New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-04
Grim Horrors of Battle
field Displayed in Grand
Central Palace.
pFuCS OF TRENCHES
ATTRACT ATTENTION
r,b;hit, Of Shells and Wrecked
planes Vic with Gay Booths
of the Nine Allies.

vy-ops bright and smiling meets Eu-
-. crushed and devastated at the Al
r.s hszasr which opened at the Grand
C.-t-sl Palace last evening. The sun
~ streets Of Italy and France arc but
s.ep from the grim battlefelds of
.se Marine and the NoSgcs. From the
Jaw shor, OF the Latin quarter in the
so,tss % ,he nine Allies the way opens
90 Che exhibit Of the French govern
..,r, With tswreckcd guns, IT'S tattercd
h,,,e flags and the twisted motor Of
~, serop,sne IN which TeGoud met his
desth
The raye,y OF the crowds which
.s-o-cc8 tho Palace on the opening
night also was very close TO the seri-
oys purpose for which the bazaar is
held. Underneath the smiles Of every
worker there was a grim determination
On realize the aim OF the fair in raising
million dollars for the relief Of the
wounded and the destitute in the coun-
tri,s cs The Allies. From the moment
the doors opened. II 1850 o'clock. every
ono connected with the bazaar worked
increasingly until the closing hour.
Fiji, Thousand in Gay Throng.
forecast Of the success OF the af-
fair s., shown By the sale Of $l65,ooo
worth OF tickets before the bazaar
ererc5 ltls estimated that $4,000 per
sons attended the bazaar last evening
and that the proceeds would have
reached almost a quarter OF million
dollars before the evening was ended.
M, vs'1c of the exhibits is beyond es-
innate one pair Of silver fox skins. 10
be- rsHeC al $40 a chance. is worth
$4,000 and three or four tapestries are
listed "A S-5O.Olu.
The bazaar occupies three floors o.
the Grand Central Palace. Its booths
are divided among many countries, ana
French. Russian and Italian mingle
WITH English iu the requests 10 nur-
chase this or that. Canada has booth
where +urs and Indian articles are
sors Australia. China. Japan, Serbia,
an have their exhibits. The Belgian
to.tr has for It's background the VA
rorsl Palace at Brussels, while inc
Vsteralre ir Paris the Rlalto ln Ven
Ice tho Tomb Of Hadrian IN Rome ana
stretch of the Nevsky Prospect IN
ps,rocrad arc glimpsed IN a walk
through the many coruoors.
Taubes in Main Hall.
IN The main hall two German taubes
swing. peaceful and still, but constant
reminders Of the conditions which the
bazaar is hoping 10 alleviate. Ihelt
white wings are marked WIN s4ea.
black Maltese crosses-"lron crosses
FOR the enemy planes they have
brought down. o., 49,
The horror Of the war closer than any
.ybibi- that has yet been made IN
[aw York. are a number Of captured
German aeroplanes, the wrecked
american Hospital ambulance pre-
sented By Mrs. William n. NanderDlI''
f,yr 75-centimetrc guns, shattered can,
mons and gun carriages, wrecked
German hvdroplane on when the aEl-
s.o~ vrote his name just before ne
died. bombs. shells. machine guns, am
-,u-ftior cases riddled by snrapnei::
thousands Of articles made by soldlers
so tho trenches and a very large as
NAV Of French army uniforms. Ihls
srb.bit is the first ever sent by a gov
errment 10 anything but an interna-
toral exposition. .,.
Other notable exhibits are a por-
..o~ ~ the Morgan collection Of porce-
-s.rs. paintings by Corolla, Sargent ana
many other famous artists. sketches
made in the trenches by Baron Huard
and exhibited for sale by his wife;
Jewels valued at S2,500.0OO, group Of
gowns sent by French dressn.akers
With the government exhibit. an Amer
lean authors booth. where cverv Door
sold contains the autograph OF the
writer, d cake valued at $1,000 ana a