The sun., 1918-12-01
WAR SANTA CALLING
FOR MORE TOBACCO
Speed Drive to Give Holiday
Smokes to Soldiers, Is Mes
sage to Fund.
NEED IS GREATEST NOW
Quartet Brings In 1901 by
Singing Patriotic Song
Here.

Occupying Metz and tho principal
phIne cities the divisions of the Am
srican Expeditionary Forces hold the
key to Prussia and they will continue
IN hold 1t until the contending elements
Of the broken empire settle into law
and order and a menace to the peace
Of the world is removed. 1t was
privilege due to the fighting men of
America that they should be placed in
the very centre of the storm.
How long they will remain depends
nat on themselves. Other causes will
wolong or end their stay. 1t was
Victor Hugo who said that a nation
mlrht oppose an invading army but
. q could not oppose invading ideas.
Let us hope that the ideas planted by
the victims of European despotism in
the soil of this new continent will
nsnetrate and destroy the fungus of
kultur. Innocent and perhaps I'M
conscious transmitters of these glow
Ing thoughts our men will be and the
work Of transmission will be done.
What is worrying the fathers and
mothers here is the length of time
his guard duty is likely to last. The
Toys while naturally impatient to start
uck home are not so impatient as
their relatives are to have them.
M over this broad land they are
wishing the soldiers health and happi-
ness and with the approach of the
holiday season these wishes are grow
g,,N 4v hot
M our duty toward them? No, the
fahtng men deserve not health alone
hit also all the comforts and cheer
Il is possible to send them. This is the
root thought below the desire of THE
S,N Tobacco Fund to raise a Christ
mas fund in order to send packages Of
cigarettes and tobacco by the hun
dreds Of thousands over TO the Ameri-
can soldiers so that every man of them
shall have a supply of his favorite
American smokes during the Yuletide
week.
Continue the Good Work
The soldiers are already sending
back post cards written since the
terms Of truce were signed, postcards
thanking fund donors for innumerable
gifts Of tobacco received while they
were still hghting and asking, as no
one has better right to ask, that the
good work should go on. They have
made it clear long since that of all
gifts they need and appreciate smokes
most. They reply to the question
often written TO them: What do you
most want for the holidays" with this
..yanable form Of words. send what
ever you like, oil gifts from home are
appreciated, but when you are sending
don't forget our tobacco
Now that the fighting is done many
O. the letters received come from hos
r.ialS and more, far more men are GO
!nc 20 spend their holidays getting
,.r ruel wounds than many persons
think. These soldiers are keen TO
gmoke AT the first opportunity per-
m..l5i by the doctors. Their holidays
should cer-Ninly have this solace. In
some Of toe cards printed further
along this wish of the wounded finds
expression.
And what about the men who are
holding that Prussian key? At the
holiday season they are impatient TO
get home and they have lot of leisure
r. which to chew on this impotence.
They th!nk a great deal then of the
home fires. \ smoke has power 10
cain the nerves excited by thoughts
n this nature just as it had when
shells and shrapnel We're bursting on
81 sides.
There are still some days left when
b. working hard and long the fund
H2r add to its Christmas quota oi
smokes, 1t needs money to he able
to DO this work. THE Sun Fund
patrons do not need to be told that
Millions of packages of smokes cost
money And this money must be
i0r,LcominC shortly or the ambition OF
'Ia fund will o'erleap itself. The fund
calls upon the donors in no uncertain
rp,a. II needs the money to make
good "N its promise to our honored
,D'entsos on Christmas morning and
ask, the donors for it.
Read what Frank Killian wrote &c
fund donor on that fateful Novem-
her H. Just came from the front
a'or six weeks of hard work and the
hTst smoke l had was package OF
Cigarettes from THE SUN Tobacco
Fund ! call them the final lifesaver
1h" hest thing about them was that
me- had that good old u. S. taste
american Tobacco Needed.
: day later Henry r, Dushame
Headquarters Company 101 Supply
'7'.n. wrote: 81 acknowledge youi
cation " cigarettes and was more thar
p.fHsed with them our regiment wa!
reduced To smoking French tobacco
a. '1r supplies were run out long age
ava n' American tobacco was avail
Hh.' ! certainly did enjoy myself
smoking the good old American Gigs
Is noyS over here value these tobacco
l'''s AS We do our lives and even 4
.nt war IS done We hope youll keel
w. the good work"
sergeant G. II. watson, NJ. S. T
lmt no 3G6, writes, on Nov. IA
som" Of your tobacco came TO-DAY
AMI We are enjoying it to the creates
extent. We have time ahead now t
'auy taste a cigarette. Thank YOU
Very much"
A'd on the 18th Private John Sidg
n'T Of Company c, Hath Infantr!
say; Just to thank you for the do
ration Of tobacco which was given t
"h "hile in a hospital in France.
an out Of the hospital now and bacl
WIN 'ay company; expect to leave 70
Tue states soon because the war
over"
Corporal c. /. Cronson has this t.
N'y on November ~: Wish 4