The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
Expressions Of Gratitude on
Cards From Front open
Purses Here.
BIG BLOCK PARTY LIST
Fetes Scheduled for Columbus
Day will Bring In Heaps
of Coin.


ders themselves. The postal cards
which they send back to thank the
donors Of tobacco may be brief in words.
but they are long in feeling; they
mako the most powerful propaganda in
spreading the news Of the fund and in
rr,ssing It's ability to keep on working.
In the funds mail from donors evil
dence is often found to prove the just
grounds of this confidence. Two recent
examples merit notice. One Of these Is
contained in a letter from a contributor
whose donation appears in the list APP
pended to-day. We give the letter in
full
Last night a small check came to me
and was undecided whether to send It
6 YOU or buy thrift stamps. 1 had de-
e,ded In favor of the stamps, but the
nail this morning brought me post
card, No. 34,63s, written by Private h.
n vortlein, and you win. Enclosed
please find that small check Your.
cordially. Isoline. d. Ray"
This Is the other late instance: r. L.
Lloyd writes 1t from the Engineers
Club: II enclose my usual monthly re-
snittance, a little late but not too late.
] hope. This time my memory was
logged by the receipt Of a postal card
Hom Corporal Goldstein of the (de-
Ieted) infantry, acknowledging the re-
eept Of smokes. By the way how late
Il TOO late to send smoke checkS'
The Tobacco Fund wrfi answer that
question: When the victorious Ameri-
can soldiers. after seeing" Berlin 60 on
0Rard the transports at the port OF Ham,
Surg to return to their fellow country
men, then, but not till then. will 1t be
TOO late to send smoke checks. After
they come back 1t ought to be. for
Ipng time, a case Of free tobacco.
Block Party List.
Block parties set for the evening OF
Columbus Day from which the smoke
fund will profit are the following:
Claremont avenue between 125th and
3c7th streets: chairman David Powers.
One Hundred and Sixty eighth street
between Homestead and Union avenues;
chairman Loufs Scheadler..s ~. ---sz.a- re
One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street
between Amsterdam and Edgecombe
avenues; chairman Mrs. NJ, Nugent-
In each affair there will be a flag
raising with appropriate oratory and
patriotic music, sales OF novelties do
mated to the committees, cakes and re-
freshments of a mild liquid kind fur
nIshed by the housekeepers Of the neigh
borhoods and a conclusion OF dancing.
The postponed party OF the Moffat
street neighbors will take place in that
vicinity October 26. Donations from
merchants and individuals which are to
be auctioned have passed the $500 Salua-
ton mark, while the subscription OF the
heighbors, after taking all expenses up
TO date out, amounts to $3.50. John
Thompson Ballou, Jr.. so Moffat street.
IS the general chairman
The second block party OF the Green
vich Village bund boosting contingent,
which had been set for September rs,
was postponed because OF the Liberty
Loan. Greenwich Village will celebrate
for the fund during the week ending
October &c.
The amount realized for the smoke
fund by the block party in Seventy
second street between First and Second
avenues, managed by Miss Ernestine
Pollak on August 81, was $50. which
will appear in new contributions to-
morrow. Miss Gene and Miss Estelle
Polak. Miss Charlotte and Miss Helen
Schwartz were her principal assistants.
Twenty-one dollars was reserved for the
purchase Of additional stars for the SER
vice flag. At present 1t contains sixty
ak stars and one gold star for John
McGee.
Plans for italian Fete.
Count march, di CeliaTi, the italian
Ambassador, will receive a delegation
OF representative italian citizens to-mor-
row from SIxty-first street, between
First and Second avenues who win for
naly request his authorization to have
the Royal Italian Grenadiers' Band play
at their block party held for the benefit
Of the smoke fund October 10. The band
plays its first concert in this country to-
night, The leader has expressed his
Willingness to have the band play on the
occasion If the Ambassador has no OBJ
lection.
Sgmund Molinari of the Federal In
burance Company, who is at the head OF
the committee arranging this block party.
will accompany the delegation. Others
are Francesca D'Angelo. John Eosani.
Rocco Maggi. John J. Mania, e. Mon
TAM, NJ. H. Fedes and NJ. Muratori.
Wednesday evening the theatregoers
Will have the opportunity TO see the out
side OF block party, for the affair TO
take place on West Forty second street
but step away from the thickest the
atre district II Is under the direction
OF Joseph L. DAILY, u. s. N. and Ensign
Charles Brickley.
The net proceeds of this party are to
come to THE SUN Tobacco Fund, and the
desire OF everybody working for its sue
cess is to make the donation a liberal
one, Admiral Gleaves Is sending a band
over from Hoboken to play patriotic an
hems at the rag raising. and jazz
band Of a dozen pieces will play for
danc'ns in the Amsterdam Opera House,
where the crowd will be asked to adj
Journ, following the street features. The
entertainment indoors will start with q
VAUDEVILLE entertainment under the d.
fection OF Mrs. King OF the United Book
Ing Once.
Sporting events from which the fund
VIII benefit were many last week. and
Until the season closes activity for this
object will be noted in the near by golf
and country clubs. The autumn golf
tournament OF the Shawnee Country
Cub az Shawnee on the Delaware con-
GUIDED Yesterday The semi-final round
Was played in the morning by Edward
sules. North Hills golfer. and Pierre
Proal, the Rumson Country Clut
champion. In the lower half, Alec Coles,
Shawnee. and j. w. P1att. North
HlUa, played OF. In another part OF
NJ paper the summaries are printed
The SCH Tobacco Fund will benefit by
This tourney by more than $500.
In the last week of the present month
a golf match will he played on the
INKS Of the Fox Hills Golf Club al
sSpleton, Staten Island. between pro-
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