The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
STAGE AND CHURCH
AID SALYATIONISTS
Great Benefit at Hippodrome
Nets $20,000-Stars Give
Services.
ROLLING PIN NETS $3.50
Miss Booth Makes Stirring
Address Before Pres
byterians.
ROLLENG PIN NETS $3.50


stage, both gave their heartiest support
last night to the Salvation Army's drive
for $4,000, 900.
The theatrical folk gave both their
services and their money at the Hippo
drome. which was packed to the door
at an all star benefit. while the churches
heard many pleas for the Home Service
Eund, chief Of which was delivered at
the Old First Presbyterian Church nv
Commander Evangeline Booth.
In fact, while the Hippodrome stage
held about fifty headliners the house
heid many more. for the boxes were filled
with favorites OF the films and foot
iishte. These boxes brought $500 each
ana IL was estimated that receipts to-
tailed about 100000, while a large
amount was raised by the sale OF pro-
grammes and subscriptions collected
during the performance.
After George N. Cohnn had sung his
new song about the old "Sixty-ninth'
John Gowan thought II time to make
tne appeal OF the evening and produced
the rolling pin with which the Mcintyre
sisters attested they had made dough-
nuts for the boys over there.
There Is no museum too great to
prize this relic" he said. II suggest
that one of you buy 1t and present II
10 the metropolitan"
Bids jumped from $40 to sa5o, ana as
zach one stood as a contribution the
rolling pin earned a total of $3.50 for
the fund before 1t finally went to a
soldier. who said that he was riyins
all OF his back pay for It. When II
passed into his hand o man in the au-
dience offered s25 for a splinter of It.
4 chip was broken of and given the
man. who paid the money over to a
girl worker.
Albee Gives $1,000.
Edward F. Albee. chairman OF the
theatrical motion picture committee,
who had arranged the whole beneft.
save his check for $1,000, and Brig
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who ad-
dressed the house from q box, said that
the public did not need Gen. Pershing's
word to assure them of the great SER
vices OF the Salvation Army. He said
they need only ask any returning soldier
what the fassies did over there.
Ed Wynn. who is said to have acted
at more benefits than any other man on
the stage. was master of ceremonies,
and Sophie Tucker. Pat Rooney, Ivan
Bankoff. Adelaide and Hughes and scores
Of other performers kept the audience
entertained until Midnight
Miss Booths talk at the First Presby-
terrain Church was on the secret of the
Salvation Army's success In Franco
She said that when war was declared
the Salvation Army was ready with peo-
pie properly trained for their work. She
expressed the opinion that they were
able to get the best results by depending
more on quality IN their work than on
quantity.
A second reason for success, she said,
was that her workers had been trained
on suffering and hardship. and the trials
OF the front neither surprised them nor
Quenched their spirits.
Speaking Of the damp and wretched
cellars where they worked, she said :
Tn such cellars as these In their nome
candle. they have ministered to the sick
and comforted the dying"
Miss Booth. touched on services rem
dered by the Salvation Army at tho
time OF the Johnstown. Galveston and
Dayton foods: the San Francisco earth
quake and on its work in the Boer war,
war.
The late Theodore Roosevelt" she
said. told me personally before he went
to the hospital that his son had written
him OF Salvation Army officer S. years
old who went over the top unarmed In q
whirlwind charge, and under she'll and
shrapnel fire picked up a wounded Amer
lean boy and carried him on his back
to safety"
, Drive Lagsing Here.
Charles 8, whitman, national chair
man Of the Salvation Army Home serv-
ics Fund, intimated yesterday that II
may be necessary to continue the drive
In this city for q day or two longer
than the time allotted for IT,
He said that at closing time Satur-
day night the receipts for New York
city. including subscriptions OF all
kinds. amounted to about t750.o0O. This
means that in order to make I'D its
quota of $1,5o0.0o0 by tonight, when
the drive was expected to end. tho city
will have to break all records with its
last minute donations.
Returns from other parts OF the coun-
try Indicate that the smaller cities are
going over the top. Baltimore, like New
York. Is tagging. and on Saturday night
hess than ono half OF tho Maryland quota
had been raised.
Atlanta has reported $5T6.ooo for the
Gulf States. with heavy contributions
stiil pouring in Virginia has raised
$4,000 and is still driving. Washing
ton, d. c., reports $4,000. with several
departments still to be heard from.
Returns from Pennsyivania indicate
that the State. exclusive Of Philadelphia,
will subscribe 100000 or more Phila-
delrhia Is counted on for $4,000. New
Jsrsey has raised S15o,o00 and is ex-
pected to double the amount. Michigan
and Indiana wire that they will exceed
theii quotas of 100000 each. Colum-
bus. Ohio. has raised $1,000 Dayton
$4,000, and the State Ii looked to for
81. 100000.
Fund workers in the West are as
SUI ed the $4,000. 900 quota and expect to
raise considerably more.
New England Is contributing libor-
ally. Boston II nearing s4o0. 900, SprinF-
ffsid has raised $4,000 Providence
$4,000 and Bridgeport 100000
The slackening returns IN New York
and one or two other places are attribu-
uted> by Chairman Whitman and Brig.
Gen Cornelius Vanderbilt. head OF the
city committee, to the rain. which has
greatly interfered with out OF door cam
paiening. The $4,000. 900 drive has at
tTacted a greater number OF contribu-
lions than any other campaign OF its
kind.
Texas Dry Majority Grows.
DALLAS Tex. May 2B-Returns from
2S4 towns in Texas tonight indicated
that prohibition and suffrage for women