The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04

bringing down the plastering and
throwing them out of bed.
They climbed up to an American
observation post in the steeple of a
church in the village of Boucouville,
and looked across at the German
lines-the only women, so far as is
known, who ever saw the German
trenches while the Germans were in
them
Their doughnuts and pies were so
popular that Colonies used to come
and split wood for them and details
of officers did their kitchen police
| They saw protector gas attack
put over by the Germans against the
Seventy-seventh Division In the Bac-
carat sector in Lorraine.
They stood on a hill before Mont
faucon during the St. Mihiel drive
and saw the American artillery put
ting a barrage in preparation for the
infantry attack and then went for
ward close enough to see troops of
the Thirty-seventh Division in their
positions, waiting for the hour when
they would attack.
Miss Gladys Mcintyre was one of
the first four American women to go
to the front with troops.
Now They Want More OF II.
They have been forced to leave
billets and their hut a dozen times to
| escape the bombs of German aviators.
And now they are trying to per-
| suade their father, Col William A Nc
Intyre of the Salvation Army, to let
| them go back to France and do re-
construction work.
An imposing list. 1t Is highly i'm
| probable that any other woman ever
had the experiences and saw the
things that the Mcintyre sisters had
| and saw. A great many women. OF
course. have been under shell fire, al
though they have rarely been under
it more than once; but it seemed that
everywhere the Mcintyre girls went
with their doughboys the German ar
tillery Immediately began throwing
things over. They were under shell
fire a great deal of the time, and viz
tually all of their doughnut and pie
manufacturing was done within range
of the smallest German field pieces.
They saw a great deal more of the war
than did most of the magazine and
newspaper correspondents, and while
the correspondents cabled long and
most interesting accounts of the fight
| ing, it was characteristic of Gladys and
Irene Mcintyre that they should
write home about the glories of the
| American doughboy, and what a
dear" a certain dignifled old General
ha nj nd
complaining that -four was hard to
get, and that doughnut and pie dough
wouldn't rise properly. Here Is a
good example of their letters-this
| was written by Gladys to her father
soon after the battle OF Seicheprey,
| the first engagement in which Amer
lean troops met the crack shock units
| Of the German army, and in proper
| ton to numbers engaged one OF the
bloodiest fights Of the war:
1000 Doughnuts a Day.
1T Is great to hear the pigs howl at
night when shells are flying. They
get scared silly. l have seen sheep
hogs, donkeys, &C. in panic since 1
came here. Have you ever heard a
donkey bray? Well, it Is some noise.
| Last night soldier came in with
French decoration on his coat. 1t
was given TO him because he was the
first American soldier to be wounded
gave him an apple pie for present
and told him how proud I was of him.
I'VE sew up torn gloves, sew on
buttons, do mending, and one of our
girls made seventy-five pies in one
NH 80 .Nalg oh 49,
$50 pies in a day, and two girls can
make 1000 doughnuts in a day. We
make four gallon tanks of coffee or
| cocoa.
1.-THE United States officers every
where are delighted with our work. A
General an old dear. comes to see us
| frequently. He asked me to make him
pie. / gave him two delicious apple
pies that I made myself Some Of the
! men get boisterous now and then. but
we are so near the line that very few
of them get drunk. Lots OF soldier
| boys give me their jewelry to take care
! of and last messages to their parents,
some of them disclosing dark secrets"
But there was very little in that let
ter TO Col. Mcintyre about the fighting
at Seicheprey, although both Of the
girls were not more than three kilo-
meters from the front line when the