Show COMFORTS SMILES fUKE AND Aff CAKE LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE thus every red cross canteen becomes a bit of home homb for our soldiers in france what could possibly be b in more ore gladdening del than tho the sight of real amerl anielli call doughnuts hunks of luscious pie real hunks nothing unless it might bo be tile the sight of oil nu honest chouest to goodness american girl and the combination of tho the three and maybe a couple of illuas of good hot coffee coffeo thrown in for gool good measure nobody but a really tired hard worked yank can really appreciate pre preci clate ate tills this food for the gods and comfort for the heart of man it aint tile tho coffee nor the pla pie nor tile the doughnuts not eyen even the pretty girls said one young soldier it Is tile the sight bight of a woman who looks like your mother with tier her little cap call a trifle askew sometimes and maybe a lock of hair straightened out of curt curl just like mother used to have hers her come when she was waa hurrying hurry log too herd hard taits the thing nat makes a fellow glad ho he happened to be with this particular tl ti bunch and when that woman bays here son have another piece of pie paol V it 1 goes right through your heart and makes you feel that it you ever do ao got get back to the old U S A again doall not forget mothers birthday and remember to say the kind things every exert single day of your life the red cross serves the lads ot of all tile the nations of course but it Is 11 particularly ticul arly partial to the maki khaki clad youths Youth with a bit of slang and the call for the matches na and the cigarettes they aliey anre ar the ones who the american crackers anal JM am thoro thero are atra the canteens cante eai close to the trenches of course and tae huts where aher the III men inen may go and foitle and liate have their cp aal the w railroad station canteen service and the ille big canteens with tile the writing rooms and showers and libraries and lounges a fellow can rest a ly while lille but the boys who have been there insist that they love the little rolling canteens that just naturally spring up where you least expect them most of all many well komin known names are on the lists of canteen workers for american women were quick to seize the opportunity port unity for or service the poorest soldier on hla his leave may be served by an american woman whose hospitality was formerly dealt out by her maids and butler sand and whose guest lists included only the most fashionable names in tile the social register now it to Is she who hands over the pie die with he jerown her rOWn own hands ond and then gil gathers theril up the dishes yes and oftentimes washes them when help Is scarce tor for they have to bd washed and made ready for the next lot of soldiers and one ona cannot disappoint the boys bos who are never too tired dred to lo to the call of duty another part of the canteen service Is the store tore ii where the soldiers are supplied with their needs where bilings a they have lost in the heat beat of battle are replaced tooth paste handed out razor blades towels toothbrushes au all agris sorts of tb things lings not forgetting the post cards to send bend homo and the ithe a ever for wanted of cigarettes taking it 4 ill all in all the canteen does far more than nil 1111 the sto stomached mache of the men it puts worth while into their hearts yf ty V |