The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-24
SOLDIERS ALL OVER
FRANCE GET SMOKES
Cards Of Thanks Show Fund
Tobacco Even Has Reached
Rhineland Brigades.
CATS READY TO DO BIT
Many Famous Entries for AMI
NAL Show to Be Held
January 8 and 3.

Where the American soldier goes
there goes THE SUN Tobacco Fund'
and with the lifting OF the censorship
4, IL now possible to see how far ana
wide its gifts travel. Verneuil, Di1on'
Chaumont, Nancy. Neuilly. Fontaine-
bleau, all places where American nos
pitals have been established. as well
a. the towns In France and In the
Rhineland. where the soldiers are
bflieted now, mark the postal cards
which used to open with from Some
where in France"
The Joy of the soldiers ON receiv-
ing tobacco from THE SUN Tobacco
Fund at these places seems to be, II
possible, greater than when they had
Il issued to them on the fighting line.
There are two reasons for this, after
the great reason, which is that they
need It, and the first Is due to the re-
assured feeling OF the soldiers, who
had feared that the supply would stop
with victory. The second reason Is
that the soldiers really want the to-
bacco more now than ever.
From Base Hospital No. II at Dion,
France, comes a card OF recent date
written by a wounded soldier. to donor
Annie Sliwka, which says: II re-
ceived my share Of your present OF
cigarettes through the good work Of
THE SUN Tobacco Fund and want to
say that and tho other boys are
well pleased with your good work."
The card Is signed by Private Robert
q. Whiting.
A card simply signed Nurse"
comes to the men OF Post & McCord:
THE sick boys of an American Base
Hospital in France enjoyed their
smokes very much and are very CRATE
full to you"
s'Many Thanks for Tobacco"
Private Daniel w. Elliott writes
from a hospital to James McCreery:
MANY thanks for the tobacco. II
sure does put the pep into the boys.
The Hun is finished. but our work
Isn't. Keep on sending us smokes"
And to Louise Morgan "A Soldier
Friend" Forest r. Thomas. who Is
convalescing in a base hospital, writes
the following: II received one of your
packages OF cigarettes that you were
SO kind to send to US boys and wish
to thank you very much for the same.
1 hope we shall soon be back with you
In the States"
Not all the recent cards are from
soldiers in hospital, ana here are a
few from the we'll ones: J. G. Deacon
M. f. s. sol, puts his thanks in
rhyme:
We Tanks enjoy good cigarettes. they drive dull
And many packages of Joy were passed to u,
to-day:
Now to THE SUN we ows our thanks. tn,
For we appreciate the things that all III,
So thank You, Kind Sun donor. and thank You
Through your cooperation this - war wa
won!
Sergeant J. Z. Buster puts the same
thought in prose when he says after
thanking THE SUN Tobacco Fund
I'VE appreciate the support we have
had all along; it hurried us on to thii
victory" He is OF B Company. Sixty.
third Engineers.
Robert r. Martin OF Company q
Stxty-third Regiment Transports
ton Corps, has this to say on No
vember 80: I'VE sure appreciate
your donations OF smokes. 1t makes
a fellow feel fine. All he needs nov
IS an old armchair and then he woui,
think he was at home Regards ant
best wishes to THE Sun Tobacc'
Fund"
Dear john" writes f. c. Raber
"the smokes you sent were finds
Many thanks I am from dear oil,
New York myself. and when the OLE
boat pulls me back I shall look you VI
just to play a little billiards with
p yUu."
zieEfeId Got. a Card.
Flo Ziegfeld gets this card from
Private Allan ]. Hendrigan OF thu
Motor Transport Corps: You
smokes came in the nick Of time, oil
top, as I was broke and there wer
no smokes about camp. Accept tn
appreciation of the whole tent ant
myself"
Send on some more!" is the CT.
of a number of soldiers of the FRS
Army Headquarters Regiment, Com
pany Il, who evidently are prepared
to stay abroad. The cards with thi
urgent request include Capt, f. II
McGovron. Corporal E. J. ONeill ant
a cooperative one signed "Doughboys.
The Empire Cat Club will hold IT
sixth championship show at the Hote
McAlpin January and Q. and the bene
ficiary will be THE SUN Tobacco Fund
Among the exhibits will be Mrs. o. f
Gilbert's Fringes, Miss Judges Wits
kers and Mary Garden, Miss John
sons champion White Magic. which
was best white in two successive Al
lantic City shows and took three best
In 1917: champion Famo. same owner
Is credited with 1917 specials ant
medals.
Mrs. Ida J. Ketchum will show I
blue Persian, Blue Lightning. bred b,
Lady Gertrude Decies Of London. Eng
hnd; Red Pepper Burns, short hare
tabbV never beaten, q white ShQr