The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-11-02
NINE FRANCES ALOA

accounts Of BENEFITS devised for this
FUND. Julia Arthur. Amelia Bingham,
Claudio Muzio. De Wolf Hopper, Ray
mond Hitchcock, the late Nat Good
win. Margaret Reese, Amparito Far
rar. Peggy Wood, Nora Bayes,
Blanche Ring are but few plucked
At random from the overwhelming
number. In music the response was
as quick and frequent, these dis
tnguished artists among others hav-
ing sung or played for the fund:
Marguerite Matchmaker. Godowsky.
Madame Aida, Sophie Braslau, David
Bispham, Greta Torpadie. David Hoch-
stein (killed In the Argonne), Eva
Gauthier and many other famous
Lianists. violinists and singers.
Prominent in the work of getting
funds for the soldiers smokes
throughout its life were Sophie
Tucker, who labored indefatigably
from start to end; Will Rogers, Ann
Pennington, the Dolly Sisters, Rita
Jolivet and others.
Returned soldiers were ALWAYS arm
est in their offers OF assistance. By
experience they knew the value OF
the work and in lecturer and talks
of an informal character men like
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey and
Private Peat lent 1t valuable assist
ance.
Nor was the athletic world back
ward. for throughout the two wears
II was constantly arranging affairs by
Wnich the fund was to be assisted.
On two occasions valuable racing
horses were sold for the fund. The
| Dunwoodie Golf Club. the Fox Hills
Gof Club, the Salisbury Plains Golf
Clup are but three of these associa-
tons frequently appearing among
donors.
Miscellaneous benefits, such as
dances, card parties, cabaret and
vaudeville shows, were constantly be-
Ing held for the fund. Such were d.
rected by the Washington Square
Players, Washington Irving High
School, Allerton House, Akron Club.
Valcour Club. Hilltop Club, Crippled
| Children. New York Association for
the Blind. Blind Tuners League.
knickerbocker Field Club, Postal
Employees of Station T, Weona Club
dance. Gotham Hotel dance and the
dance organized and chaperoned in
Brooklyn by Mrs. Kenneth Lord.
| Any resume of the activities of the
friends of the fund would have to be
incomplete unless space sufficient to
include all that was reported in the
newspaper columns every day for $50
days could be apportioned in which to
reprint II, but mention will always be
given to the work done lavishly by
Seneca @. Lewis of Jeanette, Pa,
( ~
triouc music and gave the full royal
ties accruing from their sales to THE
Sun Tobacco Fund. He stands at the
top Of the list OF those who individ-
ually. either by means of their talent
as entertainers or as fervent per-
suaders. brought in large sums. 9th
ers In this list are Miss Sophie Tuck
er. S3,9S7.55; Arthur Guy Empey, S.
o6s.74: Bert Walton, sl.26224; James
McCreery. $1,000; Benevolent Fire
mems Association, $1,000; Private
Peat s90l.s5: II. NJ. Connolly from
fruit sales. sl.ss7.45; Win Rogers,
SSse.l4; Lieut.. Morris King, $4,000 ;
Amos Pinchot, $2,67O.S4
Only last Tuesday n party of young
officers were dining in a we'll known
restaurant In the middle OF town. At
the conclusion st TIE dinper they
called for a box of cigarettes. Said
one:
well this smoke Is the best one
I reii.smber ever
mot me! Not mei" said the others
In chorus The best smoke we ever
had or probably ever shall have was
when we hadn't seen tobacco for ten
days and then all Of a sudden along
came cigarettes and tobacco from THE
Sum Tobacco Fund. Those are the
smokes We'll always remember"
To the members of the soldiers.
then, the smoke fund entrusts its hope
az irnmortalitx