New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-21
ART SHOW TO AID CAUSE
Valuable Portraits and Paint
ings Under Guard.
NOT IN PERIL, HOWEVER
Unlike English Sisters, Suf-
fragists Intend No Harm
to Treasures.

Nearly Thousand lovers Of art and
woman suffrage visited the exhibition OF
women's portraits Yesterday afternoon at
the Glaenzer galleries. Fifth avenue and
18th street. u was the least suffraGettcy
of any affair the suffragettes have pulled
of in a long time. The only suggestion
of the cause" was the band of purple.
green and white across the corner of the
tickets
True. there were eight detectives
grouped artistically and incOnspicuously
about the premises. but these We're i'm no
sense a reference to suffrage. English
militants may be dangerous to art treas
Ires. but not Americans. No; the de-
tectives were there simply because those
pictures were valued at hundreds or
thousands Of dollars. and detectives nave
= habit Of following around after such
things Not one Of the portraits exhibited
was worth less than $1,000. according TO
M. Chief Detective. AMI the magnificent
Whistler Of Rose Corder. the queen Of
the collection. was valued at more than
$15.o1D. There wer. fifty-seven portraits.
all Of women. by the following artists
Whistler. Sargent. SOrolla. 3oldini,
Bancke. Zuloaga. Gushing. Lenbach,
CHASE Leslie-C otton Levy Da Costa.
Lydia Emmett. Mary Cassatt. flamenS,
Fuchs. Ben Ali Haggin, Adele lIerter,
benjamin Constant. Las Casas, MadraZo.
Porter. Troubetzkoy. Iorn. McCameron,
J. J. Shannon. lIoIne. Content Johnson.
Matthew Maris and Sergeant Kendall.
The exhibition was arranged by Mrs.
Philip Lydis for the benefit Of the
cause" Mrs. John Winters BrannaD,
Mrs. Arthur +. Townsend and Mrs.
Egerton Winthrop. j.. made the arrange
ments for the Womans Political Union,
" hich Is to receive the profits.
Tier. We're seven Sargcnts-th. white
and gold portrait of Mrs. Charles Is. Alex
sudcr. and those of Miss Helen Brics
Ais. ,'onu Jay-chapman. Mrs. Thomas
Mauscu. Mr.. Dave Iieunen Morris and
Mr. ard Mrs. l. Newton Phelps Stokes
lH.ic va hut ON" SoIplla in a place OF
honor-thc portrait OF Nine. SOrolls
lpag,d by Ms. Archer VI. Huntington.
The NE Ministers were beside the Rose
G,rdrr: the MIS-. Charles whitley. loaned
by Charles /. Freer. The Little Blue
i.uur.t." loaned 10y Mrs. Herbert Pratt.
La Naloitaine." loaned by Richard
c.nHrld and the GINS Head loaned
Icy Hugo Rri-iu2cr.
Troubetzhoy. vivid and black. j. rep
resented los the portraits Of Mrs Harry
Payne Whitney and Miss Julia Robbins
There L. Mrs Lydig herself painted by
Zulodgd: Mrs. ogden Mills and Mrs. VIII
lard Straight. by Fldmeng. Mrs. Henry
clews. by Benjamin Porter: Mrs Henry
Willard. by Theodore PINS. Nine. Emma
Eames. by Julian story; Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. by VI. Jean McLane: Mrs.
Reginald de koyen, by Mrs. Leslie col
ton. and Mrs. Norman Whitehouse. by
McCamcron.
Among those who came to see the pict-
urcS Yesterday wer" Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish and Mrs Stuyvrsant Fish. jr., Bar
oness de Meyer. Henry &. Frick. Mr.. and
Mrs kilacn Van Rensselaer,. Mr.. and
Mrs Egerton Winthrop. jr.. Miss Muriel
Winthrop. Mrs Walter Maynard, Mrs.
Bourhe Cochran Mrs. Philip Schuyler.
Mrs. Townsend Burden. Mrs. William II.
Draper. Mrs Franklin Roosevelt. Mrs.
Willard Straight. Mrs. Charles Franklin,
Mr. J. Bordcn Hartman. Mrs Henry
Willard. Philip Lydis and George Blumen-
thai.
Tn. exhibition Will be open 10 the pub
lie to-day and tomorrow AT 81 ticket.
For SUNDAY Mr. Lydlg has issued invita-
lions To- arr students. members OF set
Element rla Ss,s and college undergradtl-
ates