The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
MANY BENEFITS TO
AID WAR SUFFERERS
Money in Large Amounts Con-
tinups to Pour In From
All Over T. s.

Money In large amounts continued to
pour IN yesterday from all parts OF the
country for the relief OF European war
sufferers nut the donations which came
In were merely n tribe compared to what
/; Is expected will hc realized during the
coming few weeks from benefits Of every
sort and description that are under way.
The Belgian relief fund. which has
grown with greater rapidly than any
other, reached Il total Of sj63.;92.o?. The
contributions for the day--.and they came
from various widely separated parts OF the
country--amountcd to sI3.l2a.6s.
Contributions amounting to s1l3Q.so
were received yesterday hy Jacob II.
Scniff, treasurer - the New York State
board az the American Red Cross Tor the
European war fund Total contributions
to date are s375.ss3.Tt.
The contribution Of $40 sent To the
Red Cross from the AlumnP Association
OF s. Margaret's school. Waterbury,
conn, was accompanied nv note stating
that the girls have voted to deny thorn
selves the annual reunion luncheon and
To give the cvst Of such luncheon 20
the American Red Cross war relief fund
The New York office Of the American
Red Cross Is receiving a number of 10
cent contributions sent In response to Il
"chsin letter" that has heon started by
some unknown but well mentioned
friend The He'd Cross viii receive any
contributions that may he sent To- 1t, bu,
because ~ prejudice agains; chain
letters it wishes to have it .;uown that
the Red cross il not responsible for this
particular form OF appeal.
Contributions TO the fund for the Amer.
lean Ambulance Hospital In Paris, sub.
scrptiors e. which should he sent 20
). l.. Morgan * Co, % Wall street;
amounted yesterday 20 s?iu. which
brought the total 10 tlS+302.9S
An additional check for 81. 500 was re.
ceivcd by August Belmont. treasurer OF
the Committee OF Mercy. from the Vogue
Publishing Company. under whose aus.
pieces the Committee Of Mercy Fashion
Fetc was given recently in the Ritz
Carlton Hotel The net profit Of the
fctc is already more than $500. The
total ~ the committee OF Mercy Fund TO
date is s47.5I9.
tn fund for he rri!ef ( Tho Hoiien
aid ia idr-a Of France. subscriptions To-
when should he scnt 20 Mrs Whtnry
I
now amounts 20 S39,ss3.i6. OF which s3O6
was rcc,ived Yesterday
The Dollar Christmas Fund for Home
less Relgians nuw t.tals sls.492, of which
s7s2 was received Yesterday.
The Prince of Walcs's National Relief
Fund yesteriay announced that its total
receipts are now S76.aslSS
There Will Ne ;.u art auction sale IN nd
81 tno families of French md Rrlg.an
a4t'stS AZ Ola" FlaG.. ua h.c"rlp"r a.
May Neil Kuuwu PERSONS ami art firms
hRv" contributed OBJECTS OF AZ. r. he
du"iioreI.
Wealthy persons with country estates
at Port Washington. l.. l., have combined
with the townspeople to add a substantial
amount to the Belgian relief fund through
nm entertainment to be given at the Mas
sau Theatre Monday evening, December
Z. at which W. Bourke Cochran will make
an address on the Belgian situation.
The benefit for the Committee of Mercy
which 10 being arranged by the Stage
Society will take place December at
Wallack's Theatre. A remarkable cast
will play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
by SIR Arthur Pinero, II includes Mrs.
Patrick Campbell and Miss Marie Tenn
pest.
Not tho least Of 'ho dificultics cncuur-
tered I'm supplying starving Relgisus with
food and clothing Is the matter of trans
pOrtation after supplies reach Rotterdam.
hllh lIlN II C.ilNlUE AlNlelN among re-
lief organizations here, which yesterday
were awaiting further details from the
trained Investigators sent by the Rookie
Teller Foundation.
Very modFrc details Of this situation
are coming In slowly AZ the offices OF the
American Commission for Relief in Be
GUM aud 10 flcrre Mail, Belgian Consul
in New York. The high cost of gasolene.
lack OF vehicles IN sufficient number and
800 complete desolaton Of the country
to bee traversed make doubly hard stua-
ton already difficult