The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
GOING HIS LIMIT TO
HELP TOBACCO FUND
Lieutenant Who Enjoyed His
Smokes at Front Shows
Gratitude.
MEMS HEARTS WARNED
Army Of Occupation Is Among
Chilly People, but "Sun"
Gifts Are Cheering.
MEMS HEARTS WARMEI

After recent parade Of our returned
soldiers q young officer still In KHAKI,
approached Mrs. Laura b. Prisk. who
has been known for the length OF it,
career as a SUN Tobacco Fund booster,
and said:
II remember giving you q gift for
the smoke fund conducted by The Sur
month or two before I was sen,
abroad to fight. That was In 1918.
Now that am back want to give you
another dollar for the same fund"
Tho Lieutenant then said: from
what saw abroad in connection with
the good done by THE Sun Tobacco
Fund my chief regret was that I had
not been able to do more for It before
l went to France. I saw quite a few
OF It's distributions and Witnessed ths
need of tobacco and the real comfort II
brought to our boys. Nobody who has
not seen the faces OF the soldiers when
TOBACCO was brought up to the lines for
them by the smoke fund can estimate
the splendid work of this fund,
The fund acted as proof OF the res,
anection held for the soldiers By ths
people OF their own country. You can
not judge what this means until you
have been in foreign country deprived
as soldiers naturally are, Of many crea-
ture comforts. The tobacco gifts made
them feel warm and comfortable in the
region Of the heart.
Now. here Is another dollar, and 1
want to tell THE Sun that Ali I can ao
viii be done for the smoke fund.
have not much money and do not sea
many chances Of making more than q
living for while. but here h my first
instaiment to pay what consider q
real debt"
The dollar win get n place of honor
among the new contributions tomorrow.
Cards From Army Of Occupation.
Cards from soldiers continue TO come
from Germany and the VILLAGES in
france where our men are working in
the great task Of reconstruction. They
express the same gratitude to which the
tund ana Its donors are thoroughly ao-
customed. Many OF these cards say:
could not do anything that 4
should Ike to do better than to write
my thanks to THE Sun, which has done
20 much for the soldiers"
Cnaries f. Poolo OF Company e.
y. n.
addresses his letter OF thanks to DR.. .rd
Mrs. Morris and writes fully OF how he
Is living at Moscheim. Germany.
j cannot be too emphatic abou, bov
appreciate your tobacco gift, which
came TO mo the last day Of Acril. We
nae been having pretty cold weather ana
thefe was nothing in the conditions
winch would mako a man grateful for
being where We were-in an enerny.s
country and not at all liked The Ger
mhns up here are polite, but Il Is a thing
they have to sfow and not from the
heart. However. that does not bother
US any. for we do not care for them
and never could
But all through April felt as II
thfhgs were In bad for me, as saw No
signs OF getting home, and from what
We heard there were no signs Of abso-
lutte peace going through quickly. 7
heard some talk that II mlght be July
BEFORE the terms OF the armlstice were
entirely carried out and that meant that
the First Division would be here most
OK the summer. The boys could not
help feeling blue. especially as many OF
Us have had no direct news from home
in q long time.
Several Of US. myself included. have
written to our folks to send US tobacco.
bu' IL they can do 1t easily they have
not SO far as I know. am certain
that none has come to US in that pri-
vate way.
Feeling like this, sou NAV perhaps
form some idea OF our gratitude when
your Gift Of tobacco reached US through
THE Sun Tobacco Fund. We were a
happy bunch the day 1t arrived, I can
tell you.
we hope II we are to be kept here
until all preliminaries OF peace are set
tle6 that the friends who like yourself
nave proved that we are not FORGOTTEN
stree war IL over will keep on sending
US smoke now and then. II this
sounds too much like q hidecu s hint
please forget II. but your generosity
gives me courage to let the request 20
now that l have written It,"
Hospital Patients Made Happy.
A card from Base Hospital ~. at
barzoilles. France. In the valley Of the
Mouse, was written to James McCreery
by the patients of Ward Five. They say
This ward Is smoking on you to day
and pouring out our best wishes for your
prosperity as we'll as our thanks to you
at the same time. Most of us are fairly
well, but some are still In bed and a
good many have TO be kept under OBJ
servation for a month or six weeks yet.
The latter are the men who suffered
from gas attacks.
Nearly all Of US are able to smoke in
moderation, and the doctors are very
KIND TO give us permission as soon as Il
Is safe. So as soon as the smokes wore
given out to us from THE SUN we
started In little at a time. It was the
nrst time that we felt we were really
getting to be all right.
PLEASE accept our thanks and try
to realize that our gratitude IL q genuine
thing and that In awakening II you
have made a ward room full OF sick men
hopeful and happy"
The party at the Little Club last night
deserved all the favorable prophecies
that were made about II, for in every
sense It was a great success. with few
exceptions the promised performers were
on hand, and the crowd that filled the
Moon Room enjoyed a wonderful pro-
sramme. Elizabeth Brice, Molly King,
Adrienne Dore, Vera Nicolini, Harry
Carroll. Marty Culhane and Win Nor
rissey were the funmekers.
Lillian Bradley sang two songs that
were cordially received. She gave up a
rehearsal OF her own show, scheduled for
wednesday night at the Hotel Comma
dore, to go TO the Little Club to do her
bit. Al Miss Bradlsy's own party
Marion Saki. dancer from the Hippo
drome; Mathilde Verba. Eleanor Kern
and others will perform. Miss Olive
Wolbert 10 to act as hostess of this party.
which IL called "a ball Of nations and
midnight whirl."
As yesterday was Sunday such con-
tributions as came by mail will not be