New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
Pushes White House But
ton That Opens Bazaar in
Grand Central Palace.
SOCIETY OUT TO
AID RED CROSS
Universal Market and Melting
Pot" Draw Coin and Bills from
First Night Throng.

Knitting needles was the centre Of AT.
traction last night at the openinQ OF
the Red Cross Bazaar and Universal
Market at the Grand Central Palace
She presided for time at the booth OF
the Vacation Fund, where members OF
the association were making gray aan.
mel shirts and pajamas for the soldier,
n Europe, but afterward walked about
The hall, knitting as she went, The
goal OF her endeayors was a pair OF
gray socks.
Many prominent people were presen,
to grace the opening of what is consid.
cred the most ambitious charitable un.
| dertaking the women of New York have
attempted. The organizers expect that
! the profits from the bazaar will be the
largest single gift to the Red Cross
since the war began. Miss Mabel
Boardman, Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell
Mrs. Dudley Field Malone, Mrs. James
! Speyer, Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry
Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge and Mrs
Howard Mansfield were the hostesses
Of the evening.
Promptly at o'clock a loud alarm
sounded upon gong. A single stroke
was followed by thirteen strokes-the
sign for President Wilson. Then the
military band from Governors Island
began Hail TO the Chief" and every
body knew that the President had
pushed the button in the White House
that opened the bazaar
Soon personal message was re-
ceived over the wire from the Presi-
dent. IL was read aloud by w. s. Nc
Keen, secretary of the mems commit
tee, as follows:
MAY | not upon the occasion Of the
opening of the bazaar send you a brief
message to express my deep interest in
the objects Of the bazaar. and my hope
that it will result In material aid for
the work Of mercy represented by the
Red Cross Society. My best wishes 60
cut to an enterprise, which certainly
expresses some of the best and deep
est things in human hearts. Sincerely
yours, WOODROW WILSON"
The Presidents button started the
machinery of the United States coin
age plant, which is to strike medals as
souvenirs of the bazaar. The first six
struck off last night are of solid gold,
worth S23 30 each. The first one was
sent by special messenger last night TO
President Wilson. The others are to
be sold at auction during the bazaar.
All kinds of useful and ornamental
objects are on sale. One of the most
interesting objects is the quaint wax
coll made in 1887. IL is dressed in the
style Of the time of Queen Victoria 8
coronation. She was given by Miss
Grace Willsrd, whose great aunt, Clara
Worthington. brought her from Eng
land when she was a little girl. The
dolls price is $50.
Miss Luisita Leland presided over
the great melting pot at the entrance
to the hall. Into il last night men and
women threw old pieces of silver, as
we'll as silver coins.
The bazaar will continue until the
end of the month. 1t will be open from
IL a. m. until 10 p. m. daily. Admis-
sion will be 10 cents.
The committee in charge includes
Mrs. Nelson VI. Henry (chairman), Mrs.
Charles f. Roe, Mrs. Charles Rowland
Russell Mrs. Francis Mcneil Bacon,
Mrs. Fellowes Morgan, Mrs. James
Cushman, Mrs William Jay Schieffe-
lin, Mrs. Charles Whitman, Mrs. White
law Reid, Miss Taylor, Miss Gertrude
Robinson-Smith, Miss Gertrude Beeks,
Miss Clara b. Spence, Mrs. Montgomery
Hare, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs.
Frederick +. Thompson, Mrs. Nicholas
f. Brady, Mrs. George Gordon Battle,
Mrs. James A. Wright, Mrs. Oliver
Bridgman, Mrs. Howard II. Henry, the
Misses Helen and Marion Strong, Mrs.
Nelson b. Burr, Mrs. Ansel Phelps, Mrs.
Algernon Sullivan, Mrs. William Elm
stein, Mrs. II. II. Moore.
Mrs. George Carson Smith, Mrs.
James Speyer, Mrs. j. Van Nechten Oh
colt, Mrs. Frank Sloan, Mrs. Henry
Fitch Taylor, Mrs. Howard Mansfield,
Mrs. william Loeb, jrp Miss Clara
Irwin, Mrs. Edmund Dwight, Mrs. Mar
tin SAKE, Miss Eleanor Adee, Mrs. Will
lam S. Carter Miss Nina de l.. Hen
riques, Mrs. George Riggs, Mrs. George
r. Dyer, Mrs. Benjamin Nicoll, Miss
Sistaire, Mrs. knight Neftel, Mrs.
George P. Lawton, Mrs. Peter B.. Olney,
Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. Annie Nathan
Meyer, Miss Ava de Lagercrantz, Mrs.
Mary Hatch willard.
The Dollar Christmas Fund for
Homeless Belgians was established
Yesterday by Henry Clews and COM
mittee OF men, among whom are Pro-
lessor Henry Fairfield Osborn, Melville
Stone. Colonel George Harvey, George
T. Wilson, Dr. William T. Hornaday
and Percy Bullen. Contributions may
be sent to Henry Clews e. Co., Broad
St. New York. All money received will
be cabled to Europe and used at Christ
mas time for purposes of relief, as the
Belgian government may advise.
All Christmas gifts to Belgian war
sufferers will be carried free of charge
by the Pennsylvania Railroad from
now until November 80. They will be
shipped from the Bush Terminal on the
steamship Jason, in care of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The Red Cross War Relief Fund
reached a total of $780, 1863 81 yesterday
Among the contributors were X. &. Dun
& Co. $1,000; Order of the Eastern
Star. S5O0 Mrs. w. w. Phelpa, $500;
Brooklyn Chapter, Red Cross, S422 81
through DR.. b. Dernburg, 1905 60, and
through "The Evening Record" Hack
ensack, n. j., s17S.
Fifty thousand dollars was cabled
from the Belgian War Relief Commit.
tee to Ambassador Page for the relief
of refugees in London yesterday. Five
thousand dollars was also sem to Am
bassador Henry van Dyke for use
among the refugees in Holland. The
fund yesterday amounted to Sl9l,I32
The largest contribution was $1,000
from NJ. Hartley Dodge.
The fund for the American Hospital
in Paris was increased by S2,S95 90 yes
terday, bringing the total up to $685.
zoo oS. Among the additions were con-
tributions from other cities, $l,4S2 90;
Olivia NJ. Cutting, $500, and DR.. Walter
b. James, $500.
The fund for the relief Of French
women and children which is being col
lected by Mrs. Whitney Warren reached
total Of S2l ,695 81.
The Committee of Mercy Fund
reached a total of $1,000 yesterday,
This included 500 rom the Somerset