New-York tribune., 1914-11-29
RED CROSS "CIFT"
LETTERS READY
Christmas Present Money
viii Be Turned Over
to War Sufferers.
CHAIN LETTER WINS
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
Queen Mary Visits Red Cross
Hospital In LondOn-All
Funds Increasing.

IuIluS increasing.
The Red Cross Christmas letter Is
ready 10 be sent in place OF gifts from
nose VINO wish 70 use their money for
the rellef Of sufferers IN Europe in
stead OF Tor Christmas presents.
PERSONS wishing 10 contribute 70 the
Ked Cross are urged 70 send 20 the as
soelation, l3O East 22d ST., the names
ol friends 70 whom they wish the let
lers sent. The form Of the letter is as
follows:
VT, It' seasons greeting. Christmas. iaii-Nss
TIA. tas seasons cheer nay be extended %
Ftt.N o -Ls uat9.d numbers o. mon. touaa ana
tI1ir ," ,. "-0 arc snferiiy Ia Elrope and tnst
t. l'.'' A'...5 hj De sonealat ic,soleI tlc donor
mas con- l1u'ld portion of Ills 0lfl.tfn.s mono,
20 t9 European War Ee.ia: Furd o. r!s Amer
I-an hed Gross.
The Red Cross has received a num-
Der OF contributions Of 10 cents that
are BENG sent in IN response 20 a
CChain letter started by some unidenti-
hed tuend. The Red Cross officials
wish to announce that while they are
giad TO receive all contributions, they
"lsh to have 10 understood that the
society Is not responsible for this form
Oh appeal, against which there is 50
much prejudice.
letter was received from Lady
F,aget IN London yesterday describing
me visit Of Queen Mary 10 the Red
Cross Hospital.
The War Relief Fund Of the Red
cross amounted % S315,885 Il.
among the contributors were:
Anonymous, $1,000; Dr. b. Denburg,
Si'o45 %; North Presbyterian Church
Geneva, y. 7, 5000; Alumna Associa-
ton, II. Margaret's School, Waterbury,
Conn., $50; through "Ihe Indepen-
dent Sl3O so; joint Thanksgiving SER
wee OF Riverdale churches, $50 o., an
v. L. Lahman, $50.
he American Ambulance Hospital
und amounted yesterday 20 Sl8f.-
"'z ~. Middleton 5. Burreil contrib
lted SlOO and Edward 4. Newell $50.
The Fund for the RELIEF of French
omen and Children, which Mrs. Whit
neg Warren is collecting. amounted 20
S3y,o63 56. Miss Marie Louise Fontaine
contributed Sl00. Mrs p. c. Brooks Sl0O
and Mrs. Henry King S75.
The Dollar Christmas Fund for
Homeless Beigians, which Henry CIews
is collecting, amounted 10 $ls.492. Of
which The HattiesbJrg News" collect
cd >3l2. THE Ithaca Journal S20O and
The Albany Capital" Sjl.
The Prince OF Wales Fund. Of which
Il. VI. Stuart Nortley is treasurer
reached a total Of S76.89l SO. There
was an anonymou. git Of $500 az well
as SlOO each from r. r. Darrell and
Miss Lila G.. Wheeler, SIS from Charles
5. Trench, $50 from j. n. DAWSON, Au-
gusta, Ga, and S5S from James McFar-
ren.
More than $4,000 was allied from
the fashion fete" held at the Ritz
T Carlton on November f. The Commit
tee Of Mercy, under whose auspices the
affair Was held, received an additional
F check Of $1,000 from the Vogue Pub
fishing Company yesterday. The total
fund of the Committee Of Mercy 8 now
$t7672.
"he New York University School Of
/ Commerce has found SO much clothing
and other contributions for the Belgian
refugees that the students have asked
for an extension of time, so that they
may devote their T anksgiving hoh-
days to the work of ransacking their
wardrobes For the accommodation of
those who had no clothes 10 spare 2
Commerce Dollar Fund has been estab-
llsaed. a certificate of contribution is
presented TO every giver by Dean Jo-
seph French Johnson.
The Belgian Minister and the Gov
ernor-elect Charles S. Whitman, are
patrons o. The art auction which is 20
be held at the Plaza on December -.
Louis G. Tiffany. Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Kenyon Cox, Edwin Blash-
hel., William Ordvay Partridge and
Daniel c. French are among those who
have contributed from their works. The
patrOnesse5 include Mrs Richard AID
rich, Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss. Mrs.
James A. Burden, Mrs. Nicholas Mur-
ray Butler, Mrs Cleveland II. Dodge.
Mrs Albert Gallatiu, Mrs. Edwin Gould.
Mrs Mark Hanna, Mrs. Archer Hunt
ington, Mrs. Arthur Iselin, Mrs. Dave
Hcnnen Morris, Mrs. Douglas Robin
son, Mrs Charles Rumsey. Mrs Her
bert Satter,ee, Mrs. william Douglas
Sloane, Mrs James Speyer, Mrs. viii
lard d. Straight, Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney and Mrs. Charles s. Whitman.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounted
to S563,592 02 yesterday. .mong the
contributors we're THE Providence
Journal" 18th contribution. 1868 O2; "A
Friend" $4,000, Belgian Relief Fund,
Troy, $1,000; Miss +. Leland, 81 900. Mr.
a-d Mrs. George =. Cheney and chill
uttu, plf''Vf clLiLtua OF bdlGWlQSFllle,
y. Y, S6l4 0S; Belgian Relief Fund,
T,rtford. S56l OF; A. NJ s. and W. Z. s,
$50 and Helen W. Bassford, $50.
Mount Holyoke College girls have
voted 20 give up their birthday table
spreads Tor the benefit Of the war re-
Lief fund and money usually spent for
other forms OF festivities will be
turned in 20 the fund also. A relief
committee has been forme :, with Miss
Margaret Kiley, of Cazenovia, n. T.. as
the chairman. The girls are making
garments for the soldiers and refpgees.