The sun., 1919-06-08
MANY WAR STORIES
ARE TOLD TO FUND
Personal Incidents Related by
Soldiers Who Bring Back
Thanks.
TOBACCO NEEDED BADLY
One Splendid Memory Will Be
Work Of Donors, Writes
Overseas Hero.

Now that the smoke fund is making
30 many personal acquaintances Of its
beneficiaries who have come from for
eisn service, and who while abroad had
to be mere names, It Is learning a lot
about war conditions and war expert
ences that are OF a nature never to get
Into books. They are all the more agree
able to acquire for that reason.
The smoke funds visitors we're at first
content, to come in and tell OF the
pleasure and comfort 1t had afforded
them on the battle fronts and after
ward in Bullets and in hospitals. Hav-
Ing done this the earliest visitors seemed
to think they had done what they came
for and went away to tell their inter
esting and amusing stories to other
listeners.
But the smoke fund is too human to
be satisfied with this conventional treat
ment. Thanks are always agreeable to
receive, and tho fund listens to the oft
repeated story with continuous and
perennial interest, but It has learned to
say after these preliminaries are An
ished:
Now that is very nice, and THE SUN
Tobacco Fund was happy to have the
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crate conditions It Is still always happy
to hear the fine speeches, sincere and
Kind OF you boys. but you have made
these. So tell us some OF your own ex-
periences, some of the stories you are
meaning to tell your pals who didn't get
over And don't hesitate to make 'em
as true to life as you would II we were
those very pals"
BY this simple way of making per-
sonal friends and giving the returned
man the feeling that THE SUN fund is
to be trusted like, or more than like, a
brother. the latter has come in possess
sion OF an anecdotal knowledge of the
soldiers lives abroad that It will always
treasure as being very valuable. And
when It can do SO within the limits of
becoming mirth" it will share the pleas
ure thus gained with its readers
Interpreter Fails on Job.
In a letter from an American dough-
boy who saw his active service when the
regiment Of which he was a member was
aligned with a regiment OF Anzacs (Aus-
tralians) on the northwestern line some
amusing information is afforded con-
corning the interpreter. A new one was
sent over one day by the French. His
name was Tournadour and he was a lit
tie man with eyeglasses and . hesitating
not to say timid manner. An English
Captain who was expecting an fnterpre-
ter met him ana said: you're the new
interpreter? Good. Have some re-
freshments?"
Tournadour made an evasive gesture.
Then he said: II was Mr.. Tournadour.
Je est une zouave la premiere regiment,
le plus belle ct lie plus vaillante e. -
Il see.' said the Captain: "well, good
raaht, D.
"Je ne connprenais pas beaucoup," said
Tournadour. You're an interpreter,
aren't your
"Ecoutez." said the Interpreter coldly
"Je connais rAnglais mails pas celui que
vous employee" or know English. but
not the kind you use.'') After a little
more conversation. in which neither I'M
derstood the other. the new Interpreter
managed through an Australian who had
working knowledge of French to con-
vey the information that he was en-
tirely at the service OF the English
army, as he spoke and wrote perfectly
two foreign languages. Dutch and
Spanish.
The donors who have not been fortu-
nate to receive cards from soldiers who
benefited by their tobacco gifts need
not despair of still having an acknowl-
edgment even though their proteges
have been returned to this country. The
employees OF r. X. Carter Company re-
ceived this card this week from this side
of the water. II was mailed from
Swampscott. Mass, on June 4 by Lieut..
r. H. Russell. 1920 Field Artillery. who
says:
You will no doubt be surprised TO
get this card back at this late date.
1t is only recently / got the card back
agai0. Your thoughtful gift OF tobacco
came at a time when We were on the
front and II was impossible TO buy any.
| certainly appreciated your kindness
very much. was in France for nineteen
months in the Twenty sixth Division, and
on eight different fronts. ] was fortu-
nate enough not TO be wounded, but was
only gassed. l send you thousand
thanks for what you did for me and
others, and l wish you all the best Of
luck"
Smokes Best of All.