New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
To Press Button at White
House and Start Ma
chinery Here.
BOY COURIERS TO
RELAY GOLD MEDAL
Cotton Frock Contest One of
Chief Features - Relief
Funds Growing.

President Wilson will open the great
ked Cross bazaar and Universal Mar
kct at the Grand Central Palace Thurs
day evening at o'clock. when he will
press button in the White House
which will set in motion the machinery
OF the United States coinage plant at
the bazaar. The first product of this
mint will be a medal Of the bazaar in
solid gold, intended for President Will
son.
Boy Scouts stationed in the Palace
will take the medal and relay il 10
their comrades all along the way to
Washington. The medal will be about
the size of $50 gold piece, and will
have the Presidents profile on one side
and the name of the bazaar on the
other About 10000 medals, Of com
posite, will be sold as souvenirs for 10
cents each.
One of the most interesting events
o. the bazaar week will be the cotton
frock contest, in which every young
woman who wishes to be first aid"
must participate. No debutante, how
ever lovely, will be allowed to sell pro-
grammes or pour tea unless she wears
cotton gown Miss Genevieve Clark
ana Miss Lucy Burleson, of Washing
;on. it is expected, will be the judges
in the final contest for the handsom-
est cotton frock.
The Imperial Order Of the Daughters
Of the British Empire will hold mass
meeting Tuesday aftern Jon at the Ritz
Carlton to discuss plans for increasing
the relief work of the order. Herbert
Ward and Lady Briggs will be the
speakers.
Bandage rolling contests are the or
der Of the day at Princeton College,
where the Red Cross chapter, started
by Mrs. John Grier Hibben, wife of
Il president of the university, has
become popular among the students.
Bandage rolling machines have been
placed in all the studios and clubs.
The old clothes committee has collect
ed nearly two tons of secondhand
clothing from the students and towns
people.
The tickets for the -Lafay-
C,te football game have been raised
from 80 to 10 cents and the increase
i'm the receipts will be donated to the
Red Cross. A Red Cross day at the
movies. concert and two amateur
plays also will swell the fund.
The Belgian fund yesterday reached
total of S163,242 81. The contribu-
tors for the day were:
charles " Hardness. $500. Arthur White
Whitney. $50. Miss VI. T.. Bullen. Sl00.
\. q. Stewart. $lOO. Van Antwerp. Reese <
Goldsmith. 500. Auction bridge at Malba
Field club. S223: Mr. and Mrs r. A.
Coates. $50: q. W. smith. 500. John W.
Lee $50 Charles Hirschorn. $500. Mrs
John n. Patterson 500. - Thomas
Church. $40 -: George Z. Butterworth.
500. David Rumscy. $50: simon Atchers
$50; +. r. Thomas. 500; David =. Myers
$50; Mrs James W. RoIin. $50; :. NJ
] Imam. 500; Z. w. Chaplin, $50; +. f.
/ Bachelor. $50; Mrs. Eva NJ. Munsll. 500
| NJ. g. Goldman, 500; Einiford Green. $50
I Christ church East Orange. so 80 Johr
f. Peabody 800. Elizabeth p. p. Jencks
! Mrs Whitelaw Reid yesterday gave
a monthly contribution of $3.50 TO the
fund for the American Ambulance Hos
pital m Paris. Charles W. Hardness
gave $500 and y. H. Emmons 500. Miss
Kate Butler gave $50. D. Crawford
Clark $50 and Miss VI. c. German $50
The total of this fund is now S85.636 0j
Mrs. Whitney Warren's fund for the
relief of French women and children
reached a total of Sl9,926 81 yesterday
Mrs. X. l.. Beeckman gave $50.
The Committee Of Mercy yesterday
announced a gift of 5000 from Miss
Miriam Hills. of Worcester. Ohio. and
smaller gifts from many far Western
towns.
Tie Red Cross contributions Tor the
day amounted 10 80 6jl 60. The total
cf tic war relief received by Jacob ~
Schif now is S2j7.4l3 2G. Among the
contributors yesterday were:
BrooIlyu Chapter Rod Cross. S7o7 q. ilud
..NH
piano M.mractr,er. Hssociation $50
.moDeh Ir p Deubuig S2i2 -. Trinity
Episcopal ',hwch. As4ne' il.c \. - No-
Sl25 n: Nathaniel Mvere. SlO0. First Pres
lytcr9r ,hn.N. Orange. y. I SDO. -
. Peters Episcopal church. Bennington. w.
SGi -, '"nst,,sa.i1n Gem.iuih 'hass3dini
/ Protestant Episcopal Church. 81; 80: Grace
Churcn I.,oir'. ) " sGi - Unity sp ,,S
; Frank T.. JaueWay. 500; Adplp0 kastor q
l Bros $50. Miss Caroline b. LaMonte 500
The Red Cross yesterday sent out al
! appeal for woollen garments, which arr
greatly needed by the refugees. Shawl.
especially are in demand. for the peas
ant women of Belgium are not used q
wearing coats or sweaters. MufflerS
woollen blouses and shirts, stocking
/ and plain undergarments are called for
All contributions must be new. Yau
and knitting needles also are desired
All contributions should be sent to tn
American Red Cross. care BUSH Ter
minal Company. 18th st and Second av.
/ Brooklyn.
The bazaar Of the "Cercle Sarsr
Bernhard" which has been going Of
all week at IS West 45th St. has re
allied $4,000, and announces that d
will continue during the. week to come
The money is being turned over to tn
French Benevolent Society TO assis
the families Of French reservSts il