The sun., 1918-12-31

dance a second floor now in the hands
OF Winter & Rue, decorators, will be
opened.
AZ everybody knows there IL q real
necessity for smokes for the vast army
OF American soldiers who will remain
In Europe until we don't know when
they want tobacco badly and the Bal
rabarin AFFAIR falls in the class Of en-
tertainments which help in n wholesale
way to obtain II.
A contributor whose sift Is listed to-
day put the need about right when she
wrote a letter accompanying II saying
We ought to help the boys over there
who are marking time with plenty OF
homo letters and especially with plenty
Of smokes. The people who are willing
TO cit still and do nothing more for our
soldiers In France and Germany are
making fatal mistake" The name OF
this correspondent and donor 10 Miss
Grace A. Miller of Birmingham, VI.
MisEivines Are Removed.
That the soldiers are not prepared to
accept such mistakes from their friends
back In the States is amply proved by
their cards written IN the second week
OF December Artiilerym, n @. Rose
z. W. h.. Company 81. sent his card OF
thanks on December IL TO tho Pruden.
tisl Insurance Company. thanks for
your kind donation of cigar cites lust
received. The act OF getting IL a month
after the war IL over removen a mis-
giving that we couldn't help feeling now
ana then we might not get any more
such donations"
First sergt william r. Mann OF Bat
terry c, s12th Artillery, writes that this
organization was, on December IA. al
Melville, Haute Marne, France. and there
received quantity Of smokes from the
Republican club and were delighted &c
get them.
I'VE are a Machine Gun Company
from the ssth Division composed mostl,
OF Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri men
We are now at Menancourt. France. and
nave received complimentary package,
OF cigarettes through THE SUN Tobacco
FUND presented by Mrs. Josephine ID
Bacon. We are DESTROYS OF thanking
her and THE SUN and 10 state thaf
gifts like this make us happy to think
that the home folks keep US In MIND
and are doing great deal for us" Ar,
oh'' V. Wood, First Sergt, s5oth Infan.
try.
From Gondrecourt comes this card
dated December 2, from George A
Churchill OF Headquarters Supply Bat
talon 3la to THE SUN Tobacco Fund
Il will steal this time from my bed IL
the barn to thank you for the cigarette,
l received to-day. / also wish TO STATE
that this gift Is the first ono I have re-
oeived worth thank you. I am ar
Iowa fighter in the Eighty-eighth Diyi
sion (three lines censored). will nov
do the big deed of going to bed in tn,
cold. Good night and good luck"
"With Highest Appreciation"
Capt. Andrew c. Tychsen OF Compan,
{, 3S9th Machine Gun Battalion. write.
to fund donor: "Your donation of Gig
arettes issued to this company on De
cember was distributed among tn.
members OF this command with the high
est OF appreciation" The company wal
at Biencourt, France. on December 10.
stephen White OF the Twenty-fifti
Aero Squadron sends a card TO the New
York Association for the blind, saying
Dear Friends: wish to express manS
thanks for your kindness and thought
fulness for the lovely selection OF Gig
nrettes, Each smoke take Away.
think OF the giver. Thanking you sIc
wishing all in the association a Merts
Christmas and a Happy New Year"
Ten doughboys In Base Hospital lO7
Ward s, write cards of thanks to thes,
donors: Frank b. Hall. J. r. Kopilk A
Co., Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Murray, Chubl
& Son and the Morning and Evening
Sun Circulation Department Othel
| cards have been received from the sam,
hospital that were written the secont
week of December by r F. Johnston anS
Corporal II. Runyon.
Private l. C. Rowley OF Company K
3l2th Infantry. writes to donor Louise T
Cruise: 81 wish to thank you for the to
bacco received through THE SUN to-day
You can hardly appreciate the good thes,
tobacco gifts do the soldiers. and no on,
could until he got across and was una b.,
to get good old u. s. A. tobacco in any
other way"
A "Victory Dance" ia now the Missel
z. Leissner and r Bayer call their Sun
day afternoon party to be held at tn,
Leslie Rooms. Eighty-third street anC
Broadway, the entire proceeds fron
which are to come to THE Sun Tobacco
Fund. The dancing is to start at 2:3l
p. N. and tickets for II are but 25 cent
each. The young managers have sol
| between 400 and 500 tickets. and IN,
success OF the benefit is assured.
Two little girls. Erma McBrien ant
Coventry Miller of Newark. y. j., held ;
fair recently OF articles made by them
| selves and realized $3.50, which they do
nate to the smoke fund.
How the Fund Stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING sun. SoOoc
United Cigar Stores boxes, includ'
sales day .,,.,,'............... Io,t7S5
Otherwise Acknowledged .......... 3oe,029 .
New contributions ..,................. la.4
Total .sSs3 sic 3
Shipped and paid for. D.. SGT. ss2N
Cash balance ............ o,losb
Received through the schultz cigar
stores So'tSih
Grand total ..,..H9.glS.s
New contributions are:
Grace 4. Miller and Mr.. Arthur
Z. Elliott Burlington, V,...,.. Sc
Erms McBrien and Coventry Miller,
Newark. N. Observation-Disclosures. lie
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