New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Madison Square Gardens the
Place To Be To-day, To-
morrow and Sunday
T o days the day,


Promptly at 2:15 Lieutenant John
Philip Sousa will raise his right arm;
300 musicians from the massed bands
of the United States battlcships and
naval stations will blare forth into the
strains Of the national anthem; 5000
enlisted men from the army and navy
viii defile across the Madison Square
Garden amphitheatre; Joan of Arc, in
the person of Miss Anne Vaughn Hy-
att will ride on her milk-white charger:
French sailors and British soldiers.
Scotch pipers and State Constabularv.
Boy Scouts and G. A. r. veterans will
begin emerging from behind the tawnv
terra Gotta curtains at the east end of
the buildlng-and the Grand Military
and Naval Meet for the benefit of the
Women's Overseas Hospitals, T. S. A,
will be on.
Last night a group of the women VINO
have been in active directicn of the
preparations gathered at the Garden
for final inspection. In the "Kiddies'
Alley" which Mrs George Dupont
Pratt has installed, that the little folk
may be adequately taken care Of, a
gardener was still busy pruning the
trees before Little Red Riding Hoods
cottage and candy emporium; but,
aside from that, the last bolt had beer
driven and the last drapery under su-
pervision Of Alexander Trowbridge, Of
the Architectural League, duly swung
into place. There will be no bitches
when the big programme gets under
way this afternoon.
Nor, for the matter of that, were
there any bitches yesterday. Not even
the downpour of rain that pelted the
city just as the parade heral.ing the
benefit was scheduled to start could
dampen the zest of the men who had
agreed to march. At 2:15 the naval
reserves from the Pelham Bay Station,
one thousand strong, were already il.
line. Their famous band struck UP
their favorite patriotic airs. and, stand
ing there at attention, the men Of the
1st Regiment raised their voices ia
"Over There and ga Long, Long Trail"
Crowds Defy the Storm
At 2:30, Gordon of mounted police
showing the way, they swung across
Seventeenth Street and up Fifth Ave
nue.. At their head was Lieutenant c.
VI. McAuliffe, while a detachment from
Troop X of the State Consta5ulary,
under Captain James NJ. Skif, all muf
fed up IN their heavy heece-lined
service coats. brought up the rear.
All along the way, made Indifferent
10 the storm by the example of the
men, crowds lined the sidewalks, and
from beneath q brokenroofed shelter
of umbrellas checred the marchcrs,
who swept by in perfect alignment
along the rreacherous asphalt.
The women were there, too. Yes,
indeed They weren't to be outdone
even by Naval Reserves and State Con
stabulary. They had come to boost
The show and sell tickets. After the (
uaradc the vending squad, IN three +
armorcd motor trucks lent by the lst
Field Artillery, National Guard, got IN /
a little emergency work on lts way
back TO ncadquarters.
"Keally." said Mrs. Grace Dockray, /
,ybn niloted the most deadly accurate /
and indefatigablc of all the cars.
"we've ha4 wonderful success You
zee. we've had men from the United
states steamship Recruit on our staff !
and that's made Il perfect system All
The M men along the streets have bought +
from US, and all the women and giris
have bought from the men. - I'm
going 10 buy ticket. ] want to BUY u
froro a sailor ~ the cry that we've
tnard rar. " every day. Here, for instance
she yushcd forward II great bury
yontb from the United States steam
Nr Bramc. He alone has accounted
for $50 worth Of tickets"xand Mr.
pranoe besfned gcnially, as If doing "A
little service like that Tor d wo"Hh