New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
BIGGEST Single Check Yet
Sent Makes Relief
Fund 1894, 900.
D HARDING DAVIS
OPENS ART SHOW
Gerard Cables Prisoners of War
in Germany Are With
out Blankets.

Richard Harding Davis, the war cor
..s,or6ert. had stage fright yesterday
Who, called upon 90 make a speech. 1t
... &, the Scribner Building. Fifth av.
NJ sSth ST.. where the Museum Of
t-crcb Art is showing war pictures for
SO benefit o. homeless women and
.hl8ren IN France and Belgium.
TIE French Consul. G. Bosseront
vA-r'o6e. and the Belgian Consul.
S,,v-e Mali. were on the programme TO
80 the exhibition with Mr.. Davis.
~ tbe two conSuls were late, and
W. Davis nsd 20 DO Il alone.
oThis IS awful he said. blushing.
~Rs.;6es. I've opened the exhibition
sirea6y-ca came Ia and did II at O'Clock
this morning
The exhibit IS made up Of etchings
-; war photographs. Many people
"sw them yesterday, including Will II.
I've Carroll Reckwith, Frank L. Du-
--,-3 and other artists. The receipts
amounted 20 nearly $1,000.
The exhibition viii remain open until
Noyember ~, and moving pictures of
,bs wav VIII be shown next Wednesday
- Thursday evenings. Tickets may
Ss obtained Of ". Franeklyn Paris, IS
West seth -
- he in even worse condition than are
s. Releians Polish business men met
=. .ts home Of Dr. Francis I. Drobinski,
81 Fourth av., Brooklyn, Friday night,
10 start s relief society
poland" said DR.. DrObinski, has
h.en the scene Of many battles and
tSoussnds q homes are destroyed. 1t
RS suffered TIE more because il is
divided against itself, the Russian
poiss and the German Poles warning
upor each other.
The Belgian Relief Committee was
encouraged yesterday by the largest
cbsck received 20 date. II was from
de Boston committee and for $4,000
Ttea has organized a Belgian relief
committee and the Bluegrass chill
srer." in Lexington, KY, are raising
~o,ev under direction Of "The Lexing-
tor Leader
The total contributions 20 the Bel
riar fund amount 20 S394961, OF which
s.s59o was received yesterday.
JB Duke sent $4,000; Mrs. L. Lord,
500. ". II. Truesdale. $3.50; q tea in
PARK Hill. Youkers. S2l4; William
Bunker. $500: Parker Sloane, $500, and
NJ and Mrs. Frederick Townsend, $50.
Jacob Il. Sch.f. treasurer OF the
New York State board Of the American
Red Cross for the European War Fund,
announced that contributions amount
jng 10 Sl.50s were received yesterday,
rskjrr the total 20 date S334,0l6.
4rong the givers were the Carnikow-
P;orda Company. $500; the Troy Red
Cross branch. $3.50. and Cash 5000.
The fund for the American Ambu-
lance HOSPITAL in Paris is now Sl4O,-
ssl Cor.r buttons sent Yesterday were
S2.0-2. W. Cameron Forbes sent
ei050: T. n. Kellogg. $500; Mrs.
George Won L. Meyer and Mrs. +. l..
~. Richardson, each $3.50, and Russell
cheney, 5000.
The Committee Of Mercy gave out
cable message from James W. Gerard,
American Ambassador IN Germany, IN
which he describes the miserable
slight Of the $4,000 prisoners Of war
+ Germany. Many Of them, he says,
are without q blanket 10 put over
.hor.
Contributions 20 the Committee OF
Mercy Fund acknowledged yesterday
By August Belmont sent the total 70
something over $4,000.
4 oere-f TOY the tOUlNl' ASt " go ~
gwen tonight at the Park Theatre.
Nrs. Maude Nissan is the chairman OF
he committee, and among the patron
esses are Mrs. Gertrude Anterior, Miss
Elisabeth Jordan. Mrs. Samuel Inter
nyer and Miss Margaret B. Gould.
4 sale Of works Of art viii be held
st the Plaza Hotel on December 10.
Painters, sculptors and art collectors
eyerywhere are asked TO contribute OF
their work. The committee hopes TO
raise 100000
Mrs John Hays Hammond, national
chairman q the War Children CHRIST
mas Fund. reports that over $4,000 IN
eash has been received since the fund
opened. three weeks ago. so there Will
Be little holiday brightness IN the
stricken countries. In addition to the
money. about $4,000 worth Of cloth
Ing, food and toys have been received
81 the headquarters Of the fund, 1881
West seth ST.
Yesterdays receipts for the vacation
/ var relief committee, at 80 west oSth
! s., amounted 20 SGT.
Louis Sherry announces that the en-,
tire proceeds Of his restaurant ana
hsllrooms for Wednesday, December =
Will be turned over 70 the committee
c. mercy.