Mrs Lorillard Ronalds Dies in Paris at 79 in Paris
Mrs Lorillard Ronalds of London formerly Mary Frances Carter of Boston died yesterday in Paris at age 79. Born in Boston in 1831 she was famed as a beauty singer and friend of King Edward and the Queen. Her London home at 7 Cadogan Place hosted royal visitors. Her husband’s eight years produced four children including P Lorillard Ronalds Jr and Reginald Ronalds both of New York. A daughter Mrs Ritchie of London also survives.
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Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
London
Mary Frances Carter
Boston
Edward
Paris
Cadogen Place
P. Lorillard Ronalds, Jr
Reginald Ronalds
Mrs Ronalds Life on Beacon Hill and London Society
Mrs Ronalds, once hailed as a near permanent envoy to the court of St James, rose in youth on Beacon Hill Pl. in London endured as a social figure through King Edward and Queen Alexandra. She debuted at 16 as Fannie Carter and married Pierre Lorillard Ronalds, a wealthy descendant. Divorce proceedings followed in 1900 after she left home in 1869, though an amicable property settlement was reached earlier.
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Pierre Lorillard Ronalds
Court of St. James
England
Pierre Lorillard
Ronalds
London
Mrs Ronalds London society leader and copper fortune
Ronalds became a London society leader famed for her voice and musicales. She hosted stars like Caruso Kubelik Calva and Paderewski, aided the hospital ship Maine in the Boer War, and was made honorary lady of grace of the Order of St John in 1901. Reports say copper investments yielded 250000 to 500000 dollars and Sir Arthur Sullivan left her 250000 plus the Lost Chord manuscript. She and her daughter visited America in August 1908 for the second time in 40 years.
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Ronalds
London
Caruso
Kubelik
Calva
Paderewski
Mme. Nordica
Maine
Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
Reginald Ward
Arthur Sullivan
Mayor names 100 to discuss 1918 World’s Fair
New York Mayor Gaynor appointed a committee of 100 to study the advisability of holding a world's fair in 1918. The move follows Henry Clews urging the action and requesting a formal committee.
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New York
Gaynor
Henry Clews
Lunch Room Girls Sought as Brides in Monument Square
Leominster reports Blanche Calder married Ephriam Laprade marking seven weddings in a year from the lunch room of N. J. Allard in Monument square. The spot’s reputation for matchmaking has attracted wide attention.
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Leominster
Blanche Calder
Ephriam Laprade
N. J. Allard
Monument Square
Plan for a Women's Hotel in Boston
At a Woman's Hotel Association meeting held at 120 Boylston Street plans were discussed for a women’s hotel in Boston. Election of an executive committee and a board of directors took place, highlighting leaders from business, banking, and public life. The group cited 75,000 Boston women on lodging-hous e resources and argued Boston lacks a dedicated modern hotel for women earning under ten dollars a week.
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Woman's Hotel Association
Boylston Street
Boston
Charlotte Smith
Susan E. Stevens
Christiana Page
Harriett R. Farrar
Annie W. Howard
Emilie Dillon
Jennie W. Rogers
Annie M. E. Sherman
Harriet Conors
Julia Francke
Helen C. Laffee
Mary H. Nolan
Louise Armstrong
Mahala Dinklee
Ernestine Colombo
Susan E. Pettie
Alexander McGregor
Houghton & Dutton Co
W. A. Gaston
Shawmut National Bank
Thomas N. Hart
Joseph Oneil
Federal Trust Company
W. Sinclair
Clipston & Sturgis
James J. Phelan
Hornblower & Weeks
John B. Schoffel
Tremont Theatre
A. Shuman
A. Shuman & Co
James M. Morrison
Thomas Kelley Company
W. P. McQuaid
St. James Church
James H. Vahey
United States
New York
Providence
25 Years Wed Greet Friends at Robertson Anniversary
A large number of friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. John A. Robertson’s home at 8 Baker Park Dorchester last night to honor the couple’s %th wedding anniversary. Professor Willis Milligan and Charles Newell attended with piano selections and the Lotus quartet sang, with Mrs J A participating.
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John A. Robertson
Baker Park
Dorchester
Willis Milligan
Charles Newell
Lotus Quartet
J. A
Local figures honored for long service and music roles
McDonald gave several readings. Thomas Spain of Charlestown and Theo Newell of Cambridge sang. Mr. Robertson has served 29 years in the dry goods department at James A. Houston store and 17 years as chorister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Robertson is a prominent member of the Choral Union.
Mrs Robertson Wears White Silk Gown at Occasion
Mrs Robertson wore a handsome white silk gown and a wreath of orange blossoms in her hair for the occasion, the same style she wore when she was married.
Queen Elizabeths Court at Wellesley Tree Day
The annual Tree Day at Wellesley College staged a Elizabethan pageant with 1200 students in period costumes led by Isadoré Douglass as the Queen. Alumni filled the slope as the procession featured the senior class in courtly roles, a Scotland embassy, nobles, guards, choirboys, and peasants in bright attire.
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Queen Elizabeth
Wellesley Tree
Elizabeth
England
Queen’s Guard
St. Paule’s
Chapel of Blackfriars
Scotland
Wellesley College
College Hall Slope
Grace
College Hall
Miss Tufts
Gertrude Carter
Isadoré Douglass
St. Paul’s
Department of Hygiene
Abell
Wellesley
Harvard Captain Admits Willingness to Shoot
Thomas Nelson Perkins former Harvard crew captain and Boston family member testified at a Probate Court hearing on the Henry C Peabody will. He admitted he would be glad to shoot Je Emery Harriman a Brookline civil engineer, during cross examination. The case involves trustees seeking permission to sell the King Gay estate in Westwood for 40 000 to W Cameron Forbes governor general of the Philippines and former Harvard football coach. The court awaits Judge Grants decision amid unusual conditions and contested will provisions aimed at selling property left for a girls school.
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Thomas Nelson Perkins
Harvard
Boston
Je Emery Harriman
Brookline
Harriman
Mr. Perskins
Henry C. Peabody
King Gay
Westwood
W. Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Harriman
Grant
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