The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
TOBACCO LIGHTENS
DULL DAYS ON RHINE
Soldiers Testify to Their Joy
Over Smokes in Many Diff
ferent Ways.
"FLYING CIRCUS" HAPPY
"YOur Gift Was Received With
Pleasure-Again Please"
Says Note Of Thanks.

Says Note Of Thanks.
News by private letters from the Rhine
! zone gives a reassuring sense that the
American soldiers in the Army OF occu-
patton are not suffering from lack Of any
kind; they are satisfied with their chow,
| they cannot complain of hard work and,
In fact. they complain or at least men
tion a paucity OF work. and they are
entertained in their leisure hours in
many different ways The great ma
tional game as we'll as foot ball is being
played at Coblenz, Ehrenbreitstein. Neck
/ lenDerg, Trier and Wherever there are
good sized camps Of Americans
The soldiers. in word, are happily
well on and this fact must be agreea BILE
reading to their friends and relations.
In any enumeration of their blessings
the soldiers put one thing at the top.
As this Is a SMOKE fund story it is pos
siole that the reader guesses what that
thing is. Yes. 1t is the tobacco issued
to them by THE SuN Tobacco Fund.
| Without tobacco tho soldiers in Ger
many and billeted in the villages of
northern and western France would not
enjoy either their work or their play.
In q hundred different ways they testify
to this, in cards sent back to donors, in
letters written TO their friends and in
messages they send back by their more
fortunate pals, as they esteem them, who
have been able to come home.
| The men overseas feel that some ex.
:lanation Of their continued need of cigar
cites and smoking tobacco is due to the
patrons OF the smoke fund and they fire.
ouently give this explanation in a quain,
but persuasive way. The tobacco, they
| ay, that is procurable In Germany tastes
like straw sweetened by an inferior kind
of molasses this is the pipe tobacco as
for the cigars descriptive words fail thu
soldiers when they attempt to give an
idea of their noxious effect.
In France a condition of famine exists
in the tobacco situation. No American
smoker ever did like the stun the French
Government sells as tobacco It is harsh
strong and bad smelling as well as tast
ing. but even when some of the men had
succeeded in using 1t in default OF any
thing better would repeat that act Of
desperation in these days they cannot
because there is no tobacco to be bought
in France.
Fund Always a Friend.
As consequence of the almost tota
lack of tobacco provision the gratitude
OF the soldiers upon receiving an issue OF
tobacco from THE SUN Tobacco Fund Il
extreme, And when they recall, as they
invariably do, how this fund has always
been at hand to serve them and has done
SO without any let up since the first n
July. 1917. they marvel at the success Of
| Its wonderful system as well as rejoice
in it's unvarying wish TO serve theii
needs.
THE Sun Tobacco Fund, then. has
reason TO be glad that its work abroad
has been so successful. On this side 4
finds many causes for congrstulation
both of itself and of the donors. The
latter deserve congratuation for thei
aid and they must he pleased with wha
the soldiers write TO them in the way
Of Acknowledgment. 1t is a privilege t.
be counted among THE Sun fund donor
and those whose names are written OF
this shining coll feel the privilege.
Aviators in Treves are among tn
heartiest "thankers" this fund has eve
had. II used to he said in the time o
war that all other branches OF the arm!
got their tobacco from THE Sun befor
; the American Flying Circus did. Ac
cording to the fiers now congrcSated II
Treves, this has been changed, and the.
openly boast that the smoke fund come
to them first. They have had mum
Der Of distributions of tobacco since the,
went to Germany and they have beef
quick to express their qualification an,
pleasure.
I'VE are comparatively happy and con
tented here now" writes Arthur Jones
who halls from the West and who ha
served in the American pursuit grou
during the darkest days of the war. II
has stopped it's incessant raining. tn
boys get enough exercise to keep /
FORM and We have, thanks to THE ST,
paper. enough American tobacco TO ri
our Weed pipes when We go UP. Than
THE Sun when you get the opportunity.
On March 30 p. v Munday of Com
pany X. 30Sth Infantry, sent this lin
back to the irving Club. which had con
tributed to the fund the money that car
: ried smokes to him: Received your TO
bacco gift : many thanks for the sam,
The boys sure do appreciate the goo
old American tobacco, and they all joi
with me in sending over to you our ur
= dying thanks.
The same club also got this card
Tobacco is a thing We absolutely mus
have We cannot do without it. SO whe
big issue came to us from You on tn
e first of April this Company OF Ia
4 Thirty ninth United States Infantr
= wanted to cable over our pleasure. A
3 that was manlfestly impossible, we d
$ the next best thing and send you
j postal card of thanks
y Fund donor G. w. Ames will receive
s GARD from Willie Robinson. mailed h
n this soldier on April 8. II was Yer
t happy to receive the tobacco you sent
I ! was surprised too, for I thought nobod
i back in America would remember u
= row the war was over. 1t is very mic
o 10 be deceived in this way and to fe,
e that we are not forgotten. Without yo
e and THE SUN we would not be smokin
I tonight"
e The soldiers are learning French a
r right. II is a peculiar kind of Frencl
e but no doubt 1t Is better than no kin
: of French at all. The author Of tn
card is Harlan *. Dekert, sergeant
= the medical department. L. s. A., who's
t address is A. r. O. 733 and he says
o ''Votre bien donation recu avec tire
G plalslr. Encore. sill vous plait" Litel
: ally translated this says: Your well gi
4 received with very pleasure. Again,
G you please"
g Dance to DO Bit.
e There are still some seats 10 he ha
: at the Belmont Theatre for the dancin
programme OF the pupils OF Louise Mo,
gan. which occurs for the benefit
THE Sun Tobacco Fund Thursday after
noon. Fifty Of the pupils viii he er
gagged in rendering these artistic dance
and the fortunate people who have see
, them in rehearsal report that they civ
: one OF the newest ana most artist