The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-27
SATURDAYS EVENTS
TO MAKE FUND GROW
Food Show, Rummage Sale
and Concert Of Blind
VIII Do Bit.
WAR LECTURE ON APRIL 1
Army Of Occupation Continues
to Return Thanks for
Tobacco Gifts.

Saturday will b an important day IN
the current history Of TIE Sun Tobacco
Fund. A. several events scheduled to
assist It In sending smokes over to the
American soldiers In Germany and west
OF the Rhine zone win have their Gull
mination then.
One Of these II the food show. which
mas been held all week In the Thirtsenth
regiment Armory In Brooklyn, from the
receipts OF which q present has been
onered to the fund 10 speed it's work,
The proceeds Of the rummaee sales Of
the week at IS East Thirty-nlnth street.
OF which In part the fund Is q benefci-
AIRY. will be reckoned up then too, and
on Saturday night will occur the annual
oeneht concert OF the Blind Mons I'M
provement Club OF New York. the man
that IN the event OF sufficisnt success
they may make the fund donation, as
they did at the similar affair last season.
TINS concert will be held at Aeolisn
HAN on Saturday evening. The soloists
VIII be Rosslie Miller, soprano; Francis
Rogers, barytone Lisbet Hoffman, plan
list Abraham Heitovich. blind vloiinist,
and Edward Rechlin, organist
On the night Of April ! Capt Eddie
Hickenbaker 10 to relate his wonderful
story OF experiences In the arena Of the
ar; Illustrated by pictures taken for the
United States Government. He will
speak In the Metropolitan Opera House
under the auspices Of the American
FUND for French Wounded. the orxani-
zation OF women who are holding the
rummase sale mentioned above for the
oenefit in part Of THE SUN Tobacco
Fund.
Mrs. Ieabelle Lathrop. president Of the
American Fund for French Wounded, 10
on the ocean now and on the afternoon
OF April 80 she will address the New
York members and representatives from
other cities on the work. This will
occur In the ballroom of the Hotel Com
nrodore, which has been given free for
the ceremony by George Sweeney, man
ager. great friend Of THE Sun Tobacco
tund. who favored the women because
Of what they are inclined to do to help
the smoke fund in their rummags sales
&c.
When the soldiers In the Army of o.
Supation sit down to acknowledge cigar
cites and tobacco received from the
smoke fund they usually have time and
inclination to write a good long letter.
A donor In the latest mail from Ger
many will get a letter from Jim Boyd,
to whose battalion. the 1lSth Australian
Imperial Forces, some cigarettes were
given by THE SUN Tobacco Fund on
February IS Tho writer since then has
had fourteen days leave in Paris and
an additional leave to visit Brussels.
1'art OF that time no used UP in going to
Colonge. He says:
Il had to chance that. though, because
we are not granted leave to 70 to Ger
many. ] got there all right and had q
IfvaA W. eYa-~
man civilians took US Anzacs for Yanks,
which we thought was q big compliment
Cologne Is hne city and what struck
me rs notable was the cleanliness Of the
streets The Germans are not too well
on as regards food. and a. for soap, II a
chap went up there with a load of soap
he would make his fortune. The people
are all civility TO the troops. 1t seems
hard to think that We were lighting these
same people a few months ago. had
good times with the American soldiers,
who always pal right with US Aus
tralians, and they were mighty glad to
hear me say that We had shared some
what in the tobacco gifts that your great
fund sends over to the soldierA The
boys In Cologne and Trier are having q
good time and all look hearty. I expect
TO 20 home to Australia in a few months
10 have any luck and shall tell the
folks what nne fellows the Yanks are"
Thanks From Border Town.
Louis Cohen. a fund donor. will re-
give card from A. q. Marrer mailed at
Trier. Germany. on March Z. He thanks
the donor and THE SUN for cigarettes
sent to him there. and says he 10 New
York boy living at Thirty-nfth street and
Eighth avenue. In the Same letter he
gives this news OF replacements who are
fiocking to zewen to relieve the home
coming bunch: III the 166th personnel
10 undergoing the first big upheaval It
has had since the armistice We can at
least say that its character 10 not SUI
fering from the change. We are already
beginning to get acquainted with the new