The sun., 1919-01-29
$425,SO5 FUND BIT
IN TOBACCO DRIVE
Sums From $50 Other Papers
and 80 Magazines Bring
Total to 100000.
RESULTS DELIGHT "SUN"
Smoke Donors Are Called
"Friends in Need" by Crate
full Soldiers.

full Soldiers.
An interesting resume has been made
recently by various newspapers through
out the country Of their work In supply
ing free smokes to the American Ex-
peditionary Force. The totals show what
gratifying and wholesome interest
was taken by their readers and stand
as follows: Providence JournoI Or. IL.
sss. 900; Seattle Stor. s4s.2is.l; San
Francisco Bulletin. sss,o7b.s7; Chicago
Tribune. &1s.5s7s2; Cleveland News,
s17.soZ41; Hartford Times, $s.46S.a7
Milwaukee Sentinel. Sb.ssSbS; Louis
vile Courter-JournuI. s4,ss2.ss. Some
$50 newspapers and 90 magazines raised
a total exceeding s3s5,00o.
The Sum Tobacco Fund has collected
to date $425.s05ss. Tho two funds
therefore. that Of THE Sun and that Of
Of the other $50 newspapers and 90
magazines. have purchased and sent
over to American soldiers abroad the
enormous quantity of tobacco repre-
sented by over $4,000. 1t Is q proud
record and THE SUN Tobacco Fund
warmly congratulates the newspapers
and magazines Of the country for their
share in II.
on q number Of cards recently recesvON.
Band Corporal Frank A. Newcomb q
Headquarters Company. ;j6th Infantry.
sends thanks for cigarettes and adds
"Our band has not yet played In Berlin,
but It has In a good many other German
cities. We like to get out and render
The Star Spangied Banner in these
Rhine towns for the good It will do the
people"
Sergeant Leroy McNutt OF the same
company says to a fund donor: Your
tobacco very much appreciated by the
boyr. We can get nearly anything we
need in Germany with money except
tobacco"
Tobacco IL Appreciated.
L, 35fth Infantry. writes to tho Canoe
Brook Country club: please accept my
thanks for the cigarettes. which were de-
livered to my company in Waxweiler.
Germany. assure you they were very
much appreciated by the members Of
this organization"
Every little bit OF tobacco We got
from THE Sun smoke fund helped to
whip the Hun, and the tobacco we are
now getting from the Same reliable
friend Is helping us in our duty"
The Captain of Company r. ASA Infan-
try. wrote this TO THE Sun from ROM
mershein, Germany. but without signing
his name.
John g. Donovan calls the donor to
whom he addresses his thanks. a friend
In need and explains that the organixa-
ton is 80 far away from anywhere that
il has been impossible to get smokes OF
any kind TITS New Years eve and
raining pitchforks. Getting your to-
hacco now cheers US and makes US hope
II will clear tomorrow. We signed the
payroll to-day. and then your tobacco
came, and both will help sone.'
81 wish to thank the letter carriers
OF New York city for myself as we'll
as for my comrades for the donation OF
tobacco just received. I am in hospi-
tai with others OF the boys from differ-
ent points. / came here Hospital 81
from the Argonne front II is hard to
write on a book laid across a bed. SO
please excuse the writing. II has been
raining here for the last three weeks,
but we have had no cold weather as yet.
although guess 1t Is pretty cold where
you are these January days" Signed
Vane NJ. Graham OF Company B. Fourth
Machine Gun Battalion
Grand Old New York.
Private James c. Bourland OF Com
pany II, Sixth Infantry. Is a Kentuckian
proud of his State. but he says "When
look over the papers and see what
your grand New York has done for us
and what magnificent receptions you
give the boys who return / ind myself
longing to disembark there in order 10
try to get acquainted with some OF you
at least
1--WE soldiers had as splendid a Christ
mas as we could expect TO have away
from home and loved ones Each OF us
got stocking full of candy. nuts. fgs.
cakes, shaving soap and other things,
all of which pleased us. wish the New
York coal dealers and THE SUN Tobacco
Fund Happy New Year"
Corporal C. O'Neiil of the Eleventh
Balloon Company sends a line OF thanks
to donor Hebert Pell, dating his card
the last OF December and saying that
many others besides himself got great
satisfaction and pleasure out OF the
tobacco.
Among the new contributions listed
to day is an additional check FOR $S4
from Sophie fuckers party held at
Re,senweber's on January 81. It repre-
sents payments made on donations
auctioned by the celebrated SrN Tobacco
Fund fan. More of the same are to
come.
And while talking of the aftermath OF
this great party OF Miss fuckers the
fund Is reminded OF the party that Ia to
come this week. for which great prepa-
rations are being made. This Is the
smoke fund benefit TO be held at the Pre-
Catelan, in West Thirty-ninth street, on
the coming Friday night
by additional returns from sale of the
patriotic song, "Home Coming Week in
France" by Seneca G.. Lewis the fund
Is benefited by the sum of 5000. which is
| listed to-day.
How the Fund stands To-day.
TIIB SUN and THE EVENING SUN 5000 u
United Cigar Stores boSes............. 71,osT 81
Otherwise ackpowledged, ............. 3ll 5s1 s.
New contributions, Observation-Disclosures. 4l2 @
Total .ssss lo7 I;
shipped and paid for. .s2S7, s2p
Cash balance. ..,...,,.... l,7ASi
c nh, .to pn rs