New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-20
BABIES in BELGIUM
STARVING FOR MILK
Head of American Com
mittee Tells of Need for
Condensed Food.
LITTLE KINGDOM
NEEDS 100000 TONS
IoWa's 80 Counties Each to Send
Carload of Wheat-Funds
Still Grow.

The American committee for the
relief of the destitute in Belgium,
which has headquarters in London
opened New York quarters at II Broad
way yesterday. Linden Bates is the
American representative Of the com
mittee which was formed by Ambassa-
dor PAGE in London. The new committee
will collect foodstuGs only, and wiil
work in cooperation with the Rookie
Teller Foundation, which has already
sent a cargo Of food TO Belgium.
Half million tons Of food are called
for. Mr.. Bates said yesterday tina.
Ecleians would starve unless America
redoubled her efforts 20 send food.
"The most pathetic need Of Belgium
is for condensed milk" said Mr.. Bates.
"The cattle are all gone and the chill
dren cannot live without milk. Bel
gium needs all kinds Of foods, any
thing that will stand ocean transporta-
tion.
"A propositioa is on foot 10 send a
carload OF wheat or -four from every
one Of the ninety-nine counties in
Iowa. Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas and
California arc at work, too. We have
lust received $4,000 from Hawaii to
be expended for food"
The first ship of the committee will
sail on December 1 with the ninety
nine carloads Of grain, condensed milk
and other fOOdstuifs from Iowa and
10000 bushels of wheat collected by
former Governor Stubs Of Kansas.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounted
TO Si96,S53 So yesterday. Among the
contributors were the Belgian Relief
Fund. of Charleston, S. c., S1,74l so,
and the Newport branch, Belgian Re-
lief Committee, 8 ,006.
The Dollar Christmas Fund for
Homeless Belgians, OF which Henry
Clews is treasurer, amounted to SILL
800 Yesterdays contributions includ-
ed: From readers OF The Duluth
Herald S145; Christ Church, Macon
Ga, $l02; George A. Peabody, Danvers,
Mass, 500; J.. NJ. Kennett and brother
st. Louis, 500; j. VI. Manmeter, Chilli
Gothic, Ohio, $50.
The Red Cross Fund amounted 10
1857 ,943 20. Among the contributions
yesterday were $3.50 IS from Albany
County Chapter, Red Cross.
The American Ambulance Hospital
Fund amounted to S17I,j06 70. of which
$4,000 was received from the Buffalo
committee. headed by DR.. c. Van Ber-
gen; $3.50 from the Chestnut Hill
Anti-Suffrage League, $1,000 anony-
mously, $500 from Mrs. Ogden Mills
and $500 from a fund collected by Mrs.
Brandegee.
A concert for the benefit OF this fund
will be held at the Hotel Plaza this
afternoon. A duet from the new Rus
sian opera, prince Igor" which is to
be heard at the Metropolitan Opera
House this winter, will be sung by
Miss Constance Purdy, and George
Harris. Mr.. and Mrs. Philippe Cou-
dert will also sing. Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, Mrs. Willard d. Straight and
Mrs. Robert Bacon are among the
/ patronesses.
The Central Committee for the Re-
lief of Jews Suffering from the War
received contributions yesterday
amounting TO $3.50. The total of the
fund is now SPLITS. The st. Louis
committee sent $1,000 and the Pitts
burgh committee $500; "The Jewish
Daily News S379; Manchester, y. H..
Sl15, and South Norwalk, Conn, $3.50.
The Committee of Mercy Fund
amounted to S39,7l4. The committee
has arranged for another benefit per-
Torrance at the Park Theatre Sunday,
December 6. Mrs. Patrick Campbell
will play "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
supported by Miss Edith Wynne Matth-
ison, Miss Laura Hope Crew, Aubrey
Smith, Kenneth Douglas. Leslie Fable.
Graham Brown and Philip Meriyale.
Mrs John Aston, Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson. Mrs. Norman Whitehouse. Mrs.
J. Borden Hartman and Archer Hunt
ington are members of the committee,
of which Mrs. Norman Hapgood is
chairman.
The exhibition of the art of the
theatre at IA Fifth av. for the benefit
of the Committee Of Mercy has been
prolonged indefinitely. Children will
be admitted at half price. A concert
for the benefit of The committee will
be given at Aeolian Hall on December
9 at 8:15 by Herbert Fryer, the Eng
lish pianist, and Robert Maitland, barry
tone.
Bishop Greer and Cardinal Farley
have both written letters praising the
War Children's Christmas Fund, of
which Mrs. John Hays Hammond is
chairman and Mrs. Eva Mcdonald
Valesh secretary. The last shipment