The sun., 1918-09-12
HIS SMOKES MORE
WELCOME THAN PAY
10 Gift Brings So Much Joy
to Boys as Tobacco,
Soldier Writes.
EVENTS WILL AID FUND
Rig Entertainment Planned at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Tomorrow.

-r,rarettss over here arc more wei
roma than pay day."--Corporai e. J.
Davis, Co. II. 7th Infantry.
-c,garettes come second TO water on
Tho long hikes and In the line, and sure
keep the boys on edge."--Corporal Ed
T. Wiley (of z Sutton place, New York;.
"A smoker can do without something
10 eat for few days without worrying
but II he has to DO without q smoke he
can't think OF anything but that
Lieut.. George Il. Lowell
Here are three good reasons for the
existence of The SUN Tobacco Fund
and the constantly increasing support
which Il In receiving from generous
and patriotic public. Each Of them IL
expressed on a postcard sent from
France to contributor. But there is
A fourth reason. which Is better than
any OF the three. Paul p. Ensminger
OF the Third. Division Supply Train.
writes:
NO gift Is 10 welcome these days as
smokes. Every one of us Ii encouraged
20 know that the folks back homo are
30 thoughtful Of US"
That last sentence tells the whole
story.
one o: the recent cards sent back to
that suN fund booster par excellence
Sophie Tucker says
THE boys who smoked this tobacco
., yours got 1t when 1t was most well
come, the day we took - tname OF
town deleted by censor). They send
grateful thanks.--Captain Paul c.
Harper. Seventeenth Field Artillery"
Men Send Thanks.
n y. Jones, First Lieutenant Seventh
Infantry, In command Of the fourth
platoon, addresses his card TO Mrs l.
Lessberger:
Please accept the sincere thanks OF
every man In my platoon as we'll as my
self for your kind and generous sized
gift of cigarettes. Such thoughtfulnese
makes one feel the worth while Of be-
ing over here"
II received your very welcome box oil
smokes after O long march," writes Fri.
vste John C. Wyckoff Of Company G
Sixth U. s. Engineers. to Miss Agnes
Hennessey. land 1t was q most ap.
propriate gift"
NO gift is 30 welcome these days nj
smokes and every one Of us 10 encour'
aged to know that the folks back home
p. EnsmInger Of the Third Division
Supply Train.
The next card is addressed to TIL
svN by Capt L. L. o. Ostrander. Thir
y-eighth Infantry. You have shown
yourself to be a wonderful friend to tn,
soldier. l want to reoiprocate and ma,
be able to send you a battle helmet, al
We are now only 100 yards from thu
enemy"
New York soldier, Private Emanue
Brodle Of Headquarters Company, Thir
ia,h Inf Mt 70
perTnsn: This is to acknowledge re
ceipt OF your tobacco gift through th'
splendid efforts of THE Sum Tobacco
Fund My French and American bud
dies join me in thanking You for YOU
voluntary contributions to this fund
thus making II possible for us to re
ceive smokes from the good old U. S. A
a Manhattanite
Who oft takes a light
And knows alPs right
When he Grams the Bull "a his pipe !!
Leslie Martindale Of Com any @. Sew
enth Infantry, says his company IL ia
up north where there isn't any tobacco
The Huns are lying low here. but "
expect them to open UP and are prepare
20 greet them. believe mel"
Another card to Miss Upperman
from Harold w. Hubert Of Company {
Sixth Engineers, who says that ell tn
boys fight for the tobacco that come
from Miss" He adds, Fritz il nov
dropping a few bombs just over the hi
but not doing much damage, much
HIS disgust, I suppose"
Eve thing you do to help us owe
here rites Private Fred Micklish Q
the Seventh Infantry, Company
makes us realize that you are with u
and we are all one for the Same grea
cause"
Eddie Cantor, blackface comedian
singer and dancer, not only will SIM
dance and do some OF his comic stunt
but will offciate as announcer and auc
tioneer at the big party for THE Su
Tobacco Fund In the Omar KhayyaI
room OF the Hotel Martinique Saturda
night Gus Edwards has invited hir
10 attend as his own special guest an
Edwards will honor his special guest
permitting him to contribute to IN
success OF the evening.
Lieutenant VIII Help.
Walter Chandler, Jr.. managing direc
tor OF the hotel. is coming In froi
Camp Whitman for this occasion an
will lend an additional touch OF colo
70 the scene by wearing his Lieuter
ants uniform. He made a special tri
20 the city yesterday, indeed. in ordt
10 watch Edwards put the girls of h
'Attaboy" revue through the PAGES Il
the big show.
With Mercedes Lorenzo. Bobby O'Neil
Irene Martin. Dorothy Campbell. Kat
DIEn