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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
7
Smith College seniors stage Ibsen drama The Pretenders amid controversy and edits by a faculty panel. The performance, attended by parents and alumnae, trims key characters and sensual elements, replacing parts to present a ladylike version while preserving plot.
An alum group recalls Ibsen and explains why The Tempest was not chosen due to sailors' chorus. A playful exchange notes Proxy’s influence and draping concerns. A graduate questions the drama while a young girl prefers the actors to the play.
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy head of the Christian Science Church explains the skipped executive meeting of the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston noting sacred purpose to shift worship from material to spiritual and urging rejoicing for divine healing and guidance sent to all churches.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy accepts honorary membership in the Order of the American Cross of Honor, per a Royal Household minister's message to Thomas H. Herndon, president of the order. The society, founded in 1906, honors lifesavers and lists Roosevelt Kaiser and Carnegie among its members.
The Stuyvesant High School on Fifteenth Street near First Avenue was dedicated with 1000 seats filled. City Superintendent Maxwell and Commissioner Coudert spoke, with Partridge conducting dedication on behalf of the Building Committee.
A consignment of speckled trout from Westport arrived at the Plaza for the new Summer garden fountain. Guests will use dip nets to land their own fish, which will be cooked on a nearby grill.
Raymond Hitchcock is reportedly signed by Felix Isman for a four year term at Circle Theatre with a new part in The Merry Go Round. Savage counterclaims a two year remaining contract and may enforce it. Savage had planned Hitchcock to perform in England after the trial.
The Shuberts announce Elizabeth Brice returns to star in Nearly a Hero with Sam Bernard and will play a leading role in the new musical comedy Her Highness Radish. Brice rose to Broadway prominence after replacing Ethel Levy in Nearly a Hero and once served as dramatic editor of a Toledo newspaper.
Genevieve G Haines new play Buchanan to open at Fifth Avenue Theatre June 29 with cast including Robert T Haines Frank Delmoreas Frank Mc Cornick and the author as a Russian Princess Homer Lindis to present a condensed Mendelssohn one act opera at seaside resorts Ruth Allen joins Shuberts for Marcelle in Autumn marking her first musical comedy appearance West Point cadets attend Sam Bernard Nearly a Hero at Casino Theatre The Merry Widow reaches its 275th performance at New Amsterdam with hats for all women Everyon e receives hats today H Cooper Cliffe loaned to William Faversham for El Gran Galeoto at Daly's Theatre Mrs Cliffe temporarily replaced by Lionel Belmore Alderman Phelan casting for The Man of the Hour Harry Harwood to London for Shaw plays Isabel Fletcher engaged for Robert Mantell troupe
The marriage of John P Kane Jr and Miss Margaret Yauch will take place June 17 at the Hotel St Regis. Miss Charlotte McCoey will be maid of honor and the bride’s only attendant. Edward V Kane will be best man with ushers George Graves Orville Tobey Elmo Gridley James Cunningham and William Rogers. The Rev Father Taylor of the Blessed Sacrament will perform the ceremony followed by a reception.
Henry James Lamar Washington hosted his bachelor dinner at Sherry's ahead of his June 16 wedding to Miss Lucille Marguerite Graves Osborne at Rutgers Presbyterian Church. Guests included best man William Gage Brady and ushers David Graves Wagner Walter Douglas Lamar John Gardiner Drinkwater Hickman Price Robert V. Mahon Jr James F. Allen Benjamin F. Tillson Samuel Thompson Hollister.
Robert Reynolds and Miss Anna Marie Thornton married last Wednesday at Mrs. Robert Maley’s home 139 South Ninth Street Brooklyn Rev. Dr. John H. Wells officiated Best man Mr Morton Reynolds bridesmaid Miss Anna Bostelman observed ceremony witness lists not detailed indicating a family connection to the Reynolds and Maley households.
Mr and Mrs Thomas A Edison of Glenmont Llewellyn Park New Jersey hosted a reception to introduce their daughter Miss Madeline Edison. Guests gathered in the main hall among palms and pink roses while Victor Herbert's orchestra played over the porte cochere. Mrs Edison wore pale green chiffon and Madeline a white silk frock. The guest list included numerous Mrs and Mrs names such as Mrs Louis Miller Akron Ohio and Mrs Benjamin Douglass among many others.
Mr and Mrs William A Street deny a published report that their daughter Rosamond K Street is engaged to George Peabody Eustis. The family states no engagement has occurred and requests correction.
A parade of society names moves through hotels and towns as many couples sail for Europe, marry, or plan country homes. The list includes Mr and Mrs Walter Jones Hewlett, Miss Caroline Willis, Rear Admiral Schouler and guests at the Wolcott, and marriages to be held at St John the Divine and Summit New Jersey.
John McGreer a 59 year old artist of 602 West 132nd Street was painting a sketch of the schooner William Jones from a brick barge at the foot of 182nd Street and the North River when the Albany Day Line steamer passed causing a heavy swell and the barge to rock and overturn him. His eight year old grandson Jack McGreer shouted for help as two men fetched ropes but the elder McGreer surfaced three times and drowned before rescue efforts could reach him. The body was not recovered.
Hartley G. Pelletier of 50 Broadway states Samuel Collins, longtime New York art dealer, is innocent in Francis Wilson's suit over a Mauve attributed painting. Collins faced arrest in 1906 and aims to recover damages for false arrest while Wilson prepares a criminal libel action and a pending Mauve trial in White Plains.
Albert Walker and Ralph Wadman, linked to Abrahams Brothers and J H Milke & Brothers, were held as suspicious persons for ten days in Pittsburg after being found disposing of diamonds. Walker offered detectives $11,000 in diamonds for freedom, but police rejected the offer. Abrahams Brothers in Birmingham deny knowledge of the alleged robbery and say Saunders was merely an employee with jewelry samples.
Justice John B. McKean of the Court of Special Sessions, age 76, is gravely ill at his home on East Eighty Third Street after a month of illness. Doctors fear he will not live until Monday as his condition worsens due to age and arteriosclerosis. His wife and three children, John B. Jr, Robert J, and Margaret Daly, were by his bedside.
The condition of Charles B. Jefferson, theatrical manager and son of the late Joe Jefferson, remained serious due to stomach trouble at St Luke’s Hospital last night, consistent with the prior twenty four hours.
O H P Belmont's funeral took place at the Cathedral of the Incarnation Belmont family and friends attended from Brookholt Villa to the service led by Dean John Robert Moses and Rev Charles Snedeker. burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery with a large contingent of pallbearers and attendees.
Congressman Charles T. Dunwell of Brooklyn died at his home after a long illness. Born February 1852 in Newark NY, a Cornell and Columbia Law School graduate, he practiced law and worked for New York Life before serving since 1902 in the U.S. House. Funeral attendees include 18 named House members from New York and beyond.
Washington dispatch reports John Vines Wright died at his home at age 83 in Washington. A long career included service in Congress starting in 1860, and later the Confederate army and Congress. He was a key figure in Indian treaties and chaired the Northwest Indian Commission under Cleveland.
The burial of Daniel Henry Smith, a Stock Exchange member, who died at the Hotel Netherland on June 4, will be held today. A special train departs Lexington Avenue Grand Central Station at 9 30 A.M. to transport the body to Woodlawn.
The funeral for Rev. Dr. George E. Merrill president of Colgate University will be held tomorrow afternoon in Utica. The body will be taken to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge Massachusetts for final services on Sunday.
Quincy A. Shaw longtime Calumet and Hecla associate dies at 86 in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts Samuel Stark 48 year old NY World's advertising chief dies of heart failure at 17 Parkview Avenue Glendale L I He was Brooklyn Golf Club president and leaves a widow and stepdaughter Charles Bradt 78 dies at 189 Union Street Montclair Capt C W Boynton founder of Boynton Beach dies at 73 in New Brunswick after two day illness He leaves a widow and eight children
Montclair New Jersey June 12. Schoolchildren hosted visitors at the manual training exhibition with wireless telegraph experiments. Three wireless stations are on school grounds and one on a Mountain Avenue house, sending messages between all stations. Exhibits cover basketry book bindery and other departments showing fine examples of children's work.
A notice lists numerous June 1908 weddings including Crosby and Coolidge at Trinity Church Lenox Ma, Hume-Areson in Jersey City, Thornell at Princeton, and many others in Newark Hoboken Jersey City Hadson and surrounding areas with brides and grooms named and venues cited. The list covers dates June 1 to June 16 and includes spouses such as Adelaide Louise Thornell William Oren, Lillia Addicks Frank H Becker, Emma Mills James Brush Jr, and Jessie Beaver Erwin Davis King among others.
Notices list bereavements for Barcalow Boynton Dunwell Edwards Erdt Fash Hamilton Hilton Knapp Lamont McFarlan Nathusius O Connor Robb ins with funeral details. Services set at Brooklyn New York New Rochelle Jersey City Lenox Avenue Lake Mahopac Woodlawn Greenwood Trinity Good Shepherd Chapel in Boston and Albany papers asked to copy.
Death notices list numerous residents with ages and addresses across Jersey City Newark Hoboken Bayonne Yonkers and surrounding towns. Entries include Athene L Bennett Eleanor Bernhardt Bessie Besarez John Bleff Mathilde Bobbsiter Christian Boettinger Margaret Brutting Buddington and many others with funeral to follow or today schedule.
The Woodlawn Cemetery is reachable via Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Resolve Avenue trolleys, or by carriage. Lots priced from 150 dollars. For Books of Views contact 4855 Gramercy or visit 3 o 20 East 230 Street.
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