The sun., 1917-07-31
BOXES IN HOTELS
TO AID SUNS FUND
Six More Places Where You
May Chip In to Buy SAM
mics Smokes.
HOT? IT'S HOT IN FRANCE!
Ere Long Twill BE Hotter for
Pershing's Men--SO Don't
Forget Them.
HoTg IT'S HOT IN FRANCE!


fellows over there in France?
You know that in these days OF tor
ridity they are toiling endlessy to Mt
themselves for the hght They are up
at dawn, and while the sun beats down
upon them during the day they are dig
gng trenches, they are practising bomb
ing by the hour, they are hiking with
their load OF equipment, they are drill
ing for hours upon hours.
This is but the prelude for them. For
US will come the glorious weather Of the
indian summer. For them It will be an
entry into the hell OF battle. They will
be under the constant rain of shrapnel,
Of machine gun fre. The air about them
will be vitiated with poisonous gases.
They will be up to their knees In trench
mud.
whether we come upon days OF more
intensified heat, whether we feel the bite
OF the coldest days. what is our plight
compared to theirs? So far as possible
their commanders will give them the
material comforts, but II is up to us to
supply what they need most--tobacco.
Therefore let us stop plying ourselves
as we stiae these days Let US dig in
our pockets to give them smokes.
$4,000 One Gasp Away.
Thus far we are just one gasp short
Of $4,000 in that object The fund now
is S29665.s0, II must reach the $40. 900
mark to-day, and We will set a new
goal for August. We have done much
with the money paid In thus far. but the
, work must go on as long as We expect
! our men to go on. To provide them with
tobacco Is our duty. and the voluntary
enlistment for that duty has been
, astounding in this first month OF the
fund.
From the letters and contributions we
have received II is hard to think of any
project that has evoked so much en-
thusiasm as this tobacco fund. There
has been a universal recognition of the
worth of the cause. Our Ave columns OF
names each Sunday, most of them new
comers bear witness to the Willingness
Of thousands upon thousands of persons
10 be identified with this relief.
There is man up at Fifty eighth
street and Sixth avenue. Thomas F.
Cain, a fine type of an Irish American,
who feels deeply about the tobacco fund.
He wanted to help-to help the best way
he could. Entirely upon his own initia-
tive he plastered the windows and the
mirrors of his cafe with posters telling
the object of the fund.
Cain Gives Days Receipts.
Then last week he sent out cards to
all his friends that he would give his
Saturday receipts to the fund Remem-
Der that this day in the midsummer sea.
son is his best day OF the week. II you
will look down the appended column you
will find Mr.. Gains contribution OF
$145.65. His check was sent to US the
moment he closed that night. No one
will gainsay the assertion that he has
done his bit.
1t must be understood that the men.
ln fv. IT, rpltt n mn ra,
4 lation to the size of the contribution-tht
spirit back of the donation Is what
counts. The dime of newsboy is al
welcome-sometimes more so-than the
generous contribution of a millionaire
For instance, yesterday there came :
dollar from a golfer in Bethlehem, n. II
That this man, at his play, thought oi
the men abroad qualities him IS
\ pretty fair citizen
From Alabama to Alsnce.
Once more the fund brought terri
torial extremes into contact. There
came one contribution from Cory. Delta
county, Col, and another from Admission
Ala. The day brought us also gif'
of sos from a group of smokers In Gler
Ridge. N ].
From West Haverstraw. y. Y. we re
ceived the primary contribution of $2.5t
month our fellows stay in France. Mis-,
4 Deyo Of Napanoch. ". Y, writes:
e II don't know what II feels like to bs
deprived of tobacco but ! can imagine.
Unceas sing qualification comes from the
fact that every day there are so man,
persons anxious to help the fund along
There Is John A. Kenny general man
ager OF the burglary insurance depart
ment of the National Surety Company
4 for one. Mr. Kennys work brings hin
into communication with thousands o
brokers every month. Mr.. Kenny Is al
enthusiastic fund fan. Therefore he ha
begun a campaign of his own to ac
celerate contributions for the fun'
a brokers.
Hotels TO Receive for Fund.
Ever since the fund started we hav
been besieged by hotel and restauran
proprietors who wanted to give thei
patrons opportunity to get into the fund
When the request came from many dtt
feTent sources at the same time we wer
q convinced of the sincerity of the wish
n Therefore we have installed collection
boxes in the following places:
Thomas Healy's, Broadway an,
Sixty-sixth street,
Hotel Marie Antoinette, broadway ant
SlXty-sixth street.
Hotel Majestic. Central Park Yves
and Seventy-second street.
Park Avenue Hotel Thirty-thirv
street and Park avenue.
Imperial Hotel. Broadway and Thirty
third street.
Hotel Biltmore. Madison avenue an
FOrtv-third street
Collections from these boxes will
noted from time to time in THE Sun
II you wish particular recognition 10
your contribution inclose II in an en-
ve,one and your name will appear |
tie usual lists.
Don't Forget Cigar stores.
Don't forget. either that through hea
and cold the boxes WIN continue to re
main as repositories In each OF ~th
Schulte Cigar Stores. Tour coupon
ard certificates will go far to sweliin
the fund II YOU wish to subscribe an
b" listed In THE SUN you may do s
through these stores. For every dolla
Of these orders u. A. Schultz. presider
OF the company. will add 30 cents.
Fund stands Mt S2O,685.0O
The fund now stands;
THE SUN and Evening Sun. ........ 81, ono.
Previously acknowledged. ...,...,.,.,,, S.6S6.
New contributions. s........,.....'.l.... Vt
Received through schultz Cigar Stores ss5
~ Grand total. 'tS''56S
IN The new contributors:
John w Williams westchester. Pa. IS.
The Seven Smokers. Glen Ridge. N. J. ieS.