Is the bOmbers had left. they set to
work 10 give the men who manned the
tircraft guns hot coffee and dough-
iuts.
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Is her comment with shells falling
close to herself and companions. And
then she adds about the missing lard
that is so all important for the dough
nuts.
Without exception. each OF the sew
eral hundred Delaware soldiers who
have returned from the front, are
glowing in their praise Of the opera
tions OF the salvation Army in its work
for The soldier in France. Everyone
Of them who succeeded in getting a
front seat" at the big show returns
with the story Of how they found the
salvation Army unit right with them
and that no matter where th,y went
no matter how fast the II. T.. cls or
shrapncl was flying around ia,m. the
Salvation Army people calmly contin-
red their work Of assistance 10 the sol
iicr. and paid no attention whatever
10 the visitors the Germans were send
ing over at them.
strange thing about that salvation
Army" remarked one soldier the other
day. mo matter what the DoughbOy
wanted. no matter where he was when
he wanted 70. no matter what hour i
Uas. or what the weather or shelling
conditions were. at his elbow was some
Of the Salvation Army detail. and they
slways had just what was wanted. A
fellows natural desire TO pay some
Thing for what they gave him was re-
fused invariably, and I want TO tell you
that these fellows don't forget that
This was the experience OF all OF us. no
matter along what part Of the line we
happened 10 be.
They tell me the salvation Army is
going to run a short campaign for siJO.-
OO0 in Delaware next week. and ]. for
one. am going 20 try to set back at
them for what they did for me and my
buddes over there. and I believe every
returned soldier will welcome the
chance TO pay the Salvation Army back
In their own cOin-service.'
Henry r. Isaacs, State chairman OF the
campaign committee, is desirous that as
many service men as possible volun-
teer their services on service Teams
during the week Of the campaign or
such part Of 10 as they may be able ia
ievote 10 this work, and asks that they
,egister their names and addresses ai
The headquarters in the Church Build
ing as soon as possible.