GIPSY SMITH
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WELLINGTON, October 14. A pleasing little impromptu gathering met Gipsy Smith one evening during his mission in Wellington prior to his evening meeting. A number of es-Service men got together and greatly surprised and delighted him by reminding him of the help lie had rendered in various parts of Britain, France, South Africa, and America. His memory for faces and incidents is unusually good. He must have addressed hundreds of thousands of men during his , war service, which extended to about three and a-half years as a Y.M.C.A. worker. It would not be a surprising thjng if Dunediu furnished a good quota of men who saw, heard, and were helped by him. The spectacle of_ the Gipsy washing up mugs, perspiringly serving men with cake, fags, bachelor buttons, etc., must have been exhilarating. From work of that kind to travelling in America in 1918 on a special mission for the British Government requiring special ability and tact seems a far cry, and yet it is not so far for a man of his magnetic personality. He is a man whom the King delighted to honor. Among many who were awarded the 0.8. E. he was by no means the least worthy.
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Evening Star, Issue 19381, 15 October 1926, Page 4
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