The sun., 1918-11-08
TROOPS SEND HINT
FOR XMAS SMOKES
Some Mail Holiday Cards to
Donors They Already
Have Thanked.
RELY ON "THE Sun" FUND
Efforts on This Side to Supply
Them viii Not Be
Relaxed.
RELY ON "THE SUN" FUND

Victory! Unconditional surrender
These were the words--right or wrong
that set the pulse Of New York beating
as II never beat before in a perfect fever
OF Joy and delirium. American soldiers
had won II, and. far away as they were,
in Lorraine, In rewon Sedan. within
sight OF Metz, their spirit was here, In
Broadway. In Nassau street, In every
street and place OF this great city,
And in the marching OF the thousand
,mprovlsed professions Of men and
women. happy men and women. one
could hear the returning footsteps Of our
triumphant heroes.
Oh, the sound Of feet victorious,
oh, the fags and banners gloriousi
"sun" Fund Not TO Relax.
1t was all that was wanting-the
troops return. For that we will
have to school ourselves to wait. Mean
while THE Sun Tobacco Fund will not
relax one effort to send over to them our
congratulations OF a proud people In the
tangible shape they like-tobacco. More
than ever II is determined to make
their last Christmas abroad one of real
festivity. and the feast must begin and
end with plenty OF smokes!
Meanwhile the holidays are upon US,
with the duties Of love and admiration
we owe to our soldiers still to be full
filed. THE SUN Tobacco Fund has I'M
dertaken to supply them with holiday to-
bacco. .
nifty to give to the fund which the sol-
diers acclaim. Everybody who has all
ways meant to send money to the fund
TO buy n soldier tobacco will hasten to
help supply the sum that will buy and
transship this desired and necessary holi-
day gift to France.
The soldiers themselves ask for these
tobacco gifts. They ask openly. as one
asks OF a trusted friend favor he can
not refuse, or they ask indirectly by re-
turning thanks for what they have re-
ceived In the way OF cigarettes and
smoking tobacco with the implication
that, this supply cannot last forever and
both are essential to a happy holiday
season. Some. more skilful still in putt
ting their wishes before THE SUN fund
donors, are in the latest mail sending
back Christmas cards.
Corporal F. s. Tichener sends over a
Christmas card to Louise Morgan. n fund
donor. and accompanies II with his pic
ture showing him with two fne horses.
Christmas, 1913, he dates his letter OF
thanks, saying II Is from about thirty
boys who are enjoying q quantity of
cigarettes received October 10. He adds
We were on starvation diet In the
smokes line when your gift arrived. In
fact. tobacco has been as scarce as Ewes
summer raiment or the attire of star
Of "A modern revue. which wouldn't pro-
vide n decent dugout for flea. have
been a long way from home since We
started this game, and there is every
prospect of my being here i1to the new
year. although In the early part Of 1919
hope to be at home again. With
many thanks and wishing for you all
that you wish for yourself. I am In
closing a Christmas cardr
Another young officer sends a Christ
mas card to THE SUN which says
Christmas, 1913. With kindest thoughts
and all good wishes for Xmas and the
coming year" He mails It without COM
ment but THE SUN Is able to read be-
tween its lines.
Corporal Alex St. Clairlowe OF Fourth
Full Company, Australian Engineers.
has fine tribute to pay American sol
diers who fought by his side in n letter
to Miss Lottie Johnson:
= II have played games with them out
of the firing line. I have hoped the
bags with them on four occasions, and
say, aren't they some fighters when up
against II? And I ought to know. for
have been hopping the bags for three
have been going over the top SO long
and guess l know a soldier when see
one. And the American variety is q
soldier!
IT don't blame him for being brave
and q daredevil. for you people back