The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-06
AIRPLANE THRILLS
FOR SCHIFF FETE
Twenty Air Fighters to Be
Seen in Bulletless Battle
at Oyster Bay.
BENEFIT FOR CAMP FUND
Bo1inc. Vaudeville and Dane.
ing Part Of Big Outdoor
Programme.

battle between twenty airplanes.
Altering from a real air fight SO far
emit no bullets will be fred, is to be
,sc most spectacular event OF the avi-
,tIon fete to be held to-day on the
Nortlmer l.. Schiff estate at Oyster
nav l.. l., under tho auspices of the
Notional Aeronautic Committee. 1t
10 hoped to raise 5000 of the $50 900
needed TO provide athletic and musi-
col eouipment for all the aviation
training camps in the United States.
EXPLOITS OF American. French, Brit
;sh and Italian aviators will be dupli-
ratsd. Among the fiying machines will
"a giant Caproni, Curtiss and Hand
isv.Pase planes This will be tho first
nublie demonstration of battle manpu-
yres by Government fiiers in the Long
island section. The airplanes will
srs, anpear in conflict formation and
then will "fight"over the hills and above
the waters OF Oyster Bay.
BRIG Gen. w. L. Kenly. chic: OF the
n,y,sion Of Military Aeronautics OF the
war Department. will he the guest of
honor The presence OF Gen. kcnly in
MA official capacity is regarded as evil
derce of the deep interest " the Gov
eminent in the success " the plans of
the committee, which is acting under
the war Department Commission o.,
training Camp Activities.
p,yonet Combats and Boxing.
Several other features have been ar
ransed. There will be bayonet combats
between instructors and men of the
United states Army and Of the allied
armies Benny Leonard. lightweight
champion. will box with his Camp Upton
x,.ith nrnfpasinna1 hoy er
George VI. Cohan's new war song, When
You Come Back, If You Come Back. the
Whole Worlds Waiting for YOU will
Re sung for the first time by George
Macfarlane, who will be accompanied
on the piano by Jean Schwartz.
others who will take part in the
vaudeville programme as announced by
sam H. Harris are Irving Berlin. DON
aid Brian. Jane and Katherine Lee, Nat
Leipzig, the Dooleys, Dorothy Jardon
an. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward kuryle, the
later in Russian dances.
From Camp Upton. through the CO.
operation OF Major-Gen. J. Franklin
Bell, are to come a score or more OF
National Army men. former vaudevil-
Hans who will give the flavor of camp
and cantonment to the programme. Miss
Jardon will sing The star Spangled
Banner"
The aviation fete has the Endorsement
Of the Aero Club OF America. the Aero
Club of Pennsylvania, the Conference
Committee of National Preparedness
the Patriotic Education Society. the
Aerial Coast Patrol Commission and the
Aerial League of America.
Prominent women Of Long Island and
New York will preside at tea during the
iete, which will last from to 7:3C
-. Al, mill hA In .
large tent.
Notable Persons to Attend.
There will be a long list of distin-
guished visitors including: Major-Gen
and Mrs ]. Franklin Bell. Brig. Gen. w
A White and Col penn.s OF the British
Recruiting Mission: Capts. DAnnunzit
and Volonie OF the Italian army Col
Lord and Lady Wellesley, Commander
Blsckwood and Capt Bath.
Mrs. Charles A. Van Rensselaer, /:
chairman Of the committee in charge
with Mrs. Edward w. Mckenna as tht
chairman OF the entertainment. Among
the women assisting on the committed
and the patronesses are: Mrs. Wander
hlt. Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs
William G. Rockefeller. Mrs. Thoma.
Hitchcock, Mrs. John S. Phipps, Mrs
Henry Duryea. Mrs. r. A. Valentine
Mrs John WHY'S, Mrs Charles d
Loosely Oelrichs, Mrs James Lowell
Putnam. Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs
Peter Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. John Rogers
Mrs Burke Roche, Mrs. T. Suffer-
Taller, Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Will
lam Goadby Loew. Mrs I, Townsend
Burden, Mrs Robert F. Huntington. Mrs
George Rose. Mrs. William NJ Hoffman
Mrs Gamhrill, Mrs. ]. Wright Hartman
Id The Duchess de Chaulnes