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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1902

Page

9

Third Philharmonic Pugnos Strenuous Performance

The Philharmonic’s third rehearsal shows notable gains with Berlioz and Brahms pieces. Damrosch conducts Brahms Second Symphony with warmth and precision, Pugno shines in Saint-Saens Fourth Piano Concerto, and the program ends with Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Final Scene.

Friends of the Philharmonic Society Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini Philharmonic Brahms Damrosch Mr. Damrosch Pugno Saint-Saéns

Society Wedding News and Grand Entertaining Set

The social page details Miss Kountzé and Robert Livingston wedding at Grace Church and several debutante events. It lists receptions by Mrs. John C. Calhoun and Mrs. Spencer Aldrich, the wedding of Miss Effie Caesar to Reginald E. Bonner at St James’s Church, and a large Sherry’s dance for Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt’s family. It notes numerous guests, Attendants, and society figures plus upcoming dinners and a Waldorf Astoria doll bazaar for tuberculosis care.

Kountzé Robert Livingston Grace Church John C. Calhoun Julia Calhoun Edward Victor Loew Loew Spencer Aldrich Mary A. Aldrich Amos Merrell Townsend Howes Miss Howes Buckingham Hotel Sherry Dallas Bache Pratt Constance Pratt Alexander Hadden Waldorf-Astoria Gabriels Paul Smith W. R. Grace John G. Agar

Tannhauser Returns to Met Opera With Largely Repeated Cast

The third performance of Tannhauser at the Metropolitan Opera House repeats the same principal lineup with Anthes as Tannhauser, Gadski Elisabeth, Homer Venus, and Bispham Wolfram. Seggard debuts as the Shepherd, while Hertz conducts with swifter tempo and Paris-version pacing, omitting the pilgrims chorus.

Tannhauser Metropolitan Opera House Mr. Anthes Mme. Gadski Elisabeth Mme Homer Venus Mr. Bispham Wolfram Mme. Seggard Paris Venusberg

Unauthorized Shakespearean Reader Disrupts Met Opera Encounter

A tall man forced his way into Ernest Goerletz's presence at the Metropolitan Opera and offered to read Shakespeare at Sunday's concert. He spoke to Goerletz and baritone Campanari, grew violent, and fled when directed to contact conductor Mancinelli, forgetting to leave his address.

Metropolitan Opera Ernest Goerletz Maurice Grau Thirty-ninth Street Mr. Goerletz Mr.Goerletz Shakespeare Mr. Goerlitz Campanari Goerletz

Notes of the stage and touring opera plans

Maurice Gray remains in a nervous condition after a week old carriage accident and may not return to his post within a fortnight. F W Sanger covers duties. Alice Roosevelt attended a Criterion box party hosted by Miss Metcalf. Thomas Seabrooke ill, understudy Frederick Mace received approval. Luin Glaser returns to New York after six weeks at Hot Springs and will open Dolly Varden in Buffalo next week. The Bostonians opera company plans a world tour sailing January from the Pacific Coast heading to Australia New Zealand Tasmania Philippines Hong Kong India South Africa and finishing in London and the provinces.

Maurice Gray F. W. Sanger Luin Glaser Hot Springs New York Dolly Varden Buffalo Bostonians Opera Company Pacific Australia New Zealand Tasmania Philippines Hongkong India South Africa London Provinces

Notable Names List In Social Page

A social page listing numerous attendees and hosts includes W. H. Vandenberg Mr and Mrs Satterlee Swartwout Mr and Mrs William Purring ton Mr and Mrs Frank Rehn Mr and Mrs Merriam Mr and Mrs William Derrick Mr and Mrs Adams Miss Mabel Estelle Adams Mrs J C Buxton and Miss Paxton of North Carolina Mrs Otto Richardson Mr and Mrs Walter Hubbard Mr and Mrs George Luddington Mr and Mrs John Bussing Dr Kittredge the Misses Luddington Mrs William Jong of Washington and ex District Attorney George Graham of Philadelphia.

W. H. Vandenberg Satterlee Swartwout William Purrington Frank Rehn John Bussing Kittredge Luddington William Jong Washington George Graham Philadelphia

Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Third Large Tea in Washington

Special to The New York Times reports Mrs Roosevelt held a four to six tea in the White House. North door led guests into the Colonial hall with red parlor velvet rooms. Cabinet members and society guests circulated in the state dining room, mingling with figures like Col Bingham Major McCawley and Miss Knox.

New York Times Washington Roosevelt Col. Bingham Charles McCawley Shaw Knox Payne West Virginia Moncheur Miss Clayton Legation Foraker Fairbanks Warren Beveridge Elihu Frost Joseph Holt Gaines Lucy Elizabeth Kean William Sheffield Cowles Edward Harriman New York Mme Mayor Des Planches Italy

Young People Ballet Event At Sherry's

The S. T. A. Young People's Association of the West End Synagogue hosts a dance at Sherry's tonight with patronesses Mrs. De Sola Mendes Mrs. A Wechsler Mrs. E Goodman Mrs. J A Joseph and Mrs. Heideman. It begins a planned series of dances for the season.

Sherry’s S. T. A. Young People’s Association of West End de Sola Mendes A. Wechsler E. Goodman J. A. Joseph Heideman

Antiques and Christmas Gifts at the Woman's Exchange

A Woman's Exchange showroom on Forty third Street features an array of antique and reproduction items for Christmas. Highlights include a round point lace collar priced around 600 dollars, an ermine bridal fur set for 40 dollars, a pearl-set gold chain at 125 dollars, and a four-salt silver set with spoons for 18 dollars. Also offered are Benares brass reproductions, raffia baskets, packing paper packs for 50 cents, Anne Hathaway cottage watercolors from 1 to 2.50 dollars, a four-leaf clover golf score book, liberty gauze head coverings, hatpin holders, lace-edged silk kerchiefs, a muffineer sugar shaker at 20 dollars, and a silk work basket with shell scallops.

Woman's Exchange Fortythird Street Exchange

Perils of Car Crowding Highlighted by Merchants Association

New York Merchants Association urges 6000 doctors and fourteen clergymen to help ease overcrowded public conveyances. Overcrowding blamed on street railway firms failing to provide facilities. S.C. Mead says elevates stations could add two wide stairways as a corrective step.

Merchants’ Association of New York S.C. Mead

Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge Ady Promotes Health

Advertisement touts Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge as a remedy to improve health in growing children who show signs of illness. Claims persistent use strengthens and revitalizes those with impaired health.

Jayne

Lorenz Demonstrates Rapid Hip Dislocation Repairs

Dr. Adolf Lorenz performs four hip dislocation operations in New York venues including Bellevue Medical College and Vanderbilt Clinic. He reduces a double dislocation in one minute twenty five seconds, praises his bloodless method, and notes improved muscle preservation and leg growth with movable hips.

Adolf Lorenz New York Bellevue Medical College Vanderbilt College For Lorenz College of Physicians and Surgeons Virgil P. Gibney Stock Exchange America Metropolitan Opera House George Gould Kings’ County Hospital Brooklyn Tarrytown New York State Hospital Ardsley Club Boston

Alliance Francaise to Co operate With Columbia

The Alliance Francaise of New York held its annual meeting at Carnegie Hall where officers were elected and a new contract with Columbia University announced. The pact will establish French language literature and history courses and public lectures under joint auspices, with a governing committee including the French Consul General and university leaders.

Alliance Francaise of New York Carnegie Hall West Fifty-seventh Street James H. Hyde General de Magny Adolphe Cohn Alliance B Martinique Rochambeau Washington Butler Columbia University Alliance Francaise of New York Alliance Francaise Federation United States Alliance Hyde Frederic R. Coudert, Jr Benjamin D. Woodward Robert J. Hoguet Georges Dante Elizabeth Marbury William H. Tolman Georges Gibie

Col Robert G Smith Marries in Jersey City

Announcement from Jersey City reports the marriage of Col. Robert G. Smith commander of the Fourth Regiment N G NJ and head of the Jersey City Street and Water Board to Mrs Frances Cairns Smith of Manhattan. The ceremony was conducted at his bride’s home by Rev S Lancey Townsend of the Church of All Angels. Mrs. Smith’s first husband served as Jersey City Fire Commissioner.

Jersey City Robert G. Smith Jersey City Street and Water Board Cunard Line Manhattan Frances Cairns Smith One Hundred and Fifth Street West End Avenue Eiten S. Lancey Townsend Church of All Angels

Funeral for Mrs. Grant to be held at Grant tomb

Funeral arrangements are set in New York for Mrs. Julia Dent Grant with interment at the Grant tomb tomorrow at 11 AM. The Grant Monument Association leads the service with special military honors and attendance by high officials, judges, and naval and army officers.

Julia Dent Grant Gen. Grant Grant Monument Association Jersey City Meigs U. S. Grant Post B. G. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church Mackaye Smith United States Circuit Court of Appeals United States Circuit Court Southern Department United States District Court City of New York Port of New York United States District Attorney United States Marshal City of New York Admiral Barker Columbia College New York University Chamber of Commerce Bishop Potter Archbishop Farley The Cleveland William C. Whitney Benjamin F. Tracy Fitzhugh Lee Joseph Wheeler Roe Grand Army Albert L. Mills West Point Military Academy Charles G. Treat West Point Platt Depew New Jersey Albert C. Bakewell Grand Army of the Republic New York State Wilcox Partridge Loyal Legion Society of the Army of the Potomac U. S.grant Post Brooklyn Army of the Tennessee Army of the Cumberland John B. Gordon United Confederate Veterans

Funeral rites for Gen Swayne held at St Bartholomews Church

Funeral services for Gen Wager Swayne will be at St Bartholomews Church Madison Avenue and Forty fourth Street at 2 30 PM tomorrow. Burial with full military honors follows at Arlington National Cemetery at 10 30 AM Monday. The New York State Commandery of the Loyal Legion and Ohio Society members will attend.

Wager Swayne St. Bartholomew’s Church Madison Avenue Forty-fourth Street National Cemetery Arlington Washington, D. C New York State The Loyal Legion U. S. Army St. Bartholomew's Church Madison Av 44Th St Henry L. Burwnett A. Noel Blakeman U. S. Navy Ohio Society of New York Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Manhattan Colgate Hoyt M. Applegate

Patrick Shea Dead After Forty Five Years with Railroad

Patrick Shea of Summit New Jersey died at 78 after four and a half decades with the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad. He never missed a day of work. He left twenty two children, thirteen with his wife, and his eldest son is Prof. James J. Shea of the Boston Athletic Association.

Patrick Shea Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Summit N. J James J. Shea Boston Athletic Association

Samuel H. Hunt Fractures Hip After Accident

Samuel H. Hunt, a longtime New Jersey political figure and president of the Merchants' National Bank of Newton, is ill at his son’s Brooklyn home after a Tuesday accident that left him with a fractured left hip. He is eighty nine years old.

Samuel H. Hunt New Jersey Joseph H. Hunt Quincy Street Brooklyn Hunt Mr. Hunt Merchants’ National Bank of Newton N.J

Benedict will leaves 85 thousand to charities

Ezra Benedict lumber merchant whose estate tops 2.25 million will probate today. Charities receive 85 000 with the residue divided among relatives led by Ezra H Stevens his cousin and former private secretary who gets about a million. Baptist groups obtain 10000 10000 and 5000 respectively.

Albany N. Y Ezra Benedict Ezra H. Stevens American Baptist Home Missionary Society The Baptist Missionary Union Baptist Publication Society

Will of Mrs. C. K. Adams to fund Wisconsin fellowship

Redlands California December 19. By the will of Mrs Martin Adams widow of Charles Kendall Adams President of the University of Wisconsin the university receives a large part of the estate. Executors named are Robert Mathews Rochester New York and Henry D Ely Redlands. John Mathews Paterson New Jersey receives 2000 dollars. other relatives and friends receive various items. Two paintings and Adams books and periodicals go to the Regents of Wisconsin and the residue funds the fellowship fund created by President Adams will.

Redlands Cal Martin Adams Charles Kendall Adams University of Wisconsin Robert Mathews Rochester N. Y Henry D. Ely Adams

Women’s temperance group seeks convention venue

The Milwaukee W C T U cannot find a suitable hall for the National Convention of the White Ribboners. The session venue will be referred to the National Executive Council. Cities in the running include Los Angeles Louisville and Columbus Ohio. Milwaukee is favored but lacks a hall without a saloon nearby.

New York Times Milwaukee Wis Woman’s Christian Temperance Union National Executive Council Los Angeles Louisville Columbus Ohio White Ribboners

Deaths of Eugene Hughes and Mary Goucher Cast Echoes

Syracuse:Cicero Hughes succeded Col Gaynor as Democratic State Committee treasurer and died suddenly in Buffalo at age 45 while supervising a breakwater project. He leaves a wife and two children. Baltimore: Mary Cis Goucher founder of the Woman's College of Baltimore died. wife of Rev Dr John F P Goucher, aided 100 Indian school endowments and wider charities.

New York Times Syracuse N. Y Eugene Hughes John F. Gaynor Democratic State Committee Buffalo Hughes Hughes Brothers & Bangs Andrew J Connick New York City Baltimore Mary Cis Goucher Woman’s College of John FP. Goucher Goucher India

Notable Obituaries From Early 20th Century Notices

Dr. James F. Doolittle died in Ballston New York at 77 after fifty years practicing homeopathy He is survived by five children Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association secretary George W Evans died of pneumonia in Rah way New Jersey at 79 He was superintendent of the Summer Sunday School and a charter member Five terms Ohio Legislator Charles P Griffin died in Toledo of angina pectoris He had earlier managed National Life Insurance in New York 1873 to 1879 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Simpson died of apoplexy in Jersey City at 87 She was wife of Reuben Simpson longtime Finance Board member active in Linden Avenue Methodist Church and Home for the Homeless manager.

James F. Doolittle Ballston N. Y George W. Evans Ocean Grove Ohio Toledo New York National Life Insurance Company Mary Elizabeth Simpson Danforth Avenue Jersey City Reuben Simpson Finance Board Linden Avenue Methodist Church Home For

Marriages in New York and Edinburgh

Louise Gordon daughter of Mrs. Ernest Hamilton Peck married Dudley F. Phelps Jr at 21 East 85th Street. Julia Tod daughter of the late Andrew Tod and niece of John Stewart Kennedy wed George Heron Wilson of Hawick Scotland at Elmpark Edinburgh.

Phelps—Peck East 85Th St Ernest M. Stires Louise Gordon Ernest Hamilton Peck Dudley F. Phelps Wibson—Tod Elmpark Edinburgh Thomas Kennedy Julia Andrew Tod John Stewart Kennedy George Heron Wilson Hawick Scotland

Notable Obituaries and Funeral Notices Chronical

Obituaries and funeral notices for Harriet S Biddle Laura Sherman Ludwigsen Gen Wager Swayne and Augusta Thorn are recorded with service details and interment plans. The Loyal Legion units plan to attend with a hotel assembly and church ceremony at St Bartholomew in New York.

Biddle Harriet S John Biddle East 17Th St Greenwood Ludwigsen Laura Sherman Ludwigsen Morningside Newark New Orleans

Deaths Reported December 19 in New York City

List of deceased individuals with ages and addresses including James Avent 159 E 123rd St age 174 Simon Abraham 256 Delancey St age 76 Nannette Bail 1040 Madison Ave age 77 Elvira Bramacio 166 Mulberry St age 31 Jessie Burns 48 Greenwich St age 21 Thomas Brett 4309 Broadway age 42 James Belcher 282 11th Ave age 118 and many others with addresses in Manhattan and nearby areas.

Avent James M Abraham Simon Delancey St Bail Nannette Madison Bramacio Elvira Mulberry Burns Jessie G Greenwich St Brett Thomas W Broadway Belcher James T Berg William Buttacavoli Bradley, Eden Lewis St Eee Cummins Esther Ludlow Coyne Timothy W. 13Th Dunn, Louise Dawson Helen Farentina Assenta Goerck Fagan Catherine Fallon Sarah A Fitzpatrick John Ginny Johanna Greenberger Fannie Stanton Gearity Connolly Lucy Converse Oliver E W. 76Th St Hall Elizabeth Macdougal St Henderson Kath W. 54Th St Hughes Mott St Johnson Bowery Jouvenal Wilhelmina Kaufman Isidor Allen St Lista Antonia Long Branch N. J Luby Margaret Albany St Carroll James Hamill Madeline Lenahan Julia C Michaels Joseph Rivington St Michel Celestine West End Mopson Betsy Monroe St Ot Martin Bella F 16Th St Miraglia Gertrude Perua Rafaelo Pipp Annie Quinn Bridget D E. Th St Russo Carmello W. Broadway Rooney W. 17Th St Raabe, H Lafayette Mazseo Vito Morris 1St St Jersey City McDevitt, Edward McGuinness Mary O'Brien Page Freeman Pfluger Christopher St Sly, John Dominick St Swayne Wager Seaman Emeline L Schwarz, Elias Essex St Seaman, Katie Schwarz, Bella Suffolk St Savarese, V Thurow Ernest E. 11Th St Thompson, E. J Thqrn Augusta R Torin Zaeno Pietro Elizabeth St

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