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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1908

Page

9

The Jesters a Graceful English Debut at Empire

The Jesters a four act translation of Les Bouffons by Miguel Zamacois with John Raphael as translator features Maude Adams and cast at the Empire. Chicot the Jester leads a witty tale of love and trickery with Baron de Mautpre and Solange in a courtly backdrop. Von Seyfferitz makes a notable English debut as Vulcano with supporting comic players delivering lighthearted humor and romance.

Miguel Zamacois John Raphael Empire Rene de Chancenac Chicot Maude Adams Css Teeeseeessss Mathilde Cotrelly Botange de Mautpre Consuelo Bailey Gustav von Seytferitz Baron de Mautpre Mr. Barrie M. Miguel Zamacois Les Bouffons Prince Charming Florentine Solange Oliver Vulcano Robert de Helfonte Narcissus Rene de Chancellor Bharoco Fillarius Jack Pudding Valecano Vangferritz

Dramatic Company Delivers Poetic Stage With Mixed National Cast

The performance features a diverse cast of 30 nationalities with two Germans in lead roles. Miss Adams captivates as a graceful figure in gold, blending tenderness and defiance in love and daring scenes. Supporting players Lewers Tyler Holt Eric Trader and Consuel Bailey earn praise for expressive verse and earnest portrayal.

Adams Peter Pan Miss Adams Lewers Tyler J. Holt Eric Trader Consuel Bailey

Heinrich Meyns Recital at Mendelssohn Hall Delights Audience

Baritone Heinrich Meyn gave a memorably varied recital at Mendelssohn Hall drawing a large audience. He displayed a resonant voice with rich lower tones and skilled upper ranges, delivering Schumann, Drahms, and Trunk pieces with expressive phrasing.

Heinrich Meyn Mendelssohn Hall Schumann Der Arine_ Peter Drahms Richard Trunk Eugen Haile Mr. Meyn Cotogni Tosti Lalo Dalayrac Tschaikowsky Knightood Homer Gerrit Smith

Offenbach Opera in English at Grand Opera House Brooklyn

Aborn Opera Company to present Offenbach Contes dHoffmann in English as Hoffmans Love Tales at Grand Opera House Brooklyn for a week on February 3 before touring to Montreal and New York. Stella replaces Giulietta, Venice act omitted, barcarolle merged, Emily Barnato to sing all female roles, Homer Lind baritone, Henry Barrons Hoffmann, George Shields and Phil Branson others. Similar Paris Opéra Comique edition translated by C J Fuller.

Aborn Opera ‘Company Offenbach Grand Opera House Brooklyn Montreal Milton Aborn New York Manhattan Opera House Paris Opéra Comique Mr. Aborn C. J. Fuller Giulietta Stella Venice Barcarolle Munich Aborn Fifth Avenue Theatre Maurice Grau

Die Meistersinger at the Metropolitan Opera

The Met Opera House presented Die Meistersinger last evening with Mme. Gadski and Messrs. Knote and Van Rooy in the cast. Mr. Hertz conducted the performance.

Metropolitan Opera House Mme. Gadski Messrs Knote van Rooy Mr. Hertz

La Gioconda Sung by San Carlos Opera at Belasco

The San Carlos Grand Opera Company presented La Gioconda at the Belasco Theater with Mme. Nordica in the title role before a large distinguished audience including many diplomats.

Washington San Carlos Grand Opera Company Belasco Mme. Nordica

Franko Presents Second Concert of Old Music

Sam Franko offered the second Mendelssohn Hall recital of vintage pieces last night with a sizable audience despite competing attractions. Beethoven’s previously misattributed dances, now performed with four players in orchestral form, appeared as the evening’s highlight though reviewers found them melodious but not especially distinctive.

Sam Franko Mendelssohn Hall Beethoven America Vienna Quartet Cooper Union

Lost Hippodrome Cat Seeks German-Speaking Trainer

Prof. Goleman reports a black and white hippo drome cat trained for stage acts vanished from its cage after an attendant left door open. The cat, who understands German, is valued and a reward is offered to be returned to Goleman at the Hippodrome.

Goleman Hippodrome Times

Ames and Co lease Asbury Park Opera House for vaudeville

The Ames and Company have leased the Asbury Park Opera House in New Jersey for a term to operate as a high class vaudeville house after alterations. Tonight marks the 150th performance of The Thief at the Lyceum Theatre. Souvenir books will be distributed. Ethel Barrymore submits Rosalind costume designs to Charles Frohman for next year’s As You Like It. Julia Marlowe to revive Whin Knight Hood Was in Flower and Mary Tudor in Baltimore tomorrow, with As You Like It scheduled in St. Louis on January 2.

Irving Place Goetz Berlichingen Dr. Bammfeld George Adelheid von Walsdorf Adolf Winds Hedwig Reicher Adelheid Eugen Burg Adelbert Trinz August Weigert Albertine Cassani Page George Ames & Co Asbury Park N. J Lessee Lyceum Theatre Ethel Barrymore Charles Frohman Julia Marlowe Mary Tudor Academy of Music Baltimore Miss Marlowe St. Louis

MISS DOUSMAN A BRIDE

Samuel T. Skidmore and Miss Judith Wilcox Dousman wed at the Fortunatus Cosby home in New York with a large guest list including Major Samuel G. Stursis and Mrs. Sturgis and other notable families. After a European trip, the couple will reside at Lakewood New Jersey.

Samuel T. Skidmore Judith Wilcox Dousman Nina Sturgis Dousman Prairie du Chien Wis Arthur Fortunatus Cosby Fifth Avenue Hi. C. Semple St. Ignatius Loyola Church Samuel G. Stursis Sturgis Washington, D. C

Miss Anna Edey Weds John Porter Stone at City Chapel

Miss Anna Rivington Edey and John Jnickerbocker Porter Stone married yesterday at 3 East Fifty-first Street with Rev Father Burke officiating. Bridesmaids included Louise Edey and Miss Burke, best man Dr Chandler Foot. Only relatives and close friends attended. engagement was previously undisclosed.

Anna Rivington Edey Albert Rivington Edey John Jnickerbocker Porter Stone Charles Francis Stone East Fifty-first Street Father Burke Louise Edey Miss Burke Chandler Foot

Sherwood and Miss Brown Wed at Collegiate Church

Robert Hartley Sherwood Jr and Miss Marjorie Brown were married yesterday at the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas with Rev Dr Alexander officiating. Miss Isabel Ti Sherwood served as maid of honor and Jerran Hegeler as best man.

Robert. Hartley Sherwood, Jr Marjorie Brown Alexander F. Brown St. Nicholas Rav Alexander Isabel’ Ti. Sherwood Jerran Hegeler

Miss Alice Baird to Wed Marx Roesler at St Bartholomews

The marriage of Miss Alice R. Baird daughter of Mr and Mrs John S Baird to Marx Roesler will be held January 29 at 4 o clock in St Bartholomew s Church Miss Marjorie S Baird will be maid of honor and Edward Roesler is best man

Alice R. Baird John S. Baird Marx Roesler St. Bartholomew's Church Marjorie S. Baird Edward Roesler

Miss Daisy Bader Weds Zade A Metzler at Delmonico's

Miss Daisy Bader daughter of the late Nathan Bader wed Zade A Metzler at Delmonico's last night at 9 o'clock. Rev Dr Silverman officiated. Miss Bader’s attendants were Misses Helen and Warbette Leerburger of 43 West Sixty-ninth Street. The couple planned a Florida wedding trip and will reside in the city after returning.

Daisy Bader Nathan Bader Zade A. Metzler Delmonico Dr. Silverman Miss Bader Helen Warbette Leerburger George Leerburger West Sixty-ninth Street Mrs. Metzler Florida

Blake-Suse Wedding Planned for January Twenty-Seventh

Alexander V. Blake and Katarina E. Suse are to wed January 27 at 745 Madison Avenue home of the Suses. Rev. Father Eugene Wilson will officiate. Best man is Frank D. Potter and matron of honor is Mrs. H. Van Cortlandt Fish. Bridesmaids are Elisabeth Ewing and Rosalie Gardiner Jones.

Alexander V. Blake W. E. Blake Katarina E. Suse Friedrich Suse Madison Avenue Eugene Wilson O. P Frank D. Potter H. van Cortlandt Elisabeth Ewing Rosalie Gardiner Jones

Newport woman announces engagement to New Jersey man

The engagement of Miss Alice Key Potter of Newport to Newton Adams of Short Hills New Jersey was announced yesterday. Potter is sister to Francis H Potter of Newport and niece to Bishop Potter. She has resided with her aunt Miss Susan Blatchford in Newport for several years.

Alice Key Potter Newport Newton Adams Thomas B. Adams Short Hills N. J Potter Francis H. Potter Bishop Potter Susan Blatchford

Mrs George Norton Miller Hosts Theatre Party

Mrs. George Norton Miller gave a theatre party and supper at Sherry's for her daughter Miss Helen Miller. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Welles and a long list of society names such as Bancroft Davis, Robert Goelet, Townsend Lawrence, Phoenix Inghram, Campbell Steward, Herbert Pell, and many others.

George Norton Miller Sherry’s Helen Miller Benjamin Welles Emily Welles Madeline Borland Evelyn Marshall Edith Miller Katharine Steward Constance Warren Lucy Brown Antonella Kane Ethel Cowdin Mildred Irene Sherman Ina Kissel Frances Alexander Jane Townsend Harriet Glover Nathalie Bailey Mildred Carter Mary Hasell Helen Alexandre Lydia Jones Eleanor Mortimer Helen Coster Dorothy Moran Bancroft Davis Robert Goelet Townsend Lawrence Phoenix Ingraham Marshall Kernuchan Paulding Fosdick Gerald Benkard Seymour Johnson William C. Moore Gilbert Francklyn Emmet Harris de Lancy Coster Roger Poor Louis Neilson Tiffany Richardson Harry Alexandre Robert le Roy Louis de Kovean Charles Butler Orme Wilson

Mrs Heye Hosts Card Party For 100 Guests

Mrs. George G Heye entertained about a hundred women at her Madison Avenue home with a bridge and euchre party. Prizes included bonbon dishes vases and clocks among others. Notable guests included Mrs William Rockefeller Mrs Cortlandt Van Rensselaer and Mrs Robert Fowler.

George G. Heye Madison Avenue William Rockefeller Cortlandt van Rensselaer Robert Fowler John Aspegren Galindet’ Shaw Louis M. Ogden Archibald Pell H. S

Social events and society notes from New York

Charles E. Sampson hosts the Thursday Evening Club meeting at Sherrys tonight. Mrs. Frederick W. Whitridge promotes her debutante daughter Miss Jean Whitridge at her East Eleventh Street home. Mrs. Talbot Olyphant and the Misses Olyphant entertain on Thursdays in January and February at East Sixty-fourth Street. The St Vincent Hospital annual reception and dance for the ill and destitute was held last night at the Waldorf, run by the hospital Ladies Auxiliary.

Charles E. Sampson Frederick W. Whitridge East Eleventh Street Jean Whitridge Talbot Olyphant Misses Olyphant East Sixty-fourth Street St. Vincent's Hospital Waldorf Ladies’ Auxiliary

Life work of William L. Alden noted as humorist and canoe pioneer

Obituary recounts William L. Alden journalist and author, former Consul General in Rome, pioneer of canoeing in the United States, and editor at The Times. Born 1837 in Williamstown MA, he died at daughter Mrs E Corning Townsend in Buffalo after illness. Survived by wife and two children.

William Livingston Alden Rome United States E. Corning Townsend Buffalo Europe Cleveland Alden New York Canoe Club Christopher Columbus Jimmy Brown Harper's Young People Jimmy Mr. Alden Williamstown Mass Joseph Alden John Priscilla Alden Williams College Lafayette Washington and Jefferson College State Normal College THE TIMES Baden-Powell New York Canoe Club American Canoe Association Canoe Association Lake George Italy Humbert Order of the Crown of Ialy Paris Paris Herald London Rudyard Kipling J. M. Barrie Conan Doyle Marie Corelli Jerome Jx. Jerome Halt Carrie America William_L. Alden, Jr Albany Henry M. Alden Harper's Magazine

Death of Samuel Fisher Kimball of the New York Stock Exchange

Samuel Fisher Kimball, 56, of 2477 West Seventy-fourth Street, died last evening of heart disease. Born in Orange, New Jersey, he was the son of Dr. Horace Kimball. He married Emma C. Hill of Plainfield on September 16, 1879, and leaves a son, Dr. Paul W. Kimball of this city. He became an aid of the Stock Exchange on July after.

Samuel Fisher Kimball New York Stock Exchange West Seventy-fourth Street Orange N. J Horace Kimball Emma C. Hill Plainfield N. Z Paul W. Kimball The Stock Exchange Lawrence New York City Charlotte Beers Albert Gallatin Lawrence Cleveland Ohio Calvary Church Lakeview Cemetery Mary J. Boyd John N. Boyd Middletown N. Y Thomas H. Cullen Ogden Street Elijah Pierson Allen Hackettstown Arthur C. Kollock New England National Bank of Houston Hyde Park Boston Samuel Fisler Lafayette College Baston Penn College Hill Fisier Weltam Kk. Winters Slverton Col Paterson N. Jo Colorado

Tea in Sculptor's Honor at the Plaza

Frederick Townsend Martin hosted a tea at the Plaza in honor of Mr. George Wade, the noted London sculptor. Guests included Mrs. Daniel Frohman, Miss Margaret Illington, Gen. Brayton Ives, Elisha Dyer, Baron de Gunsberg, Gen. Horace Porter, Reginald Fellowes, Mrs. Herman Emmet, and many others listed among social set attendees.

Rederick Townsend Martin George Wade Wade London Daniel Frohman Margaret Illington Frederick M. Davies Richard Irvin William P. Douglas Foxhall Keene Barton French Anita Stewart Brayton Ives Frederick Baldwin Elisha Dyer Frank Gould James Speyer Baron de Gunsberg Robert Singer Charles Alexander Francis L. Pruyn Horace Porter Reginald Fellowes Herman Emmet Ae — Naldon -Williams Creighton Ebb

Crowded Carmania Sails to Mediterranean With Noted Passengers

The Cunard liner Carmania will sail today for the Mediterranean stopping at Madeira and Alexandria with every first class stateroom occupied. Passengers include Mrs R Al Alger and many prominent names such as Mr and Mrs E E Ayre, Mr and Mrs Charles Boyd, Mr and Mrs S Biddle, H de Chamberay, Dr H K Oliver, Mr and Mrs M Seligman, and Mr and Mrs P S Strauss among others.

Cunard Mediterranean Madeira Alexandria R. al Alger E. E. Ayre Charles Boyd S. Biddle H. de Chamberay W. B.J L. Einstein G. Fraser John C. Gluck M. Goddard W. M. Greene S. M. Hawes Waldo Hutchins H. A. Inman Charles ©. Jenkins de Witt Loomis W. M. MacPherson H. K Georges Dupont Maurice Fabre Solomon Sturgis Jules Truffet Ernesto Novelli Bremen Paul Adler Junn George Hoffmann George Charles Reverdys Harry Traubman

Edward H. Strobel Dies in Siam After Illness

Edward Henry Strobel general adviser to the Siam government died after a long illness and surgical operations for blood poisoning from a bite in Egypt two years earlier. Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard, Strobel left Harvard in 1808 to serve Siam, with prior service at Madrid and as Third Assistant Secretary of State. He earlier was American minister to Ecuador and Chile and arbiter in the Freralt claim.

Bangkok Siam Edward Henry Strobel Government of Egypt Strobel Bemis Harvard Prof Charleston D. C United States Madrid Washington Ecuador Chile France Tno Commission

George Chalmers dies in New York Hospital

George Chalmers son of Dr. Thomas C. Chalmers died of pneumonia at New York Hospital while visiting New York City. Born in New York in 1840 he studied at Yale and Columbia Law before practicing in the city. He lived in London for two decades and counted artists William E. Marshall and Homer Martin among friends. His widow and a son survive. funeral from his brother’s home at 27 West Ninth Street with interment in West Chariton Cemetery, Saratoga County.

George Chalmers Thomas C. Chalmers New York Chalmers London Mr. Chalmers Yale Columbia Law School England William E. Marshall Homer Martin West Ninth Street Old Cemetery West Chariton Saratoga County N.Y

Charles Cowell Dies at 77 in Glen Gardner New Jersey

Charles Cowell of Glen Gardner New Jersey died at his home on Tuesday night at age 77. He formerly worked as a wheelman and leaves family and friends in the community. The obituary notes his long residence and local ties.

Charles Cowell Glen Gardner, N. J That Place Mr. Cowell

Marriages Announced in January 1908 Church Ceremonies

Multiple society notices report weddings: Jeanne Spielmann to Raymond Duguet at the Church of the Ascension January 15 by Rev. Father Lynch. Irma Kantrowitz to Eugene Neumaier at Sherry's January 14 by Rev. Sr. I. S. Moses. Robert Sherwood Jr. to Marjorie Brown at St. Nicholas Collegiate Church January 15. Anna Rivington Edey to John Knickerbocker Porter Stone on January 15 by Rev. Richard C. Hughes.

Neumaier Kantrowitz Sherry’s Sr. I. S. Moses Sherwood—Brown St. Nicholas Colegiate Fifth Av Robert Hartley Sherwood, Jr Marjorie Ferguson Brown Stone—Edey Richard C. Hughes Anna Rivington Albert Rivingfee Edey John Knickerbocker Porter Stone

Obituaries ذكر Death notices across New York area

A long list of 1908 obituaries with multiple names and addresses including Allen of Chatham Brennan of New York City Chalmers Chamberlin Davis Devine Fuller Hart Holden Kimball Lawrence Lennon Richardson Scott Smith Story Wintringham Witte and others with funeral times locations and interment plans in New York and nearby towns.

NEW York TIMES Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Records Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Rochester Herald St. Louis Republic St. Paw

Obituary Listings From Newark and Brooklyn Areas

A large obituary notice listing many residents with dates of death and funeral details. Names include Henry S. Bediont Behan Margaret Carlin James Clancy Daniel Cleary Thomas Colwell and Frederick C. Cooper among others, with addresses in Newark Brooklyn and Orange. Funeral times and locations follow each entry, reflecting a community-wide death notice column.

Redifent Milford Newark N. J Henry S. Bediont Behan Vosperh Bronx Michael F. Behan Carlin Bresklyn Margaret Carlin Clancy Amsterdam James Clancy Cleary Columbus Av Daniel X. Cleary Colwell West 49Th St Thomas Colwell Coners Washington Av Belleville Mulda Coners Cooper Union St Brooklyn Frederick C. Cooper Duke Java St Alexander Duke Fagnan Lincoln Place Joseph Faenan Fountain Halesite L. I. James Amsterdam Av Adeline Hall Halpin Margaret Halpin Harrold Central Av N. Y Elizabeth M. Harrold Jackson West Imith St Muilals Elizabeth Jackson Lampert Putnam Av Trrooklyn Ellen Lambert James Luyster McCabe East 55Th St Michael F. MccCabe

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