The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-15
FIGHTERS ASSURED
OF HOLIDAY SMOKES
Find Grows, but More Contri-
buttons Are Needed to Com
plete the Task.
TINE LIMIT is NEAR
Speed Up in Donations Urged,
ss Shipments Must Leave
Soon for France.

rur Sun Tobacco Fund is raising
money to send holiday smokes to the
,,,diers in France. and It asks for con-
,r,butions OF any amount as speedily as
,osslbe TO insure shipments being made
m time to reach the boys during the
holidays
One OF many suggestions made to help
-ai.. the money Is that THE SUN To-
baceo Fund single out about one hun
ared OF its old supporters ana urge them
=, make up the Christmas fund. This
has been rejected. however, because
tbsre are too many persons willing TO
contribute The principal thing now Is
70 raise the fund quickly. and every
tody Is asked to send contribution,
,,rse or small, without delay.
From an evacuation and reception hos
rl,al in Nancy come reports Of the good
accomplished among the American
wounded by smokes from THE Sun To-
sacco Fund Nancy Is about thlrty-five
miles south OF Metz and not far from
the Toul sector. It escaped In great
measure the ravages OF war and seemed
20 the authorities an excellent place for
tase hospitals. a nurse writes from
there:
"a good many of the boys here had
net In Bordeaux, Carcassonnc and
Paris, and on going into a ward Of one
OF the hospitals heard my name called
several times. The boys said Now that
we know she is here wen sure get what
we want
what do you want. boys?' asked.
and there went up a yell. Smokes"
-It was the hardest thing l ever had
20 DO to tell them We had no cigarettes
and none to buy. l heard of SUN
Fund distributor in the neighborhood
We got some OF the American made
Cigarettes the boys are so crazy over
Crave American Tobacco.
You can't imagine how good Ameri-
can tobacco tastes TO u.s. writes
member OF Company +. Twenty-seventh
Engineers, to the Knickerbocker Field
Club. I'VE received q portion Of the SUN
tobacco on the 23d, and since tobacco
can't be bought In our vicinity It made
Us very thankful
". H Mcintyre. Jr.. so7th Pioneer
Infantry. sent this note to the same
donors: Your kind and thoughtful do
nation made II possible for the boys of
this company to enjoy q much needed
ppoke. We are situated at a place
where tobacco cannot be bought or had
by any other means The writer Ia a
New York boy and he can fully appre-
c!ats what the New York SUN is doing"
Wagner ]. ]. Gray writes: III the
pleasure Of the giving equals that of the
receipt Of smokes by US. then you are
all happy about now. More power TO
you. especially round about Christmas
tina"
The following card was written 10
Edward w. Sparks, dated October %:
Your donations Of tobacco through THE
suS Tobacco Fund were received to-
day by the machine gun company and
we're much appreciated. The following
men are now enjoying q sociable smoke
and We ask you to please accept our
sincere thanks: Sergeant Edgar Doug
lass Mechanic Oeie ". Edwards, Me-
chan!c Alex Milland and Mechanic Aug.
o. Gidner"
Every man In my company is smok
ing on you tonight" writes a Captain
az infantry to a SUN donor. His name
fs c. c. Lennon. Food" ho says, 'is
soon eaten and forgotten. but the to-
bacco lasts and Is appreciated by the
boys for days. You would have to be
here to know what American tobacco
means to US. Please accept our thanks"
what Smokes Do for the Boys
Edward J. Bessier. formerly a rail-
road clerk. writes to the clerks of the
Sev York Central Railroad that the
war is practically over and before he
comes home he wants to tour all over
sunny France. He had received through
Sy-ky r<AA -
cigarettes, and. he said. ''They sure did
taste good. as I hadn't had any for
long time"
Sergeant w. W. Cogsweli Of 341
Butcher Company thanks a donor on be-
haIf OF himself and his company. MANY
happy moments will come from these
smokes. / can assure you, and for every
dollar you spend for the boys over here
hope it reaps you many years OF hap
r;ness for yourself and family" he says.
You can bet We appreciate all that
is done for US by the folks back home"
writes Private George A. Hermann of
Quartermaster c Detachment, land so
long as we have to stay here after the
war, because Il looks as II It was about
over. we know we can count on the
!ome folks"
4 thoroughbred Boston terrier, pre-
tented TO the fund by Fred Mehle, will
ve sold to-day 10 help the fund.
Tomorrow night the Hebrew Educa-
tonal Society. Brooklyn. will give a
bah and reception to aid the smoke fund
On Thanksgiving Eve the chief event
for the fund will be a big party to be
held at stauch's. Coney Island. Tho
ret proceeds will go to THE Sun Tobac-
CO Fund
With nearly every donation comes a
message that the boys abroad will have
happy Christmas.
From W. H. YawiSel. an old friend
OF the fund. comes gift OF $3.50.
Among the new contributions is one
from a mother with one son In France
t1d two here as instructors. She writes I;
Let me congratulate You and enclose
lasts
How the Fund stands To-day.
THE sun and THE EVENING SUN 100000
United Cigar Stores boxes, including
special SIS Of gross sales day....... 81 3oS. 70
Ohsrwise acknowledged. ......."...... 10 ot1. 81
"e" contributionA., ............."...... S1.0o
Total .......................... .sss7, S7kss
thipped and paid for....... .ss1s. Tlo.aa
Received through he schultz cisiS
Stores ........................... ss.iisse