The sun., 1919-05-22
VOLUNTEERS EAGER
TO AID FUND FETE
Well known Entertainers Are
Happy to Do Bit at
Little Club.
TROOPS TELL OF GIFTS
"Pleasure to Say We All En-
joyed the Smokes,'' Sol
dicr Writes.
TROOPS TELL OF GIFTS

tee~ Is Miss Lillian Bradley, soprano
and impresario. who has been a constant
friend Of the fund and likes to be in
cluded in all such affairs. In this in
stance she gives up a rehearsal for her
own party to come of at the Commodore
on Wednesday night in order to sing for
the fund.
Others who wfll appear In the amusing
bill at the Little Club affair are Miss
Adrienne Dore, a Partisan soprano who
10 q very great favorite; Miss Elizabeth
Brice. WIN Morrissey and Martin Gull
hane. Volunteers are seeing manager
''Gii" Boag or Jimmy Thompson daily
with requests that they be put on THE
SUN Tobacco Fund programme.
The Messrs. Shubert have presented
to the fund box for foot Sweet and
another box for Take 1t From Me-"
which will be auctioned OF In the course
Of the evening. Other theatre boxes
have been donated by A. H. Woods and
Oliver Morosco.
James Thompson of the Palais Royal
has donated ten one pound boxes of
the Palais Royal candy. A. A. Sichel
Of the the American Tobacco Company
has given 1000 Pail Mall cigarettes, Mrs
Henry Valoff OF the Cafe de Paris
souvenir stand has made a present Of
two dressed dolls, George Wilbueton
Colby OF a painting. Lou Friedman OF
silk shirt. Winter & Rau of a lamp
shade, and these gifts, added to the
list already published. show the popu-
iarity Of the fund and the general wish
to aid It.
The dealers with whom the Little
Club do business have almost to a
man proffered donations, and at the
same time expressed their intention to
share in all the fun by reserving tables
for Sunday night for themselves and
parties. All signs point one way. toward
a smashing benefit for the fund, a Pc
culiarly jolly evening and everybody sat
isfied. Get in on 1t by calling up Bry-
ant s27 and telling ''Gir' Boag. who
Will answer you, to save a place for
seeing and hearing all that Is bound
to happen. To-day is Thursday. re-
member and Sunday Is but two days of.
Peat Gets Many Cards.
Private Peat, who has been since his
return to lecture on his army expert
tons to the fund to number himself
among its best friends. is at the present
time receiving many cards from the SOL
diers still abroad. Several of these have
been written to him by members Of
Company G, Fifty-fifth Infantry. and
others come to him from the university
AT Beaune. Cote d. Or. In the first
class Private Earnest z. Carey writes
under date of April 26 to thank him for
H.. L.. 49, \ H.
I'VE are always particularly grateful
to the old soldiers who remember how
they themselves craved tobacco. for we
know that nobody had to suggest to
these men that 1t would be a good thing
to send US something to smoke"
The university boys have been read
.ng Private Peats book, according to a
statement made by First Lieut. NJ. H.
Wilson, Engineers. R II. O., who, begin
ming by recognizing the gift of smokes
through THE SUN Tobacco Fund, with
Private Peat's name enclosed, says:
"One Of the most interesting books
we have read over here is your book,
and we have all recognized the value of
l. because of its truthfulness. simplicity
and candor. We will smoke your to-
bacco with the feeling that We know you
at least a little
Or the subject of the aims and ac-
complishments OF the university at
Bearne. Sergeant Major L. >Heustis OF
Headquarters Service Battalion has this
to say in long letter to donor Ian
keever:
There have been newspaper criti-
ciHms both Of the men here and OF the
institution. Persons who know nothing
about either have spread reports that
this university Is a blind. Such is not
the case. It Is veritable school where
anything from saving wood to banking,
business and law and numerous other
useful things are taught. We are glad
to be hero and are learning things that
will be valuable in our future lives
''Why these statements have been
made and why the boys are attacked in
a very degrading fashion simply because
they are being kept here is what we
cannot understand. We are here because
our Government Is not through with US.
and although the war is over things are
still in an unsettled state, and II would
be madness. to draw all the boys away
and send them home. Also there are al
ways many things that have to be done
in the way OF cleaning up" Some had
to stay behind to do 1t. while other men,
luckier, could go home. Our battalion
is among those that were kept to do this
work. We are patiently doing 1t and
waiting news meanwhile that our turn
would come. The news has at last ar
rived. and we will be leaving here for
home by July at the furthest.
Praise for Battalion.
II want to say In Justice TO the men
OF this battalion that they are fine clean
men with lot OF what Is called Char.
acter." and this should be widely recog-
nized before we come back, as It will
have TO be after we are at home. Some
unjust criticisms OF us having been
brought to me by the boys who heard
them from their folks and friends at
home, I have taken the subject UP with
you instead of writing one of my usual
letters as In the past and thanking you
for the smokes you have sent US through
THE Sun fund. will do SO In a few
days, and with luck I should be In New
York in July. and will thank you in per-
son for the many kindnesses you have
shown US In the past"
From Germany in the latest soldiers
mail will come many grateful express
sions for tobacco delivered to them In
April and May. The following card was
sent to Dr. and Mrs Morris by Private
Herbert X. Graus of Company u, TWEEN
ty-eighth Infantry "a. p. o. 729), 1t Is
dated April 2s and headed '.rhs watch
on tho Rhine at Moschheim, Germany"
Private kraus says: Thanking you for
your most generous gift. It is a plea sure
10 tell you that We all truly enjoyed the
smokes Tor all they were worth and that
Is whole lot when you refer to Ameri-
can tobacco In the fat and lazy Rhine
land"
Miss Lucy r. Jacoby, donor will re-
ceive THIS jovtal note from John r. May