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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1908

Page

9

Mrs. Carter Prepares New Private Production Auxiliaries

Mrs. Leslie Carter formerly a Broadway star leads her self-produced play with Charles Millward as leading man. The project, written by John Luther Long, centers on Japan and Europe, aims for a January debut with a two week out of town run before Liberty Theatre. Mayer assists as manager while Carter funds the venture, reportedly about 75,000 dollars.

John Luther Long Leslie Carter Leslie Ter Payne New Amsterdam Theatre Charles Millward Sevnty-Odd Marcus A. Mayer Liberty Theatre Venty Carter du Barry Adrea Zaza

Toscanini to Lead Met Opera Week Program

Next week at the Metropolitan Opera House Toscanini directs a schedule including Götterdämmerung with Fremstad as Brünnhilde and Amato as Gunther. Rigoletto introduces Frances Alda with Toscanini conducting. The week features La Bohème Carmen Tosca and a Sunday concert with Sembrich Homer and Noté among others.

Metropolitan Opera House Toscanini Fremstad Bruinahilde Miss Fornia Mmes Homer Randa A Sparkes Woehning Mattfeild Messrs Schmedes Hinckey Goritz Amato Jomer Noté Martin Iletschnikoff

Opera Week at Manhattan: Edgardo Traviata Cavalleria and More

Next week at Manhattan Opera House Licia will sing Friday evening with Taccani as Edgardo Polese as shton and Arimondi as Raimondo Constantino to sing Saturday in Traviata Sammarco to sing paternal baritone The Juggler of Notre Dame repeats Monday with Mary Garden Renaud Dufranne Valles De segurata Vienille Crabbe Triple bill Cavalleria Pagliacci La Chair Wednesday Odette Valery star Saturday Thais matinee conducted by Campanini except pantomime conducted by Charlier

Licia Manhattan Opera House R. Taccani Edgardo Odette Valery Thais Mary Garden Renaud Campanini Charlier

Croker Attends Hippodrome Show with Notables

Richard Croker sat in a box at the Hippodrome last night with Justices Q Gorman and McCall of the Supreme Court Nathan Strang and John Nex president of the Democratic Club. Afterward he chatted with cast and chorus and petted ponies and elephants backstage.

Richard Croker Hippodrome Q Gorman and McCall Supreme Court Nathan Strang John Nex Democratic Club Mr. Croker

First Junior Cotillion Draws Vast Debutantes Attendees

The First Junior Cotillion at Sherry's drew the largest debutante gathering yet with many Washington guests. Dinners hosted by Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge and others preceded the ball, hosted in the grand ballroom with debutantes led by Stove Phelps and Miss Carol Harriman. Midnight supper followed as guests listed include Roosevelt, Munn, Gould, Beekman, and numerous society families and patronesses marked by widespread attendance.

Bridal Ceremony for Miss Ethel Cryder in New York

Yesterday afternoon at 20 Washington Square Miss Ethel Cryder wed Cecil Higgins son of Henry V Higgins of London. The Rev Father Murray officiated with only immediate relatives present. The couple will reside in London and sail on Saturday.

Cecil Higgins Henry V. Higgins London Hilda Higgins Ethel PF. Cryder Duncan Cryder New York Frances Ogden Washington Square Mr. Higgins Rupert Higgins Mr. Cryder Washington Jacob Omnium

Loewenstein Daughter to Wed Siegfried H. Kahn

Mr and Mrs G C Loewenstein of 126 West Eightieth Street invite to the wedding of their daughter Marne to Siegfried H Kahn at Shers on Thursday December 10.

G. C. Loewenstein West Eightieth Street Marne Siegfried H. Kahn Sher*s

Socialite Parties and Arrangements Highlight New York Season

Mrs Henry Addison Alexander hosts a theatre party for her niece Miss Janetta Alexander. Francis Dahn Winslow and spouse plan a cotillion for daughter Miss Margaret Winslow at the Colony Club. Grand receptions trace lines for two granddaughters at Gramercy Park. Marriage of Miss Emily D Grogan to Senator George B Agnew set for 3:30 at the bride’s home. Sarah Robbins and Joanna Auchincloss hosted receptions at their residences. Susan Fish Dresser debuts through grandmother’s invitation. Louise Burns Freeman to host a Plaza event. Baroness Speck von Sternburg attends German Embassy functions. social rounds continue at Hotel Wolcott and Plaza with charitable benefit details.

Francis Dahn Winslow Colony Club Margaret Winslow Alexander Hadden Emily D. Grogan Ajor Frank C. Grugan Grugan George B. Agnew East Fiftyhird Street

The Blue Mouse Fun Turns at Lyric Theatre

The Blue Mouse at the Lyric delivers riotous farce led by Mabel Barrison with a stellar supporting cast. Miss Barrison’s ingénue charm and a witty ensemble drive nonstop laughs as a clerk schemes to wed a dancer known as The Blue Mouse while a tangle of mistaken identities unfolds across three acts.

Lyric Theatre Clyde Fitch Mabel Barrison Fitch Inter-State Railroad Blue Mouse Miss Barrison Mr. Dickson New York Mr. Corer Wor Zelda Ears Jamison Lee Finney Alfred Hickman Jane Laurel Alexander Engel Julius Horst Paulette Divine Lewellyn Harry Conor Lelda Sears Augustus Rollett Jameson Lee Finney Rollett Laurel Wallus Charles Dickson Philip Scarsdale Alfred Hickman Bristow John Emerson Matterson Newton Merrill Ag John Emerson Clinton Maynard the Lold Boy FrankHn Harleigh Lizzie Ae Elizabeth Arians Annie Leonora Oakford M. A Alexander F. Koser T. M. S. Robinson James Conley Otto Schrader

Raymond Stars In New York Debut Role At Knickerbocker

William Raymond portrays Armand the lieutenant in the Herbert Blossom operetta at the Knickerbocker. Critics praise his clean cut acting and agreeable singing. The review notes an earlier misnaming and confirms this is his first New York appearance.

Armand Knickerbocker William Raymond Raymond New York

Gala At Irving Place With Austria Hungary Delegation

In the presence of the General Consul of Austria Hungary and his staff a gala performance is staged at Irving Place Theatre to honor Emperor Francis Josef's Diamond Jubilee. The comedy Countess Gucki is featured.

Austria-Hungary Irving Place Theatre Francis Josef Austria Gucki Herald Square Theatre Jessie Preston Thomas W. Ryley Paris New York Circle Theatre Adolph Zink AD. V. Storey

Verdi Opera Stars Shine in Twin Philadelphia Debuts

In Philadelphia the Academy of Music hosted Aida with Emmy Destinn as title role and Caruso as Radames while the Philadelphia Opera House staged Rigoletto. Toscanini directed. M Constantino debuted with Hammerstein’s company as the Duke of Mantua. Nearly 6,000 attended both houses.

New York Times Philadelphia Giuseppe Verdi Academy of Music Alda Emmy Destinn

Walter's The Eas iest Way stages for Belasco in out of town run

Eugene Walter's new play The Easiest Way produced by David Belasco began rehearsal at the Belasco Theatre. Stars Frances Starr Laura Nelson Hall Emma Dunn Jane Cowl Edward H Robins Joseph Kilgour and William Sampson headline, with New York opening unspecified.

Eugene Walter David Belasco Belasco Theatre Mr. Belasco New York Frances Starr Laura Nelson Hall Emma Dunn Jane Cowl Edward H. Robins Joseph Kilgour William Sampson

Miss Leila Morse Recital Delivers Promise At Mendelssohn Hall

Miss Leila Livingston Morse presented a diverse program in Mendelssohn Hall, delivering eight Brahms songs six French modern numbers and works by Grieg English and American composers. Her mezzo soprano voice and tasteful phrasing drew praise though critics noted limited emotional depth and inconsistent characterization across moods.

Leila Livingston Morse Mendelssohn Hall New York Miss Morse Brahms Grieg Stindchen

Keith Acquires Cleveland Hippodrome for Two Years

B F Keith informed today that receivers for the Cleveland Hippodrome accepted his bid for a two year term. The Hippodrome will be devoted to vaudeville and may operate with Keith's Boston Theatre and other houses. Grand opera may come to Cleveland and Boston Opera plans are noted.

New York Times Boston Mass B. F. Keith Cleveland Hippodrome Middle West Keith Boston Theatre New England Cleveland

The Military at Theatre Door Opens New Feature

Maxine Elliott's new theatre to debut December 28 with a Commissionaire a former British Army sergeant to assist women arriving by carriage. The measure aims to curb shouting and rough carriage handling seen at New York theatres.

Maxine Elliott Miss Elliott New York

Luncheon for debutantes hosted by Mrs J Francis A Clark

A luncheon yesterday at 18 East Thirty-eighth Street honored debutante cousins Miss Charlotte K Harding and Miss Anne Bigelow Tracy. The table wore American Beauty roses and roses lilies of the valley with a roses and lilies decor. Guests included Misses Carol Harriman Bessie Yoakum Vera Onativia Beatrice Claflin Julia Loomis Dorothy T Hayden Helen L Alexandre Virginia Murray Dorothy Toler Katharine Auerbach Jean W Delano Martha Kobbe Muriel Morris Angelica Brown Florence Gayley Josephine A Osborn Eleanor Lee.

Sherry’s Arthur Murray Dodge Ethel Roosevelt Carl de Louise Munn Martha Bacon Washington Charles B. Alexander H. C. Emac W. H. Sloane W. Emlen Roosevelt Warren Delano F. D.winslow R. W. Gilder James R. Hayden John McCall H. A. Alexander Archibald Rogers Henry Addison Alexander Arthur M. Dodge Stove Phelps Carol Harriman E. H. Harriman Roosevelt, Munn Bacon Marjorie Gould Janetta Alexander Gertrude van C. Beekman Emily Coe Laura Emmet Florence Gayley Eleanor French Faith Simpkins Dorothy Hayden Eleanor Rodewald Adelaide Pendergast Constance McCall Theresa Ingersoll Martha Robbe Blanche Oelrichs Sarah Robbins Mary Wilde Evelyn Witherbee Julia Loomis Hildegarde Hendreson Katharine McCook Mary Rd Vera Ontavia Jessie Hoyt Edith Brooks Dorothy Smith Leonie Alexandre Vavara Pupin Elsie Lazarus Mary Sturgis Helen Peabody Estelle Crosby Esther McCullough Joanna Auchincloss Dorothy Sanborn Wilde Anne B. Tracy Charlotte K. Harding Dorothy Bigelow Elizabeth Hare Powel Angelica S. Brown Helen McLaughlin Flournoy Hopkins Helen Lee August Heckscher W. M. V. Hoffman C. McC. Ingersoll F. B. Jennings G. F. Kissel G. C. Robbe H. H. Vandon H. P. Loomis G. N. Miller Eliot Norton C. M. Odrichs Leila Pendergast Reginald Rives J. P. Robbins W. Emien Roosevelt W. M. Shane J. T. Thompson E. H. Wales G. C. Wilde F. D. Winslow F. ¥. Witherbee F. W. Whitridge J. Francis A. Clark East Thirty-eighth Street Anne Bigelow Tracy Bessie Yoakum Vera Onativia Beatrice Claflin Dorothy T. Hayden Helen L. Alexandre Virginia Murray

Walter and Charlotte Walker wed after theater show

Eugene Walter playwright and former Cincinnati journalist marries Charlotte Walker star of The Warrens of Virginia in Cincinnati. The couple attends a wedding feast after the performance. Walter plans to stage his new play The Easiest Way. Walker recently divorced from Dr Haden of Galveston.

New York Times Cincinnati Eugene W. Walter Charlotte W. Haden Charlotte Walker Warrens Virginia C. W. Sullivan Frank Keenan T. H. Dean Alter

Mrs L W d Ormieulx Dies In 82d Year At 37 Madison Ave

Laura Wolcott d Ormieulx widow of Theophile d Ormieulx and daughter of George Gibbs of Luswick L I died yesterday in her 82d year at her home 37 Madison Avenue. Her father was from Newport and her mother a Wolcott descendant, linking her to Oliver Wolcott a signer of the Declaration of Independence, with ties to a prominent society lineage and arts patronage.

Laura Wolcott d’Orémieulx Theophile d’Orémieulx George Gibbs Luswick L. I Madison Avenue Newport Laura Wolcott Oliver Wolcott Washington d’Ormieulx Eee Henri d’Orémieulx de Belleville Pigardy United States West Point

Wrote His Own Epitaph in Osining NY

John Egan a well known Osining figure was found dead Tuesday in his Dale Avenue room. He will be buried today beneath a tombstone he had caused to be erected in St Augustine's Cemetery. His self written epitaph reads John Egan poet philosopher and musician He was 89 years old.

John Egan Ossining N. Y Dale Avenue St. Augustine’s Cemetery

Justice Edward C Dowling Dies in New York City

Justice Edward C Dowling of the Second Municipal District Court Brooklyn died yesterday morning at Dr Hubbard Mitchells home 747 Madison Avenue Manhattan of heart disease after pneumonia contracted two months earlier while at Gates Avenue Court He was born in Brooklyn on

Edward C. Dowling Second Municipal District Court Brooklyn Hubbard Mitchell Madison Avenue Manhattan Gates Avenue Justice Dowling

Judge of the Seventeenth District, New York

Nov 29 1870 obituary notes he graduated from Cornell Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1894. He served in the Assembly 1902–1906 and in 1907 joined the Second Municipal District Court with an $8 000 salary. He belonged to several Republican clubs and was not married.

Cornell University Law School Second Municipal District Invincible Stuyvesant Heights Levi P. Morton Seventeenth Assembly District

Obituary notices from Hoboken to Bayonne list multiple deaths

A Providence Journal compilation lists many deaths from Hoboken and surrounding cities. Henry L Schmidt of Hoboken dies by prussic acid mistake at 351 years old, plus numerous obituaries including Henry Frank Woods in Brookline, Philip List in Brooklyn, George W Swayne in New Orleans, C Warren Mason in Connecticut, Clarence H Scrymser in Elizabeth New Jersey, George W Corbin in New Britain, Mary Caroline Green in Boston, Lucy Emil Buck near Grover Cleveland ties, McPherson Lemoyne in Brookline, Alletta Polhemus Vandeev of Flatbush, Patrick Murray associated with Harrigan, August W Bostroem at Ellis Island, Matthias Block in Newark, Ferdinand Holzau of Harson, Charles P Baptio at 27 East Thirty-first Street, Robert P Lethbridge in Brooklyn, and William Hynes in Bayonne. Names cover officials, business leaders, actors, and civilians with varied deaths from pneumonia, heart disease, old age, or accidents.

Henry Frank Woods Stickney & Poor Spice Company Brookline Mass Philip List New York Lexington Avenue Brooklyn Germany George Whiting Swayne New York Catholic Foundling Asylum New Orleans C. Warren Mason Commicut R. L Providence R. I Clarence H. Scrymser James Alexander Scrymser South American Telegraph Company Alexian Brothers’ Hospital Elizabeth N. J Boston Dr. Campbell London London School Board Lucy Emil Buck William M August W. Bostroem Ellis Island Matthias Block Newark Ferdinand. Holzau Harson Charles P. Baptio East Thirty-first Street Gates Avenue A. T. Stew Cos Johnson & Higgins Visa Brokers Wall Street Manhattan William Hynes Evergreen Street Bayonne Bernard Hynes St. William’s East Pittsburg Bth Lethbridge Robert P. Lethbridge George P Anne E. Lethbridge McCaulley Washington Fark Hospital Chicago William McCaulley Granville Ohio Pfizer Stuttgart Anna Charles Pfizer St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Washington Avenue Greenwood Cemetery Scrymser Clarance H. Scrymser James Scrymser St. Mark’s E New Brigh Squier Audubon Av New York City William Reynoldé George C Buffalo Wetherill City of J.tion Treing Penn Y. Breen Jennings St Bronx Winifred Breen Jersey City Lee Cash Tee Peete Jersey William J. Cash Collins New Rochelle Ellen Dagnan Tobias Falken- Pua Aae Brunswick St the City Bridget Flan Frayer East 116Th St John 8 Frayer Goetz Penne Joseph Goetz Ag . Goodbody Hull St Jennis Goodbody Gray Gray. 150. ‘St. James Place Eliza J. Gray Halligan St. Mark's Av James F. Halligan Hanley East 14Th St James E. Hanley Hanna Lexington Samuel Hanna Haynes William Heynes William Kunath Mahler Astoria Baltina Mahler Mead West Helen G. Mead Miller Morris Myrick Slyck N. Y Nathan H. Ar Norminto James Norminton M. O’callaghan West 13Th St J. Callaghan J A Reehill Russell St Annie C. Reehil Rose Willow Av Hoboken Wil Helmina Rose Fulton St A A. Sanmis Schaatt Bleecker St Andreas Schmitt Schmidt Bloomfield St Henry L. Schmidt Scruton East Orange W William Scruton Sharp Irvington Myron B. Sharp Sheldon Brunswick Amanda Sheldon Shortell Clermont Av Oklyn Richard C. Ae Fo Lake Nev Edwin Strass van Gilder Roseville John van Gilder Webb Ridgewood Emma Oe Wulf Orange Caroline Waite

Marriages in New Jersey and New York City Area Readers

Notices list multiple marriage ceremonies from late 1908 and Dec 1908. Names include Anna Bonney and Compton Miller in New York City, Grace Fackler to George Ludlow, Everett Van Pray to Angela Smith in Newport News, Carrie Sonnenschein to Julius Bloch in Orange, Bessie Leard to Dr Henry Bonynge in Hoboken, Margaret Dulles to Ettore Fontana in Irwin, and Florence Anderson to George Smith in Florence.

Everett van Pray Angela D. Smith Washington, D. C Benjamin Smith Bloch—Sonnenschein Orange N. J Carrie Sonnenschein Julius Bloch Bonynge Leard Hoboken Bessie M. Leard Henry A. Bonynge Fontana—Dulles Irwin Margaret Dulles Ettore R. B. Fontana Smith—Anderson Florence Anderson George Smith

Obituary notices from New York area dates December 1 1908

A long list of death notices and funeral details for residents of Brooklyn New York Hoboken Newark and nearby towns. Entries note names ages and funeral arrangements with details such as addresses and service times. Many items request flowers or copy notices for other papers.

Memorian notices and funeral services in Newark and Brooklyn

In loving memory of Mrs. John who died December 3 1901 a memorial service in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral is planned for Thursday at 10. Belleville New Jersey Catholic notices include names Flannery Stevie and Annie votes Bridget Church Newark with Mass and services in Brooklyn today at 8 AM for James F McGuire and Our Lady.

Fox John Aed Bro Huch Belleville N.d Suree Flannery Stevie N Annie Bridget’s Church Newark

Woodlawn Cemetery and Grand Central Station Ad

Classified notice listing telephone contact for Bowley at 4856 Gramercy and a Rosehill ideal pec adulla item priced at 25 dollars. Includes scattered remnants of names and numbers from a period advertisement page.

Woodlawn Cemete Grand Central Station le See Anne Gramercy Bowley Rosehill Ideal Pec Adulla Filatire Sonat

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