The sun., 1918-08-04
FUND KEEPING PACE
WITH GAIN AT FRONT
Remarkable Advance Made in
Week as Contributions
Come Pouring In.
PLAY is READY TO OPEN
Mothers Liberty Bond Filled
With Patriotic Thrills
Many Drives On.
PLAY IS READY TO OPEN

plso till this morning IL IS dpoNe soo-'-
900 and still going strong
This remarkable advance Is partic- |
ularly gratifying in the fact that 1t
LIANT mace with the gains over There. |
The news of II will he inspiring to the |
boys who are fighting at the front. even |
as the news of their successes Is in
tplring TO the patriots here. Both |
armies, Gen. Pershing's and the civilian. !
are doing their bit.
The outstanding event this week will
he the opening at the Park Theatre
Wednesday night of the engagement Of
Mothers Liberty Bond" the new pa
triotic play. from the gross receipts OF
which .tne fund is to receive "A share
during the entire New York run.
The cast, excepting Lame Carrera
Held, who has been obliged TO retire
from ii owing to the critical condition
Of her mother, Anna Held. remains as
already announced in this paper. Miss
Held will he replaced by Miss Adeline
Warwick. who has played the leading
roles in the yellow Ticket and THE
House of Glass
story of Play.
The story of the new play passes
for the most part in Maine village,
where a schoolmaster who is a Ger
man spy places obstacles in the way
Of the village trustees wnen they try
10 throw out German text books The
women of the village take the matter
In their hands and in a crowded scene
of excitement hurl the books through
the windows. The spy has been plotting
10 obtain the plans of new type or
sirship invented by the hero of the
piece and in his efforts reduces to tnan-
Cal extremity the young mans mother
10 such an extent indeed that she Is
unable to pay for her Liberty bond.
The son offers himself for this obliga-
ton and thus the play earns its name.
Meanwhile, or preceding this moment,
a young woman has arrived in the viii
lage from Belgium who recognizes the
German for what he is and as the slayer
Of her father. She takes revenge into
her hands and draws a pistol on him,
for which she is imprisoned. The Gov
ernor of the state, before whom the
matter comes, sets her free in time to
Join the other principals in Europe
where the 'Trum5uil Aerial Pullman
successfully downs the Bochs!
In its character drawing the play is
said to be true to life and the very
simplicity of the story belongs har-
moniousy with these unsophisticated
people. At several crises the stage is
full Of soldiers and every means lis
taken to produce a warlike atmosphere
by natural means
The programme for salt Water
Night at the Atlantic Yacht Club for
THE SUN Tobacco Fund Wednesday is
still growing Among recent volunteers
are Miss Eva Lynn. prima donna So
prano Hector Goldspink, tenor Miss
Rhoda Nickel, soprano: Miss "Midgie'
Miller and the Callahan brothers. cy-
clonic dancers and singers. These en-
tertainers are from the 'Shelburne Re-
vue' Of the Hotel Shelburne.
Big Mysterious Feature.
Other volunteers are the famous and
mysterious Zancigs, whose acts of mind
reading have never been explained. \
number OF contributions are daily arriv-
ting at the clubhouse In care OF
supt Keenahan to be auctioned on
the great night Robert Hilliard is to
act as master OF ceremonies. F. w. Hell
Ter. who gave stylish hat to be sold for
the fund at the Reisenweber party last
week. has offered another for this sale.
Several statuettes OF Marshal JoIfre, a
Prussian sword, German helmet a gas
mask case, collie dog. which boasts in
sduoitable blue blood, and other fine
things will be sold for the fund.
The original volunteers for the festi-
val must not be omitted in any resume
OF entertainers. They comprise Miss Mar
: garet Weaver, Contralto; Miss Helen
ware, the well known actress Cipango,
the Hawaiian dancer par excellence, and
the Australian fiier, Frank G. Toy, who
Will tell of his experiences.
John y. Creighton. secretary of the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, has
been appointed by Commodore Edgar
DockenSach to direct the fete. He has
already plastered big posters announcing
over Sea Gate and issued / 900 tickets,
which sell for 81 each.
seneca G.. Lewis Of Jeanette, Pa, the
general manager OF the PENNSYLVANIA
Runner Company. has launched another
campaign in behalf of THE sun Tobacco
funa' great drive in the sale of "Geor-
ga Land his latest musical compost
uon. BECAUSE Of the large number of
SONGS which nave been offered to further
the smokes cause the fund has found II
necessary to decline the proposals OF
composers, but Mr.. Lewis had his cam
psign under way before word of his pa
uouc intention reached this office.
Fund Comes Rolling.
Mr., Lewis has sent 5000 to the fund
Inls amount representing the profits or
sales already made. The receipt of the
check was acknowledged In THE Sun a
rev days ago Every sales director oi
the Pennsylvania Rubber Company has
constituted himself manager of the
Georgia Land" campaign for his par.
ocular district These directors, W. S
Do'y, James q. Goudie, G. +. Kent and
G. c. Mccullough, have entred upon the
work of the drive with enthusiasm.
Mr.. Lewis began his first campaign
foT the fund In September last. when h,
started the sales of Columbia" marcel
with patriotic chorus, which ne had com
posed, He devoted the whole Of tn,
royalties TO the fund and more thar
$4,000 for the purchase OF smokes wa!
realized, Georgia Land" is Char
acterrtic one STEP" with the lines ar
ranged TO be sung by trio.
II Is tuneful production, and will
the assistance of his energetic sales al
rectors the composer is confident that /
viii yield even greater reoS"ns than di,
Columbia" Like Columbia" the new
6'e,e - published ny Jerome II, ReIniSi
90, Of this city.
The block party in 18th street be
tween Park and Lexington avenues las
night, attracted a large and enthusiasts
ue crowd. The most impressive featur