Stage Mermaids Use Diving Bell Rooms in Neptune's Daughter
In the Hippodrome production Neptune's Daughter mermaids enter and exit underwater via square diving chambers perched on the tank bottom. Air keeps their compartments buoyant, with surface bubbles visible. Neptune and his mermaids rise via a surface barge, while crew members observe the illusion as a safe, mechanical trust. The article details air supply, lighting, and telephony behind the scenes. The stunt relies on rubber undergarments and waterproof costumes to preserve the illusion of life underwater.
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Neptune
Sirene
Hippodrome
Marceline
Dart
Theatiers
Walton Tullys Set for Six Months Abroad Trip
Mr and Mrs Richard Walton Tully will travel on the Caronia today for a six months abroad. Mr Tully, with David Belasco, coauthored The Rose of the Rancho produced at the Belasco Theatre on Tuesday night. Mrs Tully, Eleanor Gates by maiden name, wrote The Plow Woman and The Prairie Girl.
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Richard Walton Tully
Caronia
Great White Way debuts at Nelson Theatre in Springfield
Special to The New York Times reports the comedy drama The Great White Way had its first performance at the Nelson Theatre in Springfield on November 30. Laura Wall starred as the lead with John Reilly delivering popular comic turns. The play is set on Broadway.
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New York Times
Springfield
Nelson Theatre
Laura Wall
John_ Reilly
Broadway
Polls Open This Morning For Professional Woman's League Contest
The Professional Woman's League begins its vote for the most popular actor and actress at the clubhouse on West Forty fifth Street. Votes cost ten cents. Fantana on tour will close next Saturday. Company D of the Seventh Regiment will attend the Love Route at Lincoln Square Theatre tomorrow evening. Charles Miller, a theatre proprietor, is noted as a crack rifle shot.
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Professional Woman's League
West
Philharmonic Concert at Carnegie Hall Review
The second afternoon concert featured Safonoff returning to Bach and Schumann with Wetzler’s Bach transcription and Oberon Overture, while Miss Maud Powell performed Sibelius’s new D minor concerto with enthusiasm. The review notes ragged ensemble, some misreads in the Oberon reading, and suggests Powell champions modern works despite limited repertory and the concerto’s lengthy somber character.
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Philharmonic Society
Carnegie Hall
Safonoff
Bach
Weber
Schumann
Hermann Hans Wetzler
Oberon
Dr. Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Safonoff
New York
Miss Powell
Sibelius
Women discuss universal suffrage at Democratic League meeting
At the Hoffman House the Women's Democratic League met in Mrs. Crosby's absence with Mrs. Phyllis Leveridge presiding. Judge Pitman urged honesty among women voters and warned about buying votes. Members debated resolutions for streetcar service gains and possible immediate action against corporations. A letter was sent to Mrs. Crosby, stricken with paralysis at the Waldorf Astoria.
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John S. Crosby
Phyllis Leveridge
Women's Democratic League
Hoffman House
Thomas W. Pitman
Pitman
Crosby
Peace Circle
Waldorf-Astoria
Debuts and social galas at homes and clubs
Miss Dorothy Goddard Ficken makes a coming out at a tea hosted by Mrs H Ed wards Ficken at 7 East Highth Street. Rhoda Seligman and Mil dred Gibeart Townsend also plan social events, with dinners receptions and theatre parties. Musical mornings, weddings, and charity fundraisers populate a season of society happenings with venues from Waldorf Astoria to local churches.
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Dorothy Goddard Ficken
H. Edwards Ficken
East Highth Street
Rhoda Seligman
Henry Seligman
Marke
Seligman
West Fifty-sixth Street
New German Tenor and Soprano Debut at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera opened with Tannhauser adding Carl Burman and Katharina Fleischer-Edel to the German wing. Burman displayed power and rough edges, while Fleischer-Edel impressed with vigor though aging vocal bloom showed wear. Fremstad's Venus and others delivered strong support as the Wartburg reached a notable musical climax.
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Mme. Fleischer-Edel
Miss Fremstad
Bayer Biterolf
Muhlmann Bromnmar
Aig A
Cease Coyotes
Gunther
Alfred Hertz
Metropolitan Opera House
Tannhauser
Venus
van Rooy
Blass
Reiss
Muhlmann
Wolfram
Burman
Royal Opera of
Dresden
City Theatre of
Hamburg
Elisabeth
Rannhauser
Mr. van Rogey
Mr. Blass
Landgrave
Alten
the Wartburg
Hertz
Venusberg
Foxhounds Used in Tannhauser Scene Revealed
A Long Island correspondent uncovered that the Meadow Brook Hunt Club owns the foxhounds seen in the Metropolitan Opera production of Tannhauser. Robert L. Beekman of the club was spotted departing Hempstead with a selected pack for Manhattan. Opera management confirmed the dogs were from Meadow Brook.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Robert L. Beekman
Hempstead
Manhattan
Opera House
Meadow Brook
New Baritone Debuts in Tannhäuser at Metropolitan
Charles Gunther, a New York baritone and West Presbyterian Church soloist, debuted last night as Reinmar in Tannhauser at the Metropolitan Opera House. He studied two years in the opera school and was chosen by conductor Alfred Hertz for small roles. he will sing in church next Sunday. Five Opera Singers Due From Europe tour includes mezzo sopranos Eleanora Cisneros Giuseppina Giacoma and Gilibert Levenne plus bass Maurice Renaud. Renaud's damages from Maurice Grau’s resignation amount to $15 000 after a canceled contract.
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Charles Gunther
New York
West Presbyterian Church
Forty-second Street
Ywrand Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
Reinmar
Opera
Alfred Ertz
Oscar Harfimerstein
St. Paul
Mezzosoprani
Eleanora Cisneros
Giuseppina Giacoma
Gilibert Levenne
Charles Gilibert
Maurice Renaud
Maurice Grau
Metropolitan
Renaud
Weather report and forecast for Washington region
High pressure dominates with unsettled southwest to northwest winds. Rain and snow showers are possible in eastern New York New Jersey Delaware New England and the Ohio Valley as a cold front moves through. Temperatures range from the mid thirties to near freezing with cooler conditions expected Sunday and limited sunshine in western areas.
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Washington
Texas
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
New York
New England
Grand Banks
New Jersey
Delaware
Theodora Shonts Engagement Denied by Family
Washington Nov 30 The Shonts family debunks a report that Miss Theodora Shonts is engaged to the Duc de Chaulnes. Miss Margaret Shonts and the family insist there was no engagement and the Duke’s announcement is contradicted by all sides. The Duchess de Swaynes reportedly led the negotiations but no agreement exists according to Mr Shonts's secretary.
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Washington
Theodora Shonts
Duc de Chaulnes
Shonts
Duchesse de Swaynes
Margaret Shonts
TIMES
New Hampshire Avenue
Miss Shonts
Panama
Gen L V Baughman Dies in Maryland at 61
Gen L Victor Baughman a Maryland Democratic leader died today at his Frederick home from Brights disease at age 61. A Confederate veteran and former Canal president he played a key role in state politics and campaigns. He survived by a widow, daughter of A S Abell, and two children.
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Frederick
L. Victor Baughman
Maryland
Bright
Gen. Baughman
J. W. Baughman
Victor Baughman
Company D
New York
Lowe & Morgan
Frederick County
Baughman
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Congress
Louis E. McComas
A. S. Abell
Baltimore Sun
Gen John P Story Home From Far East Visit
Major General John P Story, Coast Defense Board member, arrived from the Far East aboard the Cunarder Slavonia. He had been surveying Honolulu Manila Subic Bay and Guam fortifications since May to study harbor defense and artificial islands efficacy before reporting to Washington.
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John P. Story
Coast Defense Board of the Army
Far East
Slavonia
Story
Honolulu
Manila
Subic Bay
Guam
Pacific
Bay of
Tokio
Washington
Pittsburg Merchants Angry at Shaw Over Post Office Site
In Pittsburg on November 30, indignant business leaders met at the Chamber of Commerce to denounce Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw for his stance on the Pittsburg post office site. ExJudge James H. Reed chaired the gathering with 500 attendees. Francis T. Porter condemned Shaw as contemptuous and urged appealing to President Roosevelt, but the group decided not to pursue action to avoid harming Pittsburg’s interests.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Chamber of Commerce
James H. Reed
Board of Trade
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Shaw
James W. Wardrop
Francis T. Porter
Secretary of the Treasury
Russia
Recluse Minnie Harrison Leaves Gift of Bank Books
In Newark Vice Chancellor Emery upholds a 1902 gift of three bank books with deposits totaling 441.22 from recluse Minnie A. Harrison of St. Cloud New Jersey to Rose M. L. Bonnot. Bonnot held the books through attorney John Whitehead who later became estate administrator. suit over the gift was pending at Whitehead’s death, and the court ruled the donation to Bonnot was proven.
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Emery
Newark
Minnie A. Harrison
St. Cloud
N. J
Rose M. L. Bonnot
Navy to Stop Prizefighting at St Helens Reservation
Norfolk reports that prizefighting on Government property at St Helens will end when the Secretary of the Navy issues the order soon. Enlisted men fought, with two recent knockouts, witnessed by Navy officers. Local societies urged action, and the President referred the matter to the Secretary of the Navy.
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New York Times
Norfolk
St. Helens
Secretary of the Navy
Virginia
Roosevelt
Otto Young Dies. Chicago Financier Succumbs at Lake Geneva
Otto Young, a leading Chicago financier and director in several banks, died at his Lake Geneva home. Born December 20, 1844 in Germany, he came to the United States in 1859 and built Otto Young & Co in wholesale jewelry. He held a half-interest in The Fair department store and served as its secretary and treasurer until 1905. He was a member of the Union League and Chicago Athletic Clubs.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Wis
Eberfield
Germany
United States
New Orleans
Otto Young & Co
Young
Union League
Chicago Athletic Clubs
Death List of a Day William M Tillotson Dies in Pittsfield Mass
William M Tillotson a leading Massachusetts woolen manufacturer died suddenly at his Pittsfield home of apoplexy after a prior Newark attack. Former Chicago businessman he led the Pittsfield mills since 1873 becoming the second largest local employer and was a friend of Senator W Murray Crane who was his guest yesterday.
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New York Times
Pittsfield
Mass
William M. Tillotson
Massachusetts
Newark
Chicago
W. Murray Crane
Charles Wyman Rus sian Vice Consul Dead in Cambridge
Charles Francis Wyman longtime Rus sian Vice Consul for New England died at his Cambridge home after a long illness. He was born in Boston seventy years ago and was a merchant active in local affairs including service on the Cambridge School Committee. His widow Mrs. Wyman is reported in critical condition.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Francis Wyman
New England
Cambridge
Notable Obituaries From New York City Notices
Reports of several prominent deaths in New York and Buffalo include Harry A. Wells Eastern Passenger Agent for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad dying in Buffalo at age 59 after nearly 40 years with the railroad. Charles A. Grote of F. Grote & Son dies at 1109 Longwood Ave Bronx at 98 after typhoid fever. Charles Hyde Isham leather merchant of 91 Gold Street dies at 30 East Sixty third Street, age 71. Dr. Glover Crane Arnold dies at 114 East Sixty fifth Street at age 81 after retirement from practice. Surviving relatives noted for each.
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Harry A. Wells
Eastern
Baltimore ’S Ohio Railroad
Buffalo
N. Y
Wells
Newark Transportation Club
Charles A. Grote
F. Grote & Son
Longwood Avenue
Bronx
Mr. Grote
New York City
Charles Hyde Isham
Gold Street
East Sixty-third Street
Union League Club
New England Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The
Zoological Society
National Academy of Design
Glover Crane Arnold
East Sixty-fifth Street
Charleston
Ms. C
Holland Lodge
A. M
Emily Speir
J. M. Speir
Fraser Gordon Wedding in New York
In New York City the marriage of William Fraser to Frances A. Gordon was solemnized by the Rev Dr Houghton of the Transfiguration. Frances is the eldest daughter of the late James C. Gordon of Montr.
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Fraser—Gordon
New York
Houghton St ‘the Hur
William Udl Fraser
Frances A. Gordon
Dauter
James C. Gordon
Montr
Obituary notices and funeral announcements begin December 1906
Multiple notices list deaths in late November and early December 1906, with funeral details. Names include Glover C Arnold, Henry Nelson Brush, George H Dayton, Eliza L Foreest, Joseph M Hamilton, Charles Isham, William Jones, Liveright, Harrison Lyman, Caroline Metcalf, Margaretta O’Hagan, Fred Pomeroy, Philip Schuyler, Anabel Skerry, Henry Spingler Van Hettren, and others. Services scheduled at Trinity Church, Brick Church, Church of the Holy Spirit, and various homes in New York and New Jersey towns. Funeral times range from Nov 29 to Dec 3, with interments and processional details. Transportation notes include meet at Grand Central and trains from Brooklyn Bridge.
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N. A AY
Abraham i
Sarah Hewlett
Edward Jones
Chr Church
Broadway
New
York City
Pas E M
Cold Spring GT
Hes
Jones
William Am
VTL
O'Hagan
Pomeroy
President St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fred Laurence Pomeroy
South Congregational Church
Court Street
Brodklyn
Bridge
Sen Schuyler
Philip Schuyler
Irvington-on-Hudson
Grand Central Station
Irvington
Sprvices
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Withich
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Reginald de Koven
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Miss Maud Powell
America
Hugo de Fritsch
Gibert
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Harris
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Moritz Rosenthal
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Mecnday
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John Aspegren
St. Bartholomew's Church
Miss Scott
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Marie Lemoine Loring
Flike
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C. B. Macdonald
Frances Macdonald
Thomas Hastings
Leonard Jacob
Roslyn
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Meadow Brook Club
J. Searle Marclay
Marclay
Y. Baltazzi
Westbury
Darrach Home For
West 104Th Street
Waldorf- Astoria
Frances
Brandesco
Edna Barger
Barger Wallach
Mr. Burman
Mme. Fischer-Edel
Tannhaeuser
United States Weather Bureau
Reeds Mesa
Duchesse de Luynes
Gen. L. V. Baughman
Frederick, Md
Philippines
Hawaii
Tiffany & Coo
Messrs. Tiffany & Co
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Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin
Wyman
Sunday Times
Harvard
Archbishop Ireland
Mary Mortimer Maxwell
New York Times Tomorrow
Cleero Milner Arnold
Trinity Canes
Shane Ec
Fs & Brethren
Tones Arnold
Glover C. Arnold
Aeony Eee Chanter
Sroix
Chaar Zedek
Henry St
Bayside Cemetery
Oncelyn Bridge
Charles S. Meye
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Lo Telephone
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Book of Representative
East 280
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Cincinnati
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