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York optometricai Society, Uniformed
Firemen's Association, Patrolmens Be-
nevolent Association. Philetelic Pinochle
Players, Kitty Of Wycof. Mrs. Augustus
7. Gardner. Senator ]. w. wadsworth,
Henry Bacon. Gordon Gordon, Lieut. Nor
ris Kinney, Howard o. Billiard Chapel,
Citizens OF Ansonia, Conn, Justice +. NJ.
Scott, l.. ]. Doriiinger, c. IL Dorhlnger.
Vera Maxwell, ]. Z. Padden, Amos Pin
chot, James Magic McCosh, Stock Ex-
change Luncheon Club, Public Library,
Bennington, VT; Lights Club OF Free
port, l.. T.; waiden-Mott Co., Mr.. and
Mrs. John Alexander, Hilltop Club, r. L.
Lloyd. Robert A. Gardner. Thomas o. ID.
Stafford. John e. wetmote, employees
of 'Mitsui & Co., Dick S. Ramsay, Rene
Granger, Dr.. J. J. Edmondson, II. Ha-
verstraw. American Junior Naval and
Marine Scouts. Jacob Felbel, Leaf To-
bacco Board of Trade, Pomton Plains
IN. j. Club, A. NJ. SrN stereotype de-
partment
The help received from the United
and Schultz cigar stores of Greater New
York should have specific mention. I'm
til the sth Of January. 1919. these stores
kept boxes for the reception OF coupons
and certificates to be deposited at will by
purchasers of tobacco and afterward re-
deemed In money or tobacco. BY the
United Cigar Stores boxes the fund was
aided in the cash sum Of s72,097.97, and
by the Schultz boxes tobacco of the
value of $ss.e61.60.
The theatrical profession has been
most generous, Individually and collec-
lively. Starting with a benefit held at
the Winter Garden July 20, 1917. which
boosted the fund by $2,2s5.0S, scarcely a
week passed In the first year of the
nh f,,HA To-, -.
head OF new contributions, there did not
appear the names as donors OF actors or
theatres in generous sums. Ann Pen
nington. Sophie Tucker, the Dolly Sisters
and VIII Rogers were fund workers. The
Rita Jollivet," week OF September 1911,
Marcus Loew's New York Theatre week,
Fox's Bay Ridge Theatre and Bedford
Theatre were among the earliest fund
enterprises which contributed largely.
Benefits Air the Fund.
On October 81, 1917, there was n bene-
at for the fund at The Hippodrome net
ting It $4,000. This handsome contri-
button was possible by the names of the
contributing artists. among whom were
De Wolf Hopper, Claudia Muzio. Mar
garet Reese, Julia Arthur, Amparito
Farrar and others.
Concerts In which the highest musical
talen of the country appeared in the desire
to do their ''bit" for the soldiers smokes
were many from December, 1917. on
These artists included Godowsky, Muzio
Mmef. Matzenauer. Mrs. Ida v. Enders
Greta Torpadie, David Hochstein, David
Bispham, Sophie Braslau, Eva Gauthier
and other pianists. violinists, opera and
concert singers. The concerts were Of
fered by the representative musical clubs
including the New York Banks Glee
Club. the Rubinstein Club. the Clan Mac
Kenzie and other societies.
Miscellaneous benefits, such m dances
card parties. cabaret and vaudeville en-.
tertainments. were constantly offered to
swell the fund. These were directed by
bodies like the Washington Square Play.
ers, Washington Irving High School. AL
rerton House, Akron Club. Consolidated
Exchange. Valcour Club, Hilltop Club
Crippled Children. New York Association
for the Blind. Knickerbocker Field Club
Postal Employees Of Station T, Weons
Club dance. Hotel Gotham dance an6
the dance patronized by Mrs. Kenneth
Lord In Brooklyn.
Out OF town affairs having the fund as
beneficiary were numerous. Included
among them were Mrs. Soper's concert
at Upper Montclair. y. J.; revue al
Palm Beach which netted ss.0Ss or
March II. 1917: dance at Plainfield
n. J.; card parties at the Hotel Belle
view. Bellaire Heights, L. l.; a garden
party at Rockland. Me-. offered by the
Hotel Samoset; n Home Guard" dance
and entertainment at Crawford, N. j.. ant
mnay others.
The athletic world, always generous
contributed by various events a sun
| totally over $4,000. Golf. handball
baseball. boxing racing and other sport
contributed to this total. Horses do
mated and sold for the fund by John ID
Madden and James Auditore should b.
| included In this part of the resume
| which would swell the figures above b.
| something like $1,000. The Duhwoodi
| Golf Club, the Fox Hills Golf Club. tn
| Salisbury Plains Golf Club, the Unioi
| Printers ball players and the Norotol
| Point Club are some OF the contributor
under the head Of sport. and racehors'
trainers and Jockeys by their donation
brought the total from sports up to $50,
| 900.
| Some of the Contributors.
Animal shows did their part In tn
general contribution. among them show
of Boston terriers. Pekinese, Belgfa
campines. the Silver Society Cat Gu
and the Empire Cat Club.
Benefits were held at various times 4
1917 and 1918 at the big hotels and tn
| principal cafe. which made total fror
this source of more than $4,000. In
cluded in these were the Hotels Waldorf
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