RELIEF WORK.
Aug. 1—Hungarians form committee to aid New York families.
Aug. 2—Austrian headquarters established in New York City.
Aug. 6—Prince of Wales starts fund.
Aug. 7—American women of title in England start fund; American Ambulance Corps organized in Paris by Mrs. Herrick.
Aug. 8—Committee of American women formed in London to aid sufferers; gift from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and many other contributions; Belgians in New York form relief committee; French fund started in New York.
Aug. 10—French-Belgian relief fund started in New York.
Aug. 11—Ambassador Herrick asks Red Cross to send hospital supplies to Paris.
Aug. 12—Duchess of Sutherland is at head of French Red Cross work in Brussels.
Aug. 13—Rothschilds give $200,000 to French fund.
Aug. 14—Prince of Wales fund reaches $5,000,000.
Aug. 15—English nurses arrive in Brussels; Germans in New York start fund.
Aug. 17—Servian societies aid Servian Red Cross.
Aug. 21—Relief fund started in New York by German Historical Society, which gives iron ring as souvenir to contributors.
Aug. 24—Ex-Empress Eugenie contributes to French fund.
Aug. 27—Noblemen in England offer homes to Red Cross.
Aug. 31—Appeal for aid in equipment of American Hospital in Paris.
Sept. 1—British War Office accepts Oldway House equipped as hospital by American women; large contributions in London.
Sept. 7—American ambulance corps first on field near Paris.
Sept. 8—Mrs. W.E. Corey places château in France at the disposal of the Red Cross.
Sept. 12—Hanotaux issues appeal for French refugees; Duchess of Marlborough to aid servants out of work; Duchess of Westminster a nurse.
Sept. 13—Briand thanks American women for care of wounded in Paris; Ambassador Jusserand will forward money for French Red Cross.
Sept. 14—Chinese send Red Cross men to aid Japanese and Germans at Kiao-Chau; American Red Cross steamship Red Cross sails from New York.
Sept. 15—Work of rich American women praised by French Socialist organ; Mrs. Penfield organizes corps of Red Cross workers in Vienna; Prince of Wales fund increased by soccer teams.
Sept. 17—Babies and Mothers' League formed in London.
Sept. 19—Committee of Mercy formed in New York City.
Sept. 20—Belgian Legation in Washington plans aid for women and children.
Sept. 23—Lady Paget appeals to American women for socks.
Sept. 25—American Women's Fund in London gives six motor ambulances; home of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Depew on the Oise used for hospital.
Sept. 28—Appeal for Belgian relief addressed to Canada repeated to United States.
Sept. 29—England generous in offering homes to Belgian refugees.
Sept. 30—Duchess of Marlborough to act for Committee of Mercy in Great Britain.
Oct. 5—Prince of Wales fund reaches $15,000,000.
Oct. 8—Mrs. J.P. Morgan on shipboard knits socks for soldiers; praise is given to the work done by the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris under Dr. J.A. Blake.