The sun., 1919-04-25
CHILDREN HELP TO
CHEER UP SOLDIERS
Dancers Show Skill i'm Bel
mont Theatre Affair for
''Sun" Tobacco Fund.
THANKS STILL POUR IN
Extensive Arrangements Made
for Party to Be Given in
Newark Tomorrow.
THANKS STILL POUR IN

NONuhh
The afternoon OF dance given yester-
day in the Belmont Theatre for the
benefit of THE Sun Tobacco Fund passed
of pleasantly and probably to all con-
cerned. The audience was of fair size
. and showed a rspturous response to the
tiny dancers On the stage Louise Nor
gan's young pupils. most OF them. seemed
tiny. Naturally this added to the effect
and the rapture.
, 1t can hardly appear invidious to men
ton particularly the little performers
who appeared in pas seul. as Il was
easy to distinguish these by the pro-
gramme and rather difficult to do SO
/, when the dance was an ensemble. There
fore Alice Royce, Chrissie Evans
: Dorothy Sykes. Grace Schaefer. Mar
garet Behrens and other children who
danced alone won much applause. Rose
, Rabykoff. who did a Spanish dance in
correct costume and with castanets and
the true Carmencita stamp, made a hit
compounded of admiration and amuse-
ment, the little thing was so true an
Espagnola.
" The older pupils. who had their chance
IN the second part of the programme,
s made good use of II. The concluding
p feature. called butterflies" proved to
r be a gem OF concerted dancing. 1t made
' q charming picture and was danced by
Dorothy Sykes, Chrissie Evans Dorothy
OBrien. Alice johnson. Mabelle Ed
wards and Grace Schaefer.
Miss Carmella Ponselle sang between
the two dancing parts OF the programme
the Habanera from Carmen" and
Mother Machree." She is the elder
sister OF Miss Rose Ponselle who made
a successful debut last fall In the Metro
politan Opera House. Yesterdays singer
revealed velvety quality of mezzo-
soprano She was voclferously ap-
Iiauded and showered with roses.
Altogether the benefit by its successful
4. introduction of the talented children and
by reason of much merited applause
must have been satisfactory to the give-
as 1t was to the smoke fund
Cheers Life OF n Soldier.
There is nothing quite so pleasing or
anything more cheering in the humdrun,
iife OF a soldier than pipe of good to-
: oaceo.' writes Sergeant L. T. Crotinger
& OF Company d. 3O4th Supply Train. to a
y 1und donor. He adds: II don't believe
that people will understand how much
The SUN Tobacco Fund ha. meant 10
us until We are all returned home and
each man can tell how greatly helped he
3 was by this splendid and faithful fund"
To Florenz Ziegfeld comes a letter
3 from Germany written by Corporal
, smith Erikson of Company c. Eight
= zenith United States Infantry. First Dr.
: vision. which says: Whether am
right or wrong in the address. I want to
Write few lines TO you. In January.
20 1slS, at Toul l received a package OF
tobacco with your name on a card within
II. 1 copied the address. but could not
keep the card. so am not sure whether
this line will reach you.
But II IL does and Won will forg;,a
me Tor being so late, want you TO know
mat the tobacco reached us and was a
pleasant surprise. We needed IL then
and need tobacco now. but guess II II
> We're not due TO the thoughtrulness of
people like yourself we would be without
smokes most OF the time.
we are all well at present and as
friends OF yours. made so by your pa
trlotic thoughtfuness. we are hoping this
mas you In good health. wish YOU
would send me an answer to this note
we get Few letters and each one is read
ana reread several times over with
best wishes and thanks"
On April Private Richard QuayIe OF
r the list United States Infantry. who
was then at Les Maisons. Aube, France
sent card of thanks 10 IKE SUN press
3 room, which has given to tho fund from
the beginning. Thanks for the smokes. /"
says he. "the only trouble was there
wasn't enough"
"aHnn war Posters on Display.
The italian war posters which have
bcen hung up in the lobby of the Robert
Treat Hotel in Newark are attracting
crowds or visitors They were brought
10 this country by a student officer of
artillery (French army. Robert Il.
Reiser. who will sell them at auction al
Inc party to be held In the ballroom of
the hotel tomorrow night for the benefit
or smokes for the soldiers In the Amer
lean Army of Occupation. There is no
collection equal TO them here
Lieut.. Reiser saw years service on
the Italian front and the same length OF
time on the French fronts. He will tell
or his experiences at the party. He will
tell OF the scenes he witnessed at dis
tributions of tobacco to soldiers abroad
by THE SUN Tobacco Fund
A well known chalk artist Paul H.
Shafer. will draw in colors a scene OF
one of these distributions on the French
battle line. This will be the most seri-
Gus OF his efforts to entertain The
other sketches are to be OF humorous
kind in which this chalk artist cxcels
Other entertainers at the smoke fund
party in Newark will be Miss Kathryn
Lee. soprano; Miss Lillian Bradley
pianologuist; Miss Josephine lie Roy
coincidence; Michael ]. Fitzpatrick, com
=, poser and singer, who will render his
latest popular ballad entitled Persona,
Liberty" and Helena Savannah, a
dancer.
Little Lady Constance Amy" an ad-
mired singer. dancer and harpist, who
although aged only ~, has been doing
- all these things to entertain the soldiers
Is another feature OF this doubtless sue
cessful party. There is still time to ar
range ones programme of amusemen,
for Saturday night by telephoning to the
Robert Treat and reserving n comfor-
table table in the ballroom. where the
fun may be enjoyed. There will be a lot
OF II and OF a lively kind.
I. How the Fund stands To-day.
THE SUN and THE EVENING SUN $1,000. OF
United Cigar Stores boxes. i2Os7 81
% Otherwise acknowledged ....,....,.... 1851 II
New contributions ................,.... 500.
Total 1886 $50 II
shipped and paid for .t3s5, Se2e4
Cash balance. ,......,.... 1854
Schultz cigar stores boxes. 80 ISL 60
New Contributions are:
Harry y. Chapman, 81 South Mum
ay. East Orange. N. J.,........... 500
bution) .:......,.............. coo
MT. Every Week No N.,............ l.0t