The sun., 1918-07-06
DOG ENLISTS FOR
SERVICE OF FUND
"Jack." ) Years Old. Will So
licit Money for Tobacco
Next Monday.
AT THE POLO GROUNDS
Boys in Trenches Continue to
Tell of Enjoyment From
"Sun" Smokes.
AT THE POLO GROUNDS

Jack is only years old. too young by
sixteen years to be called into the Ma
tional Army, but he's going to serve
Uncle Sam Just the same. Jack pre-
scented himself for examination ycster-
Day and was accepted
xAck Isn't a man. but an English bull
dog and he won't do any actual fight
ing; though there isn't question in
the mind of anybody who has seen
him that he could make things warm
for the Boches II he ever got close to
one OF their trenches
It's In THE SuN Tobacco Fund army
that Jack has enlisted and he has been
ordered TO report for duty on the Polo
Ground sector next Monday when the
Yankee forces under Gen. Higgins clash
Va The White Sox. Jack is interested
in the tobacco fund. not only because
ne IL a patriot but because he Is very
fond OF his pipe. The pipe is never
filled or lighted, but it's nearly always
in his mouth nevertheless.
This four footed soldier in enlisting
named Mgr. J. J. Dunn his best
friend and gave his residence address
az Cathedral College. What he pur-
poses doing is to attend every ball game
next week, pushing about huge rub
Der baseball with a slot in 1t and re-
csiving contributions for THE SuN To-
bacco Fund.
Emphasis is given the fact that Jack
Is q volunteer because the fund. as all
its friends know, employs no agents or
solicitors The idea of utilizing his ser
Vices in the collection Of donations orig
mated with Mgr. Dunn and Mrs. Laura
Cogswell of 1lS East Seventeenth street
and it was by them that the fund was
arprised OF the canine patriots inten-
tion TO do his bit.
Boy scout VIII Help Him.
Jack will 10 attended by Ray Brown,
Boy Scout; Harry Baldwin. a Junior
Naval Reservist, and Baby Curcio, who
is only . years old. These women vol
unteers form a committee which will see
that the soldier does not lack for proper
attention Mrs. Cogswell. Nine. Marie
Cross Newhouse. Mrs. Viola Burkhart,
Mrs Carrie Curcio. Mrs. George Gun
tber and Miss Florence Gunther.'
There are many among US who aren't
90 very much more intelligent than Jack.
Jack goes to ma rket for his master and
also looks after his bank deposits He's
a pious individual. too. as BELTS a resi-
dent Of Cathedral College. Regularly
when the angslus sounds he jumps upon
a chair and silently attends TO his devo-
tons. THE Sun Tobacco Fund is proud
OF it's newest recruit
Many thanks. THE Sun surely has
cast radiance OF warm sunshine In
this little French village"
These lines addressed to a fund con-
tributor are by way Of introducing a
message OF hanks from s. NJ. Kay. who
10 with a machine gun battalion Some
where in France.
your tobacco" he proceeds, has long
since gone up in smoke but your kind
ness will only be forgotten when we lie
cold for democracy on the battle fields
Of France"
There il n gloomy touch in that last
sentence that seems hardly justihed, for
certainly most Of our brave young fight
ers will come back to their homes when
their big Job is accomplished. hut 1t
shows the spirit of the men. 1t proves
that they are prepared to make a,y
sacrifice that may be necessary. even 10
the supreme sacrifice.
Moree er, Il emphasizes the debt
which the stay at homes owe to our
soldiers There Is new casualty list
every day and It is quite possible that
tho very last treat some OF the fellows
will receive will be the tobacco that
goes to them in one OF the fund distribu-
tons We want the boys to come back
we expect them to come back, but, fac
ing the fact that some OF them won t..
let us make their last days as happy as
possible.
cigarettes Tickle Infantrymen.
Charles n Carpenter. an infantry
man writes 10 another contributor: Il
received some cigarettes and was tickied
to death to get them. 1t was the only
time the whole army smiled since we
came across. In fact, II is the only to-
bacco we have received from u S. A. II
was a great treat to us TO get something
from America and | thank you very
much"
Walter F. Tyrrell, n young New York
city man who went to war with the old
Seventy-first Regiment, writes interest
ingly about the tobacco famine in
France. Tyrren is attached to the Head
quarters Company of the lO5th Infantry
and got the bulk OF his training AT
sDartanburg with a New York division,
though he had had previous service on
the Mexican border. He Is well and
fayorably known TO the Philatelic
Pinochle Players, n little coterie OF
stamp collectors who contribute regu-
lprly to THE Sun fund. In his letter
Tyrrell says:
THE children are always asking for
cigarettes. They send most OF them TO
the soldiers at the front as the French
have a hard time getting any at all.
The wounded French soldiers get very
few cigarettes when they are in the
hospital. and then only when some
one comes 10 visit them and passes
them around
"All the tobacco in France is sent
10 the front You cant buy any in
any city or village I have been in so
far. II the folks home knew how
much the men enjoy the American
brands they would send much more.
Block Parties Are Popular.
Interest in the many block parties
given for the fund this week Is being
maintained to the very last day. This
evening in Manhasset place between
Rapelyea and Coles street. Brooklyn
the Rainbow Pleasure Club Of SO Coles
street ia giving such an affair There
will he dancing TO the accompaniment
Of band music, and ice cream. soda
water and other refreshments will be
sold Tire officers OF the club are
President. John Keenan,; vice-presi-
dent, Thomas O'Brien secretary
Charles Whalen, and treasurer, PHILIP
Nocera.
The returns so far in from the
party which Alderman Thomas NJ Far,
ieys Ingenious MIND devised Zoe the
Fourth indicate that the sum will rur
pretty close 10 $500 Some OF the sub
scribers in volunteering to send gifts
Of money to help the fund explained
that they would not be able to remit
before Monday on account of being out