The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-07

auos This sisnifcant statement:
" IL had not been for the patriotism
Oh The Sun Of New York and all the
sooo people who make the fund II runs
80 great l can tell you we boys would
lave suffered real hardship. I've written
n Ue times enough to ask my people for
oous sake to send me some smokes, but
none mas come from them they couldn't
70, tobacco over on account OF the p. o.
but The Sun does and l hope for our
sakes II Will always keep on shining"
sergeant Louis b. Davis Of Company
~. Slfth Engineers. wrote on September
10 10 Miss Mary Ferris, a we'll disposed
Sun contributor, 'Just TO acknowledge
,ne receipt OF your kind gift through
The sun Tobacco Fund. II certainly
Was ever 80 welcome. No tobacco from
'he good old U. =. A. IL hard to get
inquiries etill come in to the fund
about what kind or what form OF to-
oaoco to send for our hghtcrs---cigars,
cigarettes or chewing tobacco. Tie an.
swer Is as stale as II In true: Don't
send any tobacco; send money. THE
SUN Tobacco Fund buys it's tobacco at
factories and 1t IL shipped from there.
This fact has been repeated 90 often
II would seem every one should know Il
by this time.
The same advice with little varia-
ton might again be given to the kind
people who sond us the coupons they
nave collected from their tobacco pur-
ohases. The thought 10 a kind one, but
the deed could be bettered ~ they would
make the deposits themselves. With out
OF town donors OF coupons and certificates
u IL different matter. The fund takes
TINS way OF thanking Duncan l.. Ed
wards. Jr, of Camden, 8. c., who In 9
years old and who has given the fund
$50 20 cent coupons and $50 other de-
nominations. A handsome gift, for
which the Smoke Fund Is grateful.
There liz reason TO anticipate that the
fete the resident merchants OF China
town will give for the beneht OF the
fund in their picturesque quarter of the
city will be memorable affair The
patriotism Of the people who live In
CHINATOWN il surprisingly active and
welcomes this opportunity to express
itrelf As one OF the oldest merchants
In Chinatown remarked: "If the United
States Is not our own father he has
protected us as II he were and he Is
our adopted father. We Chinese wish
to help our adopted father when no Is at
war"
A service nag is to be raised In the
quarter az one OF the features OF the
fete and there are enough Chinese in the
service to make this ceremony important.
There will be singing by chorus of 100
Chinese children when the nag Ia being
raised. The same group Of children will
parade and sing Chinese songs.
Women to Help the Sales.
Booths will be erected near the juno
ton OF Mott and Pell streets and several
prominent women from Murray Hill and
the Park avenue section have volun-
teered to act as saleswomen. with each
donation ticket will go a coupon emitting
the giver TO a cup OF tea or a dish of
ice cream in any of the restaurants
Among the merchants Of the quarter
who are taking an active interest In the
coming fete are Lee Lock. Dick Ftnn,
Quang King Long Company. Me On.
Sam Wah. Il. Y. Yuen Company, Hip
Sing Tong and Kin Ling Kong Sol.
The American artists who are to APP
pear at the afternoon or evering per-
Torrance October e6 arc Margaret
Weaver. contralto: Edna de Lima TO-
prano; Lillian Teece. meszo soprano from
Australia: John Gushing. saxophonist:
Harry Jentes. a popular composer and
Soily Cohn. a great favorite with SrH
fund audiences always. Banjo Wallace,
the leader Of the orchestra Of the Hotel
St. Andrew grill, will be IN Chinatown
on the afternoon OF the fete with an aug
mented jazz band calculated to be heard
east Of the Bowery.
More Block Parties to Help.
The first of the new block parties
will be held Wednesday evening in West
Forty-second street. right in the theatre
district After flag raising ceremony
the attendants will adjourn to the AM
sterdam Opera House TO see a vaude-
Vile show. The affair is under the gen.
eral direction OF Joseph l.. DAILY and
Charles Brickly. Mrs. Rensselaer, King
has arranged the vaudeville entertain
ment to be given by volunteer profess
SIGNALS. The theatre has been donated
for the occasion.
To-day Count Macchi di Cellere will
resolve the hopes and fears Of an
Italian party. which has asked for the
attendance and little OF their music
at the flag raising ceremony in Sixty
first street between First and Second
avenues, OF the visiting Royal Italian
Grenadiers' Band. sigmund Nolinari,
chairman OF the affair. which has Of
fered the proceeds to the smoke fund,
accompanied by a delegation OF resi-
dents from the block. will make the re- \
quest. The Italian block party is set
for Saturday. October 10.
The night OF Liberty Day. next Sat
urday. there will be three block par
ties from which the smoke fund will
benefit. One will be in Claremont ave-
nue. between 125th and l27th streets
another IN 16sth street. between Home
stead and Union avenues, and the third
in 164th street. between Amsterdam
and Edgecombe avenues.
Yesterday brought no change in the
total figures as shown in the table be-
low carried over from the morning II
did exhibit changes in THE Sun fund
boxes Of the United cigar stores, which
took in coupons to be later changed into
money with which to buy smokes for
soldiers.
How the Fund stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING SUN $1,000 %
United Cigar stores boxes, including
special per cent. OF gross sales
day northumberland. s2,775o2
Otherwise acknowledged. ............ sI06ls. 65
New contributions. Observation-Disclosures. 1917
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Total 1887, S7462
Shipped and paid for. t317, 0i7.l2
Cash balance. ............. 20b2I.20
Received through the schultz cigar
stores ......E...........,..,....... stSco2
Grand OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .,37s. tls.s4
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