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Show As the men relieved from duty come out from the trenches the girls distribute their gifts. As one soldier says: "A cup of steaming coffee may not look like a luxury to the civilian, but to the tired, muddy soldier Just out of the trenches it Is the last word in material comfort." One fact about these sirls which the soldiers note and appreciate is that they are real workers with no fuss and feathers, feath-ers, going calmly about their work under un-der fire and Infusing (he elusive heme atmosphere at-mosphere into the huts where they cook and sew. There are now twenty-two of these huts built by officers of the American Salvation Salva-tion Army, and more are being erected. The unit assigned to each hut consists of a Salvation Army officer, his wife and two young women assistants. The young women as well ns the men are usually commissioned, for the Salvation Army was among the first to give women equal rights with men. A commission does not mean that the officer's main duty Is to give orders. A lieutenant or captain may be seen any morning removing last night's mud from the hut floor or chopping wood for the kitchen lire. The girls have few comforts and no luxuries, if their hut is near a village they may rent aJ room in a cottage. If they are stationed near the front they sleep In a tiny 'un-heated 'un-heated cubby hole built off the main room of the hut. In either case they are chter-ful chter-ful and make the best of inconveniences and dangers. If a cook Is Interrupted by a shell falling through the roof and demolishing de-molishing the kitchen table, she gets the man of the unit to fix a strip of canvas over the gap in the ceiling, mixes a new batch of dough, takes a bottle for a rolling pin, and goes on with the day's work. One of the main difficulties in turning out pies in France has been the pie tin problem. The American pie is an unknown species in France, French pies being made in deep dishes. Therefore pie tins, such as the Salvation Army needed by hundreds, hun-dreds, were not to be had even in siiall quantities. This trouble Is now being removed re-moved by shipments -of tins from America. Amer-ica. The twenty-five tons of flour and other supplies shipped over to the Salvation Sal-vation Army workers last week included 1000 pie tins, which, it is believed, will greatly relieve the pie situation. The French government has shown its approval appro-val of the work of the Salvation Army, hot only in words, but by recommending special consideration in transporting its supplies, so that delay is minimized. Besides cheering up the soldier with home-made apple pie, the workers keep open house for men off duty. From 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. the huts are lull of soldiers writing, playing checkers, reading, read-ing, playing the graphophone or piano if the hut is so fortunate as to possess pos-sess one and making themselves comfortably comfort-ably at home. At one end of the structure struc-ture behind a counter where chewing gum and other necessities are sold, sits the wife of the officer in charge. She furnishes information, advice if asked, and help in any difficulty. She is a middle-aged woman probably with sons on the firing line, and her motherly solicitude solici-tude for the boy with a cold or the bluea have made her an important element in keeping up the morale of the army, according ac-cording to more than one army officer. Her husband, responsible for the hut, may be called upon to cook, draw water, conduct meetings or visit hospitals. If this hut is near a hospital, he makes frequent visits to write letters and send messages. If he is stationed some distance dis-tance from an army post office, he undertakes under-takes to send money to relatives for the soldiers. A receipt is given each man and the money Is cabled to this country, together with a Hat of addresses to which the stated amounts are to he forwarded. On Sunday, undenominational religious services are held to which the soldiers come In such crowds that other meetings have to be held in the middle of the week. Thse meetings, say the reports, are popular with the soldiers, especially with those about to go Into the trenches. Soldiers returning from trench duty prefer pre-fer doughnuts to sermons, particularly at first, and the Salvation Army, understanding under-standing this, supplies the immediate need. Soldiers near a hut soon learn that they can call upon the young women to eliminate elimi-nate a hole in a coat, sleeve or sock. The Salvation Army lassie usually "rests" with a bit of sewing in her fingers and a watchful eye on the stove. When she has a little extra time she gathers roses and daisies and goes out to the military cemetery to scatter flowers flow-ers between the rows of white crosses. The Salvation Arnly was the first organisation organi-sation to decorate with flowers the graves of the soldiers. The American Salvation Army was not the first in the field. Three days after the. German attack on Belgium, the British Brit-ish Salvation Army was at work, helping help-ing refugees to find shelter, giving first aid, carrying wounded from the battlefield. battle-field. From that time until t oday members mem-bers of the Arm:' have been amoiv those present on all the battlefronts. from Mesopotamia to Russia. There are 400 ' huts In Brit Ish and French armies presided pre-sided over by some 700 workers. Besides establishing and maintaining huts, the Army has raised money at different times for ambulances. Twelve ambulances have been given to the I'nlled States army by the American Salvation Army alone. : In order to carry out Ita work In the war zone the Salvation Army made a drive not long ngo for $1, 000, 000, The result re-sult was 2. 300,000, all of which will go ; for war service In camps here and abroad. The work lias the approval ot President Wilson. Secretary Baker. (Jen- i era! Pershing and allied generals too numerous nu-merous to mention. It la not a duplication, of Red Cross or T. M. C. A. activity. The Salvation Army is working in cooperation co-operation with these and other war service ser-vice organisations, and with the good Will Of fill. 4 . 1 . ' SALVATION NELL IN THE TRENCHES By Frederic J. Haakin. 4 4 WASHINGTON. D. 0., Oct. . ..Over ft hundred Halvatlon Army girls from this .-ountrv have discarded the blue poke bonnet, bon-net, full aklrt, and tambourine for a khaki colored uniform, a tin h;it, and a gingham ging-ham apron. In this costume, with gas Minsk convenient, they are ready to meM ihraphel, mud and n roaring hot kitchen fir while they prepare doughnuts and coffee for our men at the fronl . The Salvation Army works unohtruvlve-ly, unohtruvlve-ly, but effectively. Since A merles, en-tared en-tared (lie war 150 of its men and women have quietly gon to I-Vaiu-n to supply some of the soldiers' needs, tUch as homemade home-made pie, button sewed Of) to stay, a place tn spend time ofr duty, and, not fr.Tst important, disinterested advice. f 'lose to the front lines. In dugouts, rottags, or mnde-to-order huts, thoy net up shop and hang out, their sign. A kitchen stove Is the most Important Hem of equipment. A Hnlvatlon Army unit may struggle along with a well behaved stove snd no roof to cover it, but lacking :i rne&ne of cooking, th most elaborate hut Is a failure. For the Hajvntlun Army specialty I cooking. Doughhtitg, apple pie, cookies, coffee and cocoa theie the capable young oooki t urn out in ouan tity sverv day for the edification or the A. mart pan soldier to whom life without Die Is a calamity. One girl's record for dourhnnlH rosts at ?.t0() tn n morning. Rven MOO doughnuts do not last long If line of hungry soldlera extending far down the road Is waiting Its turn at the horning e baking At nignt, abOUt the tlmp when the lot4lere are blfted. Salvation Army lag leg, taocrted by offloeri of the organisation, organisa-tion, vo on expeditions to the tvonohas, nrnn-d with OOffte S rid bnSke's of paltry 1 |