The sun., 1918-11-27


the soldiers on Monday night these
restaurants: Lafayette. Brevoort,
Black Cat and Little Hungary in New
York. and the Rita and Piccadilly in
Brooklyn. The naval quartet were
encored many times in the new song,
and the financial betterment Of the
smoke fund from the trip amounted to
sSO6.14. Pretty good for a tryout- And
this initial trip II TO be repeated every
night this week except Thanksgiving.
The soldiers mail brought in by tho
steamship Rochambeau contains
many cards written on November
dates. some OF them less than a week
away from the signing OF the armis-
tice. Mess Sergeant II. F. German
writes from THE Western Front" to
fund donor Sydney Jalenko: your
tobacco sent to us by The SUN To-
bacco Fund was issued to the boys as
they cams through the mess line to-
night for supper. It was a treat and
they have asked me to thank Mr.. ia
lenko and TIVE SUN"
Card after card in the new mail
was written In hospitals. but not ono
OF them expresses any doleful senti-
ment. On the contrary all are cheer
full in tone and some are even gay.
! Il have had the pleasure of enjoy
ing your smokes In the base hospital"
says Charles c. Kruger. Company
tolank). Engineers, to Francis Scott,
a fund regular.
Private Robert G. Probst tells Will
! Rogers. whom he addresses as Dear
American" Cigarettes are real easy
10 xarhn fal d. aaN Ia.
back"
: And Corporal G. r Kaufman of
Company NJ. 32oth Infantry. writes to
the same donor: Your generous do
nation OF cigarettes was received by
me while I am a patient in the hosp!-
/ tai. What I think OF them Is beyond
words"
/ While at the hospital I take great
pleasure in sending you this card for
fellow who " too sick to write. His
name is Phelan, and he's from New
York I am from Pittsburg myself.
He and I and a lot Of fellows in the
hospital send you thanks"
Murray SWEET, A =. y. 734, writes
to donor on November 2, saying:
! This card. as you see. was in a pack
age OF cigarettes, which, am told was
given to The SUN Tobacco Fund by
you. The American smokes are what
We want: they are much better than
the French. and they help a lot in
! hospital"
Many Sincere Thanks.
Supply Company. Hath Field Artil-
lery. by Clerk F. ]. Malone. takes
great pleasure in acknowledging to
the Clairmont. Theatre the receipt of
a liberal quantity Of tobacco. Each
member of the company had his share
OF 1t and each sends his sincere
thanks.
Late in October First Sergeant
Harry Ruben OF Company H. 3O4th
Machine Gun Battalion, wrote to the
E. W. Bliss Company shop saying:
Just received a lot OF smokes from
You, and on behalf OF our company and
myself I take the way THE SUN offers
to thank you. They sure hit the right
spot and are eagerly looked forward
to by the gang We hope you keep
| up the good work"
| These letters from the hospitals
ought to show THE Sun fund donors
the great practical help they have
been to the soldiers and inspire them
to renew their gifts TO the fund. There
will be many soldiers In foreign hos
pitfalls long after the peace terms are
made out, and where could one want
| to give cheer so much as to these
wounded compatriots.
! We have to take care Of our own
boys now" wrote a nurse the o.ler
day, and THE SUN fund feels like re-
peating her words every day. Whether
they are in active service still as MEM
bers OF the Army OF Occupation or
preparing to return home or Nat on
their backs in hospitals, they all need
care. And they need, too. the neces-
sary luxury Of smokes There cannot
be two opinions on this subject, and
II an argument were necessary the
letters OF the soldiers supply It.
Christmas coupons and certificates
are coming in in large packages from
various parts Of the Union. Many OF
these are sent to the fund snony-
mously and can only be credited b.
means Of a postmark. Among the re-
cent donors OF these coupons. which
are specified as being sent to aid the
holiday drive. are E. Grant Marsh. v
Hirsh Cadillac, Poughkeepsie, Edythe
S. Hubbard. the Fullertone. Telford
Coal Company of tombstone, Pa; w
p. Downs, Princeton" w. A. Smith
company. Harrisonburg. Va; "A
Reader" Marjorie Ware.
These coupons and certificates
added to the contents OF The Sun fund
boxes In the United Cigar Stores which
are counted on Tuesdays. viii add ap-
probably to the smoke fund drive fol-
Christmas.
On September rs last the employees
OF the British Chemical Company OF
Trenton, Ontario, Canada, played @
game OF baseball. in which the mines
were Americans In one and Canadians
in the other. The net proceeds OF the
game were divided between the local
Council OF Women for Smokes for the
Canadian Soldiers and THE Sun To-
bacco Fund The latter's share. $50
appears In to-day's new contributions
How the Fund Stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING SUN 10000
United Cigar Stores boxes including -
special per CENT of gross sales day 6i.2oo. q
New contributions NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50
Total .$Sn SSs. Il
shipped and paid for. 500, 7lo2.
Reserved through the schultz Cigar
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