Frohman Leads International Theater Contracts In Paris
Charles Frohman departs for London after arranging a dozen contracts linking French English and American theatres. He will expand revival of American and English plays in Paris, produce Gillette works, adapt Held by the Enemy, and coordinate Ethel Barrymore’s As You Like It with a transatlantic cast and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Charles Frohman
London
Community of Nations
Oscar Straus
William Gillette
France
England
America
Frohman
New York
Théattre Antoine
Gillette
Mr. Frohman
Maude-Adams
Paul Gavault
My Wife
Michael Morton
de Flers
Caillavet
Marie Doro
Francis de Croisset
Mr. Brohman
Kubelik At The Hippodrome Delights Audience
Kubelik appeared for a second time this season at the Hippodrome last evening with the Mendelssohn concerto Sarabande and Zigeunerweisen. The Russian Symphony Orchestra under Itschuler supported him with a refined tone despite some false intonation. A long overture by Borodin was heard in a rare placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubelik
Hippodrome
Mendelssohn
Sarasate
Itschuler
Jan Phony
Borodine
Ibsen Satire Love's Comedy Heads to Hudson for Two Matinees
The long delayed Ibsen satire Love's Comedy is announced for March 23 and 26 matinees at the Hudson Theatre. The cast features Grace Elliston Warner Oland Burke Clarke Mark Fenton Edwardson Ralph Morgan George Brown Mrs Frances Pruyn Mabel Wright Wilma Sundberg and Mrs McNeil Bennett. This marks the play's first American production.
Opera Concerts Feature Farrar at the Met and La Gioconda in Concert
Large audiences attended opera concerts last night. At the Metropol itan Miss Farrar starred with encores for Batti Batti and Styrienne. Louise Kirkby Lunn, Burgstaller, Goritz and Blass also sang under Mr Hertz. The Manhattan offered La Gioconda in concert with Russ and Gerville Réache, Zenatello, Ancona and Arimondi as soloists. Jean Périer debuted with two Dupare songs, noted for their sombre Debussy-like tone and clear diction in Pelléas style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Miss Farrar
Schumann
Ich Grolle
Jean Périer
Dupare
Debussy
Mr. Périer
Pelléas
Belasco Theatre Throngs For Madison Avenue Church Service
More than 300 people were turned away from the Belasco Theatre as Madison Avenue Reformed Church held a non-churchgoers service. By 8:00 pm all seats were filled after a musical program featuring piano organ violin harp and cornet. Dr William Carter announced that 27 professions of religion and 24 requests for prayer had come from attendees from nearly every state plus England Scotland Denmark Germany Australia and China. About twenty five stood to profess faith when invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco Theatre
Madison Avenue Reformed Church
William Carter
Madison Avenue Church
England
Scotland
Denmark
Germany
Australia
China
Jesus
Christ
Little Shamrock to Wear Green Paint at Hippodrome
The Hippodrome plans to rechristen the littlest elephant Satan for St. Patrick's Day and paint him green. A press agent proclaims the theater has bought the paint and supplies. The elephant rested last night, and the house painter expects to apply the coat with a naphtha wash later to remove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippodrome
Satan
Little Shamrock
St. Patrick's Day
The Royal Mounted Opening Draws Theatrical Guests
Theatrical men travel to Philadelphia today for the opening of Cyril Scott in The Royal Mounted at Garrick Theatre. Circle Theatre hosted Sunday Night in Bohemia guests from the Woman's Professional League and Majestic Theatre showed Passion Play films yesterday. Strollers club hosted guests from the Merry Widow companies and a Viennese opera cast toured from Zum Weissen Rossel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Claggett
Cyril Scott
Garrick Theatre
Royal Mounted
Bohemia
Circle Theatre
Woman's Professional League
Majestic Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
Joe Weber
Zum Weissen Rossel
Miss Bowditch to Wed Byrd in Albany Wedding
The engagement of Miss Mary Bowditch of Albany New York to Francis Otway Byrd of this city is announced. Byrd is a Harvard graduate and son of George H. Byrd of 69 Park Avenue. the wedding is planned for early June in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bowditch
Albany
N. Y
Francis Otway Byrd
Miss Bowditch
Edwin Bowditch
Robert Oliver
Archibald Murray
New York
Mr. Byrd
George H. Byrd
Byrd A
Harvard
Deuel Daughter to Wed Lieut Kean at Home of Parents
Miss Mary Louise Deuel the daughter of ex Justice Charles Holland Deuel and Mrs Deuel will marry Lieut Otho Vaughan Kean United States Army at their home 335 West End Avenue on Saturday evening March 21 amid family guests and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Deuel
Charles Holland Deuel
Otho Vaughan Kean
Miss Deuel
West End Avenue
Many Sail On the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie
The Kron Prinzessin Cecilie, a North German Lloyd liner, sails tomorrow with nearly all first cabin space full and steerage sold out for days. Among those sailing to Plymouth Cherbourg and Bremen are numerous listed passengers including James Mead Belden William Babcock George Duer and Benjamin Guggenheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
James Mead Belden
William Babcock
John W. Buster
W. T. van Brunt
John R. Gardner
Jackson Gouraud
Benjamin Guggenheim
C. H. Godfrey
Edwin Drexel Godfrey
Walter Gow
William M. W. Hoffman
Joseph C. Hoagland
Charles C. Harrison
Georges Lesieur
American Chamber of Commerce
Paris
R. Hall McCormick
F. ¥. Palmer
John Barton Payne
Alexander H. Revel
C. A. Spreckels
N. B. Tarkington
Col. Taylor
Edgar Vincent
Jules Vatable
Wallace B. Wolff
G Creighton Ebb
Alderman to Speak on The Growing South at Carnegie Hall
President Edwin A. Alderman of the University of Virginia will address the Civic Forum at Carnegie Hall next Sunday night March 22 on The Growing South. George McAneny, President of the City Club, will preside. Alderman is a leader in the newer movement for education in the South and regarded as one of America's most eloquent public speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Civic Forum
Carnegie Hall
George McAnény
City Club
Dr. Alderman
South
America
George Crocker Improves After Stomach Operation
George Crocker of East Sixty fourth Street is making satisfactory progress in recovery from stomach surgery. He is not yet allowed visitors besides nurses and physicians but remains cheerful and has rallied from the operation's immediate effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crocker
East Sixty-fourth Street
High Note Soprano on Her Opera Chance
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, an American soprano, debuts at the Metropolitan Opera House in a trial performance of Lucia. She recounts training in New York California and Europe, her high notes, and gratitude to Mr Conried for the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Beach Yaw
Metropolitan Opera House
Lucia
Miss Yaw
Conried
New York
Martinique
Europe
America
California
Mme. Torpadie
Eau Claire
Wis
London
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Savoy Theatre
Paris
Mme. Marchesi
Nice
Rome
Italy
Marchesi
Beethoven novelty heard at Carnegie Hall concert by Damrosh
At Carnegie Hall the New York Symphony Society presented two long symphonies with Miss Mary Lansing performing a brief song. A newly discovered Beethoven trio for harpsichord, bassoon and flute received its American debut but drew mixed praise. Damrosh led the harpsichord, with Barrere and Mernard on flute and bassoon. the trio’s first movement was omitted. The Fourth and Fifth Symphonies impressed audiences, while the overture to Coriolan and In Questa Tomba were also featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damrosch
Carnegie Hall
New York Symphony Society
Mary Lansing
Beethoven
Irish Drama Alive at Hotel Astor Evening
Father John Talbot Smith introduced the subject of Irish drama to American Playgoers at the Hotel Astor. John B Yeats Sr. delivered the highlight, praising the Dublin theatre for truth to art and nature and noting Lady Gregory Singe and his son as leading figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Talbot Smith
Hotel Astor
John B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats
Yeats
Ireland
Dublin
Sen
Lady Gregory
Singe
W. G. Fay
Savoy Theatre
Irish National Theatre
Mr. Fay
America
Jenkins Funeral Held for Bank Leader John G Jenkins Sr
The funeral of John G Jenkins Sr former President of First National Bank Brooklyn followed an indictment with his three sons last November. Services at Sumner Avenue Baptist Church featured prayers scriptures a Masonic service and a eulogy by Rev Dr R M Greene. Seventeen uniformed police restrained the crowd and interment was at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Jenkins
First National Bank
Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Sumner Avenue Baptist Church
S. Parks Cadman
Central Congregational Church
William Carter
Sea Cuff CL. I. Methodist Church
Carter
Bull
Hyatt Lodge
R. M Greene
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Death List of a Day Forty niners pioneer Peter Ward dies
Peter Ward an original Forty Niners member who joined fifty others for the first California gold rush died of apoplexy at his home 2 West 105th Street. He returned to New York started a Sixth Avenue hardware business and retired eight years ago. He was a life member of the American Institute of Sciences and left five sons Frank Albert George Walter Ward of New York and Eugene Ward of Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Ward
California
West
105Th Street
Mr. Ward
New York
Sixth Avenue
Ward
American Institute of Sciences
Frank
Albert
George
Walter Ward
Eugene Ward
Toronto
Death of Cornelia E Clarke Wife of bank president
Cornelia Ellery Clarke 62 wife of Dumont Clarke president of the American Exchange National Bank died yesterday at her Dumont New Jersey home of cerebro spinal meningitis. She was married to Mr Clarke in Castleton Vermont in 1869. Funeral services will be held in Newport birthplace of Mr Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Ellery Clarke
Dumont Clarke
American Exchange National Bank
Dumont, N. J
Mr. Clarke
Castleton
Newport
Notable clergy and officials die across states
The Rev. Marcellus Jannin of Mobile dies at Spring Hall College noted as a Catholic priest and educator. Brig. Gen. Royal Thaxter Frank U.S.A. retired dies in Washington in his 76th year. Judge O C D Clark former federal judge dies in Chattanooga aged 61. James F Courant longtime druggist of Larchmont and New Rochelle dies at 74 leaving 250000 estate with Masonic and Royal Arcanum memberships funeral Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellus Jannin
France
Spring Hall College
Mobile
Ala
Royal Thaxter Frank
U.S. A
Washington
Military Academy
O'C. D. Clark
Cleveland
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
James F. Coutant
Larchmont
New Rochelle
Mr. Courant
East Chester
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Duchess of Marlborough Guests at Plaza Dining Room
The Duchess of Marlborough joined Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr at the Hotel Plaza for Sunday dining with her mother Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont and others in a social showing of new spring gowns. Notables from Knickerbocker St. Regis Astor hotels and Times Square venues attended with a wave of fashion and late dinners across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Marlborough
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hotel Plaza
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Col
Wiliam Jay
F. W. Horne
F. Burral Hoffman
Frederick D. Grant
Alexander Revell
Chicago
Robert C. Watson
Howard Willets
R. A. C. Smith
R. L. Patterson
George Maxwell
C. B. MacDonald
J. McMaster Mills
George Warren Smith
Elsie Janis
Knickerbocker
James A. Blair, Jr
Charles Greenough
Timothy L. Woodruff
Mrs. Parker
Davis Barnes
Richard Croker, Jr
H. F. Mollenhauer
Col. F. Weller
Mrs. C. Osgood
Boston
Birth Announcements From Local Families
On March 9 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Na CA than Citron. On March 11 a son was born to Mr and Mrs DB Sylvan Crakow. On March 11 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Na than Samose. On March 5 a girl was born to Mr and Mrs Aaron Smith. On March 10 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Monroe Washer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citron
Nacathan Citron
AROW
DB Sylvan Crakow
Samose
Nathan Samose
Smith
Aaron Smith
Washer
Monroe Washer
Marital Notices from Geneva Jersey City Portland and More
The page lists marriages including Chauncey Winslow of Portland and Alice Louisa Williams Sibgon of Portland at St. Pierre Cathedral Geneva. Other notices show Blanche Rice to WiLI Aarons in Jersey City, Etta Kreuder to Walter Cimiotti, Estella Lewis to Jacob Klein, Maude Homan to Crosby Leonard, Dorothy Marks to Joseph Rosenstock, and Bessie Carson to Christopher Spizzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Sibson
Cathedral of St. Pierre
Geneva
Switzerland
Chauncey Rose Winslow
Portland
Oregon
Cincinnati
Alice Louisa
Williams, Sibgon
Aarons—Rice
Jersey City
Blanche Rice
Wili Aarons
Cimiotti
Kreuder
Etta A. Kreuder
Walter E . Cimiotti
Klein—Lewis
Estella Lewis
Jacob Klein
Leonard—Homan
Maude ‘Oman
Crosby Leonard
Rosenstock—Marks
Dorothy Marks
Joseph Rosenstock
Spizzy—Carson
Bessie R. Carson
Christopher A. Spizzy
Obituaries and funeral notices from March 1908
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements listed for March 14 to 16 1908. Names include Charles Adler Frederick W Bohlk Hugo J Bradley George Cheever Boorum Cornelia Ellery Charlotte W Craig Jane Gertrude Ditmas Elizabeth P Earl d and Mortimer Kennedy Flagg. Addresses common in New York area and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler
Charles
Caroline Adler
West 77Th St
Bohle
West 34Th St
Frederick W. Bohlk
Bradley
St. Louis
Hugo J. Bradley
Dennis
Kate Bradley
Kelliher
Lucky St
St. Matthew’s Church
Boorum
Forest Hill
N. J
George Cheever Boorum
Caroline Irving van Horne
Corneling
Catherine Boorum
Lake St
New York
Erie Railroad
Chambers St. Ferry
Boston
Clarkhe
Dumont
Cornelia Ellery
Clarke
Newport
R. I
Craig
New York City
Obituaries and funeral notices From New York 1908
A long list of death notices and funeral arrangements is reported for March 1908 in New York and nearby areas. Entries include Leopold Gusthal 82, George Hoeffner, Theodore Frederick Kane Rear Admiral USN, William A Kellogg, Cecil Miller, Betsy Hurd Recker, William J Tyman, Margaret Valentine, Peter Ward, Selena Wendover, Hannah Arndt, Robert V Bell, Lieut Thomas Boyle, James H Brady, Josephine Brault, James L Coutant, and many others with addresses across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Funeral times, residences, and burial plans are specified with occasional private ceremonies and church services noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S J. John's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Kane
Park Avenue
Theodore Frederick Kane
United States Navy
Trinity Chapel
25Th St
Broadway
Kellogg
William A. Kellogg
West 58Th St
Miller
Cecil
James
Bertha Cecil Miller
Woodlawn
Moler
John Moler
Harriet N. Hoyt
Walter H
Vandivere B
Frank W. Moler
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Iil
Paton
Thomas Paton
Thomas
Elizabeth Spring Paton
St. George’s Church
Stuyvesant Square
Alfred Hamilton Peats
St. Stephen's Church
Recker
Betsy Hurd
St. Louis
William J- Tyman
James Kiely
North Garrison AV
St. Bridget’s Church
Valentine
Central Park West
Margaret
George H
Priscilla S. Purser
Ward
Peter Ward
West
105Th St
Wendover
Selena Berry
Samuel Warren Wendover
Washington St
Hoboken
Arndt
West 140Th St
Hannah Arndt
Bell
Garfield Place
Brooklyn
Robert V. Bell
Boyle
80Th St
Lieut
Thomas Boyle
Brady
29Th St
James H. Brady
Brault
South Orange
N. J
Josephine Brault
Bresloff
Vernon Av
Long Island City
John L. Bresloff
Byrnes
Madison St
Charles E. Byrnes
Corcoran
Hicks St
Nellie Corcoran
Crinigan
Park
Thomas Crinigan
Coutant
New Rochelle
James L. Coutant
Crook
McKibben St
Wolf Crook
Davis
East 108Th St
Sophia Davis
A. M. Ditmas
Pierrepont S&t
Jane G. Ditmas
Doughney
East 185Th St
Esther Doughney
Duffy
St. Vincent's Hospital
John Duffy
Dumser
East
Johanna V. Dumser
A. M. Egan
Max Gerlach
Gibbons
Quincy St
Maria EK
Obituary notices from New York area dated March 14
A list of funeral notices for residents of Brooklyn, Mount Vernon, White Plains, New Rochelle and surrounding areas. Entries include names such as John P Gray Hedwig Heckendorn Harry Hearst Kate Hogan Edward Kavanagh Rose Kerker William Monahan and many others with addresses and funeral times or private notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Hearst
Heckendorn
Stevens Av
Mount Vernon
Hedwig A. Heckendorn
Hogan
West 16Th St
Kate Hogan
Kavanagh
Bleecker St
Edward Kavanagh
P. Keeler
White Plains
Phoebe J. Keeler
Kelly
West 47Th
J. J. Kelly
Funere
Kerker
Manhattan Av
Rose Kerker
Legghtt
William Mane
East Ote
Lock Wood
West 49Th St
Katie Lockwood
McCabe
East Ilith St
Marek Catherine McCabe
Macewen
West 69Th St
Ottefia MacEwan
McGre
West 25Th St
Michael
Mead
Peekski
N. Y
Mary G. Mead
M. Monahan
St. John's Place
Brookelyn
William Monahan
Myers
East 116Th St
Frank Myers
M. Nearing
Putnam Av
Waldo H. Smith
Dedication and Memorial Services Noted for Local Monuments
A series of memorials and dedications announced for March events at area cemeteries and churches. Unveilings honor Meyer Bloch David Baer Kraemer Meyer Nickelsburg and Henriette Sobel with services and masses scheduled at Mount Hope St Stephen's St Paul Bayside and Washington cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Heffernan Hayes
Kraemer
David Baer Kraemer
B'nai Jeshurun
Elizabeth
N. J. Nickelsburg
Meyer Nickelsburg
Washington Cemetery
Sobel
Henriette Sobel
Bayside Cemetery
Rhoda Sholam
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Ngland
Kubelik
Mendelssohn and
Wellville
Bath
F. C. Byrd
Mr. Kean
Rogers Bros
Meriden Britado
W. B. Yeats
Clest
OUR Survey Department
LE Guarantee Trust
Fulton St
Jamaica
Enteay
California Fig Syrup CO
the Duchess of Marlborough
Mrs. W. K
Vanderbilt, Jr
Waters Pianos
Waters- Aurora
Narvesen
Brautigam
Wagner
New England
Chelsea
Ouvrier Bros
Fischer
Whitney
Biddle
Steinberg
Wheeler
Weber
Wing
Chester
Decker Bros
Waters
Simplex
Aeolian
Horace Waters
Fifth Ave
18Th St
Harlem
125Th St
8Th Ave
In Memoricut
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell
Thapela
Stephen Merritt
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