New-York tribune., 1915-03-03

JANlNfES. ji3 5th Ayo
Reading, Penn, and r. II. /. Goddard,
of Providence. The Sabbath schools OF
Lawrenceyille, ILL.,, sent $40.
Contributions amounting to Sl,3l00t
were acknowledged by the British
American War Relief Fund. Its dance
netted the fund $728.4I.
Gifts for Children.
Gifts and messages TO the homeless
little girl who Is her royal hIghness
the Princess Marie Jose of Belgium
are coming by thousands into the Of
fee of the Belgian Relief Fund.
When the Easter Argosys precious
freight is unlcaded and the little daugh-
ter of the rulers OF Belgium sees the
great volumes which are 20 become a
part Of the permanent records Of her
country she may get a CLEAN OF con-
hdence from a missiye received yester-
day. For it was inspired by Hope. the
two-months-old daughter of Richard
Harding Davis. The letter with which
Mr. Davis inclOsed his check is as fo.-
lows:
Your plan TO give the children a
this country an opportunity TO help
those Of Belgium Will have three good
results:
1T will assist in keeping the Belgiaa
children and the 10000 babies born since
the war began from starving; to the
children of this country it Will be a les
son IN unselfshness, and 10 will teach
those who will form the next genera
tion, while they are still Young, that
war is wicked, wastefui and most cruel
TO those who are the most innocent.
when | was in Belgium saw thou
sands of children sleeping under
hedges and haystacks, with no food but
raw turnips. Since then, outside the
towns, the state Of the Belglans has
grown steadily worse, and there are no
people who more justly deserve your
help. That your fund Is dedicated TO
the little princess who, with the
greater number of the Belgian chill
dren, has been driven from her home
is a tribute 70 two brave and generous
souls. Though of all the mOnarchs OF
Europe the most unfortunate, by their
courage, self-sacrifce and devotion 10
their people the King and Queen Of
Belgium have made themselves the
most envied.
My daughter Hope, aged two
months, asks me TO send this inclosed
check to the wartime babies Of Bel
GUM
Jean Webster. author OF Daddy Long
Legs" has written an appeal to Ameri-
can children. 1t is, in part, as follows:
Across the ocean there Is a little
curly-haircd girl, nine years old, who
is very, very unhappy. Her name IS
Princess Marie Jose OF Belgium. She
-. "a
which she loves so much, there are
thousands of children who are crying
with hunger, and when they stretch
out their hands to Princess Marie Jose
and beg her TO help them she has moth
ing to give.
Here in the United States. where
there is no war and where the chill
dren have plenty 70 eat, a big ship Is
getting read TO sail. an Easter argosy
laden with bread and soup for the chill
dren and with milk for the babies,
present from the children Of America
to Princess Marie Jose. But Il takes
so much TO ill a big ship. and there
are so many little children hungrily
waiting for it on the other side that
everybOdy's help is needed.
perhaps you have been saving your
money for a long time 90 buy some
thing you want very mucny ! am GO
ing 10 ask If YOU will not make sac
rihce and give the money instead 80
buy food 10 send in the Easter shipV
The Belgian Relief Fund yesterday
received S2,03Gl5, making the total
contributions S952. 2.S7I05. Miss h. Bill
ings gave $50. Mrs. Gerald B. Webb
5000 and John McKesson, jr., 800.
Children to the number of 200 or
more, who are to participate tomorrow
afternoon in the benefit for the LIfay-
cite Fund at the Century Theatre, had
a dress rehearsal yesterday. Among
those who were present at this pre-
limnary presentation OF the Chill
dren's Revolution" were Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander. Mrs. John Jacob Astor.
Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Edward j.
Berwind, Mrs. Henry Clews. Mrs. Will
lam Astor Chanler, Mrs. +. Y. Dalziel,
Mrs. II. Casimir de Rham. Mrs. William
Is. Osgood Field. Mrs. S,uyyesant Fish.
Mrs. r. Horace Gallatin, Mrs George
Gould, Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton,
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. NJ.
Lawrence keene. Mrs. Goodhue LIVING
ston, Mrs. Charles de l.. Oeir!chs and
Mrs. Francis X. Pendleton.
Dr. Constantin DuLba, Austro Hun.
garian Ambassador. thanked the Amer
ican Red Cross yesterday IN the name
of his government for its activities
in Austria Hungary. Contributions
amounting to $l.670.07 were received
at the New York office Of the Red
Cross. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid sent $3.50.
The total fund in New York is $780,
796.ll.
The American committee FOR the Re-
lief of Babes of Belgium acknowledged
contributions amounting 20 S4O2.