Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-02
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Bv RAYMOND q. CARROLL


NEW YORK, Jan. 2.--This is the
story Of a pair of pretty white hands
the well-cared-fOr, with tapering tinted
nails; hands of a New York society girl
We, who were in France with the list
Division, recall their delicate, sensitive
outlines, when that famous army unit in
January, 1913, took station on the Toul
sector, for we men were of the mind
that the hands in question, would not
last out the first week, let alone the
duration Of the war
A lot of claiming has been done by
women with respect to being at the
front over there" but the then Miss
Cora Langdon Van Norden, daughter Of
the late Warner Van Norden, banker,
every doughbOy and officer in the LIST
Division knows was there from the be-
ginning to the end of Americas par
ticipation in the World War. She is the
possessor of the hands Of which we are
writing.
Our brigade headquarters at the in
PRODUCTION of these hands TO the Army
was located at the hamlet Of Ansauvllle,
when the New York girl, three years ago
on the coming Of Jan. 10, joined up
with the list Division; fraiI, dark haired
Salvation Army worker She was In
charge Of a little group which consisted
of herself, Miss Lydia Sheldon Of Chi
cago, plump little blonde, and Miss
Louise Young Of Poughkeepsie, n. Y, a
graceful, brown-eyed girl, if we remem-
Der her Alright
STUCK 1T OUT UNDER
GERMAN SHELL FIRE.
For days and days German shells
rained upon Ansauyille but the trio
stuck it out-they baked doughnuts, ap
pie pies and cookies, using empty wine
bottles for rolling pins, and pine boards
on wooden horses for TALES. They were
there for twenty four every day, with
snatches of sleep in between, they re-
leving each other A portion Of the very
roof Of the deserted farmhouse in which
they did their cooking and coffee-serving
was blown away. The great hole over
head was replaced with a piece Of can
vas. Gen. Robert Lee Billiard ordered
them out, but they begged so hard to
remain that be relented and left them
there
Hands that were once soft and trans
parent became calloused and red as the
months rolled by and the LIST Division
moved from sector to sector, the fate Of
shock troops -Montdidier Scissor and,
last Of all The Argonne. But the hands
OF the Salvation Army lasSies remained
steadfast to their task-they became
hands that were adored. hands that sent
our boys whtstling on their way to and
from the trenches.
While walking along the mezzanine
floor Of the Hotel Plaza, we observed a
pair of familiar hands displaying i'm
ported French perfumes over a glass
counter 70 a customer Then. also, were
brought forth by the same hands lotions,
powders and those cosmetics which tend
tc enhance the beauty Of the feminine
sex Looking up into the face Of the
owner Of those busy hands we d'scoveTed
the "doughnut girl" Of the First Division
now Mrs. Cora Langdon C0pplnger,
W fe Of an Army officer and proprietor
Of the beauty shop.
STILL BEAR MARKS
OF WEST FRONT.
See they still bear the marks Of the
West front" she said Of her hands, with
4 laugh And I just received letter
from General Duncan, who is now ont ut
Camp Lewis, near Tacoma, Wash, and