The New York herald., 1921-02-23
$4,000 added to
European Relief
: Fund by'Carmen'
Gala Performance Followed by
symbolic Tableans---SIO.-
900 for Box.

New Yorks quota for tte Enrcpean
Relief Councils child rseg'ng rsna was
increased by fully s5a.ooo ia.i uixaG "a .
special performanco % "Carrnsu~ in ths
Metropolitan Opera House "a VAS ar
ranged Tor the purpo@ ~ plaging into
sIr Herbert Hoovern hard far Euru-
pean relief BY a COMMITTEES % which
Mrs. Harry Payne whitney. Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson and Mrs. Willard straight
were the executive heads and of which
Mrs. Charles n. Alexander Mrs. sidney
c. Borg, Mrs. James A. Burden, Mrs.
william Adams Dclano. Miss Geraidius
Farrar. Nine. Frances Aida Mrs. sum
ner Gerard. Mrs Frank Grey 0rlswo'd
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. Mrs Ly8'w
Hoyt. Mrs. Otto "a. Kahn. Mra walter
r. Maynard. Mrs. George B Post. Jr.
and Mrs william X Vanderbilt "a also
were members
The repetition of Carmen" on an off
night in the Metropolitan qualified In the
briiliance OF tho audience and in addi-
tionai dramatic features as a gala per-
formance. At a Valentine Day tea party
noted actors cooperated with women ~
society In an auction sale % boxsS and
seats.
The American Friends Service Coul-
mittee bid $4,000 for "A parferre box
AS that was a record price for box Ia
the golden horseshoe" FOR one perform
ance, the loge was designated the Off
cial box and set aside Tor the use ~
Mr.. Hoover and his executive associates
last night. Numerous other boxes IN
the parterre had been sold for a thou
I'D dIfl a .aN. a
20 be resold, and thus the benefit COM
mittee had prefaced last nights gala
performance with more than $50 900 in
its treasury Mr. Whitney had bid
$4,000 for box. which he. In turn. gave
back TO the committee
Miss Farrar. Miss Lenora Sparks as
Mtcdeld, Giovanni Martineln as the Don
Jose, Leon Rothier as the Colonel of the
regiment. Giuseppe De Luca as EscdmiIlo
and others had carried the performances
through the second act, when Mrs.
Douglas Robinson spoke. Following her
introduction by Mr.. William Fellowes
Morgan, Mrs. Robinson launched Wig
orous appeal with the expression:
America cannot give too much" So
the audience dropped $4,000 more into
the baskets
To the melody of Cigars "Pomp and
Circumstance" the curtains parted upon
n scene showing America, clothed Tin
white, with silver star on her fore
head, standing with arms extended TO
meet the outstretched hands OF the peo-
pies OF Europe grouped about her.
Wladyslaw t. Benda had posed IT, with
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt as the central figure.
The various nationalities of the appeal
ing poor of Europe We're represented by
Mines. William NJ. Fleitman, Jr. Lewis
@. Norris. J. Theus Munds and Herbert
Pell, the Misses Rita Boxer. Symphorosa
Bristed, Genevieve Clendenin. Olivia
Erdman, Mary Field, Louise Hardness.
Audrey Hoffman. Elise Hughes Katha-
rine Hurd, Madelaine Lynch, Martha
Ottley. Helen Rand. Vida Shield Betty
Thompson, Geraldine Thompson, Marion
Tiffany and Helen Trevor, and Messrs.
Herbert Adams, Robert s. Bgelow.
Juan NJ. Ceballos. Peter Grieg, John
Harrison. Harold NJ. Harvey, Emerson
McMillen, Herbert Maynard, Jr. Rich
ard w. Stevenson, Diego de Suarez and
Reginald S. Willis. AS conclusion the
orchestra played and the audience sang
the Star Spangled Banner"
With Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover in Box
30 were Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Reid, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward NJ. House and Mr..
and Mrs. George Barr Baker. Mrs.
Whitney was accompanied by Mrs
Douglas Robinson and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Adams Delano. With Mrs
Vanderbilt were Mrs. John MEG. Wood
bury, Mr.. and Mrs. Moran and Mr..
Grovenor Atterbury. Count and Countess
Laszlo Szechenyi had with them Mr..
and Mrs. Courtlandt d. Barnes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Cooper Bryce were with Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. Justice and Mrs.
Franklin Chase Hoyt were with Mrs.
Sidney 9. Borg. Mrs. Craig Biddle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson were with
Mrs. Edward y. Breitung. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Il. Post, Jr., and Miss Harriette
A. Post formed party. Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel A. Weldon and Miss Mary Hoyt
Wiborg were OF the party in the Astor
box and in another were Mrs. George
Fl. Bend and Mr.. and Mrs. Cortlandt
Field Bishop
Several score of young women sold
souvenir programmes and added many
dollars TO the income from the benefit