The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-11
OUT OF TOWN DRIVE |
TO AID SMOKE FUND.
Patriotic Performers Busy Pre-
pairing Merry Round Of
Entertainments.
RYE TO SEE WAR PLAT
Brooklyn Block Party Fad Con-
times us Boys Write
Thanks for Tobacco.

The out of town people, including
those who have gone for the summer ana
the residents Of suburban towns are
getting ready with plans OF all kinds to
aid the smoke fund. Naturally tho pro-
prietors OF tho principal roadhouses. tax
ing a leaf from the book OF their fellows
who have already given entertainments
for the fund. are now clamorins for a
date on which party given BY them for
this cause would be acceptable. But II is
the performers who are rusticatins that
at the moment show a lively desire 10
help increase the FUND that supplies the
soldiers in France with smokes.
In Rye a war play Is to be given by
a group OF amateur actors Tomorrow
night; yesterday they announced that
rehearsals had progressed so far as to
make the success OF the evening seem
almost undoubted. The residents OF Rye
have been. as individuals, excellent sup
porters OF the fund. and as body they
seem to be anxious to make this flrst
public performance given for It there
successful
At Somerville. n. j.. a concert Ia being
arranged for the fund to occur either
the asa or the 2sth OF the month. The
talent will b Of the highest class ana
will include several singers we'll known
to the metropolis. c. A. Major of Somer-
Vile will act as manager. and he will
be assisted by Mrs. Florence Turner
Malcy a musician and organizer, with
IN t.
q thriving place. with a pronounced PEN
chant for literature and music {: II has
several collegiate institutions of Its own
ana each one turns out considerable
quota to any rlne concert or lecture. This
concert for the fund will be given In the
armory there.
The block Of Hill street between Myr-
tie and Park avenues. Brooklyn. took on
yesterday quite festsl appearance IN
preparation for the party which Is being
arranged for Saturday night. all the re-
ceipts from which are 70 come to the
fund. Flags are being hung out In pro-
fusion. and on the night it>r'f the block
viii blaze with lanterns. The young men
managing this block party are Harry
and Wilbur Manning and Charles Rog-
ers. They have provided an excellent
band for dances and to discourse pa
triotlc music In the intervals OF the
dance. The main source relied on for
revenue will be admissions to the block
and some OF the prettiest young women
OF the neighborhood have volunteered to
act as ticket takers.
Big Lawn Fete Held.
Nature smiled on the lawn fete, with
cards on the side. held yesterday after
noon by Mrs Horatio S. Simon ut her
home. 2s4 Broadway. Far Rockaway.
Lotto. whist and bridge were the card
games offered there were numerous and
beautiful prizes and refreshments. and
the price for ticket to all OF this was
but 81. Mrs. Simon has a son In the SER
vice and has heard from him OF the COM
fort THE SuN Tobacco Fund has spread
among our men in France. 1t was for
this reason that she organized the fete
which will provide a handsome sum OF
money to be expended in additional
smokes for the soldiers.
A check for $500 has been received
from the Connolly Auction Company of
ZOE and 2o4 Franklin street. II repre-.
sents another instalment OF money re-
ceived from an auction sale OF California
fruit held recently for THE SUN To-
bacco Fund. Previous to this acknowl.
sdgment one for the receipt of $1,000
was made from the some source. The
second sale was held on June rs, and the
following firms and individuals in the
fruit trade were donors in 1t: Crutch-
held & Voolfolk. ]. Boss, Fiorita &
Amorosa, B C.alandra. Hyman g. Lieber-
man. VI. Rickersburg. Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company, Tony No. s, Inter-
state Fruit Company.
And while pleasant plans are beinx
developed and carried out in order to
NhA
tobacco to send abroad more and more
cards are coming back from the soldiers
In the trenches telling OF their joy at
receiving them. These two things can
never be divorced; they are the alpha
and omega of movement which lives
tremendously along all It's links Lis
ten to few Of the grateful things writ
ten over by the brave Americans in
France:
Cigarettes Bring JOY.
THE cigarettes OF America make
simply set the boys hearts in n whIrl"
This Is the excellent comment made BY
Private Earl l.. Stills OF COMPANY ID
S21st Motor Truck Battalion
Thanks for tobacco, the life saver
and greetings and best wishes from ali
the boys over here" writes Private ]. A.
Starkey OF Battalion 2, Fifty-flrst Ar
tillery, who heads his postal as from
"Camoufage. France" and says en-
phatically. Tell all the young fellows
In America this is the only life worth
living at the present time"
Il hope I may soon see the day when
can smoke one OF your cigarettes in
Berlin. and l will. too. In the near fu
ture." SO writes Private Emmett II.
Abram OF Battalion +. Fifty-frst Artil-
lery, to Sun donor, the noted lecturer
on the war, Capt A. r. Duemore OF the
Kings Own Chelsea Light Infantry.
To Sophie Tucker. who has done and
is constantly doing so much to swell the
fund for smokes. her namesake. Cor
poral Sherman A. Tucker, says: IAN OF
US boys thank you from the bottom OF
our hearts. and we assure YOU we are
doing our bit for the good old U. s. A."
Arthur GUY Empey gets a card from
Corporal William Watson of the First
NJ. C. Corps. First Infantry Training
Regiment. who starts it. Friend Ar
thur: Just received your present OF a
carton Of tobacco last night. 1t sure
comes In handy late in the month like
this when a man Ia about bankrupt. We
can't. get American tobacco anywhere
except little now and then at the US.
Many thanks"
Count That Counts.
Count Giuseppe Is SUN donor who
has frequently figured in the soldiers
mail. In recent card to him H. q.
Scott. Jr., for the War Risk Section
writes: DO you count? Well. every
one OF us who owes so much comfort TO
your donation through THE SUN To-
bacco Fund figures that YOU are Count
that counts greatly. 1t is, practically