1917 - Religion

Religion

Salvation Army women go to the front to serve doughnuts to U.S. doughboys (who call them "Sallies"). New York advertising man Bruce Barton donates his services, produces a fund-raising pamphlet entitled "Only One Thousand Dollars," and comes up with the line, "A man may be down, but he's never out."

Catholic missionary Frances X. Cabrini dies at Chicago December 22 at age 67. Naturalized in 1909, she will be canonized in 1946.