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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1902

Page

7

Debutante season fills New York society with endless entertainments

Society notes detail a bustling social season of débutantes and grand receptions. Major families led by Mrs. Astor, Vanderbilt, Bryce, and Post host events at Sherry's, Delmonico's, and the Metropolitan Club Annex as many young women are introduced, with balls, dinners, cotillions, and dances spanning January.

New York John Jacob Astor Cornelius Vanderbilt Lloyd Bryce Charles A. Post Newfoundland N. J James Cross Harlem Road Chatsworth McAlpin Hall Morristown Country Club Boelle Richard McCurdy Grosvenor Louis Thebaud

Newport society notes from the Muenschinger King cottage

Special to The New York Times from Newport Rhode Island reports Mr and Mrs Eldridge T Gerry and Mrs David King at the Muenschinger King cottage. Robert Sedgwick returns to New York this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt have gone back to New York for a week’s stay.

New York Times Newport R. I Eldridge T. Gerry David King Muenschinger King Cottage Robert Sedgwick New York Alfred G. Vanderbilt

Washington society notes mark season of teas and musicales

Washington society circles report a schedule of Friday evening musicales at the White House beginning December 11 with January events amid a season of teas and receptions. Mrs. Treasury host and Mrs. Shaw hosted a dinner for Iowa-born old friends marking 25 years of marriage. Mrs. Huff hosted a tea for her daughter Carolyne Huff at 1315 Sixteenth Street with prominent guests. Miss Anna Ewing Cockrell debuted at a tea hosted by her father on A Street. Attendees included Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Leonard Wood, and Mrs. John Foster, among others.

New York Times Washington White House Cabinet Army and Navy George F. Huff Huff Pennsylvania Sixteenth Street Carolyne Huff Miss Huff Anna Ewing Cockrell Senator Cockrell Cockrell Depew Leonard Wood John Foster Thomas F. Walsh Wilson Foraker Anita B. Poor Marion Gallaudet Harriet Southerland Diane Morgan Hill

Marie D Brooks Weds John H Burton in St Thomas Church

Miss Marie D Brooks daughter of Mr and Mrs A Brooks of Santiago Cuba married John Howes Burton in St Thomas Church Fifty third Street and Fifth Avenue yesterday The Rev Dr Ernest M Stires officiated The bridegrooms brother Frank V Burton was best man Only immediate relatives attended including Ernest Brooks J H Burton and families After the ceremony the wedding party had breakfast at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Clinton at 30 East Fifty seventh Street

Marie Burr Harmon Frank Denham Harmon Guernsey Curran James Ross Curran St. Thomas’s Church Delmonico’s Miss Harmon France William F. Havemeyer Harriett B. Harmon E. W. Richardson East Sixty-fourth Street Curran Princeton New York Marie D. Brooks A. Brooks Santiago Cuba John Howes Burton Fifty-third Street Fifth Avenue Ernest M. Stires Frank V. Burton Ernest Brooks J. H. Burton Cyrus Clark East Fifty-seventh Street Burton—Brooks St. Thomas's Church D. D E. A. Brooks New York City

Relief from Headache and Heartache with Dr Jayne Tonic

An advertisement claims many sufferings from headache heartache and cares can find sure relief at home with Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge. The copy targets general illness relief and appeals to self treatment at home without medical supervision. The tone is promotional and earnest.

Cuban children released to Point Loma school in California

Eleven Cuban children detained at Ellis Island are ordered released by the Treasury Department and to travel to Point Loma for the Universal Brotherhood School. The decision follows a closed hearing, with supporters asserting the school’s favorable endorsement by Commissioner General Sargent and California authorities. Attorney Kellogg calls the ruling a vindication of Mrs. Tingley and the Raja Yoga School amid anti-Tingley sentiment.

Washington New York Treasury Department Point Loma Universal Brotherhood School California Department Children’s Society of New York F. R. Kellogg Kellogg & Beckwith Children’s Society Sargent Point Loma School United States Int Loma A. G. Spalding ElHs Island Ellis Island Katherine Tingley Raja Yoga School General Sargent State of California Gov Gage Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children Santiago de Cuba Barcadi San Diego Shaw van Pelt

Pleasant days in Lakewood amid golf and society events

Lakewood New Jersey hosts visitors enjoying boating golf croquet and cycling as hotels fill at meal times. Notable items include a cottage fire on Fifth Street with $1000 damage and a fine for George Gould who attended from the community fire department. The piece covers reunions golf games between Wimbledon players Billins and Norcross now concluded in Lakewood and social engagements by Gould and visiting New Yorkers.

The New York Times Lakewood N. J Lake Carasaljo Robert F. Westcott Fifth Street Georgian Court George J. Gould M. Ward New York John Moller W. A.hamilton Epenway John G. Batterson Childs Cottage Lake Drive Wimbledon Links Surrey England Lakewood Golf Club Arthur J. Billins Elliot Norcross Billins Sey Norcross Lakewood Hotel Abraham Stern Board of Education of Justice Newburger Travis Katsworth Hallet Alsop Berrowe Jordan J. Rollins Miss Coeyne William C. Ivison George W. Young Chatsworth Isaac N. Seligman Washington Margaret Seligman Jefferson Seligman Christ Knights of Pythias Hall William J. Ennis S. J St. Ignatius Conca Beneft Church of St. Mary of the Lake Callaghan Church of the

Barnard Sophomores Plan First Class Dance

The Barnard College sophomore class will hold a Dec 19 dance at Brinckerhoff Theatre. It marks a new event for the school as the two lower classes have not previously hosted formal functions. Committee members include Florence Nye Evelyn Goldsmith Catherine Goodyear Alice Smith Florence Meyer Helen Cooley prenene Pillinger and Emily Hutchinson.

Barnard College Brinckerhoff Florence I. Nye Evelyn M. Goldsmith Catherine F. Goodyear Alice van W. Smith Florence Meyer Helen M. Cooley Prenene H. Pillinger Emily J. Hutchnson

Gridiron Club Dinner Burlesques Washington Politics

Washington correspondents at the Gridiron Club dinner in the Arlington Hotel showcased burlesques of recent events and future happenings. The souvenir menu featured House rules, a gavel, and a talk on city govern­ance followed by slides of public buildings. A stand Patters party elected W A Turk as president, two bears appearing as a late humorous highlight amid guests including Moody, Wilson, Hanna, Lodge, Henderson, Cannon, Dalzell, Wood, and others.

Washington Gridiron Club Arlington Hotel White House Capitol Treasury W. A. Turk Southern Railway Bears Mississippi

Saxon Steamship Burns. One Fireman Drowned in Philadelphia

The Saxon of the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company burned early today near Pine Street, leaving one fireman William Seville dead after entering the hold to fight the flames. Three other firemen were hospitalized from smoke. The ship lies in 25 feet of water, loss estimated at $50,000. Built 1862, 200 feet long, it served Philadelphia Providence and Fall River routes.

Philadelphia Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company Pine Street William Seville Seville Providence Fall River The Boston

Dillon Leaves Chicago for New York in Good Health

Special to The New York Times John Dillon the Irish leader is en route to New York from Chicago on the 5:30 Lake Shore express. He is fully restored to his normal health though still a trifle weak from illness.

New York Times Chicago John Dillon New York Lake Shore

Death List of a Day Mrs Henry G Davis

Advices from Washington report the death of Mrs Henry G Davis wife of the former Virginia senator and mother in law of Senator Elkins at Graceland her summer home in Elkins West Virginia on December 6.

Washington Henry_G. Davis St Virginia Elkins Graceland W. Va

Mrs. Fanny D. B. Chase Dies at Hallstead

Susquehanna Pennsylvania December 6 Mrs. Fanny D B Chase wife of Simon B Chase dies at her Hallstead home She was prominent in temperance and missionary circles first National resident of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union ex State President a National lecturer and author on religion and temperance

Susquehanna Penn Fanny D. B. Chase Simon B. Chase Hallstead Woman's Christian Temerance Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Notable Deaths Across States Mention Co Caine Tragedy

Dr Levi J Hixon longtime La Salle resident dies after cocaine overdose. Richard Lavery a retired New York merchant dies in Mount Vernon . Born in Belfast 1830 he joined Grand Street linen business in 1851 then worked until Grover Coox death at Newark home. Thomas Jones Kansas City lawyer found dead in bed coroner cites natural causes. Alfred R Toland dies of apoplexy at Iney Park New Jersey hotel born Glenwood 1841. Civil War veteran served as Asbury Park postmaster and Lake View House owner.

Levi J. Hixon la Salle Richard Lavery New York Mount Vernon N. Y Belfast Ireland Grand Street Roboe Augustus Grover Coox Washington Avenue Newark N. J Olympic Club Thomas Jones Kansas City World's Christian Endeavor Association Missouri Association New York City Utica Alfred R. Toland Iney Park Glenwood Asbury Park Lake View House

Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer Dies in Paris

Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer ex Dean of the University of Chicago women’s department died suddenly in Paris at age 78 while on a European tour with her Harvard professor husband. Born in 1855 in Windsor on the Susquehanna she rose to chair history at Wellesley and later advised the University of Chicago.

Chicago Alice Freeman Palmer University of Chicago Paris A. A. Sprague Palmer Mrs. Palmer Colesville Broome County N. Y James W Elizabeth Higley Freeman Windsor-on-the- Susquehanna University of Michigan Miss Freeman Geneva Lake Wis East Saginaw West Ellesley Ann Arbor Columbia Deferee Wellesley George Herbert Palmer Harvard University Europe Cambridge New University America

Philadelphia Converted to Training Ship at Puget Sound

The cruiser Philadelphia will be transformed into a training ship at Puget Sound Navy Yard. It would cost about $500,000 to remodel, but the department chose this to reuse funds on a new vessel. She will replace the training ship Nip sic, now considered obsolete.

Seattle Philadelphia Navy Puget Sound Navy Yard Nipsic

Radcliffe students' home gift honors Mrs Agassiz

Cambridge December six birth day surprise marks $116,465 total for Radcliffe students home honoring Mrs Louis Agassiz on her eightieth birthday. The Agassiz family gave $50,000 and friends contributed at least $66,465 toward building and maintenance, matching the hoped amount.

Cambridge Mass Louis Agassiz Radcliffe College Radcliffe

Marriages Reported in New York and Abroad

Married notices list Emilie Inness Sublett to Lieut. Ellsworth Price Bertholf at 340 West End Avenue New York on December 8 1902. Also Marie D. Brooks to John Howes Burton wed at St Thomas Church on December 6 in New York. Lucy Tappan Richardson to Albert Morton Lythgoe wed at St Pauls Church Athens on December 6.

Bertholf-Sublett West End Avenue New York City Emilie Inness . Sublett George Inness Ellsworth Price Bertholf United States Revenue Cutter Service

Obituaries and funeral notices from New York area dates 1902

Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Timothy Field Allen and others, with service details and burial plans. Names include Catherine E Brightman, Augustus Glover Cook, Eliza P Gould, Cornelia D Littell, William E Remy, Annie Frances Richards, Alfred L Seton, Mary Agusta Smith, and related family details. Interment sights include Newport Rhode Island and St James Long Island, with churches and times cited.

Grand Army Appointments Announced in Harrisburg

Gen Thomas J Stewart, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issues a headquarters order naming Inspector General F A Walsh of Milwaukee Judge Advocate General Albert Beers of Bridgeport Conn Senior Aide de Camp and Chief of Staff J Cory Winans of Troy Ohio and an Executive Committee of the National Council of Administration including William H H Armstrong Indianapolis Thomas W Scott Fairfield IL Thomas G Sample Alleghany Nelson Viall Howard R William F Shafter San Francisco A A Taylor Cambridge Ohio S C Jones Centre ville Iowa R B Brown of Zanesville Ohio named chairman of the Committee on Pensions replacing Gen R B Beath Philadelphia Also listed are committee members John Palmer New York Charles G Burton Nevada Mo John C Linehan Penacook N H John Black Chicago H E Tainter Hartford Conn and John Lindt Council Bluffs Include note of personnel changes and committee compositions.

Harrisburg Penn Thomas J. Stewart Grand Army of the Republic F. A. Walsh Milwaukee Albert Beers Bridgeport Conn de Camp J. Cory Winans Troy Ohio National Council O Administration William HH. Armstrong Indianaplis Thomas W. Scott Fairfield New York Charles G. Burton Nevada John C. Linehan Penacook N. H John €. Black Chicago H. E. Tainter Hartford

Noted Choirmaster Retires Amid Approaching Blindness

Chicago reports that William Smedley, famed choirmaster linked with St James Episcopal Church since 1885, must retire due to approaching blindness at age sixty seven. Former soloist at Trinity Church New York for sixteen years and choirmaster at All Angels Church New York, he composed numerous church works. The church creates emeritus post for him.

Chicago William Smedley St. James's Episcopal Church Smedley Trinity Church New York City All Angels’ Church New York England St. James's Church Smediey

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Society AT Home and Abroad Elisha Dyer, Jr Harry Ss Lehr Lander Mr. Bagby Mme. Sembrich Gardiner Sherman Jessie Gordon Sherman Metropolitan Club James L. Barclay Adelaide Barclay Emlen Roosevelt Sherry’s Seth Barton French Atterbury Morgan Dix Dix Morgan J. O’brien Ernest Crosby Crosby Artemus H. Holmes Lillian Stokes Holmes William Baylis Adelaide Baylis Hilberne Roosevelt Dorothy Roosevelt John Winthrop Army Army Meadow Brook W. Scott Cameron Maude Livingston Albert Bostwick Clark Mr. Clark Bishop Potter Potter Westchester Marion Pembroke. Jones Mediterranean Riviera Astor Col Adolphadenburg Duncan Elliott Charles B. Alexander Julia Hedden Worthington Charles D. Worthington Julia A. Hedden Justin Walker John Brisben Walker Irvington-on-the-Hudson Worthington Rossiter Sherry Eleanor Russell Morris Henry Lewis Morris R. Hall McCormick, Jr R. Hall McCormick St. Bartholomew's Church Julia Olin Stephen Olin J. Philip Benkard James Benkard Calvary Church Twenty-first Street Fourth Avenue Alice Olin Anna Dodge Rosamond Street Fannie Iselin George R. Dyer Grace Scott Monson Morris James G . Lee Harry Benkard Ernest Is John T. Atterbury Misses Atterbury S. Barton French Delmonico Algernon Sydney Sullivan Gardner Sherman Buckingham Hotel Ladies Charles R. Huntington Delmonico’'s Frederic J. de Peyster East Sixty-sixth Street M. Dwight Collier Georgette Collier Horace Gallatin Kenry Beadlestein Oliver Gould Jennings Edmund Randolph Ley G. Trevor Creighton Webb Arthur Sturges Miss Collier Assembly Hall Auguste Montant Marie Montant Lucy Landon Edward H. Landon Sixty-sixth Street Constance Pratt Florence Howes Lora Page Miss Landon Mrs. Landon Nannie Camac Nicoll Henry Denton Nicoll Nicoll Cornelia le Roy Isabella Wetherill Carola de Peyster Anita Boulton Edith Morton William Mayo Dudley Leonard Nicoll Miss Nicoll Noel Carenter George Christian Charles A. Dana Brent Lefferts William J. Rodgers Oswald Jackson Wistar Kendall W. Mayo Dudley H. Stuyvesant Dudley Albert Hopkins Williamstown Edward H. Haney East Fiftysecond Street Jean Hancy Davis Johnson Madeleine Johnson East Forty-ninth Street Rosalie Campbell Katharine Marion Lyman Louise Scribner Natalie Morrison Helen Harbeck Mrs. Johnson Miss Johnson George R. Schieffelin Staten Island Frederick W. Corse C. Allen Blyth, Jr W. Templeton Johnson Castleton Ballentine H. Mck. Twombly Madison Waldorf- Astoria Kieckhoefer David Bispham Grau Opera Company Miss Leary Frederick Neilson Frederick Vanderbilt Perry Belmont Frederick Bell Charles Astor Bispham Mozart Heathe Gregory Daisy Fields Guild Daisy Fields Englewood Frank Anthony Hall Park MccCullough Nathaniel Foote Carl Loreintzen Heth Lorton Thornburn Reid McCullough House of the Holy Comforter Waldorf-Astoria Henry Munroe Kneeland Berryman Peter D. Martin Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Bleinheim Castle Chambres Des Deputés Faubourg Chambre Duc de Chaulnes Van_Dusen Reed Albany Campania Liverpool Elmer E. Abercrombie Stone Atherton Sir Vincent Kenneth Barrington Francis H. Leggett J. D. Maitland A. Maxwell Tod Ir Henry Wilkinson Muir Wright Poggia Suasa Marquise Talleyrand Perigord Ghatsworth Charles F. Winthrop West Fortyseventh Street Kinney West Fifty-fourth Street John Herman Eden Ruth Eden West Forty-sixth Street Townsend Howes Stamford Dallas Bache Pratt Samuel Untermeyer Alexander van Rensselaer Robert Cassatt Ellen Drexel Paul Mae Drexel Sir Wilfred Lady Laurier Henri Laurier Homestead Hotel Hot Springs Virginia H. Meyer Johnson Grace Baldwin Ruggles West Fiftyninth Street the News OF Newport Society IN Mrs. Tingley Pines Aes George W. Mitchell Larchmont W. N. Coler Brooklyn Laurel In the Pines Guy Henry Witthaus Eugene Littauer Elisha T. Dyer J. Eberhard William Murray Laurel House Ocean County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals Lynx Hall Jasper Brynch Barnard Alfred E. Bates John F. Weston Commissioner E. Ware Scott C. Bone John F. Wilkens Charles C. Glover J. H. Maddy Joseph H. Manley Paul Morton George R. Sheldon J. Henry Small Saxon Burns Philadelphia and Boston Company Henry G. Davis G. W. Krausbaar 28Th 29Th Streets Alice F. Palmer Wellesley College W. Icaria William H. van den Burg M. D J. Perry Seward Brightman New Canaan Catherine E Henry A. Brightman R. I. Cook Washington Av Augustus Glover Cook Gould Chatham Eliza P. Gould John Gould Lackawanna Plattsburg, N. Y Remy Gera Germany William E. Remy Cyp Mills Tone Madison Av Grand Army Stewart Manhattan Buchtenkirch Herbert Bezer Valentine Brener Mary Brogan Michael Breggy William Summit Avidee Ee Bachman Jacob Clarkin Margaret Coleman Ann Converse Flushing Dietsche Veronica D’aleo Caterina Englehardt Fannie Eccles Thomas Egan Ferris Francis Fanelli Angela Ferri Giuseppe Francarillo E . Fitzgerald Washington Fiasco Carmelo Chrystie Martha Pitt St Kamberec Frank Bedford Park Martin Helen Mackey James Mareset Nellie E. Fifth Smoir Marks Alice Avenue Berte Magneleo Philomena Miller Lizzie Sheriff Reilly W. M Robertson Bridget Rosse Yola Rothstein Esther Ryan Ellen Prince Speck F G Hackensack Schilling Augusta Alash Hospital Presbyterian Vragac Eeee Roth Weis Moses Bronx Coffey John Lebanon Ay Kraser Stephen Emile Sierce Marcus Rohen Lincé Whalen Mary A St. Joseph's Hosp Wwoodss Susanna Burke Fillen Davies Sackett St Eichhorn Samuel Cath Gilden George St. Cath Graham Andrew Ft. Greene St Garity Joseph Hosparwick St. Higgin Robert D Hickman Rebecca Hudson Ar. Sen Elizabeth Leochovic Theodore Mahlstedt Eleanors McKay Isabella Piers Charles de Kalb Smith Weiss Gerhard Jefferson St Curtis Wyckoff St Ward Clarence A Lundborg Orgs Violet Ladd & Coffin Barclay Street
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