The sun., 1918-08-20
SMOKERS AT FRONT
BLOW SUN RINGS
Grateful Personal Notes Pour
Tn to Friends Who Send
Tobacco.
INTEREST HERE GROWING
Block Parties in All Parts Of
the City Provide Solace
for Soldiers.
INTEREST HERE GROWING

E-On1 unexpected cbuFCtS anu pidCos
.,me money gifts to THE Sun Tobacco
Fund. A recent ono Is particularly
,r.asing 10 the fund and ehould set n:
,s,, any bubble as to It's necessity and
the vital quality Of the work It performs
This gift IL in the sum of 3127.20 and
. comes from Rochester. n. Y, through
pN Kalbheisch. It's distinction Is due
N the fact that two OF Pershing's vet
,-ans Sergeant Petrush and Private
rovak OF Batteries e and d, Sixth Field
Artillery. A. E F., were in large meas
y-s responsible for it's being given to the
smoke fund. During the last Liberty
loan campaign at opsn air meetings held
IN Rochester these veterans, while at
home on furlough, spoke eloquently In
raise OF THE SUN Tobacco Fund. its
generous and efficient work and Of the
tremendous hit II had made with all
tinds and conditions Of our fighting men
abroad
As far as lies in its power THE SrN,
nv publishing the sincere and grateful
acknow led gments of the soldiers sent to
SIN donors In its care. has made wide
snread the same intelligence. II should
seen, that no one with an unoccupied
dollar should hesitate how to employ 1t
for the comfort OF soldiers II such a
wish TO serve Is his.
But to read the brief extracts from
these postcards-ther number Is legion
as they are published In this paper Is
pale thing compared to getting a per-
sonal word from one OF the fighting men
for oneself Why not treat yourself to
this experience? 1t Is extremely graft
tying and 1t is not costly.
What q Dollar Brings.
A dollar buys a great many smokes
and Il buys more gratitude and Nils the
recipient OF the soldiers letter with a
proud Consciousness OF duty done at a
small sacrifice. Send in that dollar and
let 1t bring you some written words from
France like the following:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, July 20. Is.
DEAR SIR Your tobacco was received
and distributed among the boys. We
are apprecistive and very thankful for
H. Until you come over In turn you will
never know how good It seems to receive
tobacco from the good U. 8. A. The
New York SUN is n great friend to the
boys In olive drab and each and every
enc Of US is grateful to 1t.
The tobacco was equally distributed.
50 there Is no fault to find. This card is
from the boys of COMPANY X, 3G2d In
!antry. and again we thank you for the
donation.-Private Robert p. Costello"
Now here Is a letter written nearer
home that equals in interest the other
which came across SO many miles. 1t IL
dated from Tilden Bros Resort, Eagle
River, Wis. The writer is Arthur Guy
Empey. who has been going ''over the
top" for black bass (see the Sunday
SuN, Part I. August 49,: DEAR SMOKE
FIND: have been a stranger for some
time, but I'm back again. You know
at;er that wonderful licking our boys in
France just gave those German carp
few smokes will not 60 amss.
Now, Here Is Empey's Answer.
Funny. isn't II, while some pro-Ger-
man snakes were starting their evil
s,nelling propaganda. stating that had
cast slurs on our drafted men God
bless themD /. with the assistance. Of
three regular fellows was staging a
big benefit for drafted men who\ were
leaving or had already left Eagle River
for their cantonment.
Il donated the moving picture Over
the Top the town orchestra came
through and we raised $562.79, which
We decided should go for smokes for
cur soldiers. Enclosed please find check
for that amount"
This pleasing return" from one of
the most confirmed of the fund fans
Is entered with due honors in to-day's
new contributions
Frank Gaynor. first sergeant Company
H. Seventh Infantry. writes this on
INV to at 49, 40
mated tobacco to this soldier He says:
I have not room on this small card
to write more than a word to thank
you, but will say that the shells are
bursting in my immediate vicinity and
DO not know what their next move
VIII be. but am prepared for anything
now that ! have some smoking. / mean
mat l am your grateful friend"
Miss Bingham Aids Again.
Mss Amelia Bingham. noted actress.
~ the latest volunteer for the smoke
'pna party TO be held at the Park Ave-
"le HoteI In the sunken gardens on,
next Friday night. Miss Bingham has
Oeeh from the beginning of its career
stanch supporter of the fund and
'as frequently appeared for Ms benefit.
another recruit is Godfrey c. Stein,
VINO Will do a bit" In the way OF en-
slsinment and act as announcer and
sueticneer Of the evening. Mr.. STEMS
,ser appearances on the stage in New
Lo'N WERE made in Rachel Crothiers's
psy OF Ourselves" and as leading man
1Nh Miss Elsie Ferguson in THE First
Lady OF the Land"
ms benefit has every prospect Of
~hs supremely successful, and the
coS generous feeling is exhibited by
HeoIse I. Brown and Mrs. Howard L.
IN VINO have the general direction
~ me party. The former is to offer
w handsome prizes for the man and
onsh dancer who get the 'lucky"
numbers, and In innumerable ways he
, sHo"n his wish to speed up the
The party.
Mss Gtorsins MacMullen. who will
me prima donna on the occasion.
~" suvlsed the fund that she will sing
I'oIioW'ng numbers: An aria from
,, r.,H' "Manon Lescaut" and two
rs spirit Flower" by Campbell
Fp,U"' ana Like the Rosebud" by
FRANK La Forge.
po, auu't'on to the talent already an
~,sa.u Tor the party and including
60 e." run makers az Joe Santley. solly
,n' Jimmy Flynn and Lillian EnRIk,
pn,''i,ihg Young dancer Is to be seen,
r,msy Snaw A year ago she left Gus
,n'uss road show to 20 into mic
IN ana she has since been featured
,,i..o ''nemss, ono OF them not vet
IN, Another extremely Interest,"
,rs,. announcement for this SUN fund
,.r,. Is that the band will be aug
t-,b,r 10 forty pieces under the lead