The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02

flowers will he in position before noon
each day. and all other exhibits, such
as plants, gardens. &C.. which will re-
main throughout the week. will he
in position at 2 p. NJ. April 8, when
the doors pen !
There will be lectures at II A. NJ.
each morning in the tea garden,
among them a talk on japanese gar
dens by r. II. Wilson Of the Arnold
Arboretum and illustrated with col
ored slides: an illustrated lecture by
G.. V. Nash OF the New York Botani- |
cal Gardens on water gardens and the
reclamation Of swamps; talks on the
outlook OF horticulture by prominent
horticulturists; illustrated lecture on
irises for American gardens, by Arthur
Herrington; a lecture by Royal Dixon.
author Of THE Human Side of
Plants": while on Tuesday. April IL.
Gen. Wood will lecture on the Ameri-
can Red Cross and topics intimately
connected with the present situation
in Europe and Mexico.
war Relief Com mittees.
Prominent society people are taking
active interest this season in the
American Red Cross tea garden at the
show. Last year this tea garden.
which was attempted for the first
time. was a huge success and took In
an average Of more than 1000 q day
for the entire week. and this money
was shared by the Red eros and a
| number Of relief organizations. This
season a far greater sum probably
will he raised. The proceeds Of the
tea garden are to be divided between
the New York County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross and the various
| European war relief committees CO.
operating. The Red Cross portion II
to go toward the payment OF equip
ment Of Red Cross hospital units.
Three Of these units Of 800 beds each
In the plan for preparedness. The
STATS of the New York Hospital.
Bellevue and Presbyterian hospitals
have volunteered for these units.
the equipment for zach "a cost $4,000,
or $4,000 for the total. Already
s32. 900 has been donated. Mrs. Will
lam Kinnicutt Draper. secretary Of the
New York County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross. II chairman of
the tea garden committee. and Mrs.
Belmont Tiffany. ce-chairman. will
assume the active management of the
garden. Last year Mrs. Tiffany
plunged into the work Of arranging
things with amazing vim. and for the
past ten months she and others OF
the committee have been working out
plans for this season.
The relief societies cooperating and
their respective days are as follows:
Wednesday. April 8. Vacation War Re-
lief Committee and American Fund for
French Wounded. Mrs. William a
Prime. Jr.. chairman: Thursday. April
s. American Ambulance Hospital. Mrs
Robert Bacon chairman: Friday. April
Z. Commission for the Relief in Bel
GUM. Mrs. Pierre Mali chaiynan
American Hostels for Refugees in
Paris and Children ~ Flanders Res.
u Committee. Mrs. CadwaladeI
Jones chairman; Saturday. April 3
German Relief Committee. Mrs. Huge
Reisinger chairman: Sunday. April .
Women's Auxiliary Of the Peoples
Jewish Relief Committee. Mrs. Philir
Lewisohn chairman: Monday. April
10. British-American War Relief So
ciety. Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler
chairman; Tuesday. April II. ClothirG
Committee OF the Polish Victims Re
lief Fund. Mrs. Linzee BlaGden chair
man: Serbian Relief Committee al
America. Mrs. Francis Markoe chair
man; Wednesday. April le, CANADIAN
Relief and Italian Relief Committees
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany is chairman
Of the committee on decoration, as.
sisted 10y Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden
Lawrence Grant White and Fred
erick Il. King. the last two mentioned
gentlemen having designed the tea
garden, Mrs. Nowbold lie Roy Edgar
is chairman of the committee on sup
plies: Mrs. Bell Gurnee Is chairman
Of the committee OF d~chutantes. VIE
will he attired In khaki to enroll mem.
hershlp in the Red Cross. n Mss
Ruth Draper has charge of the flower
girls committee one hundred an,
nifty members OF the Junior League
Will act as Mattresses IN the tea gar
den during the week. the work beinL
divided into shifts, and NJ elaborate
programme including artists Of inter
national reputation is being arranged
Tea and collation. each day will b'
donated by various large hotels.