The sun., 1918-09-05

SUN'TOBACCO FUND
= PASSES $s5O,OOO
Gratitude Of Soldiers Inspires
Donors to Even Greater
Efforts.
BASEBALL SERIES TO HELP
Many Artists Will Be on Bill
at Benefit on Waldorf
Roof Saturday.
BASEBALL SERIES TO HELP

The frat Idea was to creep over the
ssSo.ooo eminence without making any
noise. Then this idea was discarded. be-
cause II didn't seem the proper way to
treat the donors Of THE SUN Tobacco
Fund. The fund is too proud Of its
noble and persistent work not to take
every opportunity to exploit its results.
nsures worthy Of pride and even in a
degree Of exultation?
Last July the fund was one year old.
1t was a healthy yearling then. It's
fourteen months old now and see how II
has kept on krowinsl 1t has done more.
for 1t has kept on working. too.
Every day Of every month 1t works to
carry tho comfort and soIace OF tobacco
to the unrivalled fighting force America
has sent abroad ito make tho world safe
for democracy" In truth its life is
work toward but one aim. and when II
stops, as now. for a moments breath
ing 1t does not wish to signalize the
pause by Dragging. but by pointing out
TO the contributors Of the fund how won
derful is the task they have given 1t
work II has done because of them. and
how vast Is the work that still remains
for II to do.
The tremendous growth of tho Ameri-
can army abroad measures the limits of
Its task. Three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars 10 q lot of money to pay out
for tobacco. That none Of It has been
wasted. that all of It has gone where It
was Intended to 80 and whore the indi-
ltrho aARtA hnv lat q
and towns who have contributed to 1t
meant It to 60. the millions Of postal
cards received as q total of the con-
stantly arriving soldiers mail show.
THE SUN has been obliged to limit its
quotations from these postal cards from
fear Of swamplng the columns OF the
paper. but all over the length and
breadth OF this great country these ex-
pressons of gratitude from the soldiers
are being treasured as the most precious
OF war souvenira
The Funds Great Task.
Manifestly It is unnecessary to spur
the owners OF these precious cards TO
renewed effort. They know by a per-
eonal message what tobacco means to
the soldier and every one OF them is saw
ing, sacrificing. may be, in order to add
TO their gift already so gratefully ac-
ton in the loyalty Of it's donors THE SUN
Tobacco Fund would look with some dis
may on what lies before II to accom-
plish--no less than the almost super
human undertaking to give every Ameri-
can soldier serving his country on the
battlehelds Of Europe American tooacco.
But THE SUN Tobacco Fund will not
falter because it's donors will not
Onward. upward to another height. the
word for it that will be reached and
passed before it is time to start the
furnace
There could be no better strophs to
this pean than few words from the
soldiers themselves. Here they are:
Sergeant j. C. Se!gle. Company z,
Seventh Infantry: Tobacco is every
thing TO US over here. especially In our
dugouts."
Corporal E. H. wode. Company C.
Sixty-hrst Infantry: REST assured your
donations are thankfully and gratefully
appreciated by all members of this or
ganiEation."
Private J. NJ. Wright. Thirty eighth
Infantry: 81 am sure you would be
proud OF your gifts II you knew just
what the great work our friends back
there are doing means to us boys at
the 'front.'
Private George Fine. Sixth Infantry:
81 am sure I do not know what the
boys would 30 II they did't get their
tobacco through THE SUN fund
Lieut.. J. A. Steady. Thirty-eighth In
fantry: Fine work Keep it up. We
appreciate your kind of gift
"Next to . Letter From Home"
Supply Sergeant ]. A. Adams, Ambu-
lance Company 1873: Next to q letter
from home American smoking tobacco
is the most appreciated thing that is re-
ceived by u.s.
Sergeant Frank H. Knutts. Company
c. Sixth Infantry: 'The boys in the
front line trenches are thanking their
thoughtful friends for the tobacco.
which was godsend. for we sure did
need It,"
Songs and smokes are the things
our soldiers in France want most" John
Steel, the young American tenor. who
10 just back from Flanders, said yes
terday. ut was my privilege to sun
ply some of the melody in the course
OF more than 500 concerts, during which
must have sung to 100000 soldiers of
all nationalities. Wherever I went
was impressed by the effective way in
which THE SUN Tobacco Fund 10 meet
ing the second need. the need OF smokes
lover there 1 met Alfred wiederholt,
the BARITONE, and also q lot of game
girls. who took the same chances that
we did to entertain the boys In the
trenches. Elsie Janis 10 the idol OF the
fighters of all the Allies The French
and British claim her as our Elsie
equally with the Americana Also
met Jane Sperry Of oh, Lady. Ladyr
singing as well as she did at the Prin-
cess Theatre. Jim Europe. the colored
song writer. who belongs to the Fight
ing Fifteenth 10 directing q forty-two
piece military band. but he finds time 10
play the piano for the general singing