The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-12
CHILDREN CONTINUE
SMOKE FUND GIFTS
Little Ones Are Keenly Inter
ested in Soldiers and They
Prove 1t.
MORE GRATEFUL LETTERS
Troops Send Word That To-
baccO Reached Them at
Opportune Time.

week TO brighten THn SUN TOBACCO
Fund, among them gifts from children,
who have always been keenly interested
in the welfare OF the soldiers. These
came from near by and from the West,
but there has never been a limit to the
territory in which our little friends fol-
low the story Of the smoke fund and help
II through receipts from fairs enter
tainments and other projects carried out
by themselves.
or these the most ambitious was the
dancing programme provided by little
ones at a city theatre recently. AL
though a handsome sum was turned in
10 the smoke fund Immediately after
the performance, beiated remittances are
still being received.
In any list Of agreeable recent hap
penings the gift OF $1,000. which ar
rived anonymously last week. must take
q high place. II 10 unnecessary to point
out the real interest displayed by this
donor to q fund whose sole object Is
to benefit the soldiers He asked nothing
but the opportunity to help Its purpose
and declined even the legitimate thanks
which were due.
Cards which came from overseas last
week were OF q kind to buoy I'D the
fund and to encourage II to keep on with
what the soldiers Justly call a great
work" They recognize its unselfish-
III.
like many q worthy fund, did not deem
Its purpose accomplished as soon as ac-
tive operations closed. this surprise was
soon lost sight of In the deeper feeling
OF gratitude. One soldier well said when
he wrote:
we would now be as astonished not
TO get any more gifts from THE Sun
Tobacco Fund as we should be II our
own relatives stopped sending US things
because the war was over"
That Is the way tho smoke fund
wants the soldiers to regard Il, IL not in
the light OF a relative, then In that of a
personal friend. This personal connec.
uon between fund and army 10 its great
est pride.
smokes Arrived When Needed.
card to Thomas Oaks arrived on
the last steamer from abroad signed by
Corporal Miller. who does not give any
particulars OF himself or company, con-
tenting himself with writing as follows:
IF words meant anything, then our
thanks would be something you might
cherish. We needed the smokes you sent
in the worst way, and when yours ar
rived via THE SUN Tobacco Fund we
were happy and contented lot Of men -
letter from Tours addressed to
u. -.
Thirty-fourth Service Company, Signal
Corps, says:
MANY thanks for the cigarettes. I
have often wondered IL the people who
gave the money to buy the tobacco the
smoke fund so generously gets over to
us really know what IL means to u.s. I
doubt IL one-half of the cards sent along
with the tobacco are ever written on and
sent back to them. There are many rea-
sons for neglecting this little courtesy
but don't think any of them arise from
lack of appreciation. No. there are all
sorts Of causes.
Now. for one have shared in three
distributions of the tobacco sent over
and yet this Is the FIRST time have had
the time to write back. meant to In
every case, but I was busy or was be-
ing moved about and lost the card and
couldn't do It. As I say. always
wanted to and have felt pretty mean be-
cause the people who contributed to my
comfort have not heard from me- II
there was any way could make up for
my lost opportunity should take it
Here Is one way. / wish THE SUN
which knows all the donors, would print
this statement All soldiers feel toward
THE SUN and the people who donated 10
1t as II they were personal friends. We
want to send our thanks back for all
their kindness to US. Will you, Mr.
Homes. write to THE SUN and ask 1t to
print what I write to you? Then ]
: shall feel that the two other friends who
sent me tobacco have not been ne
elected"
There have been many similar letters
begging THE SUN TO keep the contribu-
tors apprised of the gratitude of the
men. The latter do not know that al
far as space will permit the paper prints
their letters Of thanks to the fund fam
lily. There can hardly be one Of tina,
family who does not know pretty accu-
rately how the soldiers feel, even II
owing to circumstances, he did not gel
a card OF his own from Europe.
A West Virginia volunteer sent bach
on April II his thanks to one giver, say.
ing:
you sent me my favorite brand TIKI
BUN has done wonders in keeping US
supplied with smokes and all the boys
appreciate to the full Its efforts, but we
cannot help wondering how II happen,
that II always sends over the right
smokes ans never makes a mistake"
THE Sum Tobacco Fund took paini
early to avoid this kind of mistake Il
tried to discover what kind of smoke,
the boys wanted either In pipe OF
cigarette form and It did find out Tha
was the kind the fund supplied. Their,
Is no good reason to wond about It Il
one grants the premise that THE Sur
went into the smoke game to please tins
soldiers first. last and all the time.
Three well known fund donors will
hear to-day from the Third Pioneer In
fantry when It was stationed at Souilly
They are Mrs NJ. Abramson. the Elk,
Club and shop of z. w. Bliss Company
One letter will do to show low tn,
Pioneers value their gift OF smokes:
I'VE couldn't have received anything
we should have enjoyed so much as We
did the tobacco sent US through TIL
SUN Tobacco Fund. We were getting
pretty low and rather anxious as e
where our supplies were to come from
but we need not have bothered oui
heads. THE SUN came along as usua
with a full supply. Thanks"
A. L. Patterson, mess sergeant OF
Company NJ. SO6th Pioneer Infantry
sends this TO Jerome Danzig:
please receive the thanks and appre
citation OF my comrades and myself fol
the tobacco gift distributed by THE SUN
II touched the right spot In more way.
than one. First. II allayed our craving
for tobacco temporarily. and, second
It made US happy to think Lat the goc
work was still going forward"
As yesterday was Sunday the contri
buttons sent in will not be listed unit
tomorrow. and tho way the fund stands
exclusive OF these Is shown by repeat
Ing the table published in THE SUNDAY
Sun.