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Show MANYPAYSf.OOQ FOR BJTQF RICE One Thousand Notables Eat ir Fnocl at Hoover's N. Y. Dinner NEW ymkk. Deb. 30. One thou-sand thou-sand of New York's men and women! of wealth paid one thousand dollars or more each IhiU night to sit at a plain board table and eat boiled rice The "banquet" was ;i testimonial arranged ar-ranged by Herbert Hoover, chairman of the European relief council, of Am- rrl::'-. efforts to siui'or the 3.500,000 itarving hlldren of Europe. The rice accompanied by white br id and a cup of cocoa,, was the Uune as serVed to starving children at relief stations throughout Europe at ,i poi ( of leH than a cent and h.m General i J. Pershing, -' Hoover, 'John V. Rockefolii-r. Jr. Mrs August Belmont and other notables carried 1 bpwls and were Oral ! a line that ' passed by army field kitchens to be sarved The servitors were younK so- cloty women. ! rit K'relsler entertained the diners with violin solos. A vacant chair, placed for the "in- flSlble" Kuost of honor, rbr the rhll-i rhll-i dren for whom Hoover's campaign I of $3o,uo0.0C0 was launched, stood at ; the head of tiif speaker's table.' i Mr. Hoove:- Bald, In part- "hu Ions an any person In thi na- i tion can entertain an automobile, he can eivlertnin invisible' kucs;. Th i f me 8,000,000 automobileH and only 3 'tto.0no guests- Since this nation na-tion is spending a billion dollars on-inually on-inually supporting automobiles, anothe--I billion on Ice cream. cosmetics an 1 chewing gum ; a few billion more on ; drinks, tobaccos and other luxuries--( it has not reaehced a point of destitution desti-tution that warrants refusal to buy happiness nnd cheerfulness for this i mass of children.'' i .Mr. Hoover anuotinct'd after the dinner that the 100Q guests paid $?.-011,221, $?.-011,221, or more than 12000 a plate oo |