GOOD WILL IN SMOKE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 5

GOOD WILL IN SMOKE

, « . 'AMERICAN THOUGHTFULNESS- FOB "TOMMY" IN HOSPITAL., Clouds of fragrant tobacco , smoke rose on Christmas Day, each puff a message of goodwill to the American Red Cross from CO,OOO wounded British soldiers in hospital in England. Major William Endicott, American Red Cross Commissioner in Great Britain,' -! said recently: "We have sent 60,000 : pipes and 60,000 packets of tobacco; as, we just wanted to show a little good fellowship to the British 'Tommy" and all he stands for, to cheer him and buck him up, and to convey what is seriously in our hearts. Wo nave tried to pick the hospitals that for some reason or the other have not had' so many comforts as some of the more prominent ones in London, for instance, havo had. - "We were rather bothered what littlo gift to send with our wishes. We cannot buy candies and sweets, and after talking it over' with the British Red Cross we decided to send good pipes that i tho men could keep after they had i smoked the packets of tobacco that go with them and had read the message of good cheer on our Christmas card. . Each of the six military commands in England was allotted 10.000 pipes and packages of tobacco, and they were distributed in the hospitals on Christmas evening.' '