Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1918 — BACK WITH HER BOYS [ARTICLE]

BACK WITH HER BOYS

Joyful Welcome Given Mrs. Haring at the Front. “Godmother of the Polish Army" ♦Greeted With Cheers by Officers and Men. Paris.—A woman alighted from the train at what remains of a little railroad station very close to the front. Her hair was a trifle gray but her cheeks were pink, and she seemed to be very happy to be arriving in that place. Very soon the reason became apparent. A military policeman was on duty in the station. He stared and gave a shout, “Mrs. Haring." “I got here at last," she said as she shook hands —a handshake such as is exchanged between friends long separated. “You’re going to be with us?” “As long as they let me.” Mrs. Haring went out and up the street, searching for the daily shifting headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. — for the war was moving with great rapidity since the new offensive began. An automobile containing a captain and three lieutenants stopped with a screaming of the brakes. Young men boiled out of the car to surround Mrs. Haring as if she were the belle of the season. Another car stopped. More officers. Around the edge privates lined up waiting their chance. From that moment hers was a triumphal progress up the street. It seemed as if

the whole American army wanted to follow her. It was a happy party, a laughing, handshaking, congratulating party that surrounded the little Y. M. C. A. woman. She was back, back with the troops she had served and left for a time. They were doing their best to show her how glad they were to see her and were succeeding wonderfully. The record of Mrs. Augusta Haring of New York city is enviable. She is a musician. It was she who, with Miss Myrtle Sanson of Greenfield, 0., organized the Y. M. C. A. work in the new Polish army, most of which was recruited in the United States. For four months she worked among these men—this army which will be without a country until the war is over and victory comes to the allies. Her proudest moment was when the commander of the Poles, in a public manner, bestowed on her the title of Godmother of the Polish Army.