Twain and Rogers Return from Bermuda Crusade
Mark Twain and financier H. H. Rogers return from five weeks in Bermuda. Twain announces joining an anti noise crusade and quips about Mississippi River dredging costs and feasibility. They share healthful reports and recall a wave soaking on the Bermuda voyage. The piece also notes a Bermuda cargo and upcoming weddings in New York society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Bermuda
H. H. Rogers
Cheroct
Ensign
Malde
Rogers
Anti
England
Mississippi Vailey
Ocean
Dorothy Sturgis
Heston
Comber
Twain
Fifth Avenue
Redding
Danbury
Conn
Aquarium
Trinidad
Ififes
Passengers Sail Across Atlantic On Multiple Liner Routes
Outgoing travelers depart on the North German Lloyd Kronprinzessin Cecilie bound for an Atlantic crossing with a long list of passengers including Mrs D C Blair Mr and Mrs D T Bushnell J D Bedle Mr and Mrs Frank B Cahn Mrs Andreas Dippel John Duveen Capt and Mrs Du Pont Dippel Mr and Mrs James Forbes Mr and Mrs Elbridge Gerry and many others. The Hamburg American liner Pretoria also sails for Hamburg carrying Robert Brauchle Mrs Henry Elkins H M Humphreys and Rosa O Brien among others. Earl Grey governor general John Hyslop Measurer of the Newark Yacht Club and Dr Charles Holmes are aboard the Bermudian which arrived yesterday from Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Kronpringessin
Cecilie
D. T. Bushnell
Frank B. Cahn
Andreas Dippel
John Duveen
du Pont Dippel
James Forbes
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Moritz Hitner
George W. Jenkins
H. M. Knickerbocker
Craigs Lippincott
James BH. Martins
John McFadden
W. MacFarlan
Neilson Robinson
Thomas B. Proctor
Hugene de. Rainbonville
Frank W. Ralston
Nelson Taylor
Newark Yacht Club
Charles Holmes
Bellevue Hospital
Alice Wasserman
Brooklyn
Bermudian
Bermuda
Swan Hamilton Marriage Plans Today
Swan and Hamilton wedding plans proceed though Bliss Barnes wedding also underway today. Due to a recent death in the bride's family the Marie V wedding is postponed or adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan-Hamilton
Bliss Barnes
Marie. V
Trouble Ceased When Proper Food Was Found
A Dakota man credits his recovery from dyspepsia and nervous exhaustion to the Postum era diet. He started with Grape-Nuts and milk then added soft boiled eggs and dry toast, reporting rapid relief and steadier nerves. He also used the cereal for his sick two year old, noting improvement and a strong active child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Snadville
Firemen's Memorial Benefit at Metropolitan Opera House
A group of prominent society women lead flowers and souvenir programs for the Firemen's Memorial Fund benefit to be held at the Metropolitan Opera House on Friday afternoon May 1. Chairwoman is Mrs. James Spever with assistants including Mrs. Charles B. Alexander Mrs. William Jay Mrs. Richard Irvin Mrs. Paul Morton Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Mrs. Henry Clews Mrs. Henry W. Taft Mrs. Douglas Robinson Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler Mrs. Egerton L. Winthrop Jr Mrs. John Henry Hammond and Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera ‘House
James Spever
Charles B. Alexander
William Jay
Richard Irvin
Paul. Morston
Stuyvesant Fish
Henry Clews
Henry
Martha Eleanor Vallhboak to Wed Rev. Francis Sydney Smithers
Invitations have been issued by Mr and Mrs Abram Vallhboak for the marriage of their daughter Martha Eleanor to the Rev Francis Sydney Smithers rector of Grace Episcopal Church Middletown. The ceremony will be held Monday April 23 in Middletown New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hamilton
T. A. Swan
Robert Swan
James Punnett
Beekman Hoppin
Benjamin
Young
New York
Philip Rhinelander
The
Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Robert Woods Bliss
Brussels
Mildred Barnes
William H. Bliss
Grace Church Chantry
Boston
B. Talbot
Samuel W. Lewis
Harvard University
New York James
Middletown
N. Y
Abram Vallhboak
Martha
Eleanor
Francis Sydney Smithers
Grace Episcopal Church
New Yo
Social notes and sailings announced for April and June
Miss Barbara Sedley and others plan to sail on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie from New York to Europe with various family and social connections listed. Bridge club gatherings, luncheons, and dances are noted with dates in April. Several families and individuals, including Miss Theodora Spencer, Lieut Lajos Kada, and Stephen Van Rensselaer, are mentioned alongside hotel stays and travel to Europe, Shanghai, Budapest, and Keyport. A birth is recorded for Mr and Mrs Louis Putnam Myers, daughter of Samuel Untermeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Sedley
London
George Holt
James E. Martin
Jules Vatable
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
West Ninety-second Street
Charles. Stone - Virgil
Theodora Spencer
Seattle
Shanghai
Lajos Kada
Hussars
Kada
Marie Seymour “Eddy
Europe
Ekron
A. C. Ludlum
Madison Avenue
California
Samuel Babcock
Tarrytown
New York
Adolph Lewisohn
Julus A. Lewshon
J.parke Channing
George Bayies
Orange
Nene
Oscar Fitzland Moore, Jr
Lesifa Cotton
Marietta Benedict
Cecile
Cotton
Plaza
Stephen van Rensselaer
T0 West Forty-ninth Street
Teutonic
Bryan
Potient
van Rensselaer
Yale
Bretton’ Hall
L. Weil
Leopold Weil
Samuel Eiseman
L. Lesser
D. P. Traitel
Aon
Louis Putnam. Myers
Myers
Samuel Untermeyer
How to make strawberry shortcake and mushroom dishes
Instructions from a historic kitchen column describe a strawberry shortcake including biscuit batter with flour sugar eggs water and butter or lard plus layered berries and cream. It also covers tripe with oniony milk sauce and two mushroom serving methods including lemon bath and cream accented cooking in a hotel kitchen.
Ring of the Nibelung Opens With Das Rheingold at Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Opera presents the first of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Das Rheingold, in an excellent representation of the Prelude. Bert Burman as Loge gives an intriguing if imperfect interpretation, with strong Fricka and Rhine Daughters performances enhancing a refined stage and musical realization that signals a worthy trilogy opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fricka
Freseesee
Mme
Fremstad Tren
Burrian Alberich
Woos Es
Denec
Tess Reserscese
M. Reiss
Ccseces
Etsecs
M. Muchimann Batros
M. Blass
Alfred Hertz
Opera House
Wagner
PDS
Das Rheingold
Metropolitan Opera House
Hertz
Burman
New York
Loge
Mr. Burman
Mme. Fremstad
Freia
Miss Weed
Goritz
Alberich
van Rooy
Wotan
Dippel
Froh
Reiss
Messrs
Mihlmann and
Blass
Donner
Waterous
Mmes, Alten, Weed
Kirkby-Lunn
Mahler to Lead Three New York Symphony Concerts
Gustav Mahler will conduct three New York Symphony Society concerts next season on Sunday afternoons November 29 and December 18 and Tuesday evening December 8. His Met Opera duties prevent earlier engagement. his one year contract permits limited outside appearances. The program includes Beethoven and Mozart symphonies at two concerts and Mahler's Second Symphony with full orchestra, extra choir, two soloists and chorus at the third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Mahler
New York Symphony Society
Walter Damrosch
Mr. Mahler
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Symphony
Iacy
Beethoven
Mozart
Mahler
Damrosch
Peculiar Animals Parade at Barnum and Bailey Madison Square
A newspaper sketch describes an African orax in the Barnum and Bailey menagerie that roars at policemen, a dangerous Australian cassowary that plots to escape after hours, and its rampages through cages injuring elephants camels and lions while requiring many men to recapture it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square
Garden
Hammerstein Roof Garden Season Opens with New Name
William Hammerstein announced the eleventh season of Hammerstein's Roof Garden will start Monday June 1. The venue will be renamed Hammerstein's Roof Garden and redecorated with new rural features. Mile. Alexia will headline the four week program, appearing with four assistants after a London debut run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Paradise Gardens
Belasco Theatre
Mile
Alexia
Appe
America
Genee
Empire Music Hall
London
Alhambra
Yale Invites Maude Adams For Shakespearean Engagement
Charles Frohman accepted an invitation on Maude Adams's behalf from Yale English Department for a Shakespearean appearance before undergraduates and faculty. She will perform Juliet previously at Harvard, with Harvard shows June 3 and 4 in Sanders Theatre and Yale June 6 outdoors if weather allows. Yale rain contingency moves to Woolsey Hall. Yale Orchestra and Plerian Sodality provide music for Yale and Harvard events respectively. Adams will lead rehearsals while touring in The Jester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
Maude Adams
English Department
Yale University
Miss Adams
H Harvard
Juliet
Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Yale
Woolsley
Plerian Sodality
Yale University Orchestra
Adams
the Jester
The Redemption produced in Philadelphia by Orpheum Players
In Philadelphia on April 13 the Orpheum Players staged The Redemption a sociological drama about Jews in Russia by Rabbi Isaac Landman of Kenessik Israel Synagogue The play presents a controversial theory that Jews must publicly join the Greek Church to be safe while living as Jews privately but the theory collapses in the final act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russia
Isaac Landman
Kenessik Israel Synagogue
Orpheum Players
Chestnut Street
Landman
Beach's New Play The Imposter Opens In Philadelphia
Philadelphia April 13 The Imposter a new play by R N Beach opened at Broad Street Theatre tonight The cast is led by English actor C Aubrey Smith and Miss Forbes Robertson The production was well received by the audience and critics alike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Imposter
R. N. Beach
Broad Street
C. Aubrey Smith
Vaudeville Highlights West Side Theatres Week
Kolb and Dill debut at Montauk Theatre in Brooklyn after Circle in Manhattan run. William Faversham stars in The Squaw Man at Broadway Theatre for the week. Arizona at Majestic in Brooklyn opens another brand-new show. Billy B Van and Rose Beaumont headline Orpheum vaudeville with other famous acts. Russell Brothers present The Hired Girl's Millions at Columbia Theatre yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montauk Theatre
Kolb and Dill
Brooklyn
Powesome Town
Circle
Manhattan
William Faversham
Broadway’ Theatre
Arizona
The
Majestic
Billy B. van
Rose Beaumont
Orpheum
the Russell
Columbia Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House to stage new operetta "The Gay"
Edward Siedle technical director writes the book for an operetta to be produced in Baltimore next Monday evening. A Campbell pens the lyrics and Julian Edwards composes the music known from The Magic Kiss and Dolly Varden. Mela Stone will play a leading role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Siedle
Metropolitan Opera House
Altimore
A. Campbell
Julian Edwards
Dolly Varden
Mela Stone
The Merry Go Round Produced at Lyric Theatre
In Philadelphia on April 13 the new three act musical comedy The Merry Go Round opened at the Lyric Theatre. The show features catchy music and elaborate staging with vaudeville names Mabel Hite James J Morton Bobby North Ignacio Martinnetti and Melville Stewart among the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lyric Theatre
Mabel Hite
James J. Morton
Bobby North
Ignacio Martinnetti
Melville Stewart
Sothern Closes Lyric Run with Reduced Don Quixote
Mr. Sothern ends his Lyric Don Quixote promptly at 11. He will perform Lord Dundreary Hamlet If I Were King and a final Don Quixote Friday in his last city week. Miss Marlowe will follow with her repertory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
Rigoletto Pleases at Academy of Music in New York
The Italian Grand Opera Company opened a week of performances at the Academy of Music with Rigoletto. Alessandroni excels in the title role and Mme Norelli as Gilda impresses despite a cold. The caustic chorus from Manhattan Opera Company contributes, audience lively, prices kept at one dollar, and Trovatore scheduled for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Metropolitan
Manhattan
New York
Italian Grand Opera Company
Fourteenth Street
Wagner
Mozart
Fornari
Manhattan Opera Company
Alessandroni
Mme. Norelli
Gilda
Mr. Russo
Mme. Temazaint
San Francisco
Buffalo Bill Indians Arrive for Wild West Show
One hundred Indians from Rosebud and Pine Ridge arrived in New York to join the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. They traveled via the Erie with rehearsals planned at Grand Central Station before the April 21 Madison Square Garden opening. Col Cody greeted them at West Twenty third Street, honoring Chief Iron Tail in a center group for cameramen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Erie
Grand Central Station
Bridgeport
West Twenty-third
Iron- Tail
Acy
Ghost-Dog
Theatrical Notes and Personnel Movements
The Puritan Amusement Company formed in Albany with 25000 capital and directors Harry Harris Clifford Ludwigh and James A Light. Marie Cahill and company return to New York after West tour to prepare for Glory Week. William Morris signs three year deal to lead Morris man vaudeville with FE Rogers at 125th Street Theatre. James Fornes sails to Europe and will return by July. Grace La Rue cancels Berlin summer and stays for The Follies of 1908 at the New York Roof. NH officers attend Casino box party hosted by Sam Bernard and Shuberts. 10 percent weekly receipts at Hurtig Seamon’s go to Firemen Memorial Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puritan Amusement Company
Albany
Harry Harris
Clifford Ludwigh
James A. Light
Marie Cahill
West
Mary
New York
William Morris
FE. F. Rogers
Keith & Proctor
125Th Street
Keith
Morris
James Fornes
Harry TG. Harris
Europe
Grace la Rue
Berlin
New Hampshire
Casino
Sam Bernard
The
Shuberts
Hurtig & Seamon
Music Hall
Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Fritzi Scheff and Julia Marlowe Attend Legal Matters
Fritzi Scheff silent during Holy Week lay off and may testify in a divorce case against Baron Frederick von Bardelben before Referee Edmond B. Wise. Julia Marlowe also remains silent amid co respondent claims by Mrs Louise von Herrmann. Scheff plans a rest at Laurelwood. Marlowe contemplates suit against the von Herrmanns with counsel Herbert Satterlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Fritz Scheff
Miss Scheff
St. Regis
Miss Marlowe
Fritzi Scheff
Edmond BH. Wise
Baron Frederick von Bardelében
Lalewood
Miss. Marlowe
Louise von Herrmann
von Herrmanns
Herbert Satterlde
Mrs Mary A Trainor Dies. Montclair Real Estate Pioneer
Mrs Mary A Trainor, long a Montclair resident, died yesterday. After her husband’s death about fifteen years ago she entered real estate, amassing a fortune estimated at 125000. She left a sister, a nephew, and a niece as heirs, since she had no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Trainor
Montclair
N. J
Notable deaths of several figures worldwide and in the US
Hartwig Derenbourg French Oriental ist and Institute member dies in Paris. Anna M. Dayton mother of Rear Admiral James E. Dayton U S N dies in South Bend Indiana. Alethea Blanche Merry wife of W L Morry American Minister to Costa Rica dies in Stonington Connecticut. Rev M Fairfield former Methodist clergyman dies in Fernando California. Daniel Rogers Noyes St Paul merchant dies at 71. former president of the National Wholesale Druggists Association and director of Equitable Life. survived by wife Helen Gilman and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwig Derenbourg
Institute
Paris
Sid
Anna M. Dayton
James E. Dayton
South Bend
Ind
Richmond
Alethea Blanche Merry
W. L. Morry
Costa Rica
Dayer
Stonington
Conn
Searsdale
N.Y
M. Fairfield
Ian
Great Neck
Fernando
Cal
August Belmont
Daniel Rogers
Noyes
St. Paul
Minn
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Equitable Life Assirance Sovriety
New York
ISGB
Helen A. Gilman
Winthrop Sargent Gilman
Marston Cook and Drummond Motts in New York area nuptials
Notices detail several marriages and funeral announcements. Marston Cook wed Levi Charles Winslow Marston. Alicia Mott married Chauncey E Drummond. Various obituaries and funeral times are listed for residents in New York City and nearby towns with names such as Clegg Gudebrod Holman Jennings Martin Pells Pierson Rice Russell Silverman and others. Public notices include funeral services at St. Simon's and Temple Beth-El and internment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaklawn
Southport
Conn
New York
Pierson
Sarah Elizabeth Pierson
Henry L. Pierson
Ramapo
Erle Raiload
West
Church of the Holy Trinity
Clinton and
Montague Sts
Wallingford
New Haven
Russell
Julia Marietta
Solomon RB. Russell
104Th &T
Amsterdam
Silverman
Gertrude
Herman ‘Silverman
Max Rubin
Tem
Beth-El
Obituary notices list Brooklyn and New York deaths
A lengthy obituary notice column records numerous Brooklyn and New York City deaths and funerals. Individuals named include Harry Cohen, Mary Daly, Joe Descher, Margaret McSherry, Jacob Miller, William Smith, Thomas Morris, and Ellend Wilson among others, with burial and funeral details across streets and hospitals such as Cumberland Street Hospital, St Vincent's, and Brooklyn addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chirk
Clooney
South
Peston
Yonkers
Mary F. Daly
Donatiuk
Madison St. Bredelyty
Mary Denatah
A. M
Donovan
Timothy _ Denovan
Aie Tembury A Bronkiyn
Clasius L. Kcdihern
Farley
von Parknayy
Feldman
Flanagan
Matteawar
Carrier
Pinagzay
Irene Av
Brooklyn
Eecar A Gieting
Bronklyn
Fraoklin
Klien K ’ Rehot
John Kehoe
Peth
Krten
East
Aorth iv
Lilian L. Langar
Bunenal
Qnerrow
Faniuy Legne Ageday
McRaine
Hastner-en-Hudean
ANC
Sophia M. F. Mistrife
Funeta
Tema
Megunnedl
St. Driggs Av
Margaret
Metsontted
McGahath
Sd Av
Matrices M Grithegeed OS. McHugh
Vanden
Elizaebeth A. McHux
AL Mo
McSherry
North
Farrstowm
Margat
Melia
Court &J
Mary A Xirti
John Pllegery
Fursral
P.M. Quigley
Tith St
Thomas A. Quignps
Sialaes St
Willam A A. Robiris
Hempstead
Kate Sammis
PLOM
Schaefer
New_York
Jersey City Heights
Charlotte E. Schaefer
Schelberg
Joan Schelbers, Jr
Scheling
Evergreen
Lena Scheling
Schroder
St. Paermontane
Henry Schroer
Simpson
Silas Simpson
MM. Smith
Classon
William G. ‘Smith
Steffens
Lita Proadway
Henry Steffens
Hatser
Willian
H. Stryker
Sweether
Brookelyn
Levi Sweetse
Lis Place
Conway Thon
Wilson
Browd St
Neware
Ellend M. Wison
Cardinal Logue Leaving Dublin for New York
Cardinal Michael Logue, Primate of All Ireland, will depart Dublin on Easter Sunday for New York. He will attend the centennial celebration of the New York Diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Ireland
Dublin
Michael Logue
New York
Jie
Dioe
Wills Provided by Tompkins & Tompkins Counselors
Tompkins and Tompkins at 156 Fifth Avenue announce probate and will services. Attorneys handle wills and related legal matters in a professional business notice style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue
Willa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anti-Noise Crusade
Banks of England
Gulf Canal
Earl Grey
Canada
Dakota
Firemen’s Memorial
Miss Valboak
Social Notes
Baron. von Hengelmuller
Washington, D. C
Charles Newbold Welsh
Thomas Ogden
Harrowgate
Elvira Boardman
Misa Faybank
David Milne
Buckingham
James W. Paul
Mary Astor Paul
A. J. D. Paul
Joseph C. Willetts
Marion Willetts
St. Mary's
Keyport
West Forty-sixth Street
J. H. Edwards
Gotham
Wagner’s Trilogy
Orax
Cassowary
Wit Open
Alexia Coming
Rabbi Landman
Beach
Brooklyn Amusements
New
Bears
Ompany
York City
Sothern
Don Quixote
Gilda Sepere
Novelis Maddalena
Colombati Giovanna
Rosal Countess of
Ceprano
Zarah
Duke of
Mantua
Russo
Alessandroni Sparafucile
Bozzano
Scitena
Pannelli
Monterone
Oteri
Sottini
Borsa
Buffalo Bill’s Indians
Marston—Cook
West 120Th St
Merle
Joix Wright
Elizabeth Vallotton Cook
Charles Winslew -Marston
Drumond
DF. Mott
Alicia L. Pe Mott
Chauncey E. Drummond
Gudebrod
Christian Ernest
Christian
Mattie C. Gudebrod
Hodgman
Larchmont
A. Louise
George’ FF. Modymar
Stephen
Elizabeth B. Barker
George BE. Holeman
West 75Th St
M ’ Holman
Tenafly
Katharine ‘Louise
Alvin P
Mary P. Holman
Jennings
Sophia Day Jennings
Isaac Jennings
Bennington Centre
Marytin
Montana
Mount Morris
Park West
William A Martin
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Moseman
Mary M
James H. Moseman, Jr
Puneral
Faisey St
Sm O'Clock
Emma Evans Webster
Utica
Temple
Alvin
MFG
Fifth Ave
Maiden Lane
Sterling
Smith & Watson
Sheraton Dining Room
Fourth Ave
30Th St
Cardinal Logue
Woodlawn
Harlem
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Crry
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell
Chalasir
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