New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
Mary and Alexandra OF
England and Amelia OF
Portugal Present.
SOCIETY MATINEE
GAINS $22,5OO
Auction Brings In $240,5lo Tor
Red Cross-American AM
balances to Front.
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tend.d the ROYAL matinee at the Drury
Lane Theatre, organized by Lady lhr
thur Paget, formerly Miss Mary "''
vens. of New York, for the beneht Oh
the American Woman's War hosp''ai
at Paienton. They were Queen Mary
Of England, Alexandra, the queen
Mother. and Queen Amelia. wido" OIL
King Carlos of Portugal.
Everv seat in the theatre was taken
three hours before the opening s anu
the receipts amounted TO nearly %;
500, all Of which will go to the hosp.-
tai. as Lady Paget paid all inc en
penses of the production. fractlcaily
all of British and Anglo-Ametlcan 30
ciety was present. Some ldea Oh sno
prices paid Is given in the Information
that three seats, sold at AUCTION aitet
a dinner at Buckingham Palace iasI
Friday, were finally knocked down u
Alfred de Rothschild for S2,oOO.
Among the celebrities present AZ To-
davis matinee were Princess CHRISTIAN
Grand Duke Michael, the American Am
bassador and Mrs. Page, Mrs. j. j.
Aston. Mrs. w. w. Aston, Mrs. Bisch-
ofrsheim. Lord and Lady Charles Beres-
ford. Lady Randolph Churchill, Mrs.
Anthony Drexel, William Gillett, Prln-
cess hatfield, Lady Henry, Lady hil-
lingdon. Lady Hatfield, Mrs. George
Keppel. the Princess OF Monaco, the
Duchess of Marlborough. Mrs. Bradley
Martin, Lady Marlborough, Lady Neu-
mann. Miss Almeric Paget, the Duchess
of Rutland, Cora, Countess of STRAIT
ford, and Lady Maud Warrender. while
the programme sellers, who wore
stars and stripes as armlets and ex-
torted unheard of sums for the book
lets and also for real American candy,
included Viscountess Acheson, Mrs.
Cecil Bingham, Mrs. Walter Burns, the
Countess of Drogheda, Mrs. Irwin b.
Laughlin, Viscountess Maidstone, Lady
Diana Manners, Miss Katherine Page,
Mrs. Ralph Peto. Mrs. Robert Straw
bridge and Mrs. John Ward.
Many Artists Appear.
The programme included songs by
Ethel Levey, a play by the late Stanley
Houghton, entitled Pearls" wherein
Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet Van
brugh appeared, and a new piece by j.
Hartley Manners, called Happiness
in which Laurette Taylor played
saleswoman in a New York store. Mary
Garden sang three songs and the Al
hambra company gave the last scene or
it's new revue. The performance con-
cluded with "The Masque of War and
Peace" specially written by Louis n.
Parker, with cast that included Nine.
Rejane, Mrs. Langtry, Lady Tree, Elsie
Janis, Nine. Hanako. Nine. Edy;net,
Adeline Genee and Edna May in the
roles of the various allied nations.
At the close Of twelve days sale
at Christies for the benefit of the Red
Cross Fund it was announced to-day
that the total proceeds of the auction
amounted to S2405l0. This amount in
cludes the $4,000 offered by Sir Hugh
Lane for the portrait which John S.
Sargent, the American artist, has
agreed TO paint for the benefit of the
fund.
Sir Hugh, who is the curator of the
Dublin Municipal Art Gallery. has
agreed TO stand aside in favor Of
higher offer.
To Offer New Hospital.
William Potter, president of Jeffer-
son Medical College, Philadelphia, to-
day discussed with the American Am
bassador a project to place a unit of
thirty Philadelphia surgeons and ply
sicians in hospital in France to care
for / 900 wounded men. DR.. Potter
had been in conference with DR.. Will
liam Osler in the same connection. He
leaves here for France tomorrow and
will personally make an examination
Of possible locations for the new in
stallation.
hok ha ID
of graduates of jefferson Medical Col
lege, including psychologists and
other specialists. DR.. Potter said the
organization probably would be placed
under the direction of the American
Red Cross, but it will be financed by
alumni of the college.
DR.. Osler has appealed TO Columbia,
Harvard and Johns Hopkins univer-
sites for similar units. Expert SER
vice of this kind is badly needed be-
cause of recent losses in the medical
corps and the increased number Of
wounded with the renewal of the
fighting.
L. s. Flag Near Trenches.
The American flag. carried on Amer
lean ambulances, will soon be seen
close up to the fighting front on vari-
Gus parts of the Western battle line
Ccmmand&nt Girard, director of the
automobile au,bulances of the French
army, has arranged with DR.. Edmund
eros, chief surgeon of the American
Ambulance Corps in France, to send
these ambulances to the vicinity Of the
trenches. They will 60 under the same
conditions as the French military am
balances, instead of being used as
heretofore for transportation purposes,
somewhat in the rear. The Americans
are the only neutrals TO whom this
privilege has been accorded.
1t is expected that five sections, in
GLIDING l15 cars, will be sent to the
front Immediately.
DR.. Gros has received two checks Of
$4,000 each from William X. Wander