New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-08
QUEEN OF BELCIANS
JOINS COMMISSION
Sends Touching Message
from Battlefield to
American Women.
KINGS SISTER ALSO
AIDS RELIEF WORK
Hard Words for Sabbath Men
Spoken at Benefit at
Wallack's Theatre.


Mrs. Linden Bates, chairman of the
section, received yesterday the follow
ing message from the Queen of the
Belgiens:
Headquarters, Belgian Army.
at gives me great pleasure to accept
the invitation which has been trans
mitted to me to become patroness Of
the woman's section of the American
Commission for Relief in Belgium. l
wish to extend to the women OF America
the deep gratitude of the women Of
Belgium for the work which they are
doing for my people.
THE food which your country is daily
providing for our women and children
comes like a ray of sunlight in the
darkest hour of Belgium's history. The
Belgian women have fought a brave
fight, and are still fighting, for the
common cause of human liberty so dear
TO every American woman's heart
"ELIZABETH."
The message was cabled 70 Mrs.
Bates by II. c. Hoover, chairman Of
the American commission in London.
Thomas j. O'Brien, Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, former Ambassador to Japan and
Italy, came 10 New York yesterday to
arrange for the shipping Of Michigan's
contribution to the mission-ffteen
carloads OF canned goods, beans, pota-
toes and clothing.
The rain and the action oil the Sab
bath committee mad an effect on the
benefit performance of "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray" at Wallack's Theatre
yesterday afternoon. Harrison Rhodes,
vice-president of the Stage Society, un-
der whose auspices the performance
was given, made speech condemning
the Sabbath committee.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who played
Paula, was called before the curtain at
the end of the final act and compelled
TO make a speech. She, too, expressed
regret at the Sabbath Committees ac-
ton.
Souvenir pro. ammes, illustrate by
Charles Dana Gibson and Robert 4.
Jones, were sold by Miss Audrey 0s-
borne, Miss Marjory Curtis, Miss Joan
Whitridge and Mrs. II. J. Wignam
The cast was as follows:
Aubrey Tanqueray. ............... Aubrey smith
Sir George Orreyl. Graham Browne
Captain Hugh Ardale.............P Philip Meriyale
Iayley Diummle. .....-......... Kenneth Douglas
Gordon Jayne. ................... Richard Hat,eras
Mrs Corteyou. ........... Fan wynne Slaith.son
Paula. ......................M Mrs Patrick Campbell
Maurice Maeterlinck is responsible
for sale of autographed books and
Christmas cards which is to be held at
the Plaza on Saturday, but the Bel
gian author is in the war zone, and
none of his books will be on sale I'M
less he can be located before Saturday.
Response TO his suggestion has been
generous from practically every prom
inent author in This country and Eng
land. Richard Harding Davis has been
active in organizing the sale, and among
the American writers who have contrib
uted are Gouverneur Morris, Alice He
gan Rice, Henry Kitchell Webster,
Booth Harrington, Jack London, Rob-
ert w. Chambers, William Dean How
ellis, Henry Sydnor Harrison, Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart, Robert Herrick, Irwin S.
Cobb, Samuel Merwin, George Kibbe
Turner, Julian Street and Norman Hap
good Oliver Herford mas drawn some
kittens, and Rose O'Neill a number of
Christmas kewpies.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is one Of
the patrons, and will assist at the the
dansant which will be held in the Plaza
ballroom during the sale. Other pat
rons Of the affair are rerre Mali, the
Belgian Consul General; Mrs. Nicholas
Murray Butler, Mrs. Philip Lydig, Mrs.
W. Bourke Cochran, Mrs. James B.
Eustis and Mrs. Robert Goelet.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounted
yesterday to S6l4,003 40.
The Red Cross has received appeals
for aid for the people of Palestine and
Poland. Il is also said that 10000 per-
sons have died from starvation in AL
bania.
The Red Cross War Relief Fund
amounted to 1894 ,6S3 90. Ten million
cigarettes were sent by the p. Lorillard
Company through the Irvington and
Ardsley Chapter.
The Central Committee for the Re-
lief of Jews, Of which Harry Fischel is .
treasurer, amounted to S32,037 "A. Kan /
sas City sent $1,000.
The Fund for the Relief Of French /
Women and Children amounted to S4l,-
94S rs. !
The American Ambulance Hospital
Fund received S2,647. Mrs. E. Brande-
gee collected $1,000. !
The Prince of Wales Fund amounted /
to s87 ,265 80.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson has written /
the verses which will be spoken by I
Comedy and Tragedy in introducing I
the stars at the Strand Theatre benefit /
this afternoon. Mrs. August Belmont .
is arranging the affair, which is for .
the Belgian Relief Fund. Twenty /
Young actresses will sell programmes.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Herbert Sat-
terlee, Mrs. II. E. Huntington, Clarence
II. Mackay, Mrs. Archer Huntington,
Professor Fairfield Osborn, August
Belmont, Lispenard Stewart, Mrs. Otto
Kahn and Chester W.. Chaplin are
among the boxholders. Already sl4,oOO
worth of tickets have been sold.
The Cercle Sarah Bernhard will con-
duct a bazaar at SO Fifth av. every day
until Saturday for the benefit of the
families of the French reservists IN
this city.