The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-22
Tobacco Alone Can
Give Warning
Of This New Gas
Smokes Lose Taste When Dan.
gerous Gas Is Present which
Cannot Be SmeIIed Of Seen BY
Allies In European Trench
Warfare

Because tobacco becomes tasteles,
when a certain new and dangerous pa,
employed by the Germans on the West
front, is spread toward the Allies
trenches, the mothers Of boys who have
been sent to France, or who are TO &C
are enthusiastic advocates of the
Tobacco Fund for the soldiers over,
seas, and as a result the nine plas,
money boxes placed around Honolulu
are filling up satisfactorily, for many
women dropped contributions in them
yesterday on this account.
The wife Of an army officer at Soho,
field Barracks wrote yesterday to Julius
Unger, one of the Rotary Club Tobac.
co Fund members, In advocacy Of the
fund plan, and said, among other
things:
alt might he of interest to YOU and
come in handy in your campaign. 10
learn from me what is a pretty good
advertisement for tobacco, that our
army has discovered that the enemy
has introduced gas that cannot be
seen or smelled, the only means of
detecting it being that tobacco becomes
tasteless, that being the only warning.
81 imagine the part our boys dread
most is having to drop their smokes in
a hurry for their gas masks. But II
must he a consoling thought, all shut
up in that gas mask, to realize they
can get another after the clouds roll
by.
81 appreciate your very compliment
AIRY suggestion that you consider that
l would be a good assistant to Our
Boys in France Tobacco Fund for
this district.
Heart In Cause
81 cant say that I would be 'es-
Peeially good, but at any rate 1
shall be only too glad to do more than
my little Bit in that line here. as /
already have done elsewhere through cor.
respondence, towards soliciting for
contributions. My heart and my ap-
prOval goes out to this cause.
"Since we re in this war necessarily
for humanity's sake-let's be consist
emily so in every way, be humane
and, therefore, whatever the call may
be from the multitude of our men,
who are undergoing hell to save heav-
en-, let IS do our best to see that they get
it, They know whole lot better
what s best for them over there than
we happen to think what's best for
them over here.
"Surely, of all things, let s see that
we do our share in helping them to
smoke up and also have the good feel
ing in our hearts that every breath
of smoke that soOthes their wrack ed
nerves and trying hours, will carry
to heaven "a blessing for the kind
hearts at home who understood and
thought of them.
Put Aside Prejudice + ,..o
81 can't resist inserting here, that
anybody Cor organization Of bodies)
that persists in allowing personal pre-
judice to come before such a unanim GUS
cry for comfort as Smokes for our
army over there, is exhibiting misguid
ance to a degree of nothing short of
inhumanity and mPrcilessness, besides
doing no good for themselves, but do
ing us lot, for l feel sure more tobac-
co has been sent since some organiza
tions antagonized the world on the
subject, than probably would have been
Otherwise-so their ideas as well as
policy, have done them only harm in
the opinion of the great majority of
people, who are reasonable and sym
pathetic.
"What has not hurt the efficiency of
the balance of European nations, is not
liable to hurt ours, and there is little
argument if any, against the fact, that
none of those nations have proved in
efficient.
81 can't promise anything, except
that will help thoroughly advertise
and solicit, besides myself contributing
further towards this enormously APP
preciRted alienation Of suffering among
Our Men Over There -
The boxes for contributions are to
be found at the stores Of WGchman &
Co., Henry May Il Co., Fitzpatrick
Cigar Co., Chambers Drug Co., Homo
lulu Tobacco Co., Benson, Smith & Co,
Gunst Co., and at the Young Hotel,
Union Grill and First National Bank.
Yesterday Hackfeld & Co., through
J. F. c. Hagens, asked for q dozen tin
contribution boxes which will be sent
to their various island stores with the
request that special campaign be en-
tered into to fill them up to the brim
Slides have been made carrying the
Tobacco Fund idea and are being ex-
hibited nightly at the motion picture
theaters.