The sun., 1918-08-09
SMOKES GLADDEN.
SHRAPNEL VICTIMS
Mothers of Wounded Boys at
Front Learn They Are Get
ting Tobacco.
soNGsTRESS TO AID FUND
uMother's Liberty Bond" Has
Premiere To-night-Other
Benefits Planned.

IN the latest mail consignment from
,vsrseas TO SUN Tobacco Fund con-
,r,hutors was the following note from
Major II. w. Stovall. A. p. o. 72s, Ameri-
can E1peditionary Force. Somewhere in
France;
,,is card was found has been distributed
N wounded soldiers and the smokes
ware placed where they would do the
mos good Your kindness is appreciated
and we'll repaid"
This message might have been penned
IN answer to a query which came TO the
fund yesterday from a soldiers mother.
Mrs Maude Gordon Roby. who has made
several contributions to the fund, said
IN a letter from Maiden. Mass:
Enclosed find 81 to buy smokes for
our blessed soldier boys. hope you
are sending some to the lads in the
hospitals over there My son was
struck by flying shrapnel June 9 and Is
s.l in Base Hospital 20. France.
As I cannot send him anything I'M
l,ss he sends a special request signed by
the Major OF his regiment, and he
doesn't know OF this order and hasn't
been able to get any letters from home
since last May. he isn't getting the
smokes and socks we have ready for
him.
To say the mothers feel as II their
hands we're tied-and their hearts too
il to express 1t mildly We hope soma
smokes and socks will reach the lads in
tho hospitals, for they are taken from
the trenches as they are and we all
know what that means.
81 thank you for what you are do
Ing. God bless THE SUN and THE SUN
Fund"
Kind Words Much Appreciated.
The fund Is deeply appreciative OF the
kind words expressed by this patriotic
woman. 1t prizes nothing else SO much
as the commendation of the mothers
As to her inquiry regarding smokes and
the hospitals, not only does Major
Stovalls card offer conclusive evidence
that wounded men are not overlooked,
but postcards are received frequently
from wounded men themselves saying
the American cigarettes are proving
panacea
Only few days ago this message
from l. j. Beck, Headquarters Company,
isSth Infantry. was printed:
I'VE received the tobacco which you
sent through THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
am doubly appreciative, az II was re-
csived by me In the hospital. where to-
oaoco Of the United States variety Is a
luxury"
To-nighcs the night when Mothers
Liberty Bond" the patriotic play for
patriotic people" makes its initial bow
at the Park Theatre. The premiere was
postponed from Wednesday because Of
the excessive heat that night, but it pos
.tively will be given this evening.
The piece is in the hands of a clever
company and thoroughly acceptable
presentation Is expected. Between acts
tonight Mile. Alice Verlet, the Belgian
prtma donna, will sing the American
and French national anthems THE
SUN Tobacco Fund Is to receive a share
Of the gross receipts during the entire
New York run of the play
The smoke wreathes which arise from
the cigarettes and pipes of the Ameri-
can soldiers IN France are not a small
factor In the great work Of blowing back
the Teuton forces. Tho contributions to
THE Sun Tobacco Fund are helping to
keep the morale of our fighting men at a
high point II the postcards which the
fellows are sending home form a faith
ful indication
signs of Discomfort Vanish.
II has been interesting to study the
spirit OF the soldiers as reflected In the
messages to fund donors. The frs,
cards received-those sent by the ad-
vance guard OF troops which went
abroad last year-all expressed deter.
mination and will to win. but there
was an occasional admission of home.
sickness. Gradually, as Pershing's mer
got into action and adva noes were made
by our arms, every suggestion of dis
content disappeared.
The cards now arriving are notable
Tor the spirit OF optimism which they
breathe "On to Berlin" 10 apparently
the slogan Of all our troops and. from
all indications, there isn't a man who
IS not confident that the progress will
be steady.
You don't know how We enjoy the
moacco.' writes Corporal Paul Ebel OF