The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-27
GOOD SMOKE MAKES
BRAND NEW YANKEE
Man Just Off the Firing Line
Gets Fresh Inspiration in
"Sun" Tobacco.
S0uACE FOR FIGHTERS
Soldiers Tell Real Conditions
at Front and More Gifts
Are Made to Fund.
sol,ACE FOR FIGHTERS


.nre between fancy and imagination is
certain IN feel insulted when any one
hints that he liz mot gifted with the
latter codlike gift. And yet II seems
as II many persons are not able to pic
turt the conditions under which Amert-
can soldiers are fighting IN Europe At
this moment
Yesterday q purchaser of tobacco In q
downtown United store looked doubt
fully at the coupons handed TO him with
his purchase and said: Il don't believe.
I'VE any particular use for these"
Then why not put them in THE Sun
Tobacco Fund box" asked the sales
man pointing TO one OF these receptacles.
1T will buy smokes for the boys in the
firing line"
y guess they have got more tobacco
than ! have any one of them" said the
man THE Government takes care of
that"
III YOU read the stories published
every day in THE SuH and THE EVENING
sUN you viii see cards sent back by the
boys saying they were out OF tobacco for
two weeks until THE Sun made ms dis
trihutiun How about that
"Oh. well, they are welcome to my
coupons ! didn't imagine the soldiers
were ever out Of n smoke"
The vague iulnAss of this particular
mind is duplicated in many others. In
a land Of patriots II Is regrettable and
THE Sun tries to offset its effects tn
tell the facts about tobacco for the SOL
diers. its necessity, it's scarcity. the diff
fculty Of supplying it, is the primary
ofiect Of this column The secondary
purpose is TO induce the unirna inhtive
Individual to send in his donation to the
fund
Fail in Line for sssun'' smokes.
Now let the soldiers tell the truth
about conditions Sergeant Wesley V.
Hudson Of the 1SSth Company. 10th
Ambulance Train, writes to SUN
donor:
"Au the hoys fall in line for our suN
smokes as we would for pay day"
Corporal X. It.. Needler. infantry. savs
I'VE had been long time without
smokes until THE Sun came back with
lis distribution. II was surely n treat
and one appreciated by all the bovs.
Good old L. s tobacco is hard to get
here, especially as the English and
French don't know what good tobacco
is 4 good smoke after a long watch
makes a new soldier!''
Corporal c. r. Durham, 140th Infan-
Try. Machine Gun Company. says in his
card Of thanks TO the Southern Jewelry
Association
I'VE received your smokes at the right
time, IN the trenches. We were out Of
smokes entirely; can you think what
the words mean No chance to get
faith in humanity.
You can't realize the value of our
mutual friend Lady Nicotine until tired
and wet we come in from the trenches
longing for a smoke, hut knowing there
e nothing 70 smoke Then when we find
that friend back in the L. s has
thought that this might happen and pro-
vded some tobacco you can guess our
gratitude"
On August George W. Albright of
the Supply Company OF the Sixtieth I'm
fan.-y wrote this to the Cast Iron Club,
which sent smokes over via THE SUN,
some Of which went to him:
Not even butt for two weeks ! Then
received the tobacco that you sent We
thank you very kindly for the same
"sun- Is the Soldiers Friend.
- thousand thanks" writes Private
Frederick Christopher Of Company r.
Fi''h Machine Gun Company. on August
. we boys got the box OF tobacco had
hAsn CIT Of II fur a while and couldn't
buy any. Il sure was appreciated by the
boys just Ike spring il after hard win
ur. Al Of US are going TO read THE Sun
wher We get back home. read il every
day too, for II sure has stood the sol
dlsrs' friend"
Here Is a wonderful story of what
girl II years old has done for the fund
that sends smokes to the soldiers abroad.
Her name is Jane Enrel and she lives
in Hartsdale all summer she has been
WORKING 10 prepare for a fair which
finally took place in her fathers house
last Saturday. The money return was
seoi Miss Jane made most of the ar
tsles which were sold. They consisted
Of pillow cases. cushions, eTnhroideries,
artificial flowers, &c Ice cream and
cake were sold at the party and assist
ing the Young hostess were the following
young folk. whose ages are from 10
10 years Louise Engel. Katharine Pol