The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-29
Instead of Cutting Down q
Letter lie Actually Puts
Something Into 1t.
THANKS FROM TRENCHES
Boys Back From Front Line
Find. Packets Of Tobacco
Awaiting Them.

us boys" says Corporal J. Il. Cadieux
OF Company c, l04th Infantry, In
note OF thanks to SUN Tobacco Fund
! contributor,
"I was handed carton of smoking
tobacco and told to divide II among my
. squad. Having found this card en-
closed am only too happy to acknowl-
edge your kindness.
I'VE were absolutely out OF smokes
I when yours came. We. had Just come
out of the trenches. which were far
from being void of excitement. and the
days were never to be forgotten. So
/. 1 can say the smokes WERE treat"
Private NJ. Henderson of Company A.
Headquarters Battalion. after thanking
: another donor, writes:
I'VE all appreciate very highly the
! spirit OF the folks back home in the
. u. s. A., and feel they are with US In
our fight for freedom"
y In those few lines Is to be found the
. keynote Of many Of the messages which
come from the front and an indication
Of the good which the contributions
9 are accomplishing The distributions
; through the fund are q mighty stimulus
! to the army's morale. for they are an
, eloquent evidence OF the devotion Of
the home folks
Sometimes the censors delete occa-
sional words from the cards. Here's
one who uses his pen instead of, his
. shears. This double jointed message
was received in one Of the latest mails
from Over There:
Tho Seventy-eighth Company. United
States Marines. in the trenches. thank
! you for your gift OF tobacco and CRATE
!. fully promise to give your regards to
'Fritsie. " 900 ..',. .-.-
:. Up. S. tThis was written in another
hand)-The censor having shared in
your donation feels called upon to add
his thanks to those expressed above.
The 'makings' are always most welcome
~. NJ SELLERS. First Lieutenant
I'VE are doing our bit.' says Daniel
E. Rivers. First Field Battalion, Signal
Corps. Company A. and thank you for
your attention, along with others, in our
behalf"
Six Leutenants OF Company F, Sec
ond Engineers-J. c. Metzger, j. C.
Robbus. T. A. Finder, H. NJ. Hayne,
r. B. Graham and H. S. Barrons-in-
dorsed this sentiment, expressed on an
other card:
Thanks very much for the tobacco
We are very far away from the source
Of supply and the gift was very well
come"
Much is accomplished by the fund in
taking the source of tobacco supply
closer to our fighting men. The messages
from which these quotations are taken
are only few which have Just been
received, addressed to faithful fund
donors
Fete at Reisenweber's.
Hundreds of persons. inspired with
the double purpose OF enjoying a gaia
evening and helping the boys TO get
more smokes, have made their plans
to attend THE Sun Tobacco Fund party
ON Paradise Roof. atop OF Reisenweber's.
near Columbus Circle. tomorrow. The
programme which Miss Alice King. the
hostess. and Mr.. Shut the manager,
have arranged, with the enthusiastic
cooperation of many Of the best known
entertainers on and off Broadway, Is
one of the highest standard of excellence.
1t is necessary only to mention the
names of some who have volunteered
to attend and do their bit:
Raymond Hitchcock and two of his
associate fun and melody makers of
, "hucny-koo. 1915" Leon Enrol ana
Irene Bordoni; Blanche Bates and
Lieut.. Gitz-Rice the latter knows from
experience what smokes mean to the
soldiers), of Getting Together; Helen
Ware, the popular actress Vivian and
GeneVleNe Tobin. one in a toe dance the
other In recitation: Alexander Carr.
hero of some Of the productions
adapted from the Montague Glass sto-
ries: Roshanara. the East Indian dancer {:
Joan Sawyer. Grant and Wing, Cipango.
the Hawaiian Texas Guinan, singer
and dancer Frisco. the eccentric dancer ::
Percival knight and Peggy Shaner, the
movie star
Miss King has received from patriotic
merchants and others a number of at
tractive donations which will be sold at
auction. TO the further advantage of the
fund. 1t will be a lively evening full
OF fun and melody, and il behooyes
every one who has not yet done so to
make his table reservation at once.
women Show Enthusiasm.
l.. F.. BUCK 10 woman who realizes
that one of the most effective and ac-
! ceptable ways in which to help win the
war is to keep the soldiers supplied
with cigarettes and makin's. In sending
from Saginaw. Mich, contribution.
which was acknowledged in yesterday
mornings list she said:
Having used tobacco vicariously all
my life Through my father, brother
and husband) | want to yet a little
, pleasure out of the weed, so enclose a
, small check"
Grace A. Miller of Bennington, Vt. Ia
treless and devoted fund booster
Early in last August she installed n box
in the public library in Remington,
where fines charged against readers for
Keeping borrowed books overtime are
deposited and many persons place coins
Voluntarily. Since that time eight re-
mittances have been received here, Miss
Miller sending a refreshing letter with
each. With the most recent instalment
, she wrote:
Il am enclosing 50 contributed by
patrons OF our public library, to whom
your fund appeals hope each days
news Will be flip to their gener-
cslty.
with three brothers in the service
naturally I'm keen to know smokes are
being found for all our boys Over There.
- See how close We are to that new goal :"
o. We are glad indeed that Miss Miller
refers to this as our" fund. No one is
81 better entitled TO claim a proprietary in
terest than she and others like her, who
are working early and late for its sue
cess The fund belongs exclusively to
its big army of supporters
Next Saturday will see the sale of
the second yearling hlly donated to the
cause by John E. Madden, 10 be sold for
soldiers smokes. THIS one Is by Ormon-
dale-Mamie Worth, each a noted racer
in its day, and is half sister to Colors
and Fort Worth.
. MIR. Madden. whose interest in the SOL
: diers is keen-he has two sons in the
service, by the way--is confident that
this latest gift will bring a vet higher
. price than did his other, which sold a
rev weeks ago for $4,000, Alfredo II.