New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

FUND FOR
TROOPS At FRONT

day Evening Is Abandoned
BUY Smokes" FOR BOYS
Money Already Subscribed for OBJ
servance to Be Spent for Comforts
for Troops in Camp and in France
Send Money to Newspapers.
New Britain will not have cele-
bration Monday night in honor OF
| those men who have been drafted
into the National Army. Instead, the
money already collected and fund
which will be handled by the news
papers will be expended for comforts
for the soldiers while they, are in
camp and in Europe. These comforts
will be chiefly tobacco, for those who
smoke, and sweet chocolate or other
CONNECTIONS for those who do not
smoke.
This decision has been arrived at
by the citizens committee consisting
of w. w. Leland, chairman;, William
T. Sloper, Frederick w. Greene,
Judge W. F. Mangan, Mortimer H.
Camp, Eugene J. Porter and Arthur
N. Rutherford. Since the committee
decided on parade and general
celebration Monday evening, the
opinion has developed that such an
observance might not be proper be-
cause of the effect 1t would have on
the mothers and sisters Of the men
who will soon be bearing arms. 1t
was stated today that the observance
had been abandoned solely through
solicftude for womanhood, which will
have a sufficient burden Of grief to
bear without public emphasis. AS a
substitute for the celebration, it was
suggested that a band concert be
held Sunday at Walnut Hill park with
Mayor George A. Quigley as chairman
and an out of town speaker to de-
liver the address Of the day. But
consideration for the emotions Of the
women who are already grief-strick-
en- again decided the committee on
abandoning such program.
American Tobacco Wanted.
Letters from Americans at the front
reveal a scarcity of tobacco, such as
Americans are used to smoking
French tobacco, Of which there seems
to be sufficient, does not satisfy the
Yankee palate and as a consequence
the Americans suffer. While tobacco
ds ,froWnod upon as an evil in certain
circles It has come to be recognized
as delight without which smoking
men are dispirited. Letters from the
"send some cigarettes" or Send me
some tobacco by the next mali and
the genuine demand has offset the
propaganda Of those who regard to-
bacco as a poisonous weed and there
fore outside the pale. The demand
is there. 1t must be supplied.
For the past few days the citizens
committee has been collecting money
to pay the expenses of the celebration
which it was proposed to hold Monday
night. This money will be turned over
to the credit of the two New Britain
newspapers and both will attempt to
augment 1t by daily appeals for more.
Here Is an opportunity everyone can
seize to contribute to cause we'll de-
serving of support. The money will
not be spent on any certain brand nor
will be be used to swell the funds Of
any one tobacco corporation. It will
be expended judiciously and none but
the best,> and the best is proved by
popularity, will be sent to the soldiers.
Committee to Ship Comforts.
1t is proposed to abolish the present
citizens committee and choose one Of
which Mayor Quigley will be active
chairman. This committee will pur-
+oho
and will have charge of shipping them
to Uncle Sans fighters and about-to-
be-fighters: Ten cents a day for each
working day will buy six tins Of good
tobacco a week and enough cigarettes
to make many men contented and OBJ
livious of the shrapnel raining on their
dugQuts. Tobacco clubs can be
formed, each member pledging ten
cents a day and sending the money
at the end of the week to either of
the two New Britain papers. 1t does
not matter whether the money is sent
to the New Britain Record or the New
Britain Herald. In either case it will
reach it's ultimate destination. That is
the main point.
The citizens committee turned over
the following contributions to the
Herald today:
Pledges:-
w. w. Leland Co. $1,000
J. j. Watson ....'''...'. 3.oo
j. E. Cooper ........... 3.OO
Morris Cohn ........... 200
-$1S.0O
Cash contributions
A. F. Corbin .......... 500
j. S. North h............ 800
r. S. Chamberlain ...... 800
Dr. e. T. Reeks ......... 800
National "T'' Importers 100
Joseph Rubin ......... 100
Leo Sullivan ............ 100
O. H. Heinrich ......... 100