Mrs Belmont Hosts Dinner for Duchess and Notables at Plaza
Mrs. Belmont entertained at the Plaza with a large dinner and Prof Louis J Anspacher lecture on The Modern Issue followed by dancing. The Duchess of Marlborough and a long list of prominent guests attended, including Vanderbilt, Guinness, Astor, Fish, Jay, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Anspacher
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Duchess of Marlborough
Louis J. Anspacher
Franko
Prof
Anspacher
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Benjamin Guinness
Louis K. Anspacher
John R. Pope
Francis W. Crowninshield
Dance at the Gotham Hosts 150 Guests
Herbert N Fell led a social evening at the Hotel Gotham attended by 150 guests. A buffet supper was served from 10 to 11 followed by informal dancing with a list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs J Reid Fell and several prominent local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert N. Fell
Gotham
Opera star Rosa Glitska weds Louis J Sinai
Cincinnati March 26 Rosa Glitska principal contract with the San Carlo Opera Company was married this afternoon to Louis J Sinai Chicago based general agent for an insurance company. She will finish the season with the San Carlo Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mme. Rosa Glitska
San Carlo Opera Company
Louis J. Sinai
Chicago
San Carlo
Engagement announced of Miss Katharine Burdick to Dr Townsend
Miss Katharine Burdick second daughter of Prof Francis M Burdick of Columbia University and Mrs Burdick will marry Theo dore Irving Townsend M D assistant physician at the Dannemora State Hospital No date for the wedding has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Burdick
Francis M. Burdick
Columbia University
Burdick
Theodore Irving Townsend
Dannemora State
Amherst Glee Club concert at Waldorf Astoria
The Amherst College Glee Club performed last night in the Astor Gallery at the Waldorf Astoria. The Mandolin Club accompanied with The Merry Widow selections as a large audience of students and young women filled the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst. College Glee Club
Astor Gallery
Waldorf-Astoria
Mandolin Club
Parker and Todd Set June 31 Wedding in St Thomas Church
Miss Eveline T Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest H Parker of 797 Madison Avenue will wed Ambrose G Todd on June 31 at St Thomas Church Rev Dr Ernest M Stires to officiate Col George B M Harvey hosted a luncheon for the Duchess of Marlborough at Delmonico s Other guests included Mrs Humphry Ward and Mrs John Jacob Astor Drawing Room Club met at the Waldorf Astoria with James Grant Wilson presiding Dr St Croix Wright spoke on Maeterlinck Pianist Harriette Cady with Marion Weed at a Waldorf recital Miss Cady played Schumann Chopin Wagner Liszt Weed sang Isolde s Death Song and Grieg works Yale Phi Gamma Delta tenth anniversary banquet last night at the St Regis Amateur Fire Magistrate benefit planned for April 7 at Carnegie Lyceum William Funk to host a musicale next Tuesday Adele Grant and Adolf Glose present Salome musical reading Mme Jomelli to sing Strauss songs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveline T. Parker
Forrest H. Parker
Madison Avenue
Ambrose G Todd
St. Thomas’s Church
Ernest M. Stires
Drawing Room Club
James Grant Wilson
Waldorf-Astoria
Maeter- Jinck
Dr. St. Croix Wright
Harriette Cady
Marion Weed
Miss Cady
Chopin
Miss Weed
Isolde
Grieg
William Funk
Amy Grant
Adolf Glose
Salome
Mme
Jomelli
Raisin and Strawberry Desserts Brighten Seasonal Housekeeping
A household guide highlights raisin pie as a rich, economical dessert using seeded raisins simmered briefly before folding into hot fruit filling. Strawberries price at 40 to 45 cents a quart, with strawberry shortcake in season. Samp replaces rice in versatile uses, while Finnan haddie becomes a popular luncheon dish prepared with a light white sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnan Haddie
Boston
Bears as natural comedians in circus life at Madison Square Garden
Animal trainer George Conklin recalls bears’ quirks from a Rocky Mountain captive who learned comedy by bad luck. A mountaineer’s trap using a sapling rope lofted a black bear into captivity, proving the animal’s stubborn wit and earning him as the finest bear in the Barnum & Bailey menagerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Conklin
Barnum & Bailey Zoological Collection
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Conklin
Rocky Mountains
Harry
Mr. Comblin
Harris Plans to Buy Hudson Theatre in NYC Deal
Henry Harris, lessee and manager of the Hudson Theatre, returned from a trip and said he is examining the title and preparing to purchase the theatre. A formal sale has not yet occurred, but theatre circles view the arrangement as essentially settled. Harris reportedly aims to pay around 70000 for the property now owned by George G. Heye, who is expected back from Florida soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Harris
Hudson Theatre
Hackett Theatre
Forty-second Street
James K. Hackett
Mr. Harris
George G. Heye
Florida
Henry James's Second Play The High Bid at Lyceum
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott staged Henry James's three act comedy The High Bid at the Lyceum Edinburgh. The piece was charming and graceful though not likely to draw crowds but received with cordiality and shows promise beyond Guy Domville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Lyceum
Henry James
Mr. James
Guy Domville
Waltz Dream Company Volunteers for London Run
Leading members of the Waltz Dream company at the Broadway Theatre offer to perform their original parts in Mr Froh man s London production of The Waltz Dream after their New York engagement ends. They undertake the work without pay and have sent the letter to the London manager now in Paris. Signatories include Charles A. Bigelow Vera Michelena Joseph Herbert Sophie Brandt and Josie Sadler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway Theatre
Mr. Frohman
London
New York
Paris
Charles A. Bigelow
Vera Michelena
Joseph Herbert
Sophie Brandt
Josie Sadler
Columbia Varsity Show turns a profit of 1600 dollars
Manager Kobbe reports a preliminary profit of 1600 dollars from the annual Varsity show at Columbia University. Agreement splits 40 percent among major athletic teams. Three hundred dollars advanced to the crew to buy a barge for Hudson training quarters at Fort Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Kobbe
Hudson
Fort Lee
Italian Opera Week at Academy of Music
Italian Grand Opera Company presents a week of six operas at the Academy of Music starting Monday April 13. Abramson's company, a ten week Chicago run this season, brings the performances with popular pricing for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Ivan Abramson
Italian Grand Opera Company
Chicago
Pure Food Exhibition Opens at Lenox Lyceum
Pretty young women in caps and aprons preside over piles of edibles arranged attractively against a white and yellow background. The Pure Food Exposition, under the New York Retail Grocers' Union, opened to the public last night at Fifty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue. The display drew a crowded crowd, with foodstuffs arranged to impress visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food Exposition
New York Retail Grocers’ Union
Lenox Lyceum
Fifty-ninth Street
Madison Avenue
New York
The Choephoroi of Aeschylus At Empire Theatre
A matinee of The Choephoroi of Aeschylus presented by a young chorus at the Empire Theatre draws praise for skillful groupings and graceful stage pictures. Electra is played by Elsie Kearns with Kilissa by Minnette Cleveland. the chorus of Trojan Maidens earns special note for expressive restraint and mood alignment with the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Ibsen
Aeschylus
Mr. Jenkins
Miss Kearns
Electra
Kilissa
Minnette Cleveland
Theater Notes and Coming Attractions
The Garrick Theatre closes after Saturdays performance. A major matinee at the Hippodrome is set for this afternoon. National California Club members will attend Sunday Night in Bohemia at New Circle. Eugene Walter presents The Wolf at Belasco Theatre Washington on Monday March 30. Treas urer testimonial features Mack Hillard and John Miller at Weber's Music Hall April 19. Daly's announces Man Haters Matinee for Girls at Daly's on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrick Theatre
Hippodrome
New York
National California Club
Bohemia
New Circle
Eugene Walter
The
Belasco Theatre
Washington
Volpe Presents Fritz Stahlberg Suite At Carnegie Hall
Arnold Volpe leads a Carnegie Hall concert featuring Fritz Stahlberg’s Ueber's Weltenmeer a four movement programme about emigrants crossing to the New World. Rudolph Ganz solos Liszt works and is recalled for a final Liebestraum as a large audience applauds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr.Muck
Modest Altschuler
Arnold Volpe
Carnegie Hall
Fritz Stahlberg
Ueber
New World
Mr. Stahlberg
Ketzin
Prussia
Pittsburg
Victor Herbert
New York
Dvorak
Volpe
Gustav Mahler
Tschaikowsky
Rudolph Ganz
Fidelio Revisited at the Metropolitan with Lefler-Burckard
Beethoven's Fidelio in Mahler's arrangement was presented at the Met. Mme Lefler-Burckard substituted for Morena as Fidelio, delivering a robust but imperfect portrayal with strong stage presence. The overall night mirrored last week, save for casting, while the Leonore overture No. 3 left a deep impression on the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Fidelio
Trulock Wife Dies. Blood Infusion Ad Fails
Mrs Anna P H Trulock of 119 Chestnut Street Montclair New Jersey dies at home after anaemia illness. Her husband Carl E Trulock placed a $50 ad in a New York paper seeking a healthy donor for a vein blood infusion from his wife, but no applicants came forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Anna P. H. Trulock
Carl E. Trulock
Chestnut Street
Mrs Elizabeth Duer Dies in City After Short Illness
Elizabeth Duer widow of banker James Gore King Duer dies in the city of pneumonia after a brief illness at sixty three. She was born Elizabeth Wilson Meads of Albany and married in 1864. Her three daughters Caroline King Duer Josephine Larocque Jr and Mrs Henry Wise Miller are noted novelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Duer
James Gore King Duer
Clarence H. Mackay
Duer
Elizabeth Wilson Meads
Orlando Meads
Albany
Caroline King Duer
Josephine Larocque, Jr
Henry Wise Miller
Mary Garden Headlines Opening of Hammerstein Opera House
Miss Mary Garden sings the title role in Tousse at the Academy of Music to an audience as large and enthusiastic as for Mme. Tetrazzini. Oscar Hammerstein announces ground breaking next week for a Broad and Poplar Streets opera house opening November 15, promising a 4000-seat venue devoted to music for all Philadelphia residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Mary Garden
Academy of Music
Mme. Tetrazzini
Oscar Hammerstein
Broad
Poplar Streets
Poplar
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Hammerstein
Abarbanell to Debut Tonight in The Merry Widow
Lina Abarbanell was not seen in last night’s performance at the New Amsterdam replacing Ethel Jackson. It is now announced she will make her first appearance in the New York production this evening in the title role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Glaser
Joe Weber
The
Shuberts
Lina Abarbanell
Ethel Jackson
New Amsterdam
New York
Albert C Wittnauer Dead in Mentone France
Albert Charles Wittnauer, president of the A Wittnauer Company, Swiss watch importer at 8 Maiden Lane, died March 25 in Mentone France at age 51. He came to the United States at 18, built a successful Swiss watch import business, spent years in Geneva with leading manufacturers, never married, and is survived by a brother Emile J Wittnauer and two sisters in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Charles Wittnauer
A. Wittnauer Company
Maiden Lane
Thirty-first Street
Mentone
France
Wittnauer
Switzerland
Jurgenssen
Geneva
Europe
America
Emile J. Wittnauer
Peter Paul Pope Dies After Short Illness
Peter Paul Pope a Manhattan lawyer died at his home in Williamsburg after a brief illness. Born in New York City in 184, he studied law with Judges Steven and William Fulherton and graduated from New York Law School. He served as First Lieutenant of Company B in the Twenty third Regiment Veteran Association. He leaves a widow a son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Paul Pope
William Street
Manhattan
Lee Avenue
Williamsburg
New York City
Steven
William Fulherton
New York Law School
Twenty-third Regiment
Veteran Association
Trenton Water Dept Veteran Albert Booze Dies at 62
Albert Booze a long time Tren ton Water Department employee and Civil War survivor died yesterday after a long illness at his Trenton home. Born in Trenton 62 years ago he served in Company A Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteers and endured three days with only bark and leaves during Shermans Atlanta to the Sea campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Booze
Trenton
Noted Newburg and Philadelphia Notables Pass Away
John Dales the oldest active Newburg businessman dies at nearly 89. J. G. Brill Company vice president John Brill dies in Philadelphia. he led the Nova Scotia Development Co. Henry G. Van Woerart Bayonne hotel proprietor dies at 45 West Twenty second Street with widow and two sons surviving. Rev. O. B. Lowry First Baptist pastor of Atlantic City dies after moving there from Kansas City where he led a church for 21 years. Thomas Miller, 15 years a Brooklyn Navy Yard machinist and Civil War veteran, dies suddenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dales
Newburg
Masonic Order
John Brill
J. G. Brill Company
Car Builders
Philadelphia
Brill
Nova Scotia Development Company
Henry G. van Woeart
Bayonne
West Twenty-second Street
Bayan N. J
O. B. Lowry
First Baptist Church
Atlantic City
N. J
Kansas City
Thomas Miller
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Campbell Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Campbell
Announcement from 429 West 2nd Street March 21 1908 names the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Frank E Campbell with attention from Chicago London and Paris newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank EF. Campbell
West 2Nd St
Chicago
London
Paris
Married couples announce spring nuptials in terse notices
Marriages listed include John Cabot Jr to Bertha A MacKellar on March 25. Florence Adele Evans daughter of Willi T Evans to Willi H K Ebei on March 25 at Wentworth Manor Montclair. Marie Louise Mayhew to De Forest Cundes on March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candee-Mayhew
Marie Louise Mayhew
de Forest Cundes
Obituary notices from New York area on March 25 1908
Deaths and funeral notices for Julius Arnold Emil Bartlett Jerome Bolce George Brown Lydia Barber Clarke De Witt Elizabeth Duer John Eastwood Helen de Forest Charles Hall Theodore Hascall Elizabeth McCulloh Mary Merrall Phoebe Muchmore Irene Prime William Sands Samuel N Smith Samuel N Smith Lillie Talman Eva Thompson Leonidas Williams Albert Wittnauer Tillie Wormser Sarah Adams Robert Anderson Charles Augustien and others listed with dates and service details across New York area newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duarias Godwin de Witt
Elmira
Buffalo
Cleveland
Duer
Elizabeth
James Gore King Duer
Orlando Meads
Albany
Eastwood
St. Augustine
Fla
John Eastwood
Main St
Belleville
N. J
Theodore F. Hascall
East 16Th St
Manhattan
McCulloh
Orange
Anna Henrietta Duer
Pierre Paris Irving
Aeorms
Sears McCulloh
St. Mark
Woodlawn
Muchmore
Chatham
Phoebe A
John Harvey Muchmore
Chetham
Yonkers
Smith
Eureka
Sullivan County
Samuel N. Smith
Fifteenth Street Friends’ Meeting
New York City
Talman
New Residence
President St
Brooklyn
Lillie E
Pierre Courtney Talman
Thompson
Emily
William F. Thompson
Williams
Leonidas Polk
Coleman Williams
West List St
Wittnauer
Albert Charles Wittnauer
New York
Geneva
Switzerland
Mentone
France
Wormser
Tillie Wormser
Leopold Wormser
Obituaries From Brooklyn and Nearby Areas
A list of death notices and funeral details for residents in Brooklyn and nearby locales. Names include Augusta Barnett Emile M Berger Henry Boyd Isabel Chalmers Elizabeth Conroy Catherina Rogers Margaret Flanagan Ernest M Futtner Catherine Gallagher Mary M Gallaudit Jacob Getthelf Catherine J Lee Sophia Livingston Garrett Lubbe John McCann James McConnell Frank Maier Louis Meyer William Nosser Mary Queckinbush Fanny Roberts Charlee Sallade Patrick Scully Catherine Stevens Ernest Theilbar Marie Thomas William Tompkins Anna Wirth Edith Wear John Welch and others with addresses and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Campbell
Herbert St
Brooklyn
Thomas Campbell
Chalmers
West Oist St
Izabella
P.M. Conroy
Lafayette Av
Elizabeth Conroy
Culver
Bergen Av
Athena M. Culver
Doersch
Rogers Av
Catherina Rogers
Donelon
Kent Av
Bridget Bdoneion
Flanagan
Amityville
Magaret Flanagan
Blittner
Morristown
N. J
18Th St
Mary M
Mary E. Radley
Hansen
Conover St
Brooks
Capt
Martin Hansen
Hpary
Orange Road
Montclair
Ellen Heary
Horne
Roosevelt Hospital
Andrew Horne
Huyler
Middletown
N. Y
Irene R. Huyter
Icke
Summit Av
West Hoboke
Emilie Icke
Funer
Irvine
Clinton St
Lydia Irvine
Janes
Evergreen
L. I
Helen Janes
Jennings
York St
Mary Jennings
Kelly
Fulton 5
William E. Kelly
Kenny
Nostrand Av
Mary Kenny
Koch
Trinity
Bronx
Emma C. Koch
Katherine Kangenfass
de Kalb Av
Catherine J. Lee
Livingston
East 29Th St
Sophia V. Livingston
Lubbe
Union Av
Garrett Lubbe
McCann
West 45Th St
John McCann
M. McConnell
New Milford
James Marvey McConnell
Maier
Frank Maier
Av. Meyer
Walnut’ St
Newark
Louis Meyer
Nosser
East Tith St
William W. Nosser
Quackinbush
New York Hospital
Mary FE. Queckinbush
Roherts
Fanny M. Roberts
A. M. Sallade
Macon St
Charlee H. Sallade
Scully
Obituary Notices from Mount Vernon and Brooklyn
Benjamin Westervelt a Mount Vernon commercial traveler died age 58 at 6 East Second Street leaving a widow and two sons. George Malcom a retired brewer died in Brooklyn age 84 at 221 Franklin Avenue after a long New York and Brooklyn business career. Malcom born in Scotland arrived in 1842 and served as Alderman. Westervelt represented the New England Watch Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Westervelt
East Second Street
Mount Vernon
New England Watch Company
New York City
Royal Arcanum
George Malcom
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Scotland
America
The
Produce Exchange
New York
Bsrooklyn
Malcom
Seventh Ward
In Memoriam SCHLANSKY Beloved Father Simon Dies 1907
Dr. Harry P. Schlansky notes the death of his father Simon Schlansky on March 27 1907 and prayer for his soul to rest in peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlansky
Simon Schlanski
Harry P. Schlansky
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Mrs. Belmont
Duchess
Katherine Bur
Theodore Irving
the Gotham
Frederick Phillips
Charles E. Robertson
Alvan W. Perry
St. Clair Smith
King Smith
Allen Merrill
Rogers
Harry W. Stackhouse
Narcel Steinbrugge
William J. Sturgis
William Tom Hinson
Eltinge Warner, Jr
Mme. Glitska
Miss Burdick
Dr. Townsend
Amherst
College
Glee Club
Social Notes
George B. M. Harvey
Delmonico's
Humphry Ward
John Jacob Astor
Phi Gamma Delta Society of
Yale
St. Regis
Carnegie Lyceum
Tay
Conklin
H. B. Harris
Hudson Playhouse
Mr. Robertson
Miss Elliott
Columbia Play
Grocers
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Zischylus
Anna Hempstead Branch
Robert Oliver Jenkins
Ieaiuce
Clytemnestro
Ereecerseens
CoryPhi
Cecerreeeoenes
Chorus of
Ruth Barrington Peine
Elsie Kearns
Rose Hortense Allen
Rachel Butler
Virginia Relette
Irene Gammell
E.s
Virginis Leslie Esse
Helene Wilson
Louise la Monte
Helen Newell
Janet Dunbar Kilisga
Seysensen Ie
Maude Kurr
Marjorie Cortland Eee
Leola Kenny
Ethel Lynne J Agisthus
Thomas I
Sinclaire Orestes
Arthur White Pylades
Crosney Davidson
Marie McClure
Seeeeevescesses
Amore Pinto Sree
Alfred Orr
Bart V, Maguire
David A. Mason
Robert de Bruce
Mendelssohn Hall
Brahms
Ctlestin
Weltenmeer
Mme. Leffler-Burchard
Grand Opera House
Tetrazzini
Censh Cony
Pete Vis
YORK
Herbert Quick
Maurice Hillquit
Canyon of the Colorado
Henry Holt
Hellen Intime
Christian Brinton
Esther and
Lucia Chamberlain
William Hope Hodgson
Clara Morris
W. L. Alden
Elliott Flower
Charles Battell Loomis
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Albert C. Wittnauer
Bird
Royal
BakingPo Power
Mercantile Safe Deposit Vaults
Broadway
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jeroma Avenue
East
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell
West
Ambulance Services
Chelsee
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