Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
The Times-Dispatch VIII
Recei1e Contributions to
Send Virginia Tobacco.
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suggestions and the easiest method of
providing cheer and comfort for the
soldiers and sailors who are In a
foreign land.
Send them tobacco. the good old vir-
ginia weed.
The cost will be trifling. the effort
negligible. and the reward the hearty
thanks OF Uncle Sam's fighting men.
Many OF the soldiers and sailors of
the United States are already in France.
AS soon as they are in At trim they
will 60 In the trenches, in the slippery
mud and the cold of winter. to fight for
democracy. Many OF them will die
there. and many will be carried back
wounded. All of them will undergo
hardships beyond Imagination.
The Red Cross Is taking care of the
wounded; kind hands furnish the men
with socks and shirts. The govern
ment clothes and feeds them.
FRIENDS AT HOME MUST
HELP FILL EMPTY PIPES
But there has been no means for
furnishing them with tobacco. Unless
their friends at home help them, the
soldiers must SIT in the trenches with
empty pipes, longing for a pun or two
that would bring untold comforts.
the Times Dispatch has taken up
the work to help provide tobacco for
these men. This paper intends to do
It's part to I'LL up the tobacco boxes
Contributions to "Our Boys In France
Tobacco Fund" may now be sent in to
The Times-Dispatch. which has been
appointed official collector in Richmond
Dollars, tens and hundreds of dollars
arc needed for this work. Our Boys
in France Tobacco Fund" Is patriotic
organization. All supplies and labor
are contributed. 80 that every cent
given goes for tobacco. which is bought
practically at cost Every dollar pays
for four bundles of tobacco that would
cost $3.50 II bought from a retail
| dealer, Here's what a bundle contaiils:
Twenty virginia cigarettes.
Twenty Turkish blend cigarettes.
Ono plug OF chewing tobacco
Two packages of cigarette papers.
Two bags of granulated tobacco.
Two bags of Burley tobacco.
BUNDLE IS ENOUGH TO
Each package has enough tobacco In
1t to supply soldier for a week
Each bundle costs the fund 25 cents
though 1t has retail value of As
cents. In each package that you pay
for Is inserted a postcard addressed
to you.
In accepting the tobacco, tho fight
Ing man agrees to write on the card
message of thanks. which ho will mail
to you. II ho keeps his promise. you
will set your receipt for your contritu-
tion to the fund from un American SOL
dier in France.
The Americans In France mead to.
bacco. They can buy French brards
IL they have the money and are in
cities. but at the front tobacco is
scarce article, even the French kind.
The Secretary of War and the Secre-
tary Of the Navy have indorsed this
plan. Army officers have greeted 1t
enthusiastically. and the soldiers them
selves have gone wild over it.
Does this sound like q practical, use-
full work!
If it does. now is the time to do
your bit.
Send In your contribution while the
matter is fresh in your mind.
Help meet this horror of war.
Tho American soldiers will fight the
battles OF France.
But he should not be made to smoke
her tobacco!
MEDICAL JOURNAL IS IN
FAVOR OF TOBACCo's USE
Writing OF tobacco, the Medical
Journal. in a recent issue. has this
to say:
Some OF the clergymen of Los An
geles object to the distribution of to-
bacco among the soldiers Mt the front
by the Red Cross Society. While the
grounds for this objection arc not
stated in the newspaper reports, they
can easily be Inferred. 1t is hardly
likely that they will carry any weight
with the Red Cross authorities The
intense nervous strain imposed by tho
conditions at the front In the present
war requires that everything possible
should be done to allay nervous irri-
tation.
"Amusements for the men when re-
loved of duty at the immediate front
are recognized as an important factor
in preventing neurosis. Many of tho
men In tho army are confirmed smok-
ers, and to deny these men tobacco is
to induce a degree Of nervous irrita-
tion which will materially initiate
against their efficiency.
1T would BIO the height Of folly, both
from a medical and n military stand
point. to deny tobacco to the men at
tho front. Much to their credit, the
women Of Los Angeles who are promi-
nent in relief work practically unani-
mously favor providing tobacco along
with other comforts for men at tho
front"
Clip out the coupon printed herewith
and send in your money. Fill, up these
pipes of men who are longing for home.
Tho American soldiers In France are
asking for a smoke. Will you pass
them by?
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