The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-16
SMOKES HELP HEAL
WOUNDS OF HEROES
Many Messages Of Thanks Are
Received by Contributors
to Tobacco Fund.
BENEFIT PARTY TUESDAY
contributions Made for Sale
at Entertainment Arranged
by Sophie Tucker.

Messages from hospitals and from the
Yesterday, and all sent thanks to con-
t-butors to THE Sun Tobacco Fund.
4 card sent to Justine tombstone, one
time hostess OF the Little Club. says:
y date the beginning of my recovery
from the receipt of your cigarettes" An
c'her card from a hospital patient says:
THE Sun never shone so brightly as
wren It gave me my share OF the ciga-
rettos sent over through the kindness OF
the men Of Post & McCord. 1t can't be
long now before they put me on n ship
headed toward that bronze lady in your
harbor, and then I am going to make a
call on these men to personally thank
them"
From Leroville comes this from COM
rany ITO. Regular Infantry: Thank you
FOR the entire company. American ciga-
iottes are good pals to the boys OF the
A. T.. F."
Lieut. Clark II. Apted. Headquarters,
p. W. Escort Company SO. writes: 1T
80 happened that your shipment of ciga-
rettes came at a time when the company
was without any. consequently the SOL
d'crs of my company were very pleased
ma came to me with a request that /
write a letter. because they thought n
postal card showed but little gratitude
Allow me TO thank you for the entire
company"
Writes to Woman Donor.
'1f you are not over 49," writes Cor
po-al 1.eight G. Dietrich OF the Third
Field Artillery Band to a young woman
donor, Just drop me une petite lettre.'
Thanks for the Gigs I don't smoke
NJ nj IN fl,a
Joy OF the others who do. ! always use
mine to pay my debts, and they come
in handy"
Corporal Cecil L. Congon of Company
A. Twenty-siXth Infantry. sent this mes
cage to Bert Walton: Your cigarettes
certainly were great diversion, for they
reached me when I was in a hospital
with time hanging heavily on my hands
J hope soon to be able to start back to
where l may have some more good
times"
Sophie Tucker has begun TO receive
donations for her party for THE SrN
smoke fund 10 be held next Tuesday
afternoon and evening at Reisenwebers
Two of the latest are dress from Nine.
Rosenberg and hat from Mime. Dina.
both of the Claridge shop.
A card just received by Miss Tucker
from a soldier in France reads: Dear
sophie Tucker-THE Sun tobacco came
TO us to-day December 24) with your
name on this card, and 1t makes
mighty good Christmas present to the
zen. When we think how kind you and
everybody in the United States are to
us we almost wish we were going to
stop here a while longer"
Prospects are bright for the success
o, the smoke fund drives by this Mary
Garden Of the vaudevilles"
TIL. Emniro CIT Clubs show for the
le~efit of the fund closed last night.
j. was 2 great success.
Hunter Wykes, who servad seven
months in France and who knows how
necessary smokes are to the boys has
offered for sale through THE Sun To-
tacco Fund his book Of autographs, the
receipts TO be used to buy smokes to
send abroad. The book coptains forty
autographs. among which Are those of
James A. Garfield and his Cabinet, Ches-
Ter A. Arthur. James G. Blaine, Ben
,amin Harrison, Roscoe Conkling, Sena-
Tor Hoar, Gen. William T. Sherman,
Adrniral n. D. Porter. Gen. Winfield
Scott Hancock. and members Of the Su-
IRENE Court OF that time
How the Fund Stands To-day.
THE Sun and THE EVENING SUI 5000 ~
United Cigar stores boxes 10 ~ ~ ~
Otherwise acknowledged ............, $40. St az
New coutri buttons .................... $50
Shipped and paid for. G7! 1923
Cash balance ............ SSSH
Schultz Cigar Stores boxes. ss,es'e3
Grand ,o,a,. ........-..,4a an, -
New contributions arei
Mr. Every Week No. S3...-.--....---. T0
Nrr Every Week No s3...........s LOO
Loretta Woods, New fork......-..s 20