The sun., 1919-10-26
QUEEN GETS GOLDEN
WELCOME AT OPERA
Elizabeth's Fund for Medical
Research Swelled by Many
Thousands.
TRIBUTES TO BELGIUM
=. s. Soldier Heroes i'm Audi
ence Which Cheers Royal
Couple.

Many thousands or dollars VIII be
added to Queen Elizabeth's fund for the
establishment Of an institute for medical
research at Brussels as the result of an
operate and concert performance given
in the Metropolitan Opera House last
night In honor of the King and Queen
of the Belgians. Otto II. Kahn, treas
urer of the fund, decided not to make
known at once the sum received from
the sale of seats, boxes and standing
room, as other contributions are pouring
in. A suggestion Of what the gift may
amount to may be obtained from the
fact that from the single source Of boxes
sold for the evening at $1,000 apiece to
men and women who already owned
them more than 100000 was realized.
King Albert, with the Queen and the
luke of Brabant entered the opera
house a little before 9 o'clock and were
ushered to the box of ]. p. Morgan in
the middle of the golden horseshoe"
The King was escorted by Mr.. Kahn.
who wore three decorations-the Italian
Order of the Crown. the French Legion
of Honor and the Spanish Medal Of
Carlos the Second. Edmund l.. Bayles
escorted the Queen. Brand Whitlock,
Ambassador to Belgium; Baron e. de
Chimay were in the royal party. in
the boxes Of ]. b. Haggin and Mrs
Rosina Hoyt at the right and left Of
the royal box were Major Gen. William
Wright Rear Admiral Andrew T.
Long, Mrs. Brand Whitlock, baroness
de Mnrchienne, Lieut.. Col. Knobs, Lieut.
Gen. Baron Jacques and Count Guy
dOultremont.
"Bravest of the Brave"
Over the King and Queen. Clius Julius
Cesar was quoted most pertinently. "Of
all these tribes the bravest we're the
Belgians," read the inscription in the
Latin which every schoolboy knows II
he knows no other. A canopy fringe Of
red velvet and golden tassels overhung
the front of the three boxes. American
roses blazed among autumn leaves,
which swung in festoons along the whole
row OF boxes and across the stage, over
which were the allied flags and the shield
OF Belgium.
Every seat was occupied before the
honor guests arrived. There was no be-
lated operagoing on this occasion. AS
the King entered his box followed by the
Queen, above whose forehead was n dia-
mond tiara, and the heir apparent. the
orchestra played La Brabanconne,"
everybody rose and first the Queen and
then King Albert bowed right and left
during a long period Of applause, ending
with three cheers.
The King often used an opera glass
while the performance was In progress.
The audience that he scanned with in
terest was representative in. more ways
than one. Not only did it include a
great number OF distinguished persons
and representatives Of thirty groups of
tn
5000, 900 American citizens, but row
upon row of soldiers fresh from the war.
There Were twenty seven eN-service mea
OF the Seventy seventh Division. Among
these were Private Abraham Kretoshin-
sky the chap who got the message
through that brought relief to the Lost
Battalion in the Argonne, and Major
Duncan C. Harris, who is entitled to
wear the Distinguished Service Cross.
The Twenty-seventh Division. the Amer
lean Legion, the Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A.
Y. w. c. A, Knights OF Columbus and
Jewish Welfare Board also had dele
cations. Many Of the soldiers had
wound stripes and decorations for valor.
Royal Couple AppInuded.
The King and Queen heartily APP
plauded all the numbers of a rich pro-
gramme. Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Mar
tino and Andres de Segu-ola sang Act 2
of La Forza Del Destino." Mabel Gar
rison chose Dixie" for an encore num-
Der. There were piano solos by Sergei
Rachmaninoff and violin solos by Jasha
Heifetz. with Samuel Chotzinoff at the
piano. The coronation scene from Boris
Godunoff" was sung by De Segurola and
Pietro Audisio. The finale was the Bel
CLAN national anthem sung by Leon
Rothier and the Metropolitan chorus and
then The Star Spangled Banner" sung
by Margaret Romano and the chorus
The conductors were Roberto Moranzani
Giulio SETH and Giuseppe Bamboscbek.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was chair
man of a committee of women which
arranged the entertainment, Mrs. David
Rumsey, chairman of the committee for
tine inter-racial councils. of whose board
Coleman du Pont is chairman, and which
cooperated with Mrs. Vanderbilt's COM
mittee in preparing the AFFAIR.
In a corridor of the Waldorf. while the
royal party was starting for the opera
house, twenty five wounded soldiers from
the Fox Hills Hospital waved crutches