Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-11
LARGE SUM REALIZED
Concert Raises Nearly $4,000
for Earthquake Sufferers.
PREPARING NEXT Benefit
Ladies Working Hard for Friday
Afternoons Performance.
COLLECTIONS IN THE CHURCHES
Campaign for the Destitute Italians
Likely to Be Carried on Here
for Several Weeks.
COLLECTIONS IN THE CHURCHES

Nearly $1,000 was realized last nigh,
for The Italian earthquake victims by the
concert given at the National Theater
while donations from other quarters con-
tinue to pour in Howard s. Reside Sec
| rotary of the Washington branch of the
Red Gross, received several hundred dol
lars this morning. A number of contrbu-
tons were. received at The Star office. and
although the flood of money is not sc
large as it was week ago. the indica-
| tions are that several weeks will elapse
before the last is heard Of the campaign
being waged in Washington for the suffer.
ing Italians.
Next Fridays Benefit.
The ladies of the diplomatic corps and
those who are assisting them are work
ing hard over the benefit performance
they have arranged to give at the Be-
1asco Theater Friday afternoon. In ad-
dition to the prominent performers, pro-
| fessonal and amateur, who have already
offered their services, Miss Converse,
who has charge'Of the program, is ne
gotiating with number of others, whom
/ she hopes 10 present to the public.
| Today she has added to her list Miss
| Minnie SaXton, who Will do dancing
speciality; Miss Mary Mccain, who will
gave a Spanish dance, and Miss Vogl,
who will sing a group of songs Miss
Vogl will be accompanied by Mrs. Law
renee Townsend Miss Hawke will have
charge of the staging and will manage
the performance.
Among those who have engaged boxes
are the japanese ambassador the Rus
sian ambassador, the Greek minister Mrs.
George Won L. Meyer Mrs. William
Slater, Miss Gibson Jahnestock and Miss
Goldman.
| Several Of the churches collected good
sized amounts yesterday, which will be
| turned over to the Red Cross. 1t has
been announced that next Sunday the
acknowledgements of the city will take up
special collections for the relief fund.
Today.s Contributions.
| The contributions received by the Wash
ington branch of the Red Cross this MORN
ing were as follows:
| Miss Atkins 81; F. c. and A. NJ. Leupp.
s15; Mrs. Charles Parish, s25: ladies of
st. Thomas Episcopal Church, Mrs. Jo-
I seph f. Thropp. 500: Mrs. A. o. sprigg,
| $40: Mrs. A. P. Crenshaw, So: Mrs. j. B.
Campbell, So: Mrs. NJ. Veitenheimer. So;
Station C, Post Office, $1375. Total,
$179.75.
Received by The Star: Heretofore &C
knowledged, $S43.75: A. Klakring, 81;
James II. Blodgett. IS: Louise c. Far
rem, So; First M. P. Church. 1915: H.
NJ s., 81; F. Ginechesi. s.; total sS6S. so
| Received by A. Lisner. treasurer of
| the Chamber of Commerce: Isabella
Wilkins. So; John B. Sleman, $40, and
| Thomas w. Smith, $50.
Large Amount Raised by Concert.
Last nights concert at the National
Theater which was given under the aus
| pices of the Comitato Columbiano for
the Italian relief fund, was a decided
success financially and artistically. AL
distinguished and in nowise represented
! by it's size the amount of money realized
| by the sale of tickets. Many tickets
| were bought by persons who wished to
| contribute to the relief of the earthquake
| sufferers, but who were unable to at
tend the concert
| The band of fifty pieces, under the
| leadership of Antonio Cello. acquitted it
self remarkably when the conditions are
taken into consideration. 1t was whipped
| into shape I'm less than a week. The men
| who formed it are professional musicians,
members of Local 161. American Fedora
! ton of Musicians. who have their regu-
| lar work to perform during each week,
| with little time on their hands for re-
hearsals, and yet last night they at
tempted a rather ambitious program and
came off with flying colOrs. In many in
! stances they were forced to respond to
encores.
| The Rubinstein Choral Club. Mrs
Blanche Muir-Dalglesh. contralto; Ernest
Lent cellist and Herndon Morsell tenor,
all contributed materially to the success
| of the concert.
| Among those who occupied boxes were
the Italian ambassador and many mem
bers of the diplomatic corps