New Satirical Play by Amateurs Stirs Society Audiences
An ambitious four act satire The Simple Life by John C Travis staged at the Carnegie Lyceum by society amateurs to benefit Riverbend Home Wilburtha N Y. Olivia Hitchcock led a strong cast as Miss Carter with Mrs Erhardt Lee and Miss Huntington in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Travis
Broadway
Carnegie Lyceum
Plaza
Riverbend
Wilburtha
N.v
Tommy ' Rusell
Lord Fauntleroy
Annie Russell
Edward Fales Coward
Rhardt Lee
Marie Huntington
Jacob Wendell, Jr
Philip F. Kobee, Jr
Olivia Hitchcock
New York
Gerardus
Madge
Ster
Polly
George Barwell, Jr
Barwell
Herington
Polly Carter
Barwells
Amidla
Butterfly
Vienna
Mrs. Barwell
Miss Hitchcock
Miss Carter
Chardt-Lee
Iss Marie Huntington
Tommy” Russel
Epposits
Erhardt-Lee
Harold Gould
Walker M. Dennett
Rodman and Marvin Wedding Tie Two Families
Cary Selden Rodman and Nannie Van Nostrand Marvin wed yesterday at the bride’s East Thirty-ninth Street home. The Rev W T Crocker officiated. vows exchanged amid satin and lace. The couple will sail March 26 for Europe aboard the Cunarder Panonia and reside in New York after their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Selden Rodman
Nannie van Nostrand Marvin
George Howard Marvin
East Thirty-ninth Street
W. T. Crocker
Church of the Epiphany
James A. Powell Ramsdell
Elizabeth van Nostrand Marvin
Elsie R. Rodman
Charles Butler
Randolph Rodman
Bertram H. Borden
Abram S. Baylis
Arthur S. Vosburgh
William K. Greene
Franklin C. Butler
Mrs. Rosenfeld
New York
Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Colonial Dames Musicale Tea
Mrs. Vanderbilt entertained two hundred members of the Society of Colonial Dames at her West Fifty-eighth Street home yesterday afternoon. The musicale and tea showcased the society’s activities and honored its members in a refined social gathering.
Musical soirée graces ball room with 200 society members
The musicale drew about two hundred society members to the ball room where tea followed. Herbert Witherspoon, basso, with Mrs. Witherspoon at the piano, and English pianist Leslie Harris performed. Witherspoon sang German, French, and Irish songs. Harris offered two own pieces and humorous sketches. Notable attendees included Mrs. Edwin D. Morgan and several Glover, Chickering, Van Rensselaer, Stebbins, Belknap, Townsend, Janeway, and Cox families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Witherspoon
Mrs. Witherspoon
Leslie Harris
Mr. Witherspoon
Loewe Plerne
Harris
Edwin D. Morgan
Sanford Bissell
James A. Glover
Susanna L
Charity Benefit at Plaza Highlights Fresh Air Fund Music
Mrs. Herbert Shipman arranges a Plaza musical afternoon on April 21 to aid the Fresh Air Fund. Debutantes sing Breton songs and pose in grand opera tableaux with live piano and baritone performances. Tickets are handled by Mrs. Shipman at 958 Madison Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Shipman
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Fresh Air Fund
Beatrice Crosby
Dorothea Draper
Edith Clarke
Miss Tone
Miss Marino
Josephine Crosby
Edith Kane
Edith Puiitzer
Gustave Bordé
Kurt Schindler
Metropolitan Opera Company
Copaks
N. Y
Shipman
Madison Avenues
Tannhauser At The Metropolitan Opera From Last Night
The Metropolitan Opera presented Tannhauser with Mme Morena as Elisabeth in a striking new impersonation and Mr Burman as Tannhauser. The audience was large for Wagnerian opera this winter. Hertz conducted with energy. Fremstadt returned as Venus with Parisian additions. cast included Van Rooy, Blass, and Mihlmann in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tannhiuser
Metropolitan Opera House
Elisabeth
Mme. Morena
Tannhauser
Mr. Burman
Metropolitan
Tannhiduser
Calvyo Stars in Carmen at Manhattan Opera House
Mme Calvyo added a second big season appearance at the Manhattan Opera House last night in Carmen. The cast included Miss Zepplilli, Messrs. Dalmorés and Dufranne with Mr Campanini conducting. A large audience attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Calvyo
Manhattan Opera House
Carmen
Miss Zeppilli
Messrs. Dalmorés
Dufranne
Mr. Campanini
New Rex Beach Play Debuts With Applause in Waterbury
A creded house saw the Initial perform ance of Going Some the new play by Rex Beach and Paul Armstrong presented here tonight It deals with student and ranch life. It was received with applause and curtain calls were frequent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Waterbury
Royal Mounted stage premiere in Philadelphia
Cyril Scott stars as Lieut. O Bryne in Cecil B De Mille and William De Mille's The Royal Mounted at the Garrick Theatre in Philadelphia. The Canadian Northwest tale had its first stage performance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Scott
The
Royal Mounted
Philadelphia
Canadian Northwest
Cecil B
William de Mille
Garrick Theatre
Lieut. O’bryne
Mr. Scott
Knight for a Day stages 600th performance celebration
Wallack's Theatre presented John Slavin and May Vokes in A Knight for a Day as it marked its six hundredth show with 500 in Chicago and 100 in New York. To celebrate, every female attendee received a parasol from the ticket taker amid a lobby crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallack’s
John Slavin
May Vokes
Chicago
New York
Engagements announced for Cole and Hendricks families
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cole announce the engagement of their daughter Lucy May Cole to Dr Henry Norris of Princeton University. Dr Henry Harmon Hendricks, an astronomy instructor at Princeton, has issued invitations for the marriage of Alma Hendricks to Clarence Isaacs on Thursday evening April 9 at 261 West Ninety-first Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Cole
Lucy May Cole
Henry Norris
Russell
Princeton University
Henry Harmon Hendricks
Alma Hendricks
Clarence Isaacs
West Ninety-first Street
Invitations Out for Duchess of Marlborough Dinner
Mr and Mrs Oliver H P Belmont have issued invitations for a large dinner on Thursday evening March 26 at the Plaza for Mrs Belmonts daughter the Duchess of Marlborough. An entertainment will follow at 10 o clock with additional guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Social Notices Bridge Events and Society Moves
The Fresh Air Fund Sewing Class meets at Mrs. Lewis 22 West Thirty-eighth Street with music. A 3 PM performance of Jalouse at Criterion Theatre benefits the Country Home for Convalescent Children in Sea Cliff L. I. An 8 PM four-act The Simple Life by amateurs at Carnegie Lyceum benefits Warren Goddard Home of the Friendly Aid Society, with the same cast as last night for Jewell Day Nursery. A reception committee meeting at Miss K. B. Schley’s 24 West Fifty fourth Street plans a bridge whist benefiting Nursery and Child's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresh Air Fund
Frederic Elliot Lewis
West Thirty-eighth Street
Criterion Theatre
Sea Cliff
L. 1
Carnegie Lyceum
Warren Goddard
Friendly Aid Society
Jewell Day Nursery
K. B. Schley
West Fiftyfourth Street
Bridge
Nursery and Child's Hospital
Martha Jamison
Laurel House
Lakewood
Jasper Lynch
Ocean County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Stevens Oliver Wedding Planned in Washington
The marriage of Francis K. Stevens of New York and Lawrence and Miss Elizab eth Shaw Oliver eldest daughter of Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver and Mrs Oliver will take place on Thursday May 26 at the Oliver house in N Street Washington. Stevens is son of Mr. and Mrs Alexander H Stevens of Lawrence L I and graduated from Yale in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis K. Stevens
New York
Lawrence
Elizabeth Shaw Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver
Oliver
Oliver House
N Street
Washington
Mr. Stevens
Alexander H. Stevens
Lawrence, L. I
Yale
Denial Issued on Duke of the Abruzzi Engagement
The Italian Court denied a marriage engagement between the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katharine Elkins of West Virginia. The duke, a cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, is expected in Rome March 28 for a Monaco lecture on oceanography and currently commands the battleship Regina Elena with a planned promotion to rear admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Katharine, Elkins
Elkins
West Virginia
Abruzzi
Prince of Monaco
Franchot Suffers Stroke of Paralysis
Niagara Falls New York March 16 Senator F P Franchot suffered a slight stroke of paralysis during the night Dr William Hodges attends him and believes he will be about again within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franchot
Niagara Falls
N. Y
F. P. Franchot
William Hodges
Toddles at the Garrick Amuses with largely clever English mix
Fitch's adaptation of the French farce Toddles stars John Barrymore and Armand Cortez at the Garrick. The reviewer notes moments of dullness but overall cleverness with Barrymore improving in the second act and several supporting performances delivering humor amid uneven casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Meadows
John Barrymore Boolby
Oswald Yorke
Freddy Gunner
A. Hylton Allen Haslitt
Arthur Elliot
Doctor Baird
Louis Massen Jodlyn
Charles Walcot Mega
Armand Cortez
Frederick Lyon
The Traveling Salesman Staged in Washington
Thomas W. Ross starred in James Forbes's new comedy The Traveling Salesman at the Columbia Theatre in Washington. Miss Marion Kerby of Chicago played the lead feminine role in her first stage appearance and drew favorable notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas W. Ross
James Forbes
Columbia Theatre Tonight
Marion Kerby
Chicago
Ethel Jackson Disabled Again in Merry Widow Cast
Ethel Jackson nee Mrs Ered Zimmerman Jr lies ill and out of the Merry Widow cast at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Lois Ewell fills in again after substituting during Jacksons first absence following two fainting spells at the Saturday matinée.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Jackson
Ered Zimmerman, Jr
Merry Widow
New Amsterdam Theatre
Lois Ewell
Miss Jackson
Ida Con quest to star in The Wolf at Astor Theatre
Ida Conquest is set to appear in a new five character play titled The Wolf by Eugene Walter. The Astor Theatre production, under Wagenhals & Kemper management, will go into rehearsal immediately after announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Conquest
Eugene Walter
Astor Theatre
Wagenhals & Kemper
Kruger Memorial Fund Benefit Clears Over $1100
A benefit performance at Miners Avenue Theatre raised more than 1100 for the Kruger and Firemen Memorial Fund. Miss Vesta Victoria donated 100 after her singing act, and during Miss Gertrude Hoffman's appearance the audience contributed 20 in silver on the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger Memorial Fund
Miners Eighth Avenue Theatre
Kruger and Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Vesta Victoria
Gertrude Hoffman
Mawson takes father role in The Thief at Lyceum season
Edward R Mawson replaces Herbert Percy as the father in The Thief at the Lyceum and will stay with the company for the rest of the season and the Bellew klington tour next year. Wagenhals Kemper yesterday engaged Georgie Lawrence and Nina Herbert for Leo Ditrichstein's Bluffs opening at the Bijou Theatre this Thursday night. Joseph Coyne and Alexandra Carlisle are selected by Charles Frohman for the Garrick Theatre early September opening of The Mollusc a new Henry Hubert Davis play. Hippodrome circus features Frank Melville's stallions Morning and Midnight debuting this week. William Rock and Maude Fulton sing and dance in The Orchid and unobashi at Percy G Williams Colonial Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Mawson
Herbert Percy
Lyceum
Bellewklington
Wagenhals & Kemper
Georgie Lawrence
Nina Herbert
Leo Ditrichstein
Garrick Theatre
Henry Hubert Davis
Hippodrome Circus
Frank Melville
William Rock
Maude Fulton
Percy G. Williams
Colonial Theatre
Broadway and Vaudeville Highlights Across New York Theatres
Last night Ethel Barrymore starred in Her Sister at Hudson Theatre while William Collier performed Caught In the Rain at Broadway Theatre. David Higgins offered His Last Dollar at Majestic Theatre and Alice Lloyd headlined Williams’s Orpheum. Columbia Theatre featured Young Buffalo King of the Wild West under Charles E Blaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore
Manhattan
Hudson Theatre
Williams
Orpheum Theatre
Columbia Theatre
Young Buffalo
Charles E. Blaney
DIES IN COURTROOM DURING Kings County hearing
Elections Commissioner John Maguire collapsed with cerebral apoplexy and died in his chair during a grand larceny trial in Kings County Court. Coroner Hartung attended him. the judge ordered the jury dismissed and a mistrial. Maguire, a prominent Democrat, was 46 and survived by his mother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Court
John Maguire
Hartung
Fawcett
Maguire
Arlington Avenue
Kings County
Brooklyn
William Maguire
Long Island
Notable Obituaries and Deaths Across Several States
Franklin County official Benjamin I. Wells died at 89 in New York. Henry A. Davis, last Mexican War veteran of Orange County, died in Newburgh at 85. Edwin A. Bedell, Albany state court reporter, died after illness. he authored the Church Hymnary in 1891. Major John B. Hopper, former Mutual Reserve Life official, died of heart trouble in Mount Vernon Hospital. William March Walton, Panama Isthmus engineer and SF wharf builder, died at 79 in New Jersey. Mrs. William B. Hepworth of Garfield New Jersey died of heart failure at 43 Palisade Avenue. John Bertram Williams, Harvard publication agent, died in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Henry A. Davis
Orange County
Newburg
N.Y
Sullivan County
Edwin A. Bedell
Albany
Long Island City
Bedell
Nassau
N. P
Carol Bedell
John B. Hopper
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Washington
London
Mount Vernon Hospital
King Edward
America
Hopper
William March Walton
Panama
San Francisco
Alexander S. Breignan
High Street
Newco N. J
William B. Hepworth
Hepworth
Garfield
N. J
Palisade Avenue
Newport
R. I
le Ditm
Serreant St
Brooklyn
Jane Gertrude Pitmas
Theodore Frederick Kane
United States Navy
Trinity Chapel
25Th St
Broadway
Kellogg
William A. Kellogg
West 88Th St
Walter H., Vandaivere B
Frank W. Moler
Hillside Cemetery
Middeltown
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Ill
Paton
Thomas Paton
La‘e ‘Thomas
Elizabeth Spring Paton
St. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Roberts
Cranford
Ann Eliza Hart
James L. Roberts
Clifton
S. I
Tompkins
Tarrytown
Monroe
Mary Cone Tompkins
Middletown
Conn
Tweedy
Danbury
Adelaide A
Frederick W. Tweedy
Farview Av
Amsterdam Av
Augustus B. Weaver
Sunday Night Opera at the Manhattan Ends Popular Prices
Oscar Hammerstein announces next season will drop popular prices on Saturday nights at the Manhattan Opera House and move Sunday night opera to popular pricing. Calvé will perform Carmen next Saturday with Zeppilli, Dalmorés and Dufranne in the cast, while Dufranne sings the father in Louise tomorrow. Hammerstein plans Sunday night operas with full staging and popular pricing, and will continue productions into spring and summer after sailing to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
Mme. Calvé
Carmen
Manhattan
Miss Zeppilli
Messrs. Dalmorés
Dufranne
Board of Aldermen
Hammerstein
Mr. Hammerstein
Miss Gardena
Mme. Tetrazzini
Dental Mechanics Form Union Under AFL Charter
About a thousand dental mechanics in the city will organize under a charter issued by the American Federation of Labor, creating a new union presence in local trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
GROVE'S LAXATIVE QUININE PROMISES ONE DAY CURE
An old remedy touts rapid cold relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Groves brand boxes claim a full refund if cure fails, with the Grove signature on each package and a price citation of 255 v.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggists
Cura Re Grove
Willy Probate Seeks Final Disposition
Tompkins and Tompkins of 1156 Fifth Avenue announce probate proceedings for Willy with wills and related matters handled by Counselors-at-Laws. Proceedings cover estate resolution and official filings in the probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue
Willy
Edith Kohlberg Engaged to Emil Judell in San Francisco
Mrs Manfred Pierce Kohlberg of 15 West 107th Street announces the engagement of her daughter Edith to Emil Judell of San Francisco.
Marriages Listed in Montclair and Caldwell Notices
Marriages announced include Elizabeth Stevens and Oliver Crane Lyon wed in Montclair on March 14. Nannie Marvin and Cary Rodman marry at 183 Last Goth Street on March 16. Margaret Doktor and Henry Weiss unite on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon—Stevens
Montclair
We J
Trewellyn S. Fulmer
Elizabeth
James C. Stevens
Oliver Crane Lyon
Caldwell
N. J
I Rodman
Marvin
Goth St
Wm. T. Crocker
Nannie van Nostrand Marvin
Cary Selden Rodman
Obituary notices from New York area March 1908 page
A dense list of death notices and funeral arrangements for numerous individuals across New York City and surrounding towns. Entries include names, ages, residences, and funeral details with dates ranging March 14 to 19 1908, and several notes requesting no flowers. Lower portions include numerous terse notices with addresses and funeral times.
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United States
Stowe Phelps
H.H. Hollister
Randolph Hur
Frederic Gallatin
Philip Robbins
Joel B. Erhardt
Louis
Rodman-Marvin
Miss Rothenberg
Music Entertainment and Tableaus
Mme. Calve
Miss Cole
Dr. Russell
Duchess of Marlborough
Social Notes
Lannan Bull
Washington, D.C
Abercrombie-Miller
Alice Abercrombie-Miller
F. Ashton de Peyster
Mackay-Smith
Bishop Mackay-Smith
Clifford W. Vaughan
Marian C. Coffin
C. van R. Robb
Park Avenue
Countess Castlemenardo
Europe
Robinson
Madison Avenue
Camille Weidenfeld
Colony Club
Porter
Terry
van Buren
Alfred Wagstaff, Jr
East Fifty-fourth Street
Princess Belossersky
Miss Whittier
James Brown Potter
Richmond
William Mitler Graham
St. James Court
Santa Barbara
Cal
Warren Salisbury
Ww Kimball
St. Regis
York
Gilford Hurry
New Sunday
Florida
Hoffman
William M. V
Italy
Hoffman Chopin
Stevens-Oliver
D’abruzzi
Miss Elkins
Senator Whyte
Baltimore
William Pinkney Whyte
Garrick
John Barrymore
Fitch
Clyde Fitch
Tristan Bernard
Andre Godfernaux
Garri
Cyril Maude
Mr. Barrymore
Joe Coyne
Stuart Robson
Bertie the Lamb
E. H. Sothern
Lord Dundreary
Andrew Goédferneaus
Toddles
Constance Joblyn
Lady Dover
Constance
Meadows
Alfred Bishop
Mr. Joblin
Miss Joblyn
Mairie
Potales
Miss Olive Temple
Jeffreys Lewis
Sadie Martinet
Pauline Frederick
Isabel Richards
Mig. Co
Brooklyn Amusements
Benjamin I. Wells
Board of Supervisors
Franklin County
Ae N. Y
Yoren AE
Madison Square
New York City
Yamanaka Collection
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association
East 23d Street
Madison Square South
Calve
Dental Mechanics Join Federation
Charles
Caroline Adier
West 77Th St
Erie Railroad
Chambers St. Ferry
Boston
Bier. Brady
South St
Mount Vernon
Patrick Brady
More Row
Byers
West 64Th St
John Byers
Cooley
West 50Th St
Ga Cooley
1 Crinigan
Park Av
Thomas Crinigan
Curtiss
West
Sdst
Caroline A. Curtiss
Dalenz
Orange
George Dalenz
Denman
Northfield
Thomas Denman
West 36Th
Marie Tret
Bridge St
Maral
Charles Disch
Faber
Willoughby Av
Esa Faber
Ferin
Desraw St
Arthur Kf
Fort
Elisha M. Fort
Glass
West 18Th St
Hammilt
Jarrie L. Higinson
Hoey
Sarah Hoey
Howard
Lenox Av
Ant _R. Howard
M. Jaques
Bared Kara Jaques
Joyce
St. Mark's Av
Annie Joyce
Kearns
Baltie St
Lizzie Kearns
Linicus
East 159Th St
George A. Linicus
Loweree
East Orance
Edgar D. Loweree
Ludeman
Fordham
Amella Ludeman
Mecgonigle
Gold St
Annis McGonisie
McIlveen
West 18Th
Robert J. MeIlveen
Magie
Rodney St
Mildred G. Magic
Manuel
Richmond Hill
L. L
Albert C. Manuel
St. Miller
Cecil” Miller
Monaghan
East 102d
John
Hunterdon St
Mary ‘ Ott. Mulford
Plainfield
Carrie L. Mulford
Neshbit
East Sith St
Pauline Nesvit
O'Hare
Meeker St
Theeresa O'Hare
Pack Wood
Elm St
Newark
Rebecca Packwood
Papen
Bainbridge
Herman
Purrmann
Christoph Purrmann
Scherger
South 5Th &T
Christian Scherger
Schnabel
Howard St
New J
Caroline Schwabt
Schwarz
T2d St
Emsig
A. Schwarz
Spalding
Corona
Andrew C. Spalding
St. Stauss
Atlantic Avi
Elisabeth Stauss
Stiefhl
Roseville
oOttolie Stirfel
Sullivan
Josephine H. Sullivan
Taylor
St. Av
Mareguerite Taylor
Thomson
N._J
Martha A. Thomson
van Brunt
Lay St. Bensonhurst
Mortimer van Brunt
van Buskirk
Villa Av
Bedford Park
Dorothy L.van Buskirk
Vrooman
Cofton Place
Jom F. Vrooman
Watson
Thomas C. Watson
M. Wheeler
Hastings-on-Hudson
Jacob T. Wheeler
Zinn
Skillman
Theodore J. Zinn
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jérome Avenue
East 250
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell
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