The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
GERMAN ARMY OF 10000
STORMS BIG BAZAAR HERE
Won Bernstortf Gets Rousing Reception in Madison
Square Garden to Strains of "Star Spangled
B~anner"-Veterans in Goosestep.

New iorl, ranks among the large
herman cities OF the world. Certainly
no one In the ncighborhood of Madison
square Garden last night could doubt
ina; II Is. or that most of German New
York was right there.
GRAND Bazaar for the RELIEF of the
war Sufferers in Germany. Austria-Iiun-
gary and Allied Countries was the way
the occasion was listed in the gorgeous
red. white. green and orange pro-
srainmes sold at the door. and nobly
did the children OF the fatherland re-
srond to the call. AZ $ o'clock, the hour
or the official opening, at least twenty
Thousand mon. ome and children had
passed through the doors. and the vast
noor. the balconies. the concert hall and
the assembly hall were all one swirlins,
pushing mass Of humanity.
Al half past 5 the firemen by tho
ofuer or Fire Commissioner Adamson
closed the doors. Madison avenue from
Twenty-sixth to Twenty-scventh street
was packed with an impatient mob.
many or whom could Ill afford the car
,a'ts they would have spent for nothing
II they couldn't be admitted.
In the course of an hour, however. the
crowd inside was a trific cleared out
ana tne doors were opened. TIL police
then ranged the waiting hundreds in two
long lines approaching the doors from
each side. Before the evening ended
nearly all got In. II was interesting TO
listen TO the struggles Of the Irish police
men ana the Teuton protests. but every.
ming was harmonious. and no; one fs.
from Erin was broken over "A German
head
Inc great feature OF course was the
reception OF the German ambassador
Count voi. Bernstorff. For nearly an
hour 500 veterans OF the civil war and
the war OF 1870 waited In uniforms in
the hall outside the concert room. from
which they were TO escort the Ambas-
sador and the other dignitaries down
to the main floor.
Won BernstOrH Appears.
At last the Kaiser's representative
came, the bands burst into The Star
spangled Banner and dow the stairs
came the long lines Of soldiers. some
very old. some SCARED and lame. but an
marching bravely to the tune OF the
sons OF their adopted land. The pro-
c~ession. gorgeous with the emblems OF
various German societies. pushed Its
way through the packed crowds.
/ NAN NV FtiiAtiS ulu Nnt sbOSt s'tT
around the Garden. and then came the
ambassador. Commissioner Adamson,
Dr. Emanuel Baruch. president OF the
bazaar Mrs. Rudolf Erbsloh. presiden;
OF the ladies' auxiliary julius 7. Meyer
treasurer: Baron Zwiedeneck. counsellor
Of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy the
Turkish Consul-General. Djelai Bey the
Prince and Princess Hatzfeidt OF Bull
garia. Mrs. Hecher, wife OF Capt. Hecher.
the representative OF the German Red
Cross In America, and a score OF other
dignitaries.
Ii vas a picturesque assemblage
through which they marched. Pretty
German girls and stalwart German lads
in costumes of every sort. all gay and
gorgeous. old men and women. whose
eyes filled with tears as they saw ths
battle SCARED soldiers. And behind the
mass OF people were the booths with
their decorations. and above all vas;
clouds OF orang and green cloth. Yelling
the ceiling. and lit by great lamps like
yellow moons.
The star ~Spangled Banner" changed
10 the Watch on the him and a
roar OF enthusiasm went up from the
multitude. Then the Amha ssador was