New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15

DR.. Henry van Dyke, Minister TO the
/ Netherlands, has artistic as well as lit
erary ambitions. He would like to
paint a Van Dyke, so he told the COM
mittee in charge of the art auction
which opened yesterday afternoon at
Clarke's Art Rooms, 3 West 44th st.
The auction is under the auspices OF
a number of prominent artists, and tne
proceeds will be used for the Keller OF
the families of French and Belgian art
ists now at the front. DR.. van Dyke
wrote TO the committee consenting to
he a patron and expressing the wish
that he could paint Ivan Dyke to
add to the collection.
NJ. Sadelerr, the Belgian Minister
was unable to attend the opening exer-
cises. but in his place came Maurice
Hanssens, of Brussels, a war exile.
Mr.. Hanssens was one Of the passen-
gers on the Kronprinzessin Cecelie' lie
made a short address, half French ard
half English, in which he thanked the
naonle of America for their brotherly
kindness toward their "little sister,
Belgium"
The exhibition will continue at
Clarke's Art Rooms until Saturday
evening, when the auction VIII take
Mace at the Hotel Plaza. More than
three hundred art objects have been
sent from private collections or by the
artists who created them.
Among the most valuable are paint
ings by Corot, Sorolla and Tintoretto
an a set of illuminated maps Of Bel
gium which date from the fifteenth
century. w. R. Leigh's paintings OF
the Grand Canyon and Miss Z. Bar
nard's Belgian studies attracted much
attention yesterday afternoon.
Although most of the art treasures
will be sold at the auction on Satur-
dav. many sales were made yesterday
Mrs. Henry Fairfield OSBORN bought
large blue Chinese vase for 500 and
Mrs. John j. Chapman captured, an in
teresting set of engravings OF ideauZed
monkeys.
In addition to the artists, the physi-
clans of the country are now organiz-
ing for the relief of their brothers IN
Belgium. DR.. Franklin Martin, of |hi-
cago. and DR.. Frank F. Simpson, Of
Pittsburgh, yesterday started a cam
paign TO collect food, clothing and
medicine for 5000 physicians in Bel
GUM. .u
The doctors committee will coop
crate with the American commission.
Contributions should be sent to DR..
Simpson, in Pittsburgh. or to the edi-
tor of "The Journal of the American
Medical Association" New York, or 70
1.-THE Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal"
A number of the most prominent
surgeons of the United States have al
ready allied themselves with the COM
mittee. They are DR.. Charles II. Mayo.
of Rochester; DIR. William L. Rodman,
president of the American Medical AS
sociation; DIR. ]. NJ. Finney, president
of the American College of Surgeons;
DR.. George II. Simmons, editor of "The
Journal Of the American Medical AsSo-
ciation"; DR.. Thomas L. Stedman. edi-
tor of "The Medical Record" and DR..
L. w. Taylor. editor of "The Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal" The
contributions of the doctors will be
packed in special yellow boxes for con-
venience in distribution.
The American Volunteer Motor-Am-
bulancc Corps made another appeal for
funds yesterday. Subscriptions should
be sent TO Messrs. Brown, Shipley
Co. The corps, composed largely OF
college men, has twenty ambulances at
the front, and has already handled
more than 1000 cases.
The Belgian Relief Fund amounted
to $500. 607 so. Trenton sent $4,000,