The sun., 1917-08-16
100000 FOR SMOKE
FUND At EARLY DATE
BIG Boost to Be Given Cam
paign by United CigaS,
Stores Company.
GOLFERS WILL sDO BIT"
Baseball Game at City College
7. Stadium to Help Buy To-
Y bacco for Troops
GOLFERS WILL Do BIT"

aesxt wednesday, August -. WIN 0S'
= lay Ione to Be rsthssnbsFed hoe only
d New York. out also tn Franco X ~
~ dAy on which The Unitsd Cens
0essss Oompany starts tts grsak OEn-
paisn Tor THs suN Tohasos vanA Sor
OR Soldiers at the Front
On that day every ono OF Sbo 36S
Uhitsd Cigar Stores in ths metropolitan
4lBtriet will contribute in cash 10 ths
fWd ~ cent Of II. gross rscsapta.
DeerUs of tobacco users In this Dig "a
eUWn arc arranging to lay In . supbU
- wednesday. Not that they are going
"a do without smokes Till Boom Day. but
tAsv are going to buy considerably more
tAaa an ordinary singis day-s purchase
vASn WSdnssdAy oomeA
AssA Il will b . red lettsr Day for
tAa 0uaolssrS and the 0oldisrs for another
rsaAsu. Tbs United Cigar Stores Com
pany II 70 interested in The Sun cam
PAIN tor he boys at the front that It
- anxious to achieve results In the
QuaclssUt pcsdbls tina II wants 70 see
IL fund total, which already 10 climb
lHG at rate Of Speed that 10 gratify-
lnQ. como within striking distance OF the
eleo.eoe mark u very early data
70 YielA $4,000.
q, beginning next wednesday, ths
1Uut 100000 certificates (or their equiv
alsat In United coupons. computed at
eAoif regular redemption valuation ~
osrtihcates) Will be turned over to the
fund at two cents each In cash This
msans that the Arst half million certii-
oates deposited In the fund boxes will
yleld $4,000 In cash for the fund. in
oAdition to- the s per cent of the gross
receipts on the opening day Of ths cam
Satm.
This assures . great boost to the fund.
nut the United Cigar Stores Company
doesn't propose to stop there. After the
Arst 100000 certificates have been COL
lse&sd and the $4,000 paid in. It hopes
70 b able 70 continue indefinitely with
~ arrangement whereby every certih-
ea&s deposited thereafter will be re-
deemed At 1 cent cash and paid into
xAB SON Tobacco Fund.
The publication yesterday morning Of
- full details OF the company's plan
- swell the fund created . sensation.
OthsT supporters Of the campaign-the
hundreds who are doing their bit in the
Movement TO see that our men in France
Do not suffer for want Of tobacco-wsrs
Sathusiastic over the enlistment of q
p0wsrful recruit In the army Of CON-
ty1butorA
Public . Partner.
But everybody realisss that the
United, with all its generosity. cannot
accomplish alone the result 20 greatly
hoped for and confidently predicted
~ swelling Of the total to q point In
the nsighborhood Of the century mark.
The public = an influential partner in
this ambitious enterprise. How quickly
this newest goal 10 reached depends upon
the extent TO which the public partici-
patss. From present indications there
will be no slackers. Tho determination
TO buy next Wednesday cigars. cigar
cites. smoking tobacco. chewing tobacco.
sAswing gum-anything else In the
United Cigar Stores Company's big
stock-indicatss that everybody 10 bent
Tomorrow night will be q gala night
at Castles by the Sea, Long Beach, when
diners and dancers will receive appro-
pirate souvenirs and in return will make
centributions to the smoke fund. Jo-
ssph L. Pant. the mana ger. has obtained
the promise Of six or eight popular
actresses and well known women Of the
Long Beach colony to attend to the
distribution, and they may be counted
upon to collect . substantial amount.
Next week 10 to be The SON Tobacco
Fund Week on the Salisbury links q,
Meadow Brook, L. I. Ernest b. Osborne
secretary Of the Salisbury Plains Cor
poration. has offered to turn over to ths
smoke cause 10 per cent Of the grosi
receipts on the links themselves and alse
- the clubhouse and tho restaurant Da,
Oslf tickets cost 81 on each Of i've day.
aaA % on Saturdays and Sundays. Tht
0oney received during the week for si,
0enths Or ono year tickets also win b,
Agused in the groas receipts from which
~ fund win benedt The Salisbury
Wos1 begins on Monday morning ant
ends Sunday night
IN aqatsuf baseball oircles the gam.
b ~ played eeptsmber . In city Coileg,
Stadium between the St Aloysius and
Naoou8 A G. teams 10 the subjec
uppsrnost in conversation nowadays
No Admission fee will be charged. but I
collection viii be taken up and the to
baoco fund viii receive also the proceed
from the sale Of programmes.
George w. J. Haipin. . wen know
athletic leader in Harlem and presiden
Of the Manhattan Catholic League. 4
the originator Of tho project and Is I,
charge Of arrangements. He predict
one Of the largest crowds that ever At
tended game between amateur teams II
this city. When the leading Catholic club
played for the championship at the Polt
Grounds last year there were $1,000
Vooters on hand.
Without any blars Of trumpets. bu