The sun., 1918-10-10

iuna booster. Cum sab win DO sold
curing the races at Jamaica this after
noon.
James Auditore il member Of James
More q Co, Inc. Of IL Hamilton
ue, Brooklyn. His interest In the
| .ort was spontaneous one. not born of
experience. His interest In the fortunes
" the tobacco fund exceeds Il in de-
sree. Last April the frm which bears
ms name achieved n good deal OF prom
,hehce when they made a bid of $4,000
~ yearly rental for Pier 60, North River,
THn Sun Tobacco Fund will owe to him
big jump toward the noxt financial
nlnock In Its landscape. the 100000
Christine Schultz. a baltimore singer.
mas volunteered through her managers,
Haensel q Jones, to sing in the china.
, town festival to take place in that ceic-
DRAFTED quarter on October 2s. BY her
eppearances last season with the wor-
cester Festival, Pittsburg Mosart Club,
hunaio Orpheus and her concert season
she established herself as a fayorite.
The BUN fund 10 glad to hear Of her
Willingness to help in the festival.
Another volunteer for this party is
Michael J. Fitspatrick--"Mike," singer
OF Company II, Forty-seventh Infantry,
| aorn Huhrus, ne Will sing the
irish volunteers and THE Chimes Of
Trinity" and as many others OF his
favorites as the Chinese ask for. The
party Is OF course In the hands of the
residents OF the quarter, but It IL inter-
| esung to see how keenly they appre-
ciate the offer OF the Western artists to
appear.
More Cards From Soldiers,
There are several belated cards in
the latest soldiers smokes mail, and
without any comment from the soldiers
u 10 not difficult to- know why n card
dated. say. July 80. comes along with
a batch OF cards written as late a. the
third week Of September. The cause
Is patent that the soldiers we're too
ousy with the Hun to put their card in
the mail.
One Of these late arrivals is from
Sergeant T. d. Smith,, Jr.. Of (deleted)
Company. He says: "Your smokes,
SUN smoke fund, reached us at time
when cigarettes were mighty scarce, and
when fellow wants n smoke he doesn't
want anything else. Nun said
Another card. which shows rough
usage. Is from Joe Lynch Of Company
ID. Fifteenth Machine Gun Battalion.
who says: Thank you very much for
your kind tobacco gift II you knew
where We were and what We were doing
when We received It you would appre-
ciate how We felt. II il nice to feel
that you people have not forgotten US
boys over here. We win never forget
YOU"
And here Is a card from Col. vidmer,
| written direct to THE SUN: Several
hundred OF your packages reached my
headquarters to-day and were forwarded
| to my battalions now overlooking the
river We have reached after driving
back the Hun ten miles In two days.
The men thank you for what they appre-
eiate more than words can tell"
Sophie Tucker has a card in the latest
mail from r. A. Conroy. American p. o.
71S. who writes; Dear Sophie: The
smokes sure were welcome, and many
| thanks. How We miss your songs and
| smiles!"
Herbert PelI Gets q Nibble.
And q letter to Herbert Pell. another
liberal fund donor. dated September
! IL and written by Private Joe Fiori,
Battery A, Third T. N. Battalion. SAYS:
Il was one Of the lucky fellows that
received package OF cigarettes and
really appreciate the gift. AZ good cigar
cites are scarce in this neck Of the
woods"
Private James H. Miller of Company
D.. 1obth Ammunition Train. sends his
thanks to Mrs. A. Soper, who sang for
him and his mates last winter: The
| tobacco certainly went good. Please ac-
cept many thanks for came. 1t makes
fellow tight better as we'll as feel
better to know that he Is not forgotten
by the good folks OF the U. g. A.
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block party on Forty-second street be-
tween Eighth and Ninth avenues had
everything in its favor and was at a
late hour doing finely The naval band
from the port of embarkation and the
convoy transport band played in either
extremity Of the block, the decorations
were lavish and a crowded house" was
| the result. Praise is due for its success
to Joseph L. Daily. U. s. N. and Ensign
Charles Brickly The affair wound up
| with vaudeville entertainment and
dance in the Amsterdam Opera House.
West Side Block Party
! Another block party on the West Side
was offered to the smoke fund yester-
| day. The exact location is the block
OF Sixtieth street between Columbus and
Amsterdam avenues and the date IL set
| for October 20. Raymond Frantz OF
IL Amsterdam avenue Is the chairman
OF the neighborhood committee.
Saturday night of this week is to be
| gala night for block affairs. from
which the smoke fund will benefit; 1t is
Liberty Day and from this fact a num-
| her of neighborhoods decided on the
| date. There are to be three of these
parties in Manhattan and as many in
| the Borough of Queens, but there is
so great an extent of territory between
any two of them that there can hardly
be rivalry. The particulars OF each OF
these Liberty Day celebrations have been
published.
A week from Saturday night. that Is.
October 10. occurs tho italian block
party In Sixty-first street between First
and Second avenues. Sigmund Moinari
is chairman OF this party. which Is
hoping for the presence and at least
one piece OF music from its compatriots.
the Royal Grenadiers Band of Italy. now
concertizing in this country.
Ready for Winter Stride.
Just s306.S5 is all the money required
before the fund takes another leap and
| then starts in to its real winter stride.
tThat will be along In less time than II
takes to get out another paper. especially
IL it's a morning paper. The ngure
10 quoted here to put an idea In some
linfApdlnR donnra mind