The sun., 1918-09-06
WALDORF PARTY FOR
SMOKES TOMORROW
Many Artists will Entertain
Guests on Roof ut Elabo-
rate Benefit.
DONATIONS TO BE SOLD
Skipbuilders Baseball Teams
to Play One Of Two Games
Sunday.

Friends OF THE SUN Tobacco Fund
know how generously artists. volunteer
the'r services on all occasions for its
bene1t They do that willingly here In
tneir own country. but apparently they
do not stop when they are abroad. A
quartet composed Of Ben Baker, Harry
Soloman. William Reedy and Adolph
Binsus, who frequently have given their
talents for the fund at home, sang for
1t Somewhere on the vesle" last Tues
day night. A cabled notice Of the en-
tertainment appeared In THE EVENING
SUN yesterday,
The quartet. in singing for the SOL
diers. made their greatest impression in
a song called Chateau Thierry" The
words and music are by William A.
Wilander Of 61s Vanderbilt avenue.
brooklyn. The chorus runs as follows:
For the drive that we started mt Chateau
VIII finish In Berlin.
its long way to 60. but we'll get there.
But no matter how long it take. to get
1t may be September. October. November
There's no question who viii win;
FOR the drive that We started at Chateau
viii finish In Berlin!
Waldorf Party Tomorrow.
II isn't likely that any smoke fund
party has had the careful preparation
which Manager .Lucius NJ. Boomer and
his assistants. Mrs. Hubbeli and s. H.
MacFarlane. have given to THE Sun
Tobacco Fund party to be held to-mor-
row night on the roof OF the Waldorf
Astoria. The volunteer performers have
been welcomed naturally. but where
there were SO many n nice dtscrimina-
ton had to be made which required
tact. and this the projectors of the party
possess In full measure BY it's exer-
else they have prepared a programme
that has never been equalled for a
benefit.
In the bill are to be Miss Blanche
Dufheld, the noted soprano. who. besides
group Of songs will at the OPENING
OF the party proper-that is about 0
o'ciock--sing to the orchestra THE Star
Spangled Banner: Miss Blanche Ring
who is the quintessence of all that II
delightful in comic opera Miss Margaret
Weaver and Miss Georgina MaoMullen,
cofitralto and soprano concert singers re-
spectively George White with his clever
band of pretty dancing girls; Miss Stella
interpreter Of the colored belle has ever
been on the stags Miss Peggy Shaw. an
exquisite dancer; John Steel, a tenor
who is just back from entertaining the
men at the front; Philias Golst, famous
BARITONE. who will sing Bruno Huhn's
'Invictus" Solly Cohn. the sweetest
singer In vaudeville Miss Ella Kraus
who will sing her own compositions, and
Miss Kathryn Lee. accompanied by
Raoul Biais. the French composer, will
Sing a group OF his songs and close the
wonderful evening with THE Marseil-
laise." -. ,,svft4-.#
In addition to this feast of merriment
and song there are to be speeches on war
events by Mrs Hazel Warner, Capt.
Stanley G. Saulmier of the Fifth Machine
Gun Battalion, who Is just back from
the battle front. and Corporal Redfern
Allen, a decorated Australian soldier.
Lieut.. Rice, a most original enter
tatner, also is expected. And in this
more serious work must be classed
Godfrey c. Stein, who Is a keen fund
booster, and who will be the official an
nouncer of the evening.
Dona tions to be Sold.
To be sold for the benefit of the fund
are the following donations: The first
bale of this seasons cotton shipped to
burger & Co. of the Cotton Exchange; a
fine pedigreed dog, given by Irving p.
Favor: u Caruso record Of "Over There"
donated and autographed by Enrico
Caruso the first copies from the press of
Moffat. Yard & Co of the poems of
Charles Divine. a former SUN reporter
now with the fighting forces in France !;
n Prussian cuirassiers helmet taken at
the first battle of the Somme by Ser
geant Sandy Sanderson of the Princess
Pats. who lost his life at Ypres
sweater donated by Miss Venetia c. Tay-
Tor, flowers given by several florists. ciga-
rettes given by the w. X. jain Com
pany, &c.
Instead of only one big game of base
ball at the Polo Grounds Sunday after
noon there are to be two. Each part
of the double header will be a game in
n championship series. and there Is GER
tain to be a great crowd of fans who will
make contributions to the tobacco fund.
AS result of the patriotic cooperation
OF George Halpin, president of the Man
haitian Catholic League and the heads OF