MOTHER’S GRATITUDE
ARMY WELFARE WORK What a mother thinks of the welfare work for the fighting forces which the Salvation Army and the Y’.M.C.A. carry out has been touchingly expressed. A Salvation Army officer in Burnham Camp, visiting the soldiers in hospital, cheered up a young man who was depressed and sleepless owing to influenza. “What you want, son, is a hot lemon drink and a couple of aspirins.” lie remarked, and duly carried out this little service—advising the young soldier that during his convalescence he should enjoy the comfort of the army hut and keep out of draughts. The sequel came many weeks later when the soldier’s mother wrote telling this story to the Salvation Army headquarters, concluding: “I am only a poor woman, a widow. This is my only son, and it cheers my heart to feel that there is someone looking after him as I would do; and it makes me send the enclosed £1 note for you to buy lemons for other mothers’ boys.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20187, 4 March 1940, Page 11
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168MOTHER’S GRATITUDE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20187, 4 March 1940, Page 11
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