The sun., 1919-05-02
FUND ARTISTS DO
BIT TO HELP LOAN
Entertainers Happy to Give
Double Aid to Men
Over There.
TOBACCO CHEERS TROOPS
Package of Thanks Arrives
From Soldiers Due Home
on Monday.

lections OF their pleasant labors for the
beneht Of smokes for the soldiers that
almost any beneft nowadays seems to
DO drawing on this particular vein OF
tsient. This Is not to be wondered at
sin: application Is daily brought to this
fund for introductions to the artists who
voluntarily made tho smoke fund par
ties successful.
Singers, speakers and nonologists as
wei as Chalk" artists are being drawn
from the smoke funds honor list to
swell the workers engaged in carrying
over the Victory Loan. THE SUN To-
bacco Fund is asked to aid in interest
ing these artists and has never yet
found reason to object to doing So Last
nights rally in the Twenty second Regi-
Hent Armory, on 1eSth street, had as
us principal performers volunteers for
THE SUN Tobacco Fund. who gladly, on
peing asked by the fund, gave their
services to the drive for the bonds, 1t
IS q privilege for the smoke fund to aid
In this proxylike way.
naval officer Of seventeen years ser
vice and retired since his recent return
10 this country remarked this fact dur
ins visit he paid to the ONCE of the
iund In order to tell about the generos-
ity displayed in giving tobacco to the
soioiers returning homo from service
soroad. In this work. II wns his opin-
ION, donors are doing something very
well worth doing, but which nobody had
thought was up to him
i was present IN aeyaraJ
said he, when the boys were marching
on board to return to their native land.
mere was JOY on their faces as they
thought that week or little more
would bring them again to the land that
they loved and to their loved ones, but
II was JOY kept in leash and under cover.
Tho soldiers were going to their ship
with an exhibition Of perfect discipline.
once l witnessed a distribution of THE
SUN tobacco to these homecoming men.
IL was passed out to them as they
marched along. For minute there was
silence. but 1t was instantly broken by
kind OF repressed shout The soldiers
could not restrain their feelings of de-
light at the knowledge that they were
not to be cooped up aboard ship without
smoke. 1t was then I knew as
never did before how much smokes mean
to the soldiers"
Troops Follow Thanks.
FROM the Pennsylvania Guards of IN,
Twenty-eighth Division who are due at
Newport News on Monday an entire
package OF postal cards came at once
dated from Paris. These must have
been put into the post once Just a week
before the soldiers sailed.
The cards are addressed to the Hack
ensack 500 Club. c. r, MilliRan, Miss
Rose Markowitz. Room 2.640, Cam
mayors Employees the Irving Club and
Lieut. Morris Kinney. All of these are
sun Tobacco Fund donors.
One formula OF thanks to these dom
ors was used by the Guards. who evil
IDENTIFY hoped that the cards would ar
rive before they did, as has been the
case. This formula was to the effect
that they were now composed in mind
for the forthcoming voyage because they
had tobacco enough to servo them In
their trip across the ocean.
This seems to be what worries the
soldiers as soon as they know that they
lave been elected to Join the happy ones
who are coming home. and smokers will
appreciate their anxiety, because no.
body who smokes would dream of go
Ing on board a steamship for a trip even
of days duration without first pro-
vfding himself with tobacco
Miss May Leslie. a fund donor, will
receive this pleasant note Of thanks from
Philip j. Quinn, dated at Paris on April
IL: II am here in the big city the Ger
mans didn't capture with a few more of
my pals who like to do the churches and
picture galleries. They are not much in
my line. but I go about with them on
condition that they keep me in smoking
You would be surprised how difflcult II
10 here to get enough smoking to sat
fsfy even one man. The French Gov
eminent Is terribly shy on tobacco. But
day or two before we came here we
got distribution from THE Sun, so the
boys are pretty well supplied and can
spare me some now and then. This puts
us all In good humor. Paris is a very
gay city and we enjoy going about very
much. especially as the French people
are so polite and attentive. They really
like Americans. Thanks for the good
smokes. and one or the other of us Ia
going to write and thank TINE SUN"
Sincere Appreciation.
Miss Dorothy 8. Browns card in this
batch of mail Is from Stanley Charlton,
who writes from Camp d. Anvers, France:
THE Sun Tobacco Fund has distributed
among the soldiers OF this camp the do
nation OF tobacco to which you con-
tributed, and in answering the card !
wish to extend to you and the others
who contributed to make this great do
nation possible my most sincere thanks
and appreciation OF your Kindness"
A card follows from lie Mans, written
by private who evidently found some
thing to see in this remarkable historic
village, for he goes into a bit OF de-
scription as we'll as returning his thanks
Tor the gift OF smoke fund tobacco, The
latter he found much to his liking and
30. evidently. did he the beauties of
Touraine. This POLITICALLY Impressions BILE
private is NJ 7. Rocker. Judging by
the few and faint references to either
nature or art as they are to be observed
In the Tourainlan country and in other
provinces OF France, Private Rocker Is
in a class by himself.
Capt j. w. Brown writes thus to
Lieut.. Morris Kinney: THE boys In my
command were very happy TO get the
smokes sent them by THE SUN and paid
for by you. Tobacco In a constant need
ct the men and gifts OF this kind are
welcome. They also give the
men kindly feeling that they are still
by their own people back
I'm the States. Permit me to thank you
on their behalf"
How the Fund stands To-day,
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