Cotillion at Mrs Astor Hosts Széchényi Guests in New York
Mrs J J Astor entertained about 200 debutantes and relatives of the Széchenyi family at a late Fifth Avenue cotillion. Nahan Franko led the dance with Craig Wadsworth as partner as Hungarian airs and Lehar selections accompanied the season’s honors. Notables included Gladys Vanderbilt and numerous Vanderbilts Whitney Goelet and other high society guests.
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John Jacob Astor
Fifth Avenue
William Astor
Col. Astor
Astor
Craig Wadsworth
Mrs. Astor
Collins
Nahan Franko
Laszlo Szécchényi
Wlehar
Merry Widow
Denes Szechenyi
Laszlo Szechenyi
Anton Sigray
Vienna
Paul Esterhazy
Stefan Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt, Viscountess Midleton of London, Lady Sybil Gray
England
Count Stephan Prezedziecky
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Harry Payne Whitney
Ogden Mills
Robert Goelet
Royal Phelps Carroll
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. Ridgely Carter
Lionel Guest
Orme Wilson
Mrs Gould Reappears in Divorce Dance at Plaza
Rehearsals for Mrs Van Vechten's Divorce Dance run to 2 am as Mrs George Gould and cast rehearse for six hours in the Hotel Plaza ballroom. Society leaders and many guests including Miss Vanderbilt Count Szechényi Theodora Shonts and notable social figures plan to attend. A private entrance will shield guests. tea will follow and a Gould family party will attend.
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Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Szechényi
Vandeuit
Duc de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
Stuyvesant Fish
Clarence H. Mackay
Mme
Emma Eames
Mme. Sembrich
Margaret Illington
Michel Barrymore
MISS VANDERBILT WEDS COUNT SZECHENYI PLANS READY
Plans for the wedding of Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt to Count Laszlo Szech eny i are nearly complete. The ceremony will take place at the Mrs Van derbilt residence on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-eighth Street. A breakfast and reception will follow with about 250 invited guests served by Sherry in the dining room ballroom and conservatory, with twenty five to thirty round tables and floral designs.
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Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Marriage of Dr Waterers and Miss Elsa Marie Scherer
The marriage occurred at 6 o clock yesterday at the Church of the Transfiguration with Rev. Dr. Houghton officiating. Mrs Elsworth Childs was the banner of honor and Elaine Scherer was the flower girl. Bridesmaids included Mabel Wichert Gypace Hiller Ida Grand and P Bil Brodsky. Best man Willard S Burrows of New York and ushers Dr Elliott C Burrows Dr James Poe Ernest Leonhardt Norman Zusce and others. A reception and dinner followed at El Monico's.
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New York
Elliott C. Burrows
James Poe
Ernest Leonhardt
Newace
Norman Zusce
Newark
WN. J
el Monico S
Tableaus for Charity in Virginia Benefit Event
A charity tableau benefit will be held in February at a Plaza ballroom to aid Alternatrle County poor. Initiated by Mrs. Waldorf Astor Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Benjamin S Guinness, the event plans tableaus by noted society women with a potential short play. Dates Feb 24 and 26 may shift due to opera nights.
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Plaza
Waldout Astor
Langhorne Shaw
John Jacob Asto
Benjamin S. Guinness
Socia
Ben
Alternatrle County
Virginia
Waldorf Astor
Guinness
John Jacob Astor
Musicians at Waldorf Astoria Morning Recital
The artists at Mr Bagby s musical morning at the Waldorf Astoria sang Ma Vielle Maison from Portunio and other pieces. Miss Sassoli performed Pierne and Debussy works. Mme Nordica and Emilio de Gogorra are to sing and Jean Gherardy is to play next Monday.
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Mr. Bagby
Waldorf-Astoria
Bert
Portunio
Air du
Caid
Miss Sassoli
Pierné
Debussy
Mme. Nordica
Emilio de Gogorra
Jean Gherardy
Social Notes Highlight New York Society Gatherings
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish hosts a thirty cover dinner tonight. Mrs. Francis L Wellman receives this afternoon. The Tilfords and Misses host a two part reception. Mount Holyoke Alumni meet at Miss Lydia Day’s home with tea from 3 to 5. Major Charles Lynch speaks on Red Cross work tomorrow at 422 Madison Avenue. Paul Appenzellar returns from the South. Delmonico’s hosts the third Tuesday evening dance. Christopher Moller's party at the Buckingham with daughter Mrs Walter Ewart. Mrs Charles S Baylis settles into Buckingham for the winter. A small musicale at Mrs Frederick Nathans features Wassily Safonoff and other guests. Mrs Arthur Lehman and family stay at Heather Dell Farm in Ardsley.
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Douglas Robinson
Madison Avenue
Charles Lynch
Red Cross
Paul Appenzellar
Delmonico
Christopher Moller
Walter Ewart
Buckingham
Charles S. Baylis
Seabright
N. J
Frederick Nathan
Wassilly Safonoff
Henry Holden Huss
Mme
Alphonse Mucha
Ernst Peixotto
Julien Isserliss
Ethelbert Nevin
C. Burrowes Greene
Julian Nathan
Col
Frederick Levy
Hi.ll. Hendricks
Eugen Huile
Arthur Lehman
Heather Dell Farm
Adolph Lewisohn
Ardsley
Genee Debuts Dramatic Dancing in The Soul Kiss Variety
Mile Genee, brought from the Empire Theatre by Florenz Ziegfeld, debuts in The Soul Kiss at Chestnut Street Opera House Philadelphia. Her dancing and pantomime receive ovations as she weaves a graceful premier danseuse performance into the show, with four appearances praised as highlights.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Mile
Adeline
Genee
Ae Empire Theatre
Florenz Ziegfeld
Harry B. Smith
Maurice Levi
Chestnut Street Opera House
Mlle. Genee
Black Crook
Kaust
Mephisto
Ate Hertz
Patrick Campbell
Florence Holbrook
Bob Kiss
H. H. Welden
Barney Barnard
Milecone
Wharton Wycherley at Astor Theater With Viola Allen
Viola Allen leads a strong company in Anthony P Whartons Irene Wycherley at the Astor Theatre. The drama follows Irene as she endures a brutal husband and a web of infidelity. The performance blends powerful scenes with restrained emotion and vivid character study.
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Anthony P. Wharton
L’etrangé
Jumas Fils
la Dédale
Hlervieu
Wharton
Rene Wycherley
Irene Wycherley
Philip
George Cave
Irene
Philip Wycherley
Vie
Harry Chesterton
Mr. Wrycherley
Orar
Summers
Chesterton
Ester
Wrycherley
Esual Phillip
Miss Allen
George Junior Republic Adapts to Protect Health at Freeville
In Freeville New York the George Junior Republic plans funding to close three cottages and move residents from their unhealthy surroundings. Contributions are welcomed by Treasurer A eh Agnew at 22 William Street.
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George Junior Republic
George Junior R
Freeville
N. Y
A. Eh Agnew
Treas
William Stree
Ady
Noted Cast Bring Drama in Stage Production
The review commends Hampden for earnestness as the lover and Stewart for conventional skill as the worldling father. Arden serves as a brutal husband, Selene Johnson enthralls as the seductive fly in the matrimonial pot, with Hammond Thorne and Mrs Sothern providing strong supporting figures and Paget delivering a capable performance.
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Irene Wycherley
Anthony P. Wharton
Astor
Sir Peter Wycherley
Grant Stewart
Hillp Wycherley
Edwin Alden
Harry Chesterton
Walter Hampden
Charles Summers
John Glendinning
Arris Se
Folliot Paget
Sam Sothern
Hampden
Stewart
Mr. Arden
Selene Johnson
Dorothy Hammond
Nellie Thorne
Ffonnot Paget
Twenty Days in the Shade at Savoy Theatre review
A Savoy Theatre audience cheered the American premiere of Twenty Days in the Shade a farce adapted by Paul M. Potter from the French of Hennequin and Weber Richard Bennett stars as Comte Henri with Charley Dickson Shorly Pantruche and Pauline Frederick as the Countess wife The plot centers on a brawl with a policeman and a jail diversion involving a substitute prisoner resulting in broad comic mayhem The cast includes Frank Burbeck Ernest Lawford Jeffreys Lewis and others in a lively production expected to keep audiences laughing through the mistaken identities and prison capers.
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Paul M. Potter
France
Iennequin
Weber
Tarpets
Savoy
Henri, Comte de Merfille
Richard Bennett Fantruche
Charley Dickson Shorly
Dallak Welfert Touplin
Fannie Hartz
Dallas Welford
Mr. Hopkinson
Savoy Theatre
Dans Welford
James K. Hackett
Hennequin
Comte Henri
Touplin Des
Pantruche
Henri
Lake Como
Shorty
Withal
Richard Bennett
Comte
Charles Dickson
Frank Burbeck
Ernest Lawford
Pauline Frederick
Jeffreys Lewis
La Gioconda Opens San Carlos Season at Auditorium
Chicago audiences welcomed a grand opera return as the Auditorium reopened with La Gioconda by the San Carlos Grand Opera Company. The cast included Nordica Constantino Clascens Olitzka Blanchart De Segurola Pulcini and Chidini with Nordica drawing strong ovations as the street ballad singer and Constantino’s aria Cielo e Mar stirring enthusiastic recall.
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Chicago
San Carlos Grand Opera Company
Spooner Stock Company Opens Indefinite Season at Lincoln Square
The Spooner Stock Company opened an indefinite season at Blaney's Lincoln Square Theatre. A large crowd of friends gathered to welcome the company as Edna May Spooner led in Belasco's The Heart Of Maryland with strong applause for her Maryland Calvert role.
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Spooner
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Blaney
Lincoln Square Theatre
Belasco
Maryland
Edna May Spooner
Maryland Calvert
Graustark at Harlem Opera House opens season debut
Grace Hayward’s dramatization of George Barr McCutcheon’s Grau stark had its metropolitan premiere by the stock company at Weith Proctor’s Harlem Opera House yesterday afternoon. John Craig starred as the hero with Beatrice Morgan as the Princess. A large audience attended this rare first performance in the current season.
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Harlem Opera House
Grace Hayward
George Barr McCutcheon
Metropolitan
Weith & Proctor
John Craig
Beatrice Morgan
Lucia Tetrazzini Shines in Donizetti Opera at New York
A large Manhattan Opera House crowd praised Mme Tetrazzini in Lucia di Lammermoor with brilliant coloratura and high notes but mixed dramatic impact. Zenatello as Edgardo and Campanini's conducting received note for fire and finesse, though at times the orchestra overpowered singers.
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Mme. Tetrazzini
Manhattan Opera House
New York
Lucia
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Violetta
Tetrazzini
Mme
Edgardo
Zenatello
Sammarco
Ashton
Aaimondi
Raimondo
Schumann-Heink Stars in Trovatore at Manhattan Opera House
Mme Schumann-Fleink appears Monday night in Trovatore at the Manhattan Opera House. It is her first return in several seasons. The cast includes Mme Rossi, and Messrs Zenatello and Sammarco, continuing her Italian opera engagements in New York.
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Schumann-Heink
Mme
Schumann-Fleink
Manhattan Opera House
Firse Ame
New York
Mme. Russi
Messrs
Zenatello
Sammarco
New Capus Play at the Comédie Francaise
Alfred Capus breaks with French stage traditions in Les Deux Honmes a four act play where a wife sacrifices for wealth while a principled Parisian man remains poor. The lawyer deserts his wife for a scheming mistress leaving her free to wed the Parisian. Powerful performances by Le Bargy De Faraudy and Mme Bartet.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Comédie Francaise
Alfred Capus
le Bargy
de Faraudy
Mme. Bartét
Notable Italian guests attend Iris at the Metropolitan Opera
Duke Viscounti di Madrone director of La Scala and Marquis Graphonre Italian noblemen joined George Maxwell the Ri cordi & Co. representative as guests at last night’s Iris performance at the Metropolitan Opera House. The cast included Emma Eames Caruso Scotti and Journet with Mr. Ferrari conducting.
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Duke Viscounti di Madrone
la Scala
Marquis Graphonre
George Maxwell
Ricordi & Co
Iris
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme
Emma Eames
Messrs
Caruso
Scotti
Journet
Mr. Ferrari
Admiral Frank Courtis Dies in Washington at 76
Rear Admiral Frank Courtis died in Washington last night. Born in Cincinnati on June 18 1864 he entered the Naval Academy from California and graduated in 1866. He commanded the USS Essex during the Spanish American War and was later retired from active service in Wisconsin.
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Frank Courtis
Cincinnati
United States Naval Academy
California
United States
Essex
Auguste Richard Died Sudden at 12 East Sixty-ninth Street
Auguste Richard died suddenly at his residence 12 East Sixty-ninth Street last night. He served as a director of the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Railroad for many years and belonged to the Metropolitan Club American Geographical Society New York Botanical Gardens and New York Zoological Society.
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Auguste Richard
East Sixty-ninth Street
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
Metropolitan Club
American Geographical Society
New York Botanical Gardens
New York Zoological Society
Remembered J Ordronaux M D LL D dies at Glen Head
Roslyn L I Jan 20 John Ordronaux LL D MD died of apoplexy at his home in Glen Head aged 1? He was born in New York City adopted young, Dartmouth 1850 Harvard Law 185? National Medical 186?, served as Civil War surgeon in New York and later sat on the State Lunacy Commission 187? He authored medical jurisprudence works including Constitutional Legis.
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Roslyn
L. L
John Ordronaux
Glen Head
New York City
John Moulton
Dartmouth College
Harvard Law School
National Medical School
New York
Marriage Announcements From Calcutta and Local
On December 23 1907 at St Pauls Cathedral Calcutta Miss Isabel Booth of Westmoreland England married Walter Long Bailey of Boston. On January 21 Della Herzgog wed Dr Selian Neuhof in an early 1900s society note.
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Baitey—Booth
St Paul's Cathedral
Calcutta
Isabel Booth
Westmoreland
England
Walter Long Bailey
Boston
Nehu Hof Herzog
Della
Her‘gog
Selian Neuhof
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From New York Area
A compilation of death notices and funeral arrangements for January 1908 list Mary E Baker in Brooklyn Margretta Mercer Burke Margaretta Mayer Diehl Katharine Lavinia Griffin Fla W Lincoln John Ordronaux Rachel Pierson Auguste Richard Rebecca Haslett Isabel Morrison Christine Tangney and others with service times locations and interment plans. The Century Association memorializes Edmund Clarence Stedman and notes his longtime influence and death.
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Befast End
Diehl
Henry E./ Wallace
New Brighton
S. I
Margaretta
Mayer Diehl
Thomas/J. Diehl
Hiladelphia
Periowery
Tyson St
Philadelphia
Griffin
Earle
Waverley Lace
New York City
Katharine Lavinia Griffin
George H. Griffin
Springfield
Mass
Margaret H. Richard
Pobertson
Rebecca Haslett
James P. Robertson
West Ssth St
Russell
Church St
Montclair
N. J
Isabel Morrison
Thomas Russell
John Morrison
New York
Sinclair
John Sinclair
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
St. Av
Smyth
Princeton
Charles H. Smyth
Clinton
Stedman
Broadway
Clarence Stelman
Church of the Messiah
Park Avy
Board of Management of the
Century Association
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Century
Ife
William M. Sloane
Tabrer
Pawling
Charlotte Field
George K. Taber
Grant Central
M. Tatum
Daniel Offley Tatum
Washington Av
170Th St
Wilsey
Elizabeth Lawrence
Edmund Wilsey
North 6Th Av
Mount Vernon
Obituary Notices From New York Area Listings
A long list of death notices and funerals from New York and New Jersey locales. Names include Sabina Bauer Wilhalm Behrens John Benson Ann Berry Edward Bourke Mary Cary Deborah Craig Beth Curtis Thomas Dalton Donohue Julia Galvin Josephine Gell Maud Goetz Norah Gilbertsn Margaret Giordanat Burnett Greenberg Betsy Heath James Heffernan William King William Lane Michael Laughlin Leveen Edna Miller Andrew Moore Louis Muhlhaurer Mary Mumford Sylvester Nash Leopold Nahselsky John Nolan John O Hara Lorenz Ohlsen John Owen Rozel Pickert Emily Rathheber Emma Rech James Rooney Miriam Rubovitz Louise Schlacter Mary Schuster Everett Spafford Charlies Valentine Margaretha Van Mater Horace Weeks. Funeral arrangements noted.
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Edeward T. Bourke
BREER
Parks
Orange
N. J
Hetty S. Breer
Brocksopp
Morristown
John Grocksopp
Carp Uinter
Mary Cary
Carroll
Union Av
John Carroll
M. Childs
Lincoln Av
Ridgewood
Stort Childs
Craig
Warren St
Newark
Deborah
Curtis
West 8d
Beth Curtis
Dalton
Riverdale Ajv
Yonkers
Thomas A. Dalton
Donohues
East 101St St
Wehna J. Donohue
Frank
Plainfield
Galvin
Catharine St
Jani
Julia Galvin
M. Gell
East Link St
Brooklyn
Josephine A. Gell
Goetz
Lincoln Mace
Thooklin
Maud
Golder
Jericho Road
John St. Goldér
Gilmartin
Prince St. Norah Gilbertin
Giordana
Bruen
Irvington
Margaret Giordanat
Greenberg
Burnett Greenberg
Heatie
West 117Th St
Bessie G. Heath
I Seale
Heffernan
North Smith St
Wattsburgh
James Heffernan
Kearns
WeertHtst
St. Thomas Kearns
A. M. King
St. _ Nicholas Av
William KR. King
Lane
Waverley St. Yonkers
William Lane
Laughlin
West 65Th St
Michael Laughlin
Leveen
East 109Th St
Say Leveen
Miller
Lafayette St
Edna BE. Miller
Moore
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Andrew Moore
Hester
John O'Hare
Ohlsen
West St. St
Lorenz J. Ohlsen
Owen
Lorillard Place
John Owen
Pickert
West 101St St
Rozel F. Pickert
Rathperer
East Mth St
Emily Rathheber
Willis Av
Emma Rech
Rooney
Amsterdam
James Rooney
Rupovitz
Boerum St
Miriam Rubovitz
Schlacter
Louise Schlacter
Tr. Schuster
Pearsall
Jersey City
Mary A. Schuster
Spafford
Overlook Terrace
Everett E. Spafford
Valentine
Glen Cove
Charlies F. L. Valentine
van Mater
Keyport
Margaretha van Mater
Tenafly
Horace W. Weeks
Noted Legal Scholar and Lecturer Dies Unmarried
A long serving lecturer on medical jurisprudence since 1861 at Columbia College Law School Dartmouth University of Vermont and Boston University died. He never married and appears to have left no near relatives.
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United States
Columbia College Law School
Dartmouth College
University of Vermont
Boston University
Notable Obituaries From Across Cities Reach Headlines
A flood of brief notices recalls prominent deaths: Mrs. EDGAR S. DUDLEY at West Point after a heart disease event. MAX ROSENBAUM of Pittsburgh dying suddenly near his store at 1X years old with a forty-year firm career. Mrs. W.N. HALDEMAN of Louisville. Rev. ANGUS JOHNSON of Avalon Texas at 1 years old after a seventy-two-year ministry. Mrs. NANCY R. WIEERITT of Lockport N C dying at 86. David C. Donnelly of Springtown succumbing to paralysis at home. WHITFIELD H. VOORHEES of East Orange after heart failure amid grip. SOHN F. MILLS of East Orange passing of nephritis. WILLIAM T. NOONAN in Brooklyn after illness. DANIEL O. TATUM of Brooklyn obituary in the dry goods trade. Rev. Dr. CHARLES H. PAISLEY of Sackville New Brunswick dying of heart trouble. JOHN PIERCE COLLINS formerly of the Bunker Hill freight crew dying at the Isle Square Hotel Tiverton.
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Edgar S. Dudley
Col. Dudley
West Point Military Academy
West Point
Max Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Pittsburg
Chicago
W.N. Haldeman
Walter N. ‘Haldeman
Louisville Courier-Journal
Times of
Luisville
Angus Johnson
Avalon
Texas
Robertson County
N.C
Nancy R. Wieeritt
Lockport
N. C
Joan A. Merritt
John Philhower
Sterling Street
East Orange
Steuben Street
Sohn F. Mills
N. J
South Orange
Vosey Avenue
William T. Noonan
Denmncritic
Brooklyn
St. Catharine's Hospital
Mr. Noonan
Carrol Street
Daniel O
Tatu Pd
Tebe
de Iphi
Woodbury
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah
Isle Square
Tiverton
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