New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-02


soaal service o; the women who composed the Com
mittee OF one Hundred OF their able assistants
chccN Tor s. 600 Is iorw srded 10 you with instuc-
ti1nS from the treasurer Mrs Arthur VI. Dodge.
Woo also represents the Committee on Expenditures
ll' committee Il 20 be congratulated upon ihe re-
sur OF their endeavors as well as The expeditions
undertaking tie afsi meeting being held October
: az The Colony Club. and on October 81 the
trus; that the bcnehcaries will receive through US
warm vesnng apparel as Christmas gifts me
the courtesy Of the Anderson Galleries Will be held
within the next two weeks. which will enable US 10
Mrs Nelson Herrick Henry. chairman Req
fr,Ss ba1sar snd Universal Market COMMITTEE On
Mansfield Mrs. Arthu: VI. Dodge and Mrs. tlof-
o1ce NJ Siowell
The New York County Chapter of
the Red Cross has received the follow
ing letter from Mile. Pavlowa:
desire 20 express 20 YOU and 20 the New York
public ms gratitude FOR the cordial reception and
generous suppou have received n this city and TO
say 10 the members Of the Red Cross that am glad
70 iutrus the proceeds Of my benefit performance 20
them for distribution among the wounded soldiers
now devastated by this cruel war ! would ask only
one fa'or-that the share which goes 10 Russia niy
dear country. may be sent by cable 70 the Szarina
sec ft among our wounded. feel sure YOU will
understand my wishes aud that iny desire viii be
graiiica.
The following is a statement of the
Pavlowa Red Cross benefit at the Net
ropolitan Opera House November "a:
Total receipts. sale Of seats. boxes. nbreitos,
photographs. posters and cash gifts >s'sy s
Expenses '''o'
Profits 70 Red OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $4,000
The Committee of Mercy will own
Sherry's to-day Two floors will be
thrown open for dancing IN the even
ing, and in the afternoon there Will be
several thes dansants. Every penny OF
the receipts for the day will be turned
over to the Committee of Mercy. Frank
Crowninshield is chairman of the en-
tertainment committee. The Commit
tee of Mercy, whose headquarters are
at 200 Fifth av., provides relief Tor
destitute widows and orphans IN the
war ravaged countries.
The total fund of the Committee OF
Mercy is $49,505. Yesterday 5000 was
received from Mrs. +. W. Van Wyck,
Of Summit, y. j.
"a million nickels from a million
Sunday school scholars for million
Bibles for a million soldiers IN the hos
pitfalls, camps. war prisons and battle
fields of the great war. ms is the
appeal sent yesterday TO sunday
schools of all determinations all over
the country by the American section
Of tho Worlds Sunday School Associa-
ton. Every child who gives nickei
will receive a souvenir bookmark from
II / Heinz. chairman of the commit
tee. John Wanamaker is member OF
the committee and will bear all the IN.
cidental expenses. The headquarters OF
the fund is the Worlds Sunday School
Association. Metropolitan Building
Every seaport in the United States
will be a base from which food supplies
NAV be sent to Belgium. according TO
arrangements made by Lindon Bates,
chairman of the American Commission
for Relief in Belgium. The commits
sion. which has headquarters at II
Broadway, will pay all transportation
expenses.
$3.50. 802, of which S11,155 was contrib
uted yesterday.
Each day it costs 81 90 to maintain
soldier i'm the American Ambulance
Hospital in Paris. According to the
announcement of the committee yes
terday. it is planned TO increase the
capacity of the hospital TO 900 oeds as
soon as the funds warrant. The com,
mittee received funds from the Nurses
Club Of st. Luke's Hospital
Contributions to the American am
buiance hospital fund yesterday were
S6.Is9. making the total s1so,s46. The
largest gift was $4,000, from Ogden
Mills. -,
Mrs. Bayard Cutting gave 5000 to the
fund for the relief of French women
and children and Mrs. Rutherford
Stuyvesant 500. The total of the fund
is now S40,540 Sc.
The Prince of Wales Fund received
$500 from William Sloane, $500 from
James F. McKernon. 500 from Herbert
Barber. $50 from John Reld ana sou
from Walter Calender.
, More than $500 was realized from
the Hour of French Poetry" given by
Mile. Gabrielle Dorziat at The Little
Theatre yesterday afternoon: The money
will 90 to the European Actors war
Fund, which William Faversham started
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