The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-23
and New Years smokes to two millions

'Nst peBin early, or those exceptional
festivals. Christmas and New Years, will
ne passed rather sadly wherever our
toned.
1t was only the other day that de-
isyed card came to the fund from q
soldier cit was printed then), who
wrote: my Christmas and New Years
would have been doleful days but for
the Joy of being In one of THE SUNS
distributions OF tobacco to us boys"
That card had thousands Of prede-
cessors which came nearer to the holl-
cay time. All of them thrilled the heart
OF the fund and must have warmed the
hearts OF those who gave the contribu-
tons which bought these gifts for the
brave American fighters:
Meanwhile everybody must get busy.
There isn't day to spare. The money,
thousands Of dollars Of II, must come In
and must start coming In right away.
It's only seventy days to New Years
Day, and Christmas comes week
earlier. THE SUN Tobacco Fund has no
such leeway: 1t must have the money
10 buy the smokes long before the holi-
day season; donors ought to realize this
and begin to send In their Christmas
donations at once at the rate of thou
sand dollars a day.
Letters From Soldiers.
A few extracts from letters received
yesterday from soldiers may help to
bring in the money. Read this one from
A bert Naismith Of Sixth Platoon, y
Company. Forty-sixth Battalion:
My Dear Friend: Please accept my
most heartfelt thanks for your success
fully trying to make life in the trenches
as homelike as possible with your gem
erous supply OF smokes. With people
like you at home thinking and looking
out for US II Is absurd for Fritz to
think even for moment that he can
win, and by the way he Is going now
Wen be able to light up in Berlin be-
fore spring. We shared some with the
Aus tralian boys, good fellows, to whom
wed trust our lives. and they say. BY
lingo, these Yankee flags are tres bon !;
who told them the sort we likedT"
Private ]. e. Barone had been In
Paris seven days when he rejoined his
Company C. 502d Engineers, In time to
get his share of SUN tobacco. He says
to fund donor, paris Is a lovely place.
but ! think that good old New York got
them all. I thank you for your gift OF
smokes. and am going TO send you q
nice souvenir from the battlefield"
Private Frank Shellard (2S0D OF the
Fourth Australian Division writes an ex-
PLANTATION to donor c. @. Hamlin of how
he and his comrades are ''revelling in
American smokes"
Another Australian. Lieut.. e. L. Po!ak
u663o) writes to Mrs. Louise Morg' n
on a subject apropos of the funds
Christmas drive. He says: IT came IN
contact with some OF your valiant coun-
tiymen on the Somme last Christmas.
They were some of the quick thinkers
ard finer fellows / have never met. A
German prisoner tried to put II over an
| Australian that Germany must win be-
cause the poor nut said 1t had 'Gott NIT
uns.' That's all right I've Anzac re-
piled. but We have the Americans with
US ="
First Sergeant II. E. Boselly of Supply
Compeny sos writes to TIE SUN saving
! "A smoke is great comfort and the
| generosity of the donors of your fund Is
greatly appreciated by all the boys"
Alderman Thomas N. Farley and
George Reilly led the parade In the
Si~tv-first street block party, whose do
days contributions. The Central Rag
time boys conducted the festival. The
service flag contains 224 stars. Miss
Mary Zelen, Catherine Sullivan. Mary
Logan and Belle Hammill were active in
| the preparat ons. Max Greenbaum OF
the Greensboro market donated two
turkeys two hams and two chickens to
be sod for the fund. They were bought
| by Mr. Flynn.
| At the big block party to be held in
Linden street. Brooklyn, Saturday night
| Borough President Edward Rieselnann
will unfurl the service flag and make an
address
Among the latest volunteers for the
programme Of the Chinese fete in China
T, town on Saturday night are these Lieut.
| harold Stern OF the Eighth Cost Ar
! tillery Corps, who will bring his or
| chestra. justly celebrated. and play
several special numbers. Lee Jack, pro-
prietor OF Chinese Delm nico. "a Pei
street, will entertain at dinner severa
OF the volunteering artists
| A block party will be held on Pear
| street between New Chambers and P7rl
| Row Saturday night. for which almos
500 tickets have been sold all surplus
| comes to the smoke fund. And on Sun
day night dance win be given by tbs
Young Folks Senior League of fremont
| Temple. at Grand Concourse and Burn
| side avenue.
Mrs. John E. Alexsndre accompanies 6
new contribution with these words: Jus
received such splendid letters from the
boys at the front through THE New
| YORK SUN that ! want to send this small
| do,a ton"
| THE !. C. Smoke Fund of Sc FRANKLIN
street which deserves now to be mum
b-rsd with the IRE vlars" sent in to-da!
a pift to the furd of 81.
| Smokes for the soldiers are largel,
helned along by depositing in TUE SuN
Tobacco Fund boxes in the Schultz ant
United Cigar stores the counons r'""tr"d
w'tn the purchases made there. This !!
rule with many; It ought 10 be ruiz
| for all smokers.
How the Fund stands To -day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING SIN Aooc.o
| United Cigar Stores boyes Including
| srecsi 10 Of gross 81 es day.. 6474I "
Otherwise acknowledged. minimum. 2iefSI' o.
New contributions. ieo'e
| To,aI ...,................. SS47. as. 0
| Shipred and paid for. .sS'IDsIt:
| Cash ba'en6e .......''',. ~ W %
| Rec e'ved through the Schultz cigar
stores .........,.''''''' '''''''''''''' Sf'o'%'V
| New contributions are;
! B'oclx marty, 6ist St. between LIST
| and ~ avs. October 49,. ..,,....,. 800
| Bayonne No. 7........:..',.....:;'.,s' LW
MrS ,ohn e. Alexandra. $40 5sth st.,
| gnripO IaWu IRnOX ..,....... 10,U