The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-16
Big ROOF PARTY FOR
SUNS SMOKES FUND
Forecaster and Garden Mana
ger Guarantee Weather
Will Be Cool.
PRIVATE PEAT TO SPEAK
Poem to "My Pipe" Written
cover There" Shows SOL
diers Must Have Tobacco.

Roof parties with the windows tightly
elamped down and extra heat in the
radiators are pretty dlficult things to
keep UP to a pitch OF enthusiasm, al
though the impelline cause of them may
be the Smoke Fund. So when the Para
disc Roof Garden volunteered to give a
party for THE SUN Tobacco Fund and
set the date for July 80 the management
was earnestly requested to consult the
weather man and try to assure the sort
OF temps when 1t would be a pleasure to
be atop Reisenweber's and in the cool.
est spot in town"
Miss Alice King, the hostess Of this
popular resort. and A. Schultz, resident
manager, have solemnly agreed to have
the weather conditions all that they
should be to make the occasion an en-
joyable one. Therefore, relying on their
well known good faith. THE SUN To-
bacco Fund makes the announcement
that on Tuesday. July 80. starting at
p. NJ. there will be q smoke fund
jubilation on that centrally located roof
and that the festivities will start sharply
a8P. NJ.
The party will begin thus early and
promptly because with the programme
Q. amusements laid out It will be alb
solutely necessary or the party would
have to be on two nights, q la Chinoise
Nearly every performer in town has ex-
pressed a wish to be in the list of those
who volunteer to do their best and most
engaging stunts, for the soldiers cause
Acts are coming from as far as Brighton
Beach. where the 1918 Shelburne Girl
Is seen nightly by admiring audiences
She Is coming up to the city on this
occasion to demonstrate by close COM
parison that she is quite as sophisticated
as her rivals domiciled in the Winter
Garden and at "Hitchy Koo" Samples
OF these two shows also will sing and
dance for the soldiers on this smoke
fund night.
Private Peat VIII Speak.
II Is announced. too. that Private Peat
VIII make speech embracing some Of
his battle "reminiscences, and that is al
ways good news, for the little Canadian
fighter never says anything that is a
vain repetition" Other features and
very promising ones will be announced
trudgfngly and in true press agent
fashion as the days go on in order to
heat the interest to the boiling point
Please remember the date and the
place: Paradise Roof Garden, on top of
Reisenweber's. at Columbus Circle and
Fifty-eishth street. The telephone is
ee40 Columbus, the number to call when
you want Mr.. Schultz to make a reserya-
ton OF table for you. The date is next
to the last night in July
The week opened with the liveliest in
terest manifested in tobacco with ref
trence to its connection and effect on
the lighting Americans. Starting in
washington. where the possibility of the
necessity OF rationing smokers at home
was preached. the subject seemed to 20
at once the country over. Indeed II
was not confined to one continent nor
has II ever been. The soldiers cards
kept 1t international Yaphank Ben
MES most recent outpourings Of his I'M
'rammeled spirit to his friend Barney,
left back in the draft, has an original
twist to 1t which leads the fund to alb
etract 1t verbatim from the latest Sum
day SUN. He says:
Il got to hand II to the paper now be-
cause / am smoking right this minute
cigarettes that come from THE SUN, and
any time that papers want to send
smokes to US boys over here in Franse
then ! am for them.
Everybody otto give money for them
smoke funts for us soldiers because when
you are over here in Franse you are
lucky II you get good old Am. pills and
honest Barney I would Just as leaf
smoke horse hair as the Tobacco you buy
over In Franse. I CUES horse hair would
taste about as good and smell even bet
ter and wouldn't cost mere as much"
Foreign Tobacco Not Wanted.
Yaphank Bonnie is not the first TO ex-
press detestation OF foreign and espe-
rialy OF French tobacco. To care for
tne latter is an acquired taste that can
soon be dropped II the French them
selves are observed. They will throw
away one of their own national black
evil smelling weeds II one offers them
an American cigarette. But even the
French kind is better than nothing. In
fortunately for a lot of the soldiers It
is nearly always nothing. Pas tdbac."
writes Corporal II. II. Clare Of $50 F.
a. Supply Company. That's all we
near at the French tobacco shops they
haven't any tobacco to sell. When we
thank THE Sun for the wonderful inter-
est 1t has displayed in us and our hap
pness and comfort is It any wonder
that we get pretty emphatic? Tobacco
glts are always appreciated"
With your donation we should
worry" says Corporal H. II. Lewis,
Hinety-frst Army Corps, who at the
time OF writing was complacently enjoy
Ing a smoke Of American tobacco, the
hrst for very long time. ut is very
hard 10 get tobacco of any kind at any
time, and impossible to get the kind W.
want, but here comes your donation and
We should worry"
To, l.. J. Dorflinger. generous stand
Sy OF the fund. Private William II.
white has this word of thanks:
1 received the tobacco through THE
srN which you had purchased for SOL
diers. and I wish to thank you heartily
Tor same IT came in at a critical mo-
ment and was wanted badly. You have
helped to cheer through your kindness
many Of the boys" This soldier is of
Company A Headquarters Barn, Gen.
eral Headquarters
What critical moment was the one he
refers to? But there have been many
recently Is II not a source of gratifca-
tion 10 donor who has sent to THE
SUN Tobacco Fund money he will never
piss to know that he has helped the
boys through a critical momentT
Poem to "My Pipe"
Here is a poem written by a soldier
row in France which his wife sends in
calls It my Pipe" and thus invokes It
You're jus, my little old stubby Pipe.
why, you're iost. old man. mid the Near
schaums grand,
On the rack that hangs on the wall.
Just my iittis old appiewood Pipe,
with my name carved out on the bowl;