IN NEW YORK

Grey River Argus, 7 March 1918, Page 4

IN NEW YORK

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1 The " llcrolaud " i'.a/anr, described lon tlic programme as "the greatesi spectacle | li i* world has i>vcr seen for the greatest need the world has seen 1 ' opened its doors lo New York last ■a ■•• ; "• and, in the course of a few | hours entertained more than 10,00" | visitors. It is a magnificent spectacle magnificently staged in the Grand Cen Irsil Palace with the aid of <i 7 war relief orgaisut ions under the auspices oi' Ihe League of the Allies. j One of its chief features is an ex- I hibilion of British war relics which ! has arrived here at exactly the right moment- after a triumphant tour tl-rough the country. Its management and arrangement is transferred to a committee of Americans, Englishmen, and Canadians, of which Mrs. William 'As tor Chanler, is chairman, and JVir Harrison Rhodes, a well known writer, honorary secretary. It would be impossible to overestimate the good effect which these relics are exercising. Yorkers last night were able*- to inspect-, the .wreckage of -a Zeppelin and of a Fokker aeroplane, but what interested them mosl as a political exhibit was a great collect ion of parcel post packages sent from this country before its entrance into the war. The packages reveal the almost ridiculous ingenuity with which German sympathisers in this country concealed bits of rubber nickel, and other things badly needed by Germany in the coverings' of photographs and other apparent iv innocent things. ■ The bazaar, of course, is making the. most of a tank brought here at the request of Lord Northeliffe. Daily for the nex.t 10 days this tank will charge

o\cr (irrmnn Irejielu's. tiring ils guns and adding immensely to I In' realism lof the reproduction of lit' Hindenburg Line, :i portion of which has been re constructed according to. designs by a famous American archilect. .Mr. Paul |Nlialfiu. assisted by Major Heith and n (captain to the Tank Corps. "Next to I the tank and the trenches a model oi' I Bnghdsid, which occupies one Hour of I lie building, attracts attention. The social centre of the bazaar is jthe Cafe de Paris, where dinner is .served at a guinea a cover. Through the co-operation of the chief cl|ibs of ! New York a dub has also been established in the bazaar, where i'yr liie | rest of the war ofricer.s of the Allied [ forces will be able to foregather. The pageantry of the bazaar is acclaimed as unique by all the newspapers, some of which today devote an entire page to describing its almost innumerable fiatures.