The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-04
RED CROSS WORK
IN WASHINGTON
Fair to Be Held in the National
Capital April II.
GIFT OF A LITTLE CHILD
COUNTESS cAssINI DIRECTING
MATTERS.

Washington. April 3.-'sTo relieve the
wound Of friend and foe alike left on
the battiefeIds Of war; In these few
words the Countess Marguerite Cas-
sini. the daughter of the Russian am
bassador, told a correspondent of the
Associated Press at the embassy today
the object of the fair which under her
direction will be held in washington
on April 81 in aid of the Russian Red
Cross society. A week ago the countess
determined to do something for the aid
of the Russian Red Cross society and
at ONCE started the cables to Paris and
St Petersburg working; the articles
for the fair were ordered and hundreds
of invitations for assistance We're sent
to all parts Of the United States. In
making her appeal TO the American
people the countess emphasized the fact
that the understanding was not par
tisan in it's object. THE Red Cross
society is an international humanftar-
ian organization, wholly divorced from
politics. 1t IS in the aid of that So
ciety that my fair is to be held" said
the countess, in outlining the plan to
her friends.
Money Coming In.
The past week has brought to the
countess over $4,000 in cash subscrip-
tons to the Red Cross fund, and ar
ticles valued at hundreds of dollars for
sale at the fair. In the mail today
came letter from q. jeweler in New
York City. Enclosed was a pair OF
diamond earrings, which his little
daughter, removing them from her
ears, had asked her father to- sell ito
help the little children whose fathers
are killed in this war" The mother of
the child gave her watch, a valuable
one, and the father added to the col
lection a diamond scarf pin. These
Will be auctioned off at the fair. So
many responses are coming to the en-
bassy from poor people and wealthy
alike all over the country that the
countess has had to employ private
secretary. and each letter and gift is
acknowledged the day of its receipt by
note of thanks, signed by the count
ess.
List of Patronesses.
Leading the list of patronesses is
Mrs. John Hay the wife of the secre-
tary of state. The list Of patronesses
includes Mrs +. A. Hitchcock. wife of
the secretary of the interior: Mrs. Hen
~ Cabot Lodge, wife of the senator
from Massachusetts,; Mrs. William S.
Cowles wife of Commodore Cowles of
the navy, and sister of the president:
Baroness Speck Won Sternberg. the Ger
man ambassadors; Madame Jusse-
rand. the French ambassodress; Lady
Durand, the British ambassodress;
Baroness MOncheur, the wife of the
Belgian minister; Sonora CaIderon, wife
Of the Peruvian minister; Countess
Cellere, the wife Of the Italian charge
d 'affaires; Mrs. Ogden Mills of New
York, Mrs. Potter Palmer Of Chicago
and many others
Large Attendance Expected.
The fair win be attended by practic-
ally the entire cabinet, the members Of
the diplomatic corps, the supreme court
and members of congress. The countess.
however. is DESTROYS that its guests
shall not be confined to the official SET.
but that all who feel it in them to aid
the Red Cross and give assistance to
some Russian or japanese soldier left
wounded on the field either shall be,
present at the fair or contribute BY
special appointment of the Russian am
DasSador there shall be some one at
the embassy at all times to receive any
gifts that may be sent there.
Nine. Jusserand, the French ambas-
sadress, vii lpreside at the Russian
both, and Mrs. Wadsworth at the
French booth. The fair will be held in
the largest garden available from p. /
IA. to midnight. In addition to the
booths a special troupe is coming from
New York to give a polite vaudeville |
performance in the evening.
so graciously are the people all over |
the country responding said the |
countess today. that I am sure they
viii make the fair a success"
Today the countess sent kilograms to |
j. P. Morgan and Mr.. Andrew Carne- |
gle advising them of the entertainment /
and its objects. The proceeds of the
fair. together with the cash subscrfp- !
tons viii be forwarded promptly to St |
Petersburg for distribution by the Rus |
sian Red Cross.