The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

hopes to give to New York it's first
basilica. They have made general
appeal for 100000 to remove the debt
from the Church of the Blessed Sacra-
ment so that the status Of basilica may
be granted to the church by Pope Bene-
DICT XIV. Archbishop Hayes has prom
ised the priests of the church that he
personally will present their case to
Rome.
They also have arranged a concert in
the Hippodrome Nov 81 by the National
Symphony Orchestra Jan Kubellk will
be the soloist. The directing committee
includes Mrs. Robert J. Collier, Mrs
Henry w. Taft Countess de Laugier-
Villar. Mrs. De Lancey A. Kane. Mrs.
Cabot Ward, Mrs. William Temple En-
met. Miss Katherine Mccain. Mrs John
Chandler Moore. Miss Anne Butler Miss
Marie Leyendecker. Mrs l.. c. Conley.
Mrs John ID. Ryan. Mrs. David Cana
van, Mrs. Charles Du Viver, Mrs NJ r.
Farley, Miss Jeanne Faure. Mrs. G. S.
Floyd-Jones. Miss Bertha Heide, Miss
Claire Heide. Mrs. Edward Reyes, Jr ;
Mrs. William Lummis, Miss Eleanor
Lenane, Mrs. William c. Orr. Miss VI.
O'Connor. Mrs. Francis Mccain Mrs.
Charles Mccain. Mrs. j. n. Miller. Miss
Mabel Patterson. Mrs. Allen Ramsay.
Mrs. F. G. Stuart Mrs Auguste Noel.
Mrs. John NJ. Powers. Mrs. ]. Walter
Wood and Mrs. A. C. d'Oenck.
One time patients In the old Hahne-
mann hospital are taking part in the
campaign to raise s2.000.000 building
fund for the new Fifth Avenue Hos
pital, now In course OF construction IN
Fifth avenue. between l05th and 106th
streets. Several hundred have organ
ICED the Woman's DivisionSof the Fifth
Avenue Hospital Campaign Committee
with Mrs Charles F. Neergaard as
chairman. The woman's division thus
far has exceeded all other teams In the
amount of contributions II has turned In
Working size by side are women oil
society. social and welfare workers and
business women.
Among the women who have gfver
large contributions are Mrs. George
Jackson, $4,000, and Mrs. r. l.. Sweet
$685. Acting as team captains are
Mines. r. w. Andrews, Horace +
Ayres, Robert g. Buckley Joseph II
Forbes, F. ]. C. Fitzgerald. e. d. Klots
H. e. Manville. A. T. Stewart and II
w. McMann. other workers includ,
Miss Susan Steel Miss Louise Reick
Mrs. Thomas Curtis. Mrs. Thomas c
Curtis. Jr.; Miss Edith Dana. Mrs:
s. Slater, Mrs. Wilson l.. Smith. Mrs
w. Il. Woodbury., Mrs. Agnes Gould
Mrs. Edward G. Underhill. Miss EniC
Wilmerding. Miss Gladys b. Furst anC
Mrs Ward Chamberlain.
The new hospital. which will open mex
July. Will represent n consolidation of IN,
Hahnemann and Laura Franklin Ere,
Hospital for Children. The sale OF tn,
Hahnemann Hospital property. at Sixty
seventh street and Park avenue. started
the building fund with s1,0O0.000. Al
endowment OF s1,500,000 will amply pro
vide for the maintenance of the new hos
pital. once II Is erected Meanwhil,
s2.000,0Q0 is needed to insure the cree
ton OF the building. The drive which
Is now being held for this sum is prob
ably the only public appeal the commit
tee will ever have to make on behalf o.
the hospital.
Although the hospital will have M
wards. half its bed space-150 beds
will be entirely free. It's rates will b,
from nothing up" depending wholly
upon the ability OF the patient to pay
This has been done on the theory tina
many persons. although earning com
Portable income. are unable 10 stand IN,
strain OF present hospital prices Rather
than assume a heavy financial burden
WY 'AAth bO WiAHpNl TllItn UffNtu nos
pital care. The new Fifth Avenue Hos
pltal hopes to solve this problem.
One OF the most ambitious OF the firs
attractions for charity is 10 he a dane,
and entertainment in the Plaza to-mor
row night under the auspices Of tn,
Women's Committee OF One Hundred o
the Serbian Child Welfare Association
The committee, under the ohairmanshiT
OF Mrs. William Jay Schieffelln, has ar.
ranged programme that combine,
dancing with a vaudeville entertain
ment contributed through the generosity
OF Il. +, Albee. a contingent of dobu
tantes. headed by Miss Hester Emmett
VIII act MS ushers. cigarette and flower
girls Mrs. George Maxwell and Mrs
Melville W. Thompson will tell fortunes
by reading palms. Intermittent vaude
vile will begin at II o'clock. Amonl
the young women who will serve as ush
ers are Misses Margaret Tucker. Sophi,
Duer, Louise Schieffelin. Beatrice Byrne
Dolly Brooks, Adelaide Rhinelander
Eleanor Landon, Eunice James. Mar
garet Flint, Ruth ogden and Hcstei
Emmett
The box holders include Mrs. Georg,
Plimpton, Mrs. Raymond Havemeyer