Boston Orchestra Welcomed in New York With Mixed Soloist Review
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under new concert master Fernandez Arbos received a warm, familiar welcome at Carnegie Hall. Gericke conducted a varied program featuring Weber and Wagner pieces and Brahms second symphony. Arbos’ Mendelssohn concerto drew praise for tone, yet critics noted lapses in pitch and rhythmic instinct, questioning his musical authority.
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Mieses Wins In Endgame Against Baird In 49 Moves
German chess expert Jaques Mieses faced D. G. Baird in a Copenhagen style Danish gambit contest at the Manhattan Chess Club. After even play and a key endgame sequence Mieses sacrificed a knight for a pawn and queened his king's rook pawn, forcing Baird to resign after 49 moves.
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Bible Society Reports Vast Distribution of Scripture
The New York Bible Society’s seventy-ninth annual report records 72 398 Scripture volumes distributed in 27 languages. Of these 4 941 Bibles 11 231 New Testaments and 56 226 portions, mainly Gospels. Immigrants at Ellis Island received 44 965 volumes. port shipping 9 364. churches missions and institutions 6 943. individuals and families 11 154. The non sectarian society is governed by a Board of Managers with Charles A B Pratt as President L H Backman vice president Bruce M Falconer treasurer H Schmelzel.
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Marie Layton Entered Auburn Prison After Conviction
Marie Layton, recently convicted of embezzlement from the United States Playing Card Company, was taken to Auburn yesterday to serve a term of not less than one year nor more than five. She was in charge of Deputy Keeper Mason and accompanied by Dr. Alfred Mix Johnston, with whom she stayed before her arrest in New Rochelle.
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New Rochelle
Under Cover and Wharton Plays Shine at Empire School
Review of openings at the Murray Hill Empire and Criterion note Edith Wharton and Paul Hervieu works in selection and criticism. Miss Vesta Tilly and Mr Harrigan draw praise for costumes and Irish gallery, while Florence Auer and Julia Booth lead strong turns in The Enigma. The Sargent Acting School marks progress for Broadway training with several performances and a late Thurston one act.
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Julia Booth
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Players Move Through Rialto Dawn Crowd
Strollers along the Rialto in the small hours yesterday morning paused before the New Empire Theatre and stared as if waking from a dream. There on the other side likely a scene or event drew their gaze and curiosity.
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Appointment of A B Davis as Negro mail carrier sparks complaints
Princeton New Jersey November 5 The Post Office faces a quandary over appointing A B Davis a Negro mail carrier as the only candidate to pass exams at sufficient level. Davis has drawn numerous complaints to Postmaster Robinson and may be removed if protests continue.
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Vassar Abandons Philalethian Ball for Endowment
Poughkeepsie November 5. Vassar students voted by a large majority to abolish the annual Philalethian Ball and use about 500 dollars to the college endowment drive aided by John D Rockefeller who will match every donated dollar up to 200000 dollars. The fund stands at 50000 dollars. They also voted to drop one of four hall plays to fund the same endowment.
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Lecture Series by League for Political Education Opens
The League for Political Education begins Saturday morning lectures at 11 o'clock at 23 West Forty-fourth Street with Dr Edward Everett Hale discussing The Ideas of the Founders of the Republic. A Monday evening course opens with Dr Thomas R Slicer on New York Now the Election is Over.
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Montclair Businessman Fatally Injured in Sudden Fall
William E. Dix of Clinton Avenue Montclair a New York businessman with offices at 132 Franklin Street was seized by a sudden illness while walking up Scotland Road fell unconscious struck his head on the curb and suffered a fractured skull at Orange Memorial Hospital.
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Authors Seek Cheaper Postage in Third Class Status
About fifty literary workers met in Washington under the Society of American Authors to push for manuscripts being admitted as third class mail matter. A bill was drafted for introduction at the session.
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Orange school day plans amid stormy weather
Superintendent William M. Swingle of Orange will sound the fire alarm at 8 30 a m on stormy days to keep students indoors. Schools may adjust sessions and notify parents about whether to send children to classes during heavy rain or storms.
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Orange
N. J
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Stage Musings on Audiences and Playwrights in New York
A column surveys third night receptions at the Manhattan Theatre, noting genuine audience engagement despite first night showmanship. It discusses actors judging plays, synopsizes John Ermine's romance, and cites Eleanor Robson’s success and Clyde Fitch birthplace myths alongside Hattie Williams’ career path and new productions The Candy Man and The Office Boy with anecdotes on world tour ideas and a Columbus Avenue car remark.
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