New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
ROOSEVELT PRAISES
WARTIME PLAY
"Children's Revolution to
Aid La Fayette Fund VIII
Be Held in Park Theatre.

Sixty-fvo ships laden with food for
Belgium have been sent, or viii be as
soon as cargocS already prepared can
be got aboard. according TO the marine
reports Of the Commission for Relief IN
Belgium. The value of the relief sup
plies is unofficially estimated at be-
tween $4,000. 600 and $35,000000.
Thirty cargocs were Of wheat only,
and many Of the mixed cargoes CON
tanned a large proportion of wheat and
-four. Two consignmentS OF meat, ag-
gregating 100000 pounds, have been
sent. Relief ships have had little
trouble in making their trips.
Two hundred children, many Of them
members Of the best known families,
will take part in a Revolutionary play,
"The Children's Revolution" Thursday
afternoon at the Park Theatre in aid Of
the La Fayette Fund for helping French
soldiers.
Miss Diana Dalziel, a descendant Of
George WaShington's brother, Will APP
pear as Martha Washington; Theodore
Chanlcr will appear as Washington,
and William Aston Chanler, jr., VIII
take the part of La Fayette. introduce
tory to the play, there will be series
of tableauX vivants by Ben Ali Haggin.
Tickets, from 80 cents to s., are on sale
at the Vanderbilt Hotel or the theatre.
Colonel Roosevelt, in letter 10 Mrs.
William Aston Chanler, Of the com
mittee, said:
81 am glad to hear Of the success Of
the children's Revolutionary play.
There are not enough plays for chill
dren which teach American history.
Washington's career is a lesson IN that
kind of patriotism which translates
words into deeds, and La Fayctte's ca
reer is a lesson in international moral
itv. Both careers teach devotion TO the
peace Of justice and righteousness and
scorn of the ignoble baseness OF the
peace of dishonor. Washington's whole
career is pointless, and no man has a
right to praise It, save as we accept MS
view that preparedness for righteous
war is the only way to secure righteous
peace"
Hundreds Of workers who have been
mustered to conduct the weeks money
raising campaign Of the Belgian Amer
lean Relief and Unemployment Fund
Plaza. There will be dinner and
speeches.
Funds raised will be divided among
war relief and unemployment organl-
cations already in existence. Already
the committee has given direct assist
ance 10 $50 persons. Miss Anna Ban
croft Coushaiue and Mrs. Clara A.
White are campaign directors.
Columbia University students are 70
give a war relief benefit at the Hotel
Aston Wednesday. The proceeds will
20 to the British War Relief Associa-
ton. Inc, which will divide them with
committees for Belgian and Serbian
relief. The British War Relief Assoc
citation, Inc, sent a shipment Of hos
pital supplies yesterday to Mrs Harry
PAYNE Whitney's hospital in France.
Mrs. Whitney is one Of the patronesses
Of the association.
Subscriptions to the Persian War
Relief Fund yesterday increased it TO
S22Q703l. Mrs John ). Kennedy gave
$4,000 Mrs. W. G. Durham, 500, and
Mrs. S. NJ. Clement, $3.50. Contrlbu-
tons to the Secours-National amounted
to Sl45. The fund is now S65,42LO3.
Mrs. Bayard Cutting gave 500. Among
the gifts to the Serbian Agricultural
Relief Committee Of America was $3.50
from Frances w. Emerson. The fund
Of the American Polish Relief Commit
tee Of New York is $38,O62.1l. "A
Friend" gave 500.