The sun., 1918-11-17
SUNS ADD TO GIFTS
TO AID FUND DRIVE
Every Ounce Of Effort Now
Needed for Holiday
Smoke Plan.
SOLDIERS STILL CALL
Many Letters From Heroes in
France Urge Folks Not
to Forget.
SOLDIERS STILL CALL

to Forget.
FROM the inception OF THE Sun To-
baoco Fund for the purchase, shipment
and delivery OF tobacco to our soldiers
abroad, and this Is coincident, OF course,
with tho entrance of our country in the
war, the expenses Of the fund have been
borne by this newspaper, and at the
read OF the books OF the fund.-" which
have always been daily open to the pub
tic, has appeared this item: THE Sun
and THE EVENING SUN, $4,000" To-day
Il will be observed that this item. pub
l,shed daily for a period OF seventy-four
weeks, has undergone a change. 1t reads
to-day: THE SUN and THE EVENING
SUN, $1,000"
The donations from the newspapers
we're intended to bear all theASverhead
expenses Of the fund. AS every donor to
this fund knows, his money, all of 1t. as
contributed by him. went for smokes for
the soldiers and was not used In the
smallest part for any other purpose.
THE SUN Tobacco Fund has now one
10 every soldier left OF American forces
in Europe over the holiday season
smokes from America II has Increased
its donation In order to hasten this de-
sired contamination.
There could be, II should seem, no
more worthy aim than TO give the SOL
diers who are naturally impatient to
come homo q little taste of what their
welcome will be when they do arrive.
Their own testimony as TO what they
want Is the very best that can be OBJ
sain
postal cards so numerous that long since
effort to count them was given over the
soldiers ask for American tobacco. While
they were fighting they craved this sol
ace and were not able to find II In the
substitutes offered, French and English
tobaccos. Now that they see ahead OF
them for an indeterminate time differ
ent duties the craving is IL anything q
little more acute.
By their own testimony, then, and to
this the donors who have received cards
u acknowledgment can bring weight.
md by tho testimony Of veterans who
lave passed through the wearisome Pc
riod OF rehabilitation the necessity of
tobacco has increased. The soldiers want
letters from home, and they ask for some
delicacies, but they declare that they
AN do without the latter and even get
long with less than the rationed food
rrovided the tobacco supply does not
dry up.
Wise I'm rorethought.
THE Sun fund has bean wise In fore
thought. II realized early and while
peace seemed still q long way OF that
when Il did come some OF the enthusiasm
of donors to keep the soldiers In tobacco
might die down. 1t sought by precept to
prove the greater need under conditions
" armistice and peace, and now seeks
70 enforce the same lesson by example.
After flve days Of exhorting on the
necessity OF getting together quickly the
funds which should insure for every
American so'''er abroad a liberal allow
snce OF smokes as the holiday present
20 him Of his fellow countrymen the fund
sim stands in need Of sss,ooo Gin round
numbers) TO be able to accomplish this
splendid gift. Any donation is welcome
and will help speed up the journey OF
THE SUN Tobacco Fund to the half mil
Ion mark.
In the latest letters to arrive from
what Is called still by custom ''the front"
what was to happen In little more than
two weeks was often prophesied. On o.
tober rs Horace Quincy writes to q
donor: When you receive this you may
already know that Germany has crum-
oled. We are expecting 1t every day.
The resistance Ii hardly worthy Of that
name and is felt systematically. The
approaching end will not make US any
the less grateful to you for the smokes
you have sent US via THE Sun Tobacco
Fund. They are always most acceptable
over here, as there Is usually a great
deal OF trouble in procuring them. II Is
possible TO buy cigarettes from America
once in while, because some OF the SOL
iiers VINO DO not smoke change them for
;hings they want. But as you may i'm
lStne, this is only a chance. The Sum
.und has done noble and necessary work,
and II It suddenly stopped the boys would
link the world rad stopped"
1T is astonishing the hold tobacco
1as on the troops in such a place as
his writes George Jacobs, Ambulance
Corps. to John Rynold. SUN fund
donor II cannot tell you how I ap-
1reaate the cigarettes you have semi
ne They reached mo at tho moment
u need"
On october s5 Corporal J. W. q.
rohey writes to thank a donor for
Cigarettes. the nrst he and his COM
AIDES had had In several weeks. He
oreatss sort Of underground prayer
hat II he is to b over in Europe over
Tho holidays thsre may be no such
assrth OF toblcco from America
Home, Sweet Home.
Not so long ago there was consider
Aole talk which got into the newspapers
about the great numbers of American
Youth who were going to marry French
girls and remain permanently abroad.
With the 81 snlng of the armisuce and
he blush OF peace this talk has died
out and the soldiers themselves feel
only an ardent desire to get back home.
This feeling finds expression In num-
oerIess cards, and the only reference
ne soldiers make to a prolongation of
heir stay 10 one OF sufferance. n we
must we must, and we shall try to put
The best face possible on It. but help
" out by continuing TO send Us over
ohaeooI This Is the Transcription OF
ABOUT ten thousand cards written be-
'Neen the 10th and the 26th OF October.
Here Is one such card. written by
company number deleted): AT n
most glorious time your present OF Gig
irettes arrived, and we are all too
Hateful, because we need the smokes
-sdly.
owing TO the present rate OF our
vance cigarettes were practically
TA'ne and only now and then we
'l.I vacedle one out OF a more for
~" gsl. There il one thing We will
'. aaNe to siye credit for to our peo-
'a and that is that you have sought
D make us comfortable by giving US
Rat We want. We really want many
Mugs but whether we're fighting or
ssiins there Is one thing we feel We
.lst nave and that is tobacco In some
o.7g and preferably cigarettes. We