Famous artists sing for war fund at Grand Central Palace
A star studded benefit at the Theatre de Verdure in Grand Central Palace raised nearly $700,000 for Europe’s battle blinded soldiers. Ninety artists including Mme Alice Vernet Mme Nina Dimitrieff Miss Anna Held and Mme Morin performed with donations valued at over $15,000 per show. The Allied Bazaar raised funds through ticket sales auctioned dolls and a miniature wicker den set.
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Theatre de Verdure
B. F. B. Permanent
France
Blind War Relief Fund
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Alice Vernet
Paris @pern
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de Verdure
Anna Held
Paris
6Tal
America
Mme
Morin
Warsaw
Greuze
Theatre Des
Monte Carlo
Archambaud
Parise
Mile
Florigny
Campbell
Hecy
Laethers Down
Duc de
Theodore Shonts
Ted
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Irving Jackson
la Farge
Robert Regnier
M. Capellani
Comedie France
M. Minddiot
Femina de Paris
Little Mar
Gabriel
Prince Jean Paleo
R. Valentine Webster
Dorothy Shurtleff
G._ Franklin Short
Riverside Drive
Serbian Ages Society of Gang
Proms
Pupin
Or Jones
Anna Jennings
Henry Villard
Booth
Rd R. Hewitt
Alvert Shaw
Charles
Pierrepont
Charles R. Flint
New
Versailles Garden
George
Blanche Ant Jennings
L. Ryerson
J. C. Taylor
Taylorel
Ross
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Generaslly
B. F. B. Blind Fund
Allied Bazaar
Maurice
Florence Walton
Pre-Catelan Bois de Boulogne
Joon
Sqn Homme” WA
SpeTer
M. Edgar Beeman
M. Renavent
Irme Roldini
Mme. Dufresnay
Maurice la Farge
Iionist
Emmy Wehlen
Mins de Forest Art Charlotte Lund
Jerome
Brussels Tapestry Leads Arthur Blackborne Sale at $1450
Dr A Staab bought the Brussels tapestry No 613 A for $1450 at the Arthur Blackborne collection closing sale at American Art Galleries. The day featured high prices for pieces via agents amid patron absence, with lace flounces, banners, and Aubusson panels also selling. Total returns reached $15,049 for the day and $24,278 for the sale.
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Dr. A Staab
Seaman
Ornet
Point de France
France
Louis XIV
Lorenz
Bernet
M. L. Jelinek
Eugene Fox
Seamanent
Baumeister
Do You Like It Greeted By Rain At Park Amphitheatre
Special to The New York Times from St. Louis June 7 The municipal open air production of Do You Like It part of the Shakespeare tercentenary drew 8000 to 9000 despite rain. The Arden stage used natural foliage with 300 performers and stars including Robert B. Mantell Frederick Lewis and Miss Eleanor Brent.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Rosalind
Touchstone
Forest Park
Plattsburg camp drills amid steady rain and new procedures
At Plattsburg Camp Private John D Crimmins Jr of Company L slipped in the mess hall, receiving a cut to the head but with no serious injury. Elective courses began with Cavalry leading at 255 enrollees, followed by Artillery 115 and other units. Major Murray said the program is a reality and benefits recruits beyond military skill.
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New York Times
Plattsburg
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Rousseau
Company I
Mitchel
Fellows
City Hall
Murray
Lake Champlain
Plattsburgers
United States Army
John D. Crimmins, Jr
John D. Crimmins, Jr., of Company L
Thework Theatre Interior Remodel Planned This Summer
Plans drawn by an architect to remodel Thework Theatre interior during the Summer between the end of Hit Trail Holliday and the new season in August. Proceeds from 100 tickets donated daily for ten days to the Alfred Bazaar Fund at Grand Central Palace.
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Grand Central Palace
Sarah Padden
West
Elton Boys’ Brigade
Girls’ Hospital Corps
Ehowins
Britain
Lyceum
Emanuel Hefcher
Theatere Biend
The
Globe
Eddie
Strand
Mr. Lazarus
Harvey O'Higgins
Harriet Ford
New Haven
Henry E. Dixey
Florine Arnold
William T. Clarke
Eva le Galitene
Tom Powers
Marie Ascaraga
Blind War Relief Fund
Attack on Plattsburg Camp Prompts War Critique
Mrs. Henry G. Villard denounces militarism at the new Welfare Association home in Dobbs Ferry and alleges immoral conditions at the Plattsburg camp last year. She warns that guiding boys to learn to shoot fosters slaughter and calls military training barbarous for mothers to endure.
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The
Welfare Association
Dobbs Ferry
Henry G. Villard
Plattsburg
Actresses to Perform in Friars Frolic Minstrel Return
For the first time in Friars Frolic history actresses will participate in the Hippodrome show on Saturday night for the Actors Fund. They will black up for the minstrel first part and serve as a foyer reception committee, with Hazel Dawn and others named among the lineup.
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Hippodrome
Actors’ Fund
Hazel Dawn
Valli Valli
Olive Teli
Margaret Green
Belle Story
Josephine Drake
Natalie Alt
No License For Cabarets Reversed By Judge Crain
Judge Crain in Part I of General Sessions reversed a lower court ruling, exempting restaurant managers from theater licenses when no extra charge is made for cabaret entertainment. Julius Keller of Maxim's had been fined $50 for performances without a license. The judge said restaurant proprietors have a common law right to entertain patrons unless specific legislation imposes a license.
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Crain
Julius Keller
Maxim's
Appleton
Smith Defends West Side Track Plan Amid River View Concerns
Dock Commissioner R A C Smith wrote to Mayor Mitchel defending a New York Central tracks covering project on the west side. He cited a chart showing varying visibility of the Hudson from Riverside Drive at Seventy six locations, noting key points where the view would be preserved or reduced. The plan also includes a recreation pier and warship landing near Seventy ninth Street with no further obstruction to the river view.
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Mitchel
West Side
New York Central
Hudson River
Riverside Drive
Seventy-secen Street
Seventy-fourth
Seventy-fifth Streets
Seventy-sixth Street
Seventy-seventh Street
Frohman Stars in Maugham Plays for Barrymore Season
Ww Somerset Maugham comedy Our Betters is chosen for Ethel Barrymore with direction by Charles Frohman Company. She first acts in a Maugham work under Frohman next season alongside Caroline with Margaret Anglin in the cast. Maugham served as a doctor with the British Red Cross in France. both plays predate the war.
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Frohman
Maugham
Somerset Maugham
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Charles Frohman
Seek Clara Barton Fund for Washington Memorial
An appeal by the Clara Barton National Memorial Association seeks donations to build a memorial in Washington DC. President Mrs. John A. Logan and officers invite subscriptions to Mrs. Logan or John Joy Edson, noting Barton founded the US Red Cross and led relief in wars, with her work later honored abroad but not by the US government.
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Clara Barton
Washington
D. C
Red Cross
United States
Patent Office
Miss Barton
Switzerland
Arthur
Society
Blind Pupils Stage The Rivals at Washington Irving High
A play by blind students from New York City public schools will be staged at Washington Irving High School on June 9. The production, directed by Miss Bessie C. Stagnett, aims to raise funds and foster reading ability and self expression for blind children. Audience members noted the performers appeared not to be blind.
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Washington Irving High School
Irving Place
Fifteenth Street
City of New York
Bessie C. Stagnett
Irish Night at University Forum with Aberdeen and Tree
The Marquis of Aberdeen and Sir Herbert Tree spoke on Ireland during the University Forum of America’s Irish Night at 550 West 113th Street. The Marquis urged that war could improve conditions while Tree predicted home rule would emerge from the trenches. About fifty members attended.
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Ireland
Marquis of Aberdeen
Sir Herbert Tree
University Forum of America
West 113Th Street
Sir Herbert
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