New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-03
Pershing to Speak
At Rally i'm Aid of
Disabled Soldiers
Mass Meeting Is Called to
Arouse Public Opinion
i'll Support of Program
for Remedial Legislation

a large attendance IS assured for
the mass meeting and rally to be held
in Carnegie Hall tomorrow night
under the auspices Of the Citizens
Committee to Obtain Justice for the
Wounded, Of which George w. Wicker
sham is. chairman. The purpose Of the
meeting is to arouse public opinion in
support Of President Hardings pro
gram for Immediate remedial legisia-
ton to improve the welfare Of the dis
abled war veterans. The speakers Will
include General John J. Pershing. Com
nander +. ". Galbraith jr., OF the
American Legion; f. H. LA Guardia,
president OF the Board Of Aide rmen :;
DR.. Thomas W. Salmon and the Rev.
Dr.. Ernest NJ. Stires. George Wharton
Pepper, of Philadelphia, viii preside
Among bcxholdcrs are Mrs Harry
darkness Flagler, George ". Wicker
sham, Colonial DANES of America, Mrs
t. Matlach Cheesman president; Her
bert IT, Satterlee, Miss Elizabeth X
Lamont, Colonel Francis L. Robbins ir
Mrs Charles J. Hardy, Mrs. August
Belmont, Major Herbert Shonk, Alfred
litz Roy Anderson, Mrs. John b. Mott
Mrs. Willard d. Straight, Mrs. Charles
D. Dickey. Mrs. Francis Rogers, Mrs
John T. Terry, Mrs. John Christensen,
Mrs. Edward Il. Stettinius. Cosmo
Hamilton. Henry Fairfield Osborn .ir.,
Miss Hazel N. Taylor, Mrs. Albert IL.
Gallatin and Sons OF the Revolution
and Colonial Danes OF the State Of
New York, Mrs Hamilton Il. Fairfax
president.
John D. Rockefeller IT,, has taken q
box and presented it to the executive
committee in charge OF the meeting.
which includes Miss Charlotte Della
Jeld, Mrs. Edward Mcyickar, Robert
McC. Marsh, Selden L. Marvin, the Rev.
Dr. Herbert Shipman, Major Lorillard
Spencer and Miss Hazel NJ Taylor.
General Pershing, Mr.. Pepper. Mr..
Wickersham and others actively inter
ested in the mass meeting will be en-
1eTtalned at dinner by Mr. and Mrs.
Edward L. Stettinius Sat their home,
1o2l Park Avenue.
The endowment fund OF The New
York Post Graduate Medical School and
Hospital will receive the entire pro-
ceeds OF Norman Trevor's two benefit
performances of Oscar Wilde's COM
edy IAN Ideal Husband" The play
will be given at the Fulton Theater,
through the courtesy Of Oliver Bailey
and Brock Pemberton, tonight and to-
morrow afternoon.
The list of patronesses includes Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. James Low
ell Putnam. Mrs. August Belmont Mrs.
Oliver Hartman, Mrs Felix Double
day Mrs. Jay Gould, Mrs. Abram Poole,
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt and Mrs. H. II. Dur
yea.
The third annual Aviators' Ball will
be held at the Waldorf Astoria Thurs
day. Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Newbold lie Roy Edgar, chairman; Mrs.
Francis Burial Hoffman, Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt ir., Mrs. Arthur Woods,
Mrs. Charles A. Van Rensselaer,, Mrs,
James Blackstone Taylor jr., Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Mrs. George Jay Gould and
Mrs. Il. H. Hartman.
On the juniors committee are Miss
symphonies Bristed, Mrs. Lewis Gou-
verneur Morris, Miss Lucille Baldwin.
Miss Margaret Kahn, Miss Consuelo
Bettini, Miss Helen Cameron, Miss
Mary Sloan Colt, Miss Alice ". God
dard Miss Madeline Liebert and Mrs.
Herbert c PsN