The sun., 1917-06-07

street and on Fifth avenue. mary hun
dreds OF people gathered TO gaze
To any one who understands the
forces In this conflict" he said at Is
inevitsbi that II tine issue IL not fought
out on European soil Il will be fought
on American soil. We are contributing
tn this Festa for the Allied War Chari-
ties TO those who are efving their lives
Tor MS. for the great cause of democracy.
Tor the salvation of the world. And IL
we DO not give freely II will be the worse
for us and for our country"
s~vss's 0ssd Bs . Featuve.
Sousa was there with his band. and
when the Mayor stopped and the sea OF
listeners below cheered. the band
drowned the cheers with a biare OF pa
triotic music kathleen Howard.
dressed In a flag principally. though
there were some white draperies under
II. sang Columbia. the Gem of the
Ocean. and Miss Kitty Cheatham sang
new song called 'Our America"
Then the exercises were at an end and
the fun below waxed fast and furious.
pretty girl IN black pulled of her
stylish hat. wound bandana round
her head and started collecting money
with the aid OF tiny monkey and a
<ifzzled old organ grinder Harry Payne
whitney recognized her from the bal
cony Of his wife's studic-oeg pardon.
restaurant
Hey. Hattie: - he yelled. Catch 20
He flung down q IS gold piece and she
deftly caught 1t in the organ grinder
hat. More coins followed till the hat
was full. and the tiny monkey bowed
and bowed with his tiny red hat in his
little claw and the dinner crowd or the
balcony cheered the pretty girl
! And then. Just as the fun was At Il,
height. the clouds opened and the rair
came down Umbrellas biossomed out
over the heads Of the throng. giving q
queer Japaneses effect to the Italian
thorouShfare. But fortunately the rair
didn't last long and nobody minded
Advance sale Is $1,000.
In the money sense the success OF tn,
Festa is assured. and was before 4
opened. About $1,000 was In the till be
fore the gates swung apart the fruit
OF the advance sale OF tickets And a,
the decorations only cost s3,eoe--thi
by the kindness OF the artists. many o
whom gave their services--thcre Is al
! ready $4,000 to divide amcnz the char
tiles taking part Each charity II {,
keep all the receipts OF its own booth
and some OF these were very large las
night Mrs. Delano took In s40o In tn
first hour.
To-day at ! O'Clock the FIESTA viii b
open for business and keep open unit
midnight and 30 evcry day this week
Be sure TO take IN the continuous per
fcrmance tn the Alley theatre. witt
Elsie Janis. Maurice and Walton. Free
Nibio. Marie Dressicr and all the res
OF the stars In town. Don't miss Rutl
mixer of soft drinks she is every bi
as good as she 10 doing uonologues
Don't forget to drop into James Earl
Fraser's studio at the end OF the Alles
for there's a movie show there wort
seeing
other spleudid Attractions.
Mrs Robert Bacon has an open air en-
tertAtnment worth seeing IN Mr. Kim
bie's yard and you VIII be helping tn
. American Ambulance II you buy ticke'
Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, who Is runnin
a show for Edith wharton's war char
ties Will also he glad OF your patronas'
, and II you want any fruit. candy O
|. flowers May Ladenburx is selling ther
, for the good OF the Venetian Fund. I
fact there isn't a war charity wort
mentioning that isn't represented
MacdouxaI Alley this week in the piac
so wonderfully metamorphosed by Pai
Chaifn and the other artists who hay
txfven their services.
!. Be sure when you 70 70 take a Whit
l at the Red Gross wheel OF chance. fc
/ the prize for a lucky turn Is htK sil
= flag. either American. or British. {
] French. OF Italian. II may give you
= bit OF a shock to see a hig Red Gro,
E whirling around on fortunes wheel. o'
/ Il isn't gam bling, for every rs cents co
p lected at that booth goes for bandag'
a for the wounded soldiers.
8 This is tie management committee
Il the Festa: John Moffat. chairman
d Frank Crowninshieid. Mre. Walter
d Maynard. Mrs Ralph Sanger. Paul Cha
m. Mrs William A Delano and Mr.
y Harry Payne whitney.