The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-23
XMAS SMOKES SOON
START FOR FRANCE
More Speed in Contributions
Urged as Time for Ship
ments Draws Near.
SOLDIERS EXPECT GIFTS
Many Entertainments Planned
for Next Week to Help Funds
Holiday Tobacco Task.

brother look At the turkey on the
Thanksgiving table next Thursday their
thoughts are sure to be with the soldier
member Of the family in France And
when Christmas comes ana finds him
still absent how every member Of the
family will regret not having sent him
what he wanted to have on that day.
There IL still time TO provide those
reeds. but Il Is near the limit when ship
ments may be made for distribution be-
fore the holidays. The fund. therefore.
urges that donations for holiday smokes
for our soldiers be sent in without delay.
Some day The suN Tobacco Fund will
publish the number OF post cards that
have passed through its hands from SOL
diers to donors. II will b q revelation.
Every message expresses gratitude both
to the giver Of the tobacco and to the
fund which made the gifts mean some
thing
Now. as the cards from soldiers are
bearing dates near November IL word
or two creeps in showing that the boys
are expecting Christmas distributions Of
smokes. The men know the tobacco is
coming and they are prepared to wei
come It,
Field Artilleryman Tom McLeon puts
this general feeling into words. I'VE
may not smoke many times more on you,
but we sure do expect to light UP on
Christmas and New Years You needn't
tell us We won't"
ION this side OF the Atlantic" writes
Private John Adams. cigarettes don't
appear to grow. so when some arrived
By way of THE SUE Tobacco Fund they
were welcome. as all rare and longed
for things are. Best luck and health to
you (the donor) and the fund"
Frenchman Sends Thanks.
Frenchman sending a message of
thanks TO Mrs. ". A. Clark, Jr. writes:
mp word should express my feelings
for the admiration and the deepest
gratitude and would explaine to the
charming marianne who sends me these
precious and agreeable cigarettes. chiefly
when in the desert and among the ruins
Of my dear France and also when not
having smoked q single cigarette for the
last fortnight. I)should say a few words
more In French: Merci, tres chere do
natrice!"
10 n donor: For and on behalf OF my
section mates and self write TO thank
you for the cigarettes. Cigarettes are
like angels visits out here. and yours
carne as gift from the gods
Horace c. Quincy Is an Australian
soldier. driver In the Thirty eighth Bat
terry. When he received some cigarettes
because he was fighting in an American
division he wrote to thank the donor
and warmly cor pliment the ''Yanks' as
being the best kind OF pals. His card.
late one, prophesied the end of the
war In the first week of November.
Corporal A. N. Smith writes a letter
TO his donor because the card enclosed
with the tobacco was too much damaged.
II am thanking you for myself and my
comrades in Company C. Thirteenth Bat
TALON. We tossed up to sec who should
write. and It fell TO me. I hope this note
reaches you safely as the boys would be
80 glad. Don't be surprised to receIvs a
call from some of US when we get back
10 New York. IL may not be SO long.
you know. for we have the Hun running
to his Mole pretty fast You may hear
they have surrendered by the time this
reaches YOU"
Dement'S TO Help Fund.
Thanksgiving week will be an inter-
esting one for the smoke fund, several
important events having been arranged
for its benefit. The dance at Stauch's.
Coney Island is ono of them. 1t has
been a custom for thirty years for the
employees of Stauch's to have n benefit
al this season OF the year. and nearly
always II has been I'm the form OF a
dance. More than three-quarters of the
employees Joined the colors and many
Of them are still abroad. The manage
nent. therefore. decided to give the party
this year. and for the benefit of THE Sun
Tobacco Fund. as well as for Its en-
poyees Miss Peggy Shanor OF the Fa-
NOUS Players will be one OF the enter
tauers.
The two last days Of the month have
been chosen by the directors Of the Stage
Children's Fund for the annual bazaar
In the Hotel McAlpin. THE Sun Tobacco
Fund vii, benefit by 10 per cent Of the
net proceeds.
The Stage Chlldren's Fund Is an incor-
porstion Of which Mrs. Mile Thorne Is
president, and Lee Shubert. honorary
pre5ldent. Mrs John H. Van Tine Is
chairman and number of leading
actresses are on the board OF directors.
In tho first week in December will be
held the tournament OF the Arista So
clety In Brooklyn and several dances OF
inheritance, all Of which will help the
fund.
Mr. Every Weeks seventy con-
triJutlon appears to-day. The Norris
town Club sends It's third contribution
500 With contribution from J. II.
Netteton OF New Milford, Conn. comes
this message Il wish this bill was for
2 thousand. It's n wonderful work you
have done and are doing for the SOL
dcrS"
Coupons and certificates from the
Schultz and United cigar stores become
Christmas cards for the soldiers as soon
az they are deposited in THE Sun fund
boxes
How the, Fund stands To-day.
TIE Sun and THE EVENING SUN 100000
TINTED tlgRr Stores boxes. including
special per cent OF gross sales day G.R9,H
O'hetwlsA acknowledged. minimum. 29S,eS.s2
New contributions. .................... f62.00
Total .SGTi, a5s. 20
SS6.gped and paid for, ..'s,c Ile,::
re- c'vci through the Schultz Cigar
Stores Observation-Disclosures. siis.Ss
Grand totsl.....,................. .,iO7 SeSSs
Now contributions are:
II Nettleton. New Milford. Conn. 900
~ Every Week. No. f5......,.,...... 100
~ I,"hh .''.'',...... ,,,........,,...l. WV
TIE hoFnstown club third contrI-
,,nNNonj. Morristown, N. J......... 10000