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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1908

Page

9

Hannele at Deutsches Theatre Reveals Quiet Power

The Deutsches Theatre presents Hannele, with Martha Spier as Hannele and Ferdinand Steil as Gottwald, under challenging Broadway conditions. The review praises the play’s blend of realism and idealism, noting its vision of a child’s soul, the celestial finale, and the film of reverent restraint that remains impressive despite imperfect staging.

Gerhart Hauptmann Hannele Fifth Avenue Theatre New Deutsches Theatre Broadway Huneker Aramele Gotthold Johanna Katherina Mattern Heaven Martha Spier Mr. Steil Gottwald

Stage Scene Praises Tis and Dark Angel in Production

A detailed critique lauds a reading of dramatic tableaux including Christ and cheese scenes and the Great Dark Angel. It notes Hedwig Reicher and Alfes Von Tasso delivering strong performances plus supporting roles by Lowenfeld, Fieschke, and Lind. The review commends lighting, Grieg music, and the overall tasteful presentation despite casting quirks.

Henry Marlow Martha Hannele Hedwig Reicher Alfes von ‘Tasso Lowenfeld Nurmser Lind Grieg

President Roosevelt Hosts First State Dinner of Season

President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted the first of three state dinners marking the season. The guest list included the Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks, Cabinet members, former Secretary Morton, and other dignitaries. Decor featured red roses and candles. Marine Band played in the corridor.

New York Times Washington Roosevelt Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton White House Marine Band Fairbanks Secretary of the Treasury Wright Bonaparte Meyer Agers Corps Supreme Court

Reception for a debutante at Mrs Merle Smiths 29 West Fifty Fourth Street

Mrs Merle Smith hosted a debutante reception yesterday at her residence to introduce Miss Dorothy Merle Smith. The receiving party included Sophia Townsend Harriet Alexander Margaret Sloane Adelia Pyle Frances Dickey Julia Loomis and Barbara Armour of Princeton. A large dinner followed with numerous invited guests including Jean Delano Gertrude Beekman Emily Coe Josephine Osborn and others along with Tiffany Richardson Alfred Loomis Harold Imbrie Alfred Olcott Charles Dana and more.

Engagement announced of Lois Mackay and Roland Elleman

The engagement is announced of Miss Lois Mackay of New York and Mount Kiscote Roland Elleman of New York. Miss Mackay is well known in ae where she is now the guest of Miss Williams.

New York Times Albany Lois Mackay New York Mount Kiscote Roland Elleman

Local church marriage of Rogert Greenwood Southack and Josephine Ward

Rogert Greenwood Southack and Miss Josephine Allen Ward were married at St. Luke's Church by Rev. Henry C. Swentzel. The bride wore white liberty satin and was attended by her sister as a bridesmaid and Woodruff Ward as maid of honor. Best man was Le Roy Christy, with a large group of ushers. A reception followed at the bride's parents home, and the couple will reside at 588 West End Avenue.

Rogert Greenwood Southack F. T. Southack West End Avenue Josephine Allen Ward Rodney A. Ward St. Luke’s Church Henry C. Swentzel Miss Roth Woodruff Ward Grace F. Lamb Marjorie Allen Curtis Marguerite A. Coughlin Ruth Howard Anne Allen Ward Rath Thurston Th Thurston Louise F. Means Manchester N. le Roy Christy Montclair N. J Mr. Southack Rodney Ward, Jr Marshall M. Bartholomew Clifton Wolcott Rochester George Emmons Schenectady J. Franciseller Newbury Arthur W. B. Thompson Charles Donald Thompson L. Percival Galt New York

Benefit for St Vincent's Hospital Reception and Dance

The annual reception and dance to aid the hospital’s sick poor will be held on Wednesday January 18 at the Waldorf Astoria. Auxiliary officers include Mrs Joseph J O Donohue President Mrs Delano A Kane Mrs Joseph B Bissell and Mrs Daniel O Day Vice Presidents Mrs Constantine J Mac Guire Treasurer Mrs Joseph Steven Jr Secretary and Miss Brady Corresponding Secretary. Tickets available at the hospital.

St. Vincent's Hospital Waldorf-Astoria Joseph J. O’donohue Delano A. Kane Joseph B. Bissell Daniel O'Day Constantine J. MacGuire Joseph Steven, Jr

Social events chronicled in New York society notes

The day brings a Japanese tableaus benefit for the Orthopedic Ward at Plaza with a Japanese orchestra and prominent guests. Debutante daughters Marjorie and Muriel Kingsland are featured at Sher ry's. Receptions for Marian Smyth Elizabeth Oakley Denning Rosalind Romeyn and more occur at various addresses. A Barnard Sophomore reception and a concert for the Music School Settlement also take place featuring noted artists and guests.

Post Graduate Hospital Stephen H. Pell Edward McVickar Plaza A. C. Kingsland Marjorie Muriel Kingsland Sherry's Sidney Lanier Smyth East Josephine Osborn Lucia Purdy East Thirtyeight’ Street Princess Kang Florence Wyeth Charles Flint Rathbone Bacon Horace Fletcher Cooper Hewitt Grosvenor Nicholas H. P. McVickar Ricardo Martin Metropolitan Sigismond Stojowski Mme Henry Gennert George Clarke Thomas Wilbur Cridler Gustav R. Douglas Crane A. Walter Herzog Brill Frederick Ho Julian Clarence Leagh Williams Prague K. Kuhn Sydney Max Evans Miss Evans Henry Wise Maryfloth Henry Lansing Wardwell Music School Arte Dorothea Wardwe Marian Regory

Le Villi Opens Met Opera Double Bill With Cavalleria Rusticana

The Metropolitan Opera presented Puccini's Le Villi paired with Cavalleria Rusticana. Cast featured Destinn, Gay, Caruso, Bonci, Alda, and Amato under Toscanini. Review notes Le Villi as immature with crude orchestration and modest vocal results, while Cavalleria Rusticana delivered a powerful performance led by Caruso and Destino in standout turns.

Metropolitan Opera House Puccini Villi Mme. Destinn Mme. Gay Caruso Ampere Messrs Bonci Ama‘o Mme. Alda le Villi Grau Felten Caruso Mme. Destini Giacomo Puccini Conservatory Manon Lescaut Metropolitan Ferdinando Fontana Heine Germany Wilis Théophile Gautier Adam New York TIMES Fontana Black Forest Roberto Anna Mayence Ugelmo Wulf Rayer Willie Alps Cavalleria Rusticana Lame Bonet Amato Wulf Willi Metropolcan Toscanini Turiddu Mme. Destina

Charity Bazaar Aids Sanitorium Gabriels Raise $2000

A large crowd attended the Waldorf North Woods bazaar raising $2000 for Sanitorium Gabriels. Notable contributions included an $800 table by Mrs W F Sheehan and a $500 donation by check. Various tea toy and novelty tables operated by numerous volunteers aided the event. Harry Lauder canceled his Scotch impersonations.

Gabriels North Woods Waldorf W. F. Sheehan John Duncan Emmet C. J. Welsh Margaret. Harris Mildred Townsend Muriel Morris Ruth King Anita Peabody Sadie Jones Olive Hitchcock Paul Morton Frederic Pearson Glen Collins Spotswood Schenck C. A. Childs FP. Y. Dalziel J. H. Smith William Wee Schuyler Warren de Barrill Scott Yoakum Oelrichs O’brien Pratt Pearsons Harriet Alexander Dorothy King Leary C. A. Bristed E. Lyttleton Fox Reginald Vanderbilt Nicholas Brady Tucker Helen Miller Lisa Suydam Katherine Steward Gertrude Brown Marion Stoddard F. Burrall Hoffman James Bliss Townsend Mercedes Evelyn Crimmins Miss McCann Ellen Rogers Rosalie O’brien Dorothy Bigelow Dorothy Wotan Marjorie Gould Dorothy Hayden Beatrice Claflin Virginia Murray Margaret McClure Harry Lauder

Musicale at Mrs Sherrill's Hosts 150 Guests

Mrs. Charles H. Sherrill held a musical at 20 East Sixty fifth Street with about 150 guests. Performers included Mme Cavalieri Francis Rogers and Bruno Huhn. A supper followed in a decorated dining room as guests arrived in formal attire amid roses and palms. Notables present included Paul Morton Archer Huntington Paul Cravath Junius Morgan and the Sherman party among others.

Charles H. Sherrill East Sixtyfifth Street Mme. Cavalieri Francis Rogers Bruno Huhn Sherrill Paul Morton Archer M. Huntington Paul Cravath Junius Morgan Howard Page Misa Ione Page William Es . Shepherd William A. Perry Jacob Wendell, Jr Howard Mansfield H. H. Fite Wendell Baker Alexander B. Cox Charles B. Cox G. Howard Davison Cary T. Hutchinson Gilbert Jones Miss Cross Erskine Hewitt Gerard B. Hoppin Judge Barlow William Allen Chester H. Aldrich Franklin Plummer Henry B. Barnes, Jr Otto T. Barnard Charles Page Bryan J. Dudley Ryder Rutgers B. Jewett Sherman

Mrs Whitridge Hosts Dinner and Dance for Daughters

Mrs Frederick W Whitridge entertained guests at 16 East Eleventh Street with a dinner and dance for her daughters Eleanor and Joan Whitridge. The evening featured four dining tables, Lander's Orchestra, and a buffet supper after midnight with numerous débutantes and escorts in attendance.

Frederick W. Whitridge East Eleventh Street Eleanor Joan Whitridge Eleanor Whitridge Lander

Funeral services for Donald G. Mitchell author

Funeral services for Donald G. Mitchell author held at his home this afternoon with Rev J Frederick Sexton officiating. Interment followed in Woodbridge Cemetery family plot. In keeping with the author desire, the service was simple and private with family pallbearers.

New Haven Donald G. Mitchell Mitchell J. Frederick Sexton St. James’s Episcopal Church of Westville Woodbridge Cemetery Ipdale Cemetery

Hammerstein Plans A Finer Opera House

Oscar and Arthur Hammerstein announce plans for a new opera house to replace the Manhattan theater. Two sites near Columbus Circle are eyed with work likely to start within a year. The project aims to move uptown as Penn Station’s completion reshapes the Great White Way.

Oscar Hammerstein Manhattan Columbus Circle Mr. Hammerstein Pennsylvania Station Thirty-fourth Street Hammerstein Philadelphia Arthur Hammerstein Fifty-ninth Street

George Arliss Stages Benefit for Ride-a-Wee Animals

George Arliss with Blanche Bates and Hamilton Revelle prepare a benefit at the Waldorf Astoria Astor Gallery for the Ride-a-Wee Home for Animals to rescue dogs and cats from eviction. The 3 pm Monday performance features My Aunt's Advice and other acts to raise funds for the society.

George Arliss Arliss Blanche Bates Hamilton Revelle Thomas Wise Henri Leoni Clifton Crawford R. C. Campbell Astor Gallery Waldorf-Astoria

Empire Theatre Property Up for Partition Sale

The Empire Theatre and adjoining Broad Street corner building set for partition sale on January 7 at Joseph P Day Vesey Street Salesroom. Owned by Al Hayman and the Sanger heirs, settlement of the Sanger estate drives the sale. Charles Frohman, with Rich Harris, leased the theatre in 1892 and controls property until May 1 1912, sale subject to his rights.

Empire Theatre Broadway Fortieth Street Joseph P. Day Vesey Street al Hayman Frank W. Sanger Sanger Charles Frohman Rich &Harris

Hospital Saturday and Sunday aid drive to support New York City hospitals

The Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association of New York City urges prompt generous contributions for the General Fund to aid sick poor through hospital care. Donations may be sent to General Treasurer Charles Lan or via church and synagogue collections, trade auxiliaries, or the Woman's Auxiliary with a January 15, 1909 deadline.

The Hospital New York City John C. Eames H. B. Claflin Co R. J. Cress August Secarrode Tobacco and Trades Wm. H. Cummings E. Rosenwald Geo. A. Plympton R. R. Bowker Julius Robertson Eugene H. Conklin Lee Kohns Henry Witte Wm. S. Pitcairn Samuel Ullman Charles R. Porter H. B. Tremaine C. H. Ditson Hugo Sohmer Rudolph J. Schaefer George Ehret, Jr A. C. J. Huepfel Henry Heide Joseph M. Greenfield H. Maillard Wm. Rutherford Mead Robert W. Gibson H. J Theo. Hofstatter Emile Baumgarten R. J. Horner Ethelbert Belknap Otto M. Hidlitz James R. Strong Wm. MH. McCord Chas. T. Wills John Downey Paul Starrett James G. Beemer Charles N. Brizse Printing and Allied Trades Committee William C. Popper Woman's Auxiliary James Speyer Madison Avenue Charles Lan Cedar St George Macculloch Miller

Faithful Bridget Shelley Dies After Generations With Moses Family

Bridget Shelley longtime friend and house companion of the late Lionel Moses dies at home 13114 Sixth Ave Brooklyn She joined the family at the birth of the first child and stayed through seven children later married but returned to live with the Moses family Her husband Thomas died last year The Moses clan will attend her funeral at St Augustine's Church Brooklyn tomorrow morning at o'clock

Bridget Shelley Lionel Moses Sixth Avenue Brooklyn Moses Thomas West Fifty-seventh Street Manhattan Bridget St. Augustine’s Church

Obituary notices from Plainfield and surrounding areas

A succession of obituaries notes deaths of Mrs Adelaide Denison Drayton in Plainfield New Jersey ex sanitary official William Taaffe Albert King Chapin Benjamin Beekman Miss Sadie Stringham Mary Love Allison Edward A Coffin Manuel Campos Fanny A Sutphen and Lewis C Burt. The notices list ages places and family connections including three Drayton sons William H J Wis wall Drayton J Gilmore Drayton and others connected to New York Cork Ireland Brooklyn and Plainfield.

Adelaide Denison Drayton R. Henry Depew Plainfield N. J Samuel Wiswall Fulton William H. Drayton J. Wiswall Drayton New York J. Gilmore Drayton Niagara Falls William F. Taaffe New York Public Schools Wastieton Corners Staten Island Union Railway Cork Ireland William P. Taaffe Highway Bureau The Bronx Thomas Gaffney Taaffe College of the City of Benjamin Beekman Abraham Beekman Beekman Manhattan Mansion House Brooklyn Sarah Wayne Sadie Stringham Amityville L.I Louisville Penelope Alice E. Ives New England Mary Love Allison Richard Allison Rutherford Edward A. Coffin American Trust Company Boston Manuel Campos Buenos Ayres Juarez Argentina Fanny A. Sutphen John C Sutphen New Jersey Gilbert New York City

Local Marriage Notices From New Jersey and New York Records

A list of marriage transfers dated December 15 to December 17 shows transfers in New Jersey and New York. Parties include Laura H. Dupre to William H. Angelman, Sarah A. Cross to Charles P. Daly, Angie Buckelew to Jacob Jobes, Grace Gulick to Forrest Gulick, Mary Cronin to Harry Linhoff, Louise Odenwalder to Louis Oedeier, Edith Woolnough to Walter Parnell Jr., and Agnes Ihlefeld to Dr. Augustus Zimmerman, with locations Newark Union Freehold Queens and Daly Cross.

N. J Mary Cronin Harry Linhoff Moeller—Odenwalder Union la N. J Louise Odenwalder Louis E. Oelier Parnell—Woolnough Edith L.woolnough Walter H. Parnell, Jr. Zimmerman Ihlefeld Queens L. L Agnes E. Ihlefeld Augustus Zimmerman

Obituary notices from Larchmont Manor and surrounding areas

Deaths and funeral notices from December 1908 list Veronica Bird Milton Dorland Adelaide Denison Adolph Frankel Augustus Green Han cock Hancock John Huntsman Jane McCreery Hermann Mueller Morris Newman Jennie Palmer Mary Emma Pope Bridget Shelley Annie Stewart Henry Stobbe Fannie Sutphen Wilfrid Taaffe Thomas W White and George Arnold with residences in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. Services set at homes chapels churches and local cemeteries with trains and arrival times noted where available.

Milton L. Dorland West 127Th St Stephen Merritt Poughkeepsie Drayton Adelaide Denison John B. Drayton R. Henry Depew Hillside Av Plainfield N. J Frankel West 112Th St Adolph Frankel Green Elmhurst N. Y Augustus C Green St. James's P. E Hancock Cambridge Place Brookne Lenna Cole Hancock Hauncey B. Hamcock Huntsman Providence R. I John Fletcher Huntsman Newark Union Congregational Church McCreery Jane P. McCreery Hugh McCreery Wyse Bronxville Cemetery Mueller Hermann A. Mueller Strong Place Brooklyn Newman Morris Newman East 108Th St Palmer Orawanpum St White Plains Jennie Palmer Nelson D. Thomson Edward 8. Clinch, Jr Morton K. Averill Shelley Bridget Bibby Thomas Shelley Lionel Moses Stewart Annie David Stewart 104Th St Amsterdam Stobbe Henry Stobbe Lorimer St Fannie A John C. Sutphen Taaffe Wilfem F. Taaffe Anns Mary Taaffe Tomas Gaffney Co A Francis x Teatte Manor Road Castleton Corners Church of Sacred Heart West Naw Brighton St. Peter’s Cemetery West Slat St Thomas W Dora de W

Funeral notices scattered from New Jersey to Brooklyn across December

Funeral notices list names and addresses from Kearny Newark Jersey City Asbury Park Long Branch and Brooklyn. Entries include ages dates and notes like funeral to-day or tomorrow for individuals such as Barbara Graumann 86 in Brooklyn and Harold Danforth 38 in East Orange with many others across New York and New Jersey.

Baron Kearny N. J Eleanor Behm Holland St Newark Ernest Behm Black Buffalo Av Brooklyn Des David Black Eye Blair Long Branch Robert Bletz Blessing Liberty N. Y Chpates Boulton Rahway J. Boulton Cohen East 140Th St Colla Washington Nathan Curl Damm President St Frank P. Damm Danforth East Orange Harold Danforth English Hicks St Catherine English Flanagan Ten Eyck St Park Place Annie A. Kiern Kilroe Nutley Matthew Kilroe Knuppel Paterson Plank Road West Hoboken Christina_Knut LEHRKINDER Steven St Hoeboken Emma Lehrkinder McPartland Grand Mary McPart Land Maisch East Gottfried Muddiman Henry Muddiman M. Muncher Griffith St Jersey City Dea Wilhelmina Muncher Nagle Long Island City William J. Nagle Neuber West 117Th St Amelia Beubery O’keefe Avenue C Margaret O'K O’nfeill Wyckoff St William O Katherine Uinn.rein West 117Th Catherine EB. Rein Emma Sutton Manhattan Lyn Ernst von Blomberg Welch Hampton Junction Michael Welch Wenz New Rochelle Frederick Wenz Whalen St. Mary’s Hospital Helen F. Whalen Ae Whowel Kent Brooklys Harriet Whowell Ce Woodall Charles Weall Yetman Asbury Park Annie Zwicker Bronx Elizabeth Zwicker

Brown Requiem Mass Held in Memory of Cag at Asee

Memoriam notice notes a requiem mass in memory of a person named Cag at Asee ait-Churchs on Saturday. Also mentions Mass at Frank Pan church and Neema, with reference to McGovern and a church in N. J. unclear.

Brown Frank Pan Neema Cei McGovern Me ‘Sey van Church N. J

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