The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-02
WOMEN IN 5 HOURS SELL
565,4OI BAZAAR TICKETS
Beauteous Parcels of Femininity Reap Rich Harvest
for Allied War Sufferers All Over City-Dolly
Sisters Dance in Wall Street.

The troops Of touring cars which
every one who was any place around
must have seen dipping through
the streets yesterday afiutter with the
hags OF all the Allies came home before
dusk with the bacon. Between late
forenoon and 6 o'clock p. NJ. the ladies'
Of the sta GO and coworkers in the cars
sold $685. 01 tickets for the million DOL
lar Allied Bazaar" which opens at the
Grand Central Palace tomorrow eve
ming.
The promoters Of the monster bazaar
have been promising that everything
about tho affair will h the biggest Of
IL kind the greater city has ever seen.
Il was natural. therefore. that up to the
moment the FIRST motor began TO chus
yesterday shortly before midday the
same bazaar workers were predicting the
most momentous afternoon OF ticket SELL
ing the old town had seen would ex-
plode. Which was what happened.
Broadway had on hand its most
beauteous parcels OF feinininity over
flowing the gun'ls OF countless touring
carr and i,mous,nes long ahead Of time
and all cleared for instant action. So
had Fifth avenue and environs. The
bazaar promoters even were thought
fully efficient enough to unl!mber a day
made up completely OF the best brand
OF weather.
mar~o Toward Money Tone.
mereupon at the bang Of . hsurat've
startine gun southwark toward the
o pcne charged the Edna Mays and
Edna Wallace Hoppers and Yancsi and
Rosx,ka Dollys and Isadora Duncan and
Betty Brewsters and Mile. Dazies ano
Mrs. Benjamin 0uinnesses and Margaret
Oreenes and Lady Coleorookes ano
Janet scudders and Fore Revalles anc
Flor. Zabelles and Evelyn Wordens and
por,,a Smiths and Mrs. Emily Price
Posts and Nine Kozninskis and Natalie
Ats and Violet Hemmings and ~,
Trou,mans and all the rest OF the mrs.
line of offence. 49,,
Tyhen The noon hour had scarcely go'
~, second w,nd before the Dollys We're
dancing on the asphalt IN front OF Una
stock Exchange, Francis Roche's orae
loaded with the girls from 'fom-fo.n.
was causing hysteria near Guy itii
Park Betty Brewster was throwing uHt
-nge Kisses IN toward Broadway Once
Par TOO FAR, from Betty. and re
cn,y,ny n shower OF bills III exchange
t,a,tor G. Niereck was being heckIe'
and outtalked by Mrs. Alice Coulsfer "
rtYh avenue, masked and marvellous!
gowned mannikins from Hicksons Cow
shop were cruising through MouauIn :
Edna Wallace Hopper was outafsuin'
a German In the French language II
front of 81. paul's Chipei. ieshhohIS q
e,r,s from the General Electric once
were ranging hrough downtown "h.I
h,,,,d,rrs With sheavcs of tickets 10
sale. whole divisions Yf actresses ANY,
other Girls were Comblng Flith aNchu
s,deyalk crowds and the restaurants an
alIevs OF uptown hotels. and from Nes'
chester county to the north. out I
furthest Flatbush. came epillinS INTO IN
ccfYers of the million Dollar AlNe
Bazaar not a thing but money MONEY
MONEY.
No Estimates Possible.
In Manhattan alone more than one
fAird OF a million tickets had been sol
nv 4 o'clock In the afternoon-3se'I-'
70 be exactly the women a!espersoi
And thousand more were sold IN Mar
rattan when the bright Lights began I
set Broadway aglitter. The brohN al,
anvtrons reported at 3 o'clock a sa'
Of 6S.s4o tickets and the tide stlll IN IN
6ood. AT the same hour Brooklyn r.
turns showed a sale or l2l,2'o. VIII
moro coming In while the statsticiai
in the bazaar offices on the hr'h nos
Of the Equitable Building were sFapplh
of time to get a sandwich.
Each ticket sold meant NJ lras' .
cents for the fund being raised Tor w
aufYerers in tho nations or the anne
A. tickets for which only q quarter WI
asked sometimes went Tor 20 hhu mo,
each. according to the generosity or u
h,ycr the average sum realized at
sale could not he estimd'ed last mgr
The regular price OF the admlssi'
tick ets on sale during yesterdays o.
slaught IL so cents. but one OF 'he u
ducements OF n initial ticket az
campaign was that purchasers mig
have them from the women AT haIi prl'
DAYS perhaps will pass before the ma
ciaI returns Of yesterday can be tan
lated and made public
Miss Edna May of Belle OF Ne
yorli' memories, now Mrs, Oscar Lew
sohn. accompanied by her sister. II
Margaret May, WAS the first to gct :
FOR action in front Of the Custom liou
in Bowling Green, the starting point !
the financial district squads.
A very slight hitch happened )u
when Miss Mays car was swung IN
Rowling Green. Tho chauifeur ihn
GENTLY brought II to II halt first at L
curb directly in front Of the Offices
a great German steamship line AZ
end Of BROADWAY. The car was swain
with the Nags Of the Allies Seated WI
the chauffeur was IA young man wear!
the uniform Of a Russian Officer
Camera Men In Action.
From all sides came n crowd aS 7
movie men and canera squads began
get into action around Miss Mays q
Blond haired young men ana men '"
less hair came to the windows or
German steamship Conptny's once
learn the cause Of the commotion. IN
faces changed as they saw AT IL
door to arms length tho flags or
Allies fiuttering around "A russian u
form. Somebody whispered soinethi
TO the chauffeur. whereupon the car "
moved 10 its proper place diagona
across tho plaza.
Miss May started things even aht
OF time by beginning to hand out TICK
right and left to the mob pressing arou
her. A wild eyed young man connec'