The sun., 1919-05-04
SUN SMOKES MAKE
HIM VERY HAPPY
Soldiers Letter Bares Boy Car
ried Overseas by Fund
Tobacco.
DONORS KEEPING FAITH
Many Contributors Not Only
Give Money. but Time as
Entertainers.
DONORS KEEPING FAITH

Fund from the afternoon OF dancing
held a week ago last Thursday will be
pcheduled under the head OF new con-
tributions IN the list of Monday. This
pleasant entertainment was successful
and Is a further proof added to those
which are coming in TO the fund that
the interest in the work of sending
smokes over TO the soldiers maintains
q high average. Naturally when the
donors to the fund realize as they
must from the cards and letters sent
back by our soldiers who are on the
Rhine the happiness that American to-
oacco affords them these generous peo-
pie are encouraged to. repeat their eff
forts to benefit the fund.
Louise Morgan, who arranged the
dancing benefit with her pupils. had
already figured In the Smoke Fund ros-
ter OF contributors to It by means Of q
similar affair carried through in the
season OF 1918. She Is but one OF a
number Of persons who have gone more
than once to a great deal of pains to
show In a concrete manner, for there Is
nothing moro concrete than dollars and
cents, their wish to make the soldiers
happy.
Another donor whose fidelity has IN
similar ways exhibited itself Is Miss r.
N. Burns. Her name has appeard so
often In the correspondence of the SOL
der coupled with terms of gratitude as
TO be quite familiar to readers OF the
fund stories. A late card mailed out OF
Germany on April 10 has no other sig
nature than the word Happy" The
Nhrasing Of the letter excuses the sigma
ture This Is what the soldier writes:
~ have just received some of the to-
hacco that you sent over to us boys in
the Army OF Occupation. and am going
20 have a good smoke at your wish and
by your outlay OF money to THE Sun
Tobacco Fund. Thanking you for the
same, / am, always, HAPPY'"
1t would be a pleasure to the Smoke
Fund TO repeat the list Of the faithful
whose names recur SO constantly in its
annals either as occasional donors reg
ulars or arrangers Of benefits These
are very numerous, and the Smoke
Fund feels that too much cannot be said
IN their praise. II has up to the present
left this pleasant task to the boys who
oeneefited by their Kindness but the
time will come in the story of THE SUN
Tobacco Fund when this orga nization
will give the lfst Of splendid donors
Tor whom It cherishes deep affection.
Many Wonderful Stories.
Now the fund Is engaged in filing for
future use some of the wonderful stories
It hears from returned soldiers. These
are veritable adventures connected with
me dNtribution on the fighting lines in
france OF Its supplies OF solace and COM
fort It Is not too much to say that
some OF them equal in strangeness the
highest type OF adventure story that
mas grown out of the war. Take this
one Tor sample. 1t was told by a re-
turned warrior to the constant fund
donors who figured many times as con-
trioutors to the fund under the name
OF the Philatelic Pinochle Players.
inns group of donors entertained at
elmer some boys who were just going
over there" In the fall of 1917. Said
one or the players to the young soldiers:
Now II you boys get out of ammu-
nition and even have to drop your weap-
"ns don't hesitate to pile into the Huns
with your fsts. They are all streaked
Win yellow and a good fight put up
with Natures weapons will win out
against such adversaries"
Inc Philatelic player little thought
again or his advice until a corporal
whose home is in Chicago looked him
up after arriving back on his native
soil, and the story he told of an ad-
venture in Argonne Forest showed that
ne had not forgotten this strange bit
OF advice
1t came to me like a flash. the MEM
n'y OF what you had said" declared
me corporal, ''and at the moment
When any idea was good for self
preservation. I had been days in the
!Fsonne and had dropped successfully,
10
even my small knife that I had always
Kept by me. was practically for
an hour or two unarmed in the midst of
the enemy.
y group OF Boche suddenly. ap-
peared in front of me one afternoon.
Iney looked like a group and at least
am sure OF three. They summoned
HE TO surrender. wasn't built that
way and STOPPING / picked up a stone
ana hurled it at the leader. He fell
ne another stone and the other two
'lTned and ran. SO you see II I did
not resort TO natures weapons as you
ANl told me I did something like It,"
The same corporal had a story to tell
OF the way THE SUN Tobacco Fund got
us tobacco to the boys who were thread
ing the Argonne; its object was attained
IN the midst of real difficulties and its
applies Of tobacco were never far back
OF the line of cleared woods. Sometimes
,"e soldiers had to send man back to
pr'ng II up, but this happened seldom,
ana when tho messenger started on his
quest he never had far to go.
mo Philatelic Players are carefully
preserving the names and home ad-
crosses Of the soldiers who have written
20 them from overseas and on the occa-
non OF their return to this country the
organization intends to feast their war
TOT friends at n friendly tavern.
apparently 1t Is still raining In
france: throughout the year the soldiers
"1'e remarked the misnomer of sunny
IS applied 10 the land of their exile
t,''G Is another slight hit at the climate
~ Private Serafino Gay of the 31st
ompany, Grand Division. A. p. o. 713,
~. ms card to donors. tho p. G. Golfers
of Detroit:
France n Land OF Rain.
We received your cigarettes on
Np''l and they were fine. I surely
..ppreciate them. 1t is things like this
,,'"t make life like home In a small
- and While / am smoking your
L"aeco feel that am having a toler-
c e une In this rainy country. Whew (!
amy! The sun IL conspicuous most
~ ,ns time by his absence"
?, "sSf Sergeant Roy ID. Dempsey at
lllarters of Field Remount Squad
.22n 80 ltemount Depot 81, A. p. o.
~ writes TO Herman Knoke on April
IN We acknowledge receipt of your
Fnerous gift. Nous vous remercion
be ,lcoup"
Harvey E. casDsrsan OF Company x.