Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-07
TO AID RUSSIAN
RED CROSS SOCIETY
Fair to Be Held Under Direction Of
Countess Cassini.
TAKES PLACE IN WASHINGTON
Countess Says object is to Relieve
wounded of Friend and Foe
Alike on Field of
Battle.

washington, April f. ~ ieiioNo
the wounds of friend and foe alike
left on the battlefields of the war"
In these few words the Countess
Marguerite Cassini, the daughter of the
Russian ambassador, told a correspon-
dent at the embassy the object of the
fair which under her direction will be
held in Washington April q, in aid
of the Russian Red Cross society. A
week ago Sunday the countess de-
termined to do something for the aid
of the Russian Red Cross, 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 were sent to
all parts of the United States. In maxi
ing her appeal to the American people
the countess emphasized the fact that
the undertaking vas not partisan in
its object.
To Aid Red Cross Society.
"The Red Cross society is an inter-
national humanitarian organization,
wholly divorced from politics. 1t is in
the aid Of that society that my fair
is to be held" said the countess in out
lining the plan to her friends. The
past week has brought to the countess
over four thousand dollars in cash
subscriptions to the Red Cross fund
and articles valued at hundreds of dol
lars for sale at the fair. In the mail
Sunday came a letter from a 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 a private
secretary, and each letter and gift is
acknowledged the delay of it's receipt
by a note of thanks signed by the
countess.
list of Patronesses.
Heading the list of pa%tronesses Is
Mrs. John Hay, wife of the secretary
of state. The list of %patronesses in
cludes Mrs. e. A. Hitchcock, wife OF
the secretary of the interior; Mrs
Henry Cabot Lodge, wife of the senator
from Massachusetts,; Mrs. William s
| Cow1es, wife of Commodore Cowles
of the navy, and sister of the presi.
dent; Baroness Speck Won Sternberg
the German ambassadress; Madame
Jusserand, the French a~mbassadress;
Lady Durand, the British ambassadress'
Baroness Moncheur, the wife of tnt
Belgian minister; Sonora Calderon, thu
wife of the Peruvian minister; Count.
ess Cellere, the wife of the Italian
charge d'affaires; Mrs. Ogden Mills
of New York; Mrs. Potter Palmer, o.
Chicago, and many others.
Entire Cabinet to Attend.
The fair will be attended by prac
tically the entire cabinet, the mem
bere Of the diplomatic corps, the su
preme court and members of congress
The countess, however, is DESTROYS tina
it's guests shall not be confined to tn
official set, but that all who feel it il
them to aid the Red Cross and Civ
assistance to some Russian or Japanes
soldier left wounded on the field eithe
shall be present at the fair or con
tribute. By special appointment Of tn
Russian ambassador, there will b.
some one at the embassy at all times t.
receive any gifts that may be sen
there.
Nine. Jusserand, the French ambas
sadress, will preside at the Russia,
booth, and Mrs. Wadsworth at TIL
French booth. :
The fair will be held in the larges
garden available from 4 p. M. to mid
night. In addition to the booths,
special troupe is coming from Ne'
York to give a polite vaudeville pei
Torrance in the evening.
80 generously are the people a
owe the country responding" said tn
countess Sunday, that I am sure the
will make the fair a success"
The countess sent kilograms to M
]. Pierpont Morgan and Mr.. Andre
Carnegie, advising them of the enter
tainment and its objects. The proceed
Of the fair, togther with the cash sui
scriptions, will be forwarded prompt
to st. Petersburg for distribution b
the Russian Red Cross.