Little Miss Astor’s Birthday Play at Fifth Avenue Home
Ava Alice Astor’s birthday was marked by a private afternoon performance in the Astor mansion ballroom. About sixty guests watched an up to date Cinderella with Ernest Thompson Seton animals led by a Teddy Bear MC and later repeated at the Waldorf Astoria under Wilbur Finley Fauley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Alice Astor
John Jacob Astor
Astor Mansion
Fifth Avenue
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Waldorf-Astoria
Wilbur Finley Fauley
Astor Ballroom
Astor
Little Miss Astor
Cinderella
Anderson and Grimm
Matt Gilson
Wall Street
Wedding Plans for Miss Georgette Adee Collier and David T Danas
Miss Georgette Adee Collier and David T Danas finalized wedding plans set for April 23 at 3 30 in Grace Church. Bridesmaids include Juliet Adee Anita Peabody Aleid Schenck Lena Fellowes Valerie Had den Rosamund Dixey of Boston. Best man is Richard T Dana. ushers listed. Easter Monday ceremony to be a small Grace Church event with reception for relatives. Engagement announced last autumn at Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette Adee Collier
David T. Danas
Grace Church
Miss Collier
Dwight Collier
Juliet Adee
Anita Peabody
Aleid Schenck
Lena Fellowes
Valerie Hadden
Rosamund Dixey
Boston
Mr. Dana
Richard S. Dana
Miss King
Edward King
Isaella King
Harvard
Finch School Theatrics Present Two One Act Plays
The Finch School seniors at East Seventy-seventh Street will stage two one act plays at Carnegie Lyceum on Wednesday March 25 to benefit the Neighborhood Guild. The King’s Threshold by Yeats opens the program followed by Fortune and Men’s Eyes by Josephine Preston Peabody, portraying Shakespeare as a youth with period characters. An intermission of about ten minutes separates the acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finch School
East Seventy-seventh Street
Carnegie Lyceum
William Butler Yeats
Josephine Preston Peabody
Shakespeare
David Belasco
Full Supply of Energy for Emergencies and Readiness
A call to maintain a steady energy reserve by consuming proper nutrition. It argues the competent person stays prepared, securing top opportunities in business, with daily, regular meals forming the energy foundation.
There's a Reason Behind Grape-Nuts Energy Claim
Advert text describes Grape-Nuts providing steady energy for nerve and muscle, due to phosphate and potassium from wheat and barley. It claims phosphorus potassium phosphate combines with albumen in blood to rebuild brain and nerve cells, aiding natural effort and business activity.
Finch Players Stage The Rivals Dress Rehearsal Set
Finch students plan a theatre production replacing coaches. Last year the junior class staged The Rivals with success. Dress rehearsal is scheduled for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finch
Belmonts to Host Dinner and Lecture at Plaza
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont plans a Thursday Plaza dinner for the Duchess of Marlborough, followed at 10 pm by Louis Anspacher on architecture. Groundbreaking yesterday marked the Belmont town house at Madison Ave and 52nd Street, by Hunt & Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. P. Belmont
Duchess of Marlborough
Louis Anspacher
Madison Avenue
Hunt & Hunt
F. B. Godwin
Roslyn
L. L
Gotham
Winston Churchill
Cornish
N, IL
Mackay Edgar
London
Eng
Plaza
B. F. Evans
Riverhead
Wilburtha
N. J
Signor Soriin
Knickerbocker
Laura B. Starr
Artillery Corps
Danver
International Sunshine Society
A. Tuttle
Lexington Avenue
New York
Damon Lyon
Richard Mansfield
Mrs Vanderbilt Gives $6000 to Nassau Hospital Fund
Mrs William K Vanderbilt Jr a leading Nassau Hospital supporter has turned over about 6000 to the hospital fund from a Plaza benefit and tea. Other benefits from society York and Long Island towns contribute to the 70000 goal to stabilize the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Minhcola
L.I
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Nassau Hospital
Plaza
Society York
Long Island
Opera in Philadelphia Stars Tetrazzini in Lucia
The Manhattan Grand Opera Company directed by Oscar Hammerstein presented Lucia di Lammermoor at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Mme. Tetrazzini drew the largest ovations, the house sold out, and Hammerstein thanked the audience as plans for another show next week with Mary Garden in Louise were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Manhattan Grand Opera Company
Oscar Hammerstein
New York
Academy of Music
Lucia Diammermoor
Mme. Tetrazzini
Tetrazzini
Hammerstein
Phillphia
Mary Garden
Louise
Metropolitan Opera Plans Season Subscriptions Open
Metropolitan Opera House announces immediate opening of subscription sales for next season with renewals through April 80 and new subscriber placement after May 4. The 1908 09 season runs Nov 16 for twenty weeks with 100 year subscription performances split eighty evening twenty afternoon. Regular performances Mon Wed Thu Fri evenings and Sat afternoon with popular price shows on Saturday evenings limited to twelve or fourteen. Annual stockholders meeting of Connazd Metropolitan Opera Company postponed to April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropollitan
Connazd Metropolitan Opera Company
Yale Dramatic Association to Stage Government Inspector
Yale students present the second annual New York appearance at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday afternoon and evening, April 20. The troupe will perform The Government Inspector, a Russian farce satirizing official corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New York
Yale Dramatic Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Senator Penrose in Critical Health After Illness
United States Senator Boies Penrose is dangerously ill at his Philadelphia home with facial erysipelas. He returned from Washington Monday and developed erysipelas Tuesday. Physicians report his temperature reached 102 and his condition is serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Boies Penrose
Washington
Edward M Shepard Iil at Hot Springs
Edward M. Shepard the lawyer and special counsel to the Public Utilities Commission has spent a week at the New Homestead Hotel Hot Springs Va with a low fever. His secretary Mr Goley sent a note yesterday that he is convalescing and plans to return to New York in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Shepard
Public Utilities Commission
New Homestead
Hot Springs
Goley
Carl
New York
Bluffs Farce Delivers Good Humor at Bijou
Mixed identities drive Leo Ditrichstein's farce Bluffs at the Bijou. Carl Himmelhoch elopes with a Texas Colonel’s daughter, while a real actor and a host of relatives spark a tangle. Despite slow stretches, clever disguises and standout turns by Ditrichstein and Bond create laughs and light entertainment for the curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wunderlee
van Dusen
Nina Herbert
Calvert
Georgie Lawrence Carl Himmelloch
Leo Ditrichstein
Pansy S
Fola la Follette Araminta' Taylor
Leo Itrichstein
Carl Himmelhoch
Texas
Himmeiroch
Slas
Jack Belaire
Belaire
Wall Street
Mr. Ditrichstein
Fela la Folette
Nina Herpert
Mr. Fitch
Georgie Lawrence
Frank Wunderlea
Kenyon Bishop
Prinyy
Ditrichstein
Miss Julia Marlowe Opens New Theatre in McKeesport
Special to The New York Times reports White's Theatre in McKeesport opened with Miss Julia Marlowe and her company presenting Gloria before a full house, signaling a strong start for the venue and its repertoire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Marlowe
New York Times
Mckeesport
Penn
White
Julia Marlowe
Compan
Gloria
Croker Joins Kruger Memorial Committee Vacancy Filled
Edward F. Croker head of the Fire Department was elected to the Kruger and Firemen's Memorial Fund General Committee to replace the late Commissioner Bonner. A sympathy resolution by Henry W. Taft was adopted and funds total 24054.86.
Breeze to star in The Nebraskan by Henry B Harris
Henry B Harris secured Edith Ellis Barker's new four act play The Nebraskan. He plans a September production with Edmund Breeze, famed as financier in The Lion and the Mouse, in the principal role.
The Soul Kiss to Close May 23
F Ziegfeld Jr announced the final performance of The Soul Kiss in New York at the New York Theatre on May 23. Mile Genee must sail for London for a Summer engagement and will return to America in September to reappear in The Soul Kiss in leading cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
New York
New York Theatre
Mile. Genee
London
America
Theatrical Notes on New Shows and Movements
Ada Lewis set to introduce What Does It Mean at Casino while Lonesome Town departs New Circle on April 14 for Gus Ho wards review. Bertha Kalich opens Marta of the Lowlands at Garden Theatre next Tuesday under H G Fiske. Majestic repeats last week's moving picture program and a life size Mabel Taliaferro painting draws attention at Liberty. Edging toward May 14 New York Theatre priory Festival lists Sothern Booth Hope and Roberta. Abraham Erlanger orders first choices of boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Blank
Bertha Ellison
Ada Lewis
Kolb
Dill
Lonesome Town
New Circle
Gus Howards
Spain
Marta
Lowlands
Bertha Kalich
H. G. Fiske
Garden Theatre
BH. H. Sothern
Gertrude
Boston Symphony closes season with American works under Mack
The Boston Symphony Orchestra in its final New York visit of the season conducted by Dr. Mack featured American pieces not previously heard in New York. I P Converse’s Jeanne d Arc and C M Loeffler’s Pagan Poem were joined by MacDowell’s Indian Suite. The program showcased varied American styles and the orchestra delivered with sincerity and polish. Heini gebhard played the piano obbligato in Loeffler's Pagan Poem with notable skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mack
New York
Converse
Jeanne d’Arc
C. M. Loeffler
Edward MacDowell
Mr. Converse
Percy Mackaye
Domrémy
Loefflers
Loeffler
Champer
Ciet
Loéffier
MacDowell
Saper
Heinrich Gebhard
Mingy
New Star Rita le Fornia Shines In Trovatore Debut
At the Metropolitan Opera House Rita le Fornia substituted for Mme Eames in Trovatore. Despite no rehearsal she sang Leonora brilliantly, with clear tone through difficult coloratura passages. Caruso performed well and Homer stood out as Azucena as a large audience praised the spirited performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita le Fornia
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Eames
Opera House
Max Hirsch
Miss le Fornia
Leonora
Mr. Caruso
Freaks at Barnum & Bailey Circus Open Empty of Monsters
The Madison Square Garden show opens with ornate parades and aerial acts but omits the usual freaks such as the Circassian beauties and the human skeleton. The program features the Leamy Ladies on a giant wheel and a double automobile loop finale with the La Rogue sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bailey
Madison Square Garden
Africa
Wotan
Dy & Woman
Uderneath
Civil War veteran Col Samuel B Lawrence dies at 74 in Flushing
Col Samuel B Lawrence a Civil War veteran died yesterday at his son-in-law Francis P Nash Jr home in Flushing L I He was 74 and served in the Army of the Cumberland gaining distinction at Shiloh where he was made Breast Captain He later became Chief of Staff to Gen Tan Wallace and is praised in Wal outer autobiography for his steadfast service Lawrence born in New York was the son of the late Smith Lawrence and Caroline Betts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Lawrence
Francis P. Nash, Jr
Flushing
L. I
Monochey
Shion
Shiloh
Tan Wallace
Wal
Felows
Col
Baltimore
Col. Lawrence
New York
Smith Lawrence
Caroline Betts
Cameron-Wright wedding in Sioux City Iowa
Mrs Maude A Wrient and Alexander Cameron Jr wed in Sioux City Iowa on Wednesday in March. The ceremony joined the Cameron and Wright families in a simple nuptial service.
Birth of daughter for Mr and Mrs Frederick Wits
A daughter was born on March 36 to Mr and Mrs Frederick Wits, announced in the society column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Astor
Frederick Wits
Kronprinz Wilhelm to sail Tuesday after collision damage
North German Lloyd Line announced the Kronprinz Wilhelm will sail on Tuesday at 10 A M as scheduled after a collision with the Crown of Castile. Officials say no structural parts were weakened or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Line
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Fight Over Garner Estate Probate Suit Filed
Relatives sue to break the will of Henry J. Garner real estate dealer who died October 81 at 1 870 Ly man Place Bronx alleging undue influence and challenging the probate document as not his last will. Surrogate Beckett opened the case yesterday seeking to overturn the will leaving the estate to Elizabeth M. Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Beckett
Henry J. Garner
Lyman Place
The
Bronx
Elizabeth M. Garner
Death of Sir Nicholas OConor British Ambassador in Constantinople
Sir Nicholas Roderick OConor British Ambassador to Constantinople dies in the city. Born in Ireland in 1843, he joined the diplomatic service in 1863 with postings in Washington Paris Berlin and Madrid. He served as minister at an early post before moving to St. Petersburg in 1895 and Constantinople in 1898 where he remained until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Nicholas Roderick O’conor
Ireland
Washington
Paris
Berlin
Madrid
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Great Britain
Death of Lemuel E Wells Wholesale Coal Merchant
Lemuel E Wells of 1 Broadway died yesterday at his home 1 West Seventy-second Street. Born in New York in 1852, he attended Dr Quackenbos's Collegiate School. He was a partner in Stickney Conyngham & Co and belonged to several clubs including Riding and Driving Colonial New York Athletic New York Tandem and Bay Head Yacht Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel E. Wells
Broadway
West Seventy-second Street
New York
Obituaries and funeral notices from New York area
Death notices list names and dates from March 15 to 21 1908 across Newark Elizabeth and Brooklyn with services at Christ Church Saint James Haverford and Green's Farms. Individuals include Daniel Sidney Appleton Flinker Augustine William Pancoast Barber Prudence W Boynton Anna Farnham Arrity Hale Samuel Hart sock George Griswold Haven and others with funeral arrangements and interment details.
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Christ Coane
Izapeth
N. J
Society of the Cincinnat
T. B. & Imlay
Bennett
Newark
I Orr
Jonathan
Elizabeth M. Farnham
Madison St
Brooklyn
Green's Farms
Arrity Hale
Wor Girls’ Vacation Society
L. M
Grand Station
Her-Lew Hall
Laurel
Maryland
Samuel M. Hartsock
Baltimore
Eutaw Street Methodistiscopal Church
Greenwood
P. R
Lawrence
Blushing
L. I
Francis P. Nas Jr
Samson Infel B. Lawrence
Mahony
Margaret Hughes Mahony
Weat Bi4th St
James J. Mahony
Holy Name
96Th St
Amsterdam AV
Mansfield
West 135Th Street
Arthur Hill
Euclid Hall
Gith St
Broadway
Smith
Haverford
Penn
Carteret Lawrence
Ethelbert M
Emily Lawrence S.ith
St. James
Long Island City
Flower Hospital
New York
Donald McLean
Pierre J
May Lockman Smith
Orange
Wells
West 72d St
New York City
Lemuel E. Wells
Flowers
Wilson
Louise A. Wilson
W. Cc. G. Wilson
Hancock St
Whyte
Mary Gertrude Whyte
Webster Av
Jerseyn Heights
Obituaries and funeral notices from New York area addresses
A burial list dated March 17 to 19 records deaths and funeral arrangements across New York and New Jersey. Names include Walter W. Chard Jr Nathaniel B Cannon Charles Carhart Sophia Hoberg and many others with addresses in Brooklyn Newark Jersey City Rutherford Hoboken and nearby towns. Multiple services set for today or tomorrow.
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Coneg
Bleecker St
Newark
M. J
Marac
William Conklin
Cowan
Edward
Savage St
West Hole
Marion J. Dick
Eaten Dooley
West 77Th St
Nellie Dooley
Wlsasser
West 128Th &T
Joseph Elsagsser
Farson
West 147Th St
Mary Farson
Fitzgerald
Communipaw Av
Key City
Mary
Piteserald
Flinker
West
Augustine Flinker
Gleason
East 107Th St
Nors Gleason
M. Hanney
East 48Th St
James Hannsy
Bt. Hatceh
Newell Av
Rutherford
N. J
George Hatch
Hoberg
Bedford Av
Brooklyn
Sophia Hoberg
Jensen
Bergen St
Marah
Oscar Jensen
Milton St
Alexander W. June
Kelly
8Th
Marchie
Mary Kelly
Lang
George Lang
Lehmann
Maspeth
I. T
Jacob Lehmann
Loughlin
Kosciusko St
Catherine Loughlin
McDe
Norfolk St
Daniel McDevitt
McGovern
18Th Av
Endora McGovern
McKennett
Fu Ann McKennett
McMane
Summit
Mary McMane
McMullen
Trinity Av
Mannion
West 66Th St
Martin
Jefferson St
Ellen
Martin, Nash
East 98Th St
Margaret Nash
O'Neill
Gates Av
Dennis J. O Neill
Portef
Orange
Esther J. Porter
Rae
Quincy
Lavinia N. Hee
Rogers
Sages
Ann Reeves
P. M. Reilly
Hoyt St
James Reilly
M. Reuter
Rurgledge &J
Annie M. Reuter
Catherine W. Sandlass
Schickel
Springfield Av
Theresa Schickel
Sidey
Chestnut Av
Rosebank
George Sidey
Sly
Arey N. Y
William A Sly
Tietjen
Devoe &J
Meta Tietjen
Maron
James Y. van .Keuren
7Th St
Hoboken
Peter van Keuren
Voorhees
Kings Highway
William K. Voorhees
Walker
John Walker
St. Walsh
Frank Walsh
A. B. Wilson
St. Nicholls
Angel
Wilson
A. M. Windeler
Herman Winkeler
Memorial Masses Held for Elizabeth Munson and Margaret Wheeler
In memory of Elizabeth Munson a Mass is said at St Patrick's Church today at 9 A M. A Mass for Margaret Wheeler is offered at St Mary's Star of the Sea Church in Brooklyn today at 9 A M.
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Cinderela
Thompson
Seton
Punch
Judy
A. S. Hardy
Finch School Theatricals
Neighborhood Guild
Social Notes
Opera IN
Metropolitan Opera Plans
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senator Bryan
William J. Bryan
Florida
Providence
Ibat Rogers Bros
Boston Orchestra
Trovatore
Col. S. B. Lawrence
Gen
Lew Wallace
William Pancoast Barker
United States Shipping Company
Elizabeth, N. J
Sir Nicholas O’conor
Contantinoplhe
Nicholas Roderick O’conor
Lurkey
Norwood Av
William 9
Brokaw Brothers
Astor Place
Fourth Ave.nly
Susan Cherwood
John J. CG
William P., Sr
Henry O. Barber
Mary A. Barber
Christ’s Church, Diizabeth
Society of the Cincinnati
S. Decatur Smith
Admiral Decatur
Hewes
Frank Munro
Trenton
Glen Gardner
OM Csint
Woodlawn
Harlem Grand Tral
Webster
Avenue
East
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