New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-21
KING AIDS STAGE
REVIEW FOR RELIEF
Albert Patron of Belgian
Fund Benefit at the
Strand Theatre.
RAILROAD LINES TO
CARRY GIFTS FREE
More Red Gross Doctors and
Nurses Will Sail for the
War Zone To-day.

King Albert Of Belgium and Emsn-
uel Havenith, Belgian Minister to the
United States. are patrons of the bene
| &c at the Strand Theatre on December
s for the Belgian Relief Fund. The
programme will consist Of review of
! the American stage, with more than
thirty actors in the characters which
made them famous. The list includes
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, as Meliaande;
| Nine Nazimova, as Hedda Gabler; Mrs
/ Sol Smith. as the nurse in Romeo
and Juliet; Miss Jane Cowl, in with
| in the Law; Miss Marie Doro, as
Oliver Twist; Miss Annie Russell, in
"She Stops to Conquer; Miss Marie
Tempest. as Nell Gwynne; William II.
Crane, as David Harum William
Faversham, as lago; Robert Mantell,
in "King Lear; Henry Miller, in "The
/ Only Way; Weber and Field, Mar
garet Anglin, in "The Tanning of the
Shrew" Miss Ruth Chatterton. Miss
Rose Coghlan, Miss Edith Wynne
Mstthison, Mile. Dorziat, Miss Mary
Shaw, Miss Phyllis Terry. Henry Dixey,
John Drew. William Gillette, Thomas
jefferson. Francis Wilson, Frances
Starr Viola Allen, Eben Plympton and
Walker Whiteside.
Mrs. August Belmont is chairman Of
the committee, and the list of patron
csses and boxholders includes Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. French Van
derbilt, Mrs. William Watts Sherman,
Pierre Mali, the Belgian Consul; Mrs.
Lispenard Stewart, Mrs. Otto Kahn,
Mrs. II. +. Huntington and Mrs. Archer
Huntington.
The Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM which is the New York branch
If the London American Committee,
Yesterday addec infant foods TO the
list of supplies especially needed in
Belgium, and all women's clubs in the
United States are urged to assist ii
collecting baby foods. The headquar-
tiers Of the commission is at II Broad
way.
All the railroad trunk lines east of
the Mississippi and north of Norfolk
Va, have agreed to carry free all sup
plies which are marked "War Relief
Donation" and consigned to the consul
lar representative of the country for
which the supplies are intended. The
City of New York has also promised
the commission the use of two piers
on the North River.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounted
to S517,075 OF yesterday. Among the
contributors were Belgian Fund, of
Hartford, sl,421 81; Nine. Lalla Van
dervelde S10,4181S from meeting
held in Pittsburgh, S3,O65 from the
meeting at Sewickley, Penn; 5000
from Lewiston, Auburn and Rumford
Me-, and S173 68 from the Belgian
Women's Relief Club.
Campfire Club Aid
The Campfire Club of America. an
association of big game hunters, in
sympathy for the people afflicted by
the war, has decided TO cancel one Of
its winter banquets and dedicate the
cost 10 this cause. IL has sent 81 900
to NJ. Havenith, the Belgian Minister
in Washington. to be used for the pur-
chase Of food or other necessary sup
plies for prompt Transmission, through
the London American Relief Commit
tee, to Mr.. Whitlock, the American
Ministers in Brussels.
The Red Cross Fund amounted to
S360.523 25. OF yesterdays contribu-
tons Sl,417 was received through DR..
Dernberg. Two more Red Cross units
of nurses and surgeons will sail for
Servia to-day on the Finland.
Units and are financed by Mrs
George b. Mcclellan, New Hampshire
Red Cross, L. A. Cert, Kansas City Red
Cross. Princeton University Red Cross
and Miss Anne X. Eastman.
The Prince of Wales Fund amounted
to 5000 Is. Among the contributors
were "The Pawtucket Evening Times"
sos; Sidney w. Hughes, $780, and
Anonymous, $500.
The Fund for the Relief Of French
Women and Children amounted to $685.
JO7 81. Mrs J. p. Morgan contributed
$3.50, J. Arthur Beebe 500, and Anony-
nous $3.50
The Jewish Relief Committee, of
which Harry Fischel is treasurer, re-
ceived S1,845 yesterday, bringing the
total up to S23,556 St Paul contrib
uted S466 and St. Louis $500.
The Salvation Army needs $50 volun-
teers TO make bandages for the SOL
diers. Enough linen has been sent in
from all over the country TO make 90
/ 600 bandages. Already the workers
have made $500 bandages, $500 hand
kerchiefs, 5000 congresses and 500
/ sponges.
College Men as Chauffeurs.
College men will sail to-day on the
New York TO be chauffeurs for Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney's army hospital.
/ They are Regis Henri Post, Alwyn Ball,
/ Sd. Lewis ~ Barclay, Robert p. Breeze,
/ Geo. l.. Forman, Lowering Hill. Arthur
NJ. Joost. Richard Lawrence, John Oak
man. Reginald c. NJ. Pierce, Charles
Reed. IT., Edward Shattuck, J. Sullivan
Cochran, Oliver Filley and Charles T.
Lowering Mr.. Post was Governor OF
Porto Rico during Roosevelt's admin
istration and is chairman Of the Suf-
folk County Committee of the Progress
sive party. The chauffeurs will enlist
under the American Volunteer Ambu-
lance Corps.
Mrs. Louis Bustanoby will give a
benefit at the Cafe des BeauX Arts to-
morrow afternoon for the French Re
lief Fund. Among those who have
bought tickets are Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Gould. George Gould, w. w. Atterbury.
Prince and Princess Troubetskoi and
Judge JaycoX.
Mayor Mitchell became a moving pict-
IRE actor Yesterday for the benefit of
the Committee of Mercy. Commits
sioner Katharine b. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
August Belmont, Norman Hapgood and
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman fell upon him
unawares and argued away all his OBJ
iections The Mayor consented only
when the film company promised 20
contribute 80 per cent of the profits
from the sale of the picture to the
Committee Of Mercy
The committee announced yesterday
total receipts to the amount OF S4O,-
357 9S. Theodore b. Starr & Co. viii
give 10 per cent of the gross receipts
for December 40 10 the Mercy Fund