The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-27
TRIBUTE TO THE
AMERICAN ARTISTS

Mrs Marion Cox. who with Mrs. Helen
:. Woodruff has been extraordinarily
successful in arranging the booth nt
American Authors AMI Artists FOR the
Allies Bazaar. to open June =, IN an in
terNicw Yesterday paid a tribute to Tia.
generous spirit OF American artists. Ms.
Coz, we'll known for her The crowds
and the Yelled Woman and for her
recent book Of essays, ventures In
Worlds" talked Of her motives In under
taking the work and the responsn which
Will make this booth a really spectacular
success.
Mrs. Woodruff and L. said Mira COX.
undertook to conduct u booth At Jhe
Allies Bazaar under the name Of the
American AUTHORS and Artists urged hv
four moti,c, First. the personal. be-
cause We desired TO give \ service eN-
pressive of our personal sympathy for
the Allies secondly. the sporting. be-
cause we desired TO see II II We're possi-
BILE TO surpass the German Bazalr in
spectacular rich!rcss of results thirdly.
the vocational. because We d sired TO see
distinguished in this superb charity the
letters and arts and their American eX-
ponents as important factors IN the ma
tional spirit OF generosity fourthly. the
idealist!C, because VT believe this spirit
OF America the one influence creative OF
that peace of the future which surely
can be founded upon nothing except an
international comfy and charity.
And IN our undertaking We ave met
with An astonishing response and Coz
operation from the people who are rep
reseutatlNe OF the arts and letters IN
this country. We started our ainpa.g
for donations by sending forth several
thousand OF the stereotyped begging let
tiers. to which We received a response
in the proportion Of about six answers
to 1000 letters. ! cite TINS for the nene-
1T of other workers for causes. Then
We realized hat to make good and to
Justify a booth dignifed by such a ti,le
We would have 70 set forth and make the
more impressive appeal OF a personal
call upon those whose contributions w
needed.
First the publishers were solicited
and were so liberal in their doEat!o.s
and so Inspiring with their pro-ally
sympathy that my first begging tour
was soon filled with the zest of victory.
Within Two days we were given more
than tao thousand books. Now We
have five thousand books. and more still
TO come from publishers. visited or
written to. VINO have not Yet had time
10 make their donations. But | would
like to acknowledge publicly the generos-
ity Of the publishers who have already
given us from one hundred 10 one
thousand books: namely. Putnams.
Scribners, Century. Harpers. App,ctons.
kenner!ey, Doran, Funk IL Wagnalls.
stokes. Dunield. Doubleday & Page.
Hearst's International Library, Oxford
University Press, the Encyclopedia Bril-
tannlca Company. the American Book
Company, We hope to sell IA large
-
library" plan system. which IL to he
subscribed to for 25 cents. the successful
purchaser receiving twelve selected
books, In addition. many we'll known
authors have contributed autographed
books. collections of autographs and
photographs of celebrities.
The leading magazines are to be
represented In our booth and are giviIg
donations OF from twenty-five to ATTY
yearly subscriptions. which We plan 10
sell in lots OF three at the cost OF 81
to each successful purchaser. Those
who are preliminary upou our list AS
contributors are ~ScribuCr's. Harpcr'S,
the Worlds Work. the FOrum, the
Metropolitan, Vanity Fair. Vogue. COT
tiers, the Neu R'pubic. Current Opin-
ion. Midiroek Pictorial and C'rr,nt HIS
tory. 10 be followed. we trust, by all
the other magazines OF Importance.
"Sittings for photographs have been
donated by nearly all Of the leading met
ropo!itan photographers. and many por-
trait sittings by eminent portrait painters
have been given, the opportunity for
which is TO be sold at the nominal cost
OF 81, The sculptors nav been most
generous and we have beautiful speci-
mems of the work OF the most notable
ones; to mention hut n few. Gu,zoH
Borglum. Frederick Macmonnies, Robert
Aitkcn, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Paul
Bartlett. william Ordway. Partridge.
Angela Schuyler Church and Harmon
MacNeil. Louis Talany has contributed