Fight ing Hope The Fighting Hope at Stuyvesant Theatre
A 46 day three act American play by William J. Jaribat features strong cast led by Loretta Wells and Howell Hansell. The plot centers on a financier Granger and wife Anne Granger amid fraud, blackmail, and danger with a dramatic finale that threatens marriage and justice. The production showcases Miss Bates’s superb performance and a capable supporting company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Fighting Hope
William J. Jaribat
Belasco- Phen
Surconesa
Giecc
Sae Tees
Charles Richman
Marshfield Craven
John W. Cope Pet Granger
Howell Hansel Panna
Blancne Bates
Mra. Mason
Loretta Wells
Stuyvesant Theatre
W. J. Hurlbut
Oreems
Miss Bates
Mr. Kurlbut
Ong
Aocus
Anne Granger
Robert Griner
Win
Durren Temple
Gotham Trust Company
Temple
Granger
Pilon
Geents
Excape
Tim
John Cone
Wr Riesman
Mr. Cope
Howell
Hansell
Toretta Wells
the Hudson
Ossinne
Kneisel Quartet Announces Seventeenth Season Series
The Kneisel Quartet plans six Mendelssohn Hall chamber concerts starting Nov 17 and continuing Jan 12 Feb 8 Mar 4 and Mar 23 with subscription hooks opening Oct 26. Program includes fourteen quartets plus works by Huburt and Tendelssohn, Grieg unfinished quartet, and Roentgen completions. Members: Franz Kneisel, Julius Roentgen, Louis Svécenski, William Willike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneisel Quartet
Mendelssohn Hall
Hhubert
Tendelssohn
Grieg
Julius Roentgen
Franz Kkneisel
Louis Svécenski
William Willike
Aida Presented by Italian Opera at American Theatre
The Italian Opera company staged Aida last night at the American Theatre with Mme Helena Therry in the title role. Ferrara will be presented this evening with Mme Therry and M. Torre in the cast. Carnegie Hall hosts a Sunday afternoon concert featuring David Anes and introductions for a young soprano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aica
Opera Ompany
Mme
Helena Therry
Aida
Fera
Mme. Erry
M. Torre T
David Anes
Blanche Ring Stars in Burlesque Sketch With Weber Cast
Blanche Ring will postpone the Hobart stage piece for months and headline a burlesque created with Joe Weber. The show blends last season’s The Merry Widow with Devil ideas, featuring Grace Griswold Elsie Risberg and Walter Jones Satanic Majesty. Major roles include Prince Dandilo Charles J. Ross and Ambassador Albert Hart. Salome dance by Blanche Devo. Paris dancers rehearse for a Devil Dance. premiere set for Pittsburgh October 12 with New York holiday run likely replacing Paid in Full at Weber's Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Ring
George W. Hobart
Joe Weber
Merry ‘Widow
the Devil
Heinrich Disch
Grace Griswold
Elsie Risberg
Walter Jones
Charles J. Ross
Prince Dandilo
Albert Hart
Blanche Devo
Julian Mitchell
Paris
Miss Devo
Pittsburg
New York
Weber's Theatre
Morris Signs Miss Bingham for Independent Circuit
William Morris announces Amelia Bingham will star on his independent vaudeville circuit starting October 19. She will present The Big Scenes of Great Plays with her company, showcasing climaxes from four plays she has appeared in. Shubert engagement and release status remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morris
Amelia Bingham
Hippodrome Case in Court
Sol Manheimer, Hippodrome manager, was summoned at Yorkville Court by Policeman ONeill over a Sunday night performance. The magistrate criticized the officer, adjourned the hearing to Thursday, and warned the witness to come prepared with counsel. Manheimer said he needed time to consult counsel and claimed the Turf Benevolent Association leased the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol. Manheimer
Hippodrome
Yorkville Court
O'Neill
East Fifty-first Street
Manheimer
Turf Benevolent Association
Gillette Postpones New York Opening of Samson Tour
William Gillette must delay the New York opening of Samson due to trouble securing a theatre here. He will tour the show through October, hoping Hattie Willings can extend her run at theeee Theatre and free a venue for Gillette’s production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gillette
New York
Samson
Frohman
Hattie Willings
Eee
X Gillette
Hammerstein's Stage Director Arrives From Europe
M. Jacques Coini general stage director of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan and Philadelphia Opera Houses arrived yesterday from Europe on the Ryndam with his wife Mme Francesca. He went directly to the Manhattan and held a long conference with Hammerstein.
Otto Gebuhr to Perform at Irving Place Theatre
German juvenile comedian Otto Gebuhr arrived aboard the Kronprinzess in Cecilie to appear at the Irving Place Theatre after performing in Brunswick. He is set to portray Dietz in The Husarenfelder and will travel by special train to join the ship earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Gebuhr
Court Theatre
Dresden
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Irving Place Theatre
Bremer
Brunswick
Dietz
Louise Gunning’s Brougham Smashed by Express Wagon
Miss Louise Gunning’s brougham was wrecked by an express wagon in front of the Hotel Patterson at 50 West Forty-sixth Street yesterday. She was not inside the vehicle but had to walk to rehearsal at the Casino Theatre, making her cry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Gunning
Casino Theatre
Patterson
Miss Gunning
Follows changes in theatre lineups across two cities
Robert Fideson postpones his Hud son Theatre debut to next Monday due to forced rehearsals. The Savoy Italian Opera changes its opening bill to Lucia at New Star Theatre on Tuesday. Quid aeanorth appears in The Follies of 1908 at New York Theatre starting next Monday. Adeline Genre sails today on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Here In Soul Kiss begins October 5 at Grand Opera House. Mrs. Hilary Bell takes a second role in Panies. The Great Question by Frederick Paulding debuts at Lyceum Rochester tomorrow with Jessie Ponstelle and Jules Meevicker leading the cast as The Thief appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fideson
Hudson Theatre
BECO
Savoy
New Star Theatre
Lucia
Aeanorth
New York Theatre
Adeline
Kronprinz Wnlheline
Grand Opera House
Hilary
Bell
Panies
Frederick Paulding
Lyceum Theatre
Rochester
Jessie Ponstelle
Jules MeeVicker
Metropolitan plans big new opera season in New York
After a four month Europe search for singers and operas, Metropolitan manager Andreas Dippel returns with a German chorus in Bremen and a slate of American premieres. New sopranos and tenors join Destinn L Huillier Jorn Schmedes Feinhals Goritz plus Caruso, with novelties including Meland and Habanera. A festival slate aims for eight major operas and English stage work featuring Humperdinck and Wonngskinder if ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Metropolitan Opera House
Andreas Dippel
New York
Koronprinzess
Cecilie
Kaltenlentgeben
Vienna
London
Paris
Munich
Berlin
Milan
Bayreuth
Carlsbad
Karlsruhe
Leipsic
Mr. Dippel
Bremen
Hans Stiner
Hof Theatre
Barbarossa
Isabelle L’huillier
Lst
Miss L'Huillier
Opera Comique
Bella Alten
Count von Hulsen
Royal Opera House
Carl Jorn
Felix Weingartner
Opera House
Eink Schmedées
Carl Burman
Schmedes
Siegmund
Siegfried
Tiefland
Mario Cavaradossi
Fritz Feinhals
Wotan
Allen Hinckley
Hunding
D'Albert
Mme
Emmy Destinn
L’huillier
Sparks
MM. Schmedes
Feinhals
Goritz
Moruccio
Mr. Mahler
Mme. Pestini
MM. Jorn
Mmes
Maria Gay
Morena
Ranzenberg
MM. Caruso
Didur
Amato
Mahler
Toscanini
la Scala
Dippel
Humperdinck
Frankfort
Idéles
Miss Farrar
Louise Homer
Riccardo Martin
Converse
Prinz Regenten
Residenz
MRS C W BARCLAY WEDS IN SHORT HILLS T:
Bushrod R Bayne of New York marries widowed Clara Wright Barclay at Montview Short Hills New Jersey. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Malcolm Douglass. Witnesses included J Searle Barclay and Lionise Kobbe. The couple plan a brief wedding trip and will reside in Short Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushrod R. Bayne
New York
Clara Wright Barclay
Henry A. Barclay
Ace Yvery
Montview
Short Hills
N. J
Matecolmouglass
J. Searle Barclay
Lionise Kobbé
Wright Barclay
Miss Lefreda Weir Weds Harry Darlington Jr in London
In London on September 22, Harry Darlington Jr of Pittsburg married Lefreda Weir daughter of Levi C Weir president of Adams Express Co New York. The ceremony occurred at St George's Church Hanover Square under a special license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry Darlington, Jr
Pittsburg
Lefreda Weir
Levi C. Weir
The
Adams Express Company of
New York
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
Agnes Louise Fish and Malcolm S Taylor Marry in Calvary Church
Miss Louise Dean Fish daughter of Mr and Mrs John Dean Fish Hempstead Long Island and the Rev Malcolm Slicer Taylor were married yesterday at Calvary Church Fifth Avenue and Twenty first Street by the Right Rev David H Grper with Miss Helen Dean Fish as maid of honor and A Alexander Howell MD Philadelphia as best man Relatives and a few intimate friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Louise ‘Fish
John Dean Fish
Hempstead
L. I
Malcolm Slicer Taylor
Calvary Church
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-first Street
David H. Grper
Helen Dean Fish
A. Alexander Howell
Philadelphia
Michigan Heiress to Wed from Longyear Family
Marquette announces the engagement of Miss Abbie Longyear daughter of John M Longyear to Alton W Roberts of New York City The wedding is planned soon and the couple will reside in Marquette after a honeymoon trip Miss Longyear Michigan s richest heiress has spent years in the East and Europe and recently lived at her Ives Lake farm on Lake Superior shore
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New York Times
Marquette, Mich
Abbie Longyear
John M. Longyear
Brookline
Mass
Alton W. Roberts
New York City
Miss Longyear
Michigan
East
Europe
Ives Lake
Lake Superior
Here
Freeman Family Plans October Greenwich Wedding
Miss Julia Freeman will wed Benjamin Tappen Fairchild on October 10 in Greenwich Connecticut. Her sister Miss Louise Freeman serves as maid of honor with bridesmaids Evelyn Crimmins Mary Vanderhoef Eleanor Hoyt and Constance Fairchild. Ralph Carroll is best man and ushers include William TR Steinway Edward Dalley Douglas Gib Lebuis Bissell and William S Fairchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Freeman
Frank Morgan Freeman
Benjamin Tappen Fairchild
Greenwich, Conn
Louise Freeman
Evelyn Crimmins
Mary Vanderhoef
Eleanor Hoyt
Constance Fairchild
Mr.Fairchild
Ralph Carroll
William TR. Steinway
Edward Dalley
Douglas Gibae Lebuis Bissell
William S. Fairchild
Social notes from New York area weddings and moves
Miss Alice Jesuitt Kobbé will wed Curtis Gordon Rand in Short Hills New Jersey this December. Several notable families — Hiss, von Hengel Muller, Gleason, Powell, Morrow, Kittredge, Miller, James, Tailer, Bryce, Roosevelt, Van Rensselaer, Fell, Sands, Howard, Tower — are reported traveling, hosting guests, or settling into winter residences and posts with moves to Madison New Jersey Lenox Curtis Hastings on the Hudson and Philadelphia among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jesuitt Kobbé
George Kobbé
Curtis Gordon Rand
George C. Rand
Long Island
Short Hills
N. J
Philip Hiss
Eleventh Street
von . Hengelmuller
Curtis
Curtis, Lenox. Mrs. John B. Gleason and Miss Mildred Gleason
Delhi
William H. Powell
Miss Powell
Cape Cod
Baltimore
Wolcott
Thomas R. Morrow
Kansas City
Carlsbad
Samuel Dana Kittredge
Europe
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
W. Starr Miller
Hyde Park
Arthur C. James
Madison
William H. Tailer
East Fifty-fifth Street
Ambassador Bryce
Bryce
Boston
Republic
Manchester-by-the- Sea
James A. Roosevelt
Mary C. Willis
East Thirtieth Street
Alexander van Rensselaer
Frances Fell
Philadelphia
Southampton
Andover
Col Michell Dies Sudden at Bayport Summer Home
Col H W Michell deputy excise chief for Brooklyn and Queens and ex commander of the Fourteenth New York National Guard died suddenly of apoplexy at his Bayport summer home. He was 71. funeral planned for his Brooklyn residence. Survived by widow and two daughters. His long Civil War service included Lettysburg and Wilderness battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreval
New York Tates
Bayfort
L. I
H. W Michell
Brooklyn
Queens
Fourteenth Regiment
New York National Guard
Michell
James MecLeer
Adolph L. Kline
Col. Michell
Macon Street
Lettysburg
McLeer
Louis H. Schenck
New York
American Bank Note Company
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
General Halderman Dies in Atlantic City Hospital
Gen. John Acoming Halderman aged 72 of Washington died in City Hospital Atlantic City yesterday from Brights disease after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Acoming Halderman
The
New York Times
Atlantic City
Washington
City
Bright
Notable New York and Connecticut Notables Die
Prominent figures including Judge Joan Frederick Close of Greenwich and William Prescott Wellman pass away after illnesses. Others mentioned are Dr Milard W Heath of Hackensack, ivory maker Adolph O Baumann, Mrs Mary Ann Colby widow of Dr John Ladd Colby, Silas Wart Brainerd, and Louis H Schenck. Each obituary notes age, residence, and key life highlights.
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Joan Frederick Close
Greenwich
Conn
General Assembly
William Prescott Wellman
E. K. Verplanck
Hili
Mass
Brookline
New York
E. W W. Welch & Co
Mercer Street
Welch, Wellman & Verplanck
NG. N
Washington, D. C
Milard W. Heath
Hackensack
Heath
Adolph O. Baumann
Olf
Colby
Sanitary Commission
Malcolm HF. Smith
Charles D.’ Harris
Athbert Ladd Colby
Silas Wart Brainerd
Marcy Avenues
Brooklyn
Fast
Hiddam
California
Wythe Avenue
South First Street
Multiple Sept 1908 Nuptials Recited Across States and England
Marriages announced from Sept 19 to Sept 22 across New Jersey New York London and Pittsburgh list couples such as Clara Oldfield Barclay to Bushrod Rust Bayne Lefreda Candee Weir to Harry Darlington Jr Lucy Lovell Atwater to Trent Eben Clayton Hill to serve in U S Army Medical Corps Ada France Watta to Herbert Parker Fuller Elizabeth Schutts to Joseph T Heckman Hannah Taub to Meyer Lopatkin Sallie Thacher to Lewis M Richmond and Grace Hutchinson to Herman T Warren conducted at churches including St George's Hanover Square Yorktown Heights and Tenafly with officiants named and locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Darlington
Pittsburgh Hill—Atwater
Poughkeepsie
Wiliam Bancroft Hill
D. D
Lucy Lovell
Edward Storrs
Atwater
Trent
Eben Clayton Hill
U. S. A. Medical Corps
Richmond—Thacher
Church of the Atonement
Tenafly
N. J
Henry D. Waller
Sarah
Thomas Thacher
Lewis Martin Richmond
Flushing
Richmond
Thacher
N.J
Sallie Thacher
Lewis M
Obituary notices from Orange and New York area
A list of obituaries dated September 1908 notes deaths in Orange and New York areas. Entries include Marta O Barnes aged in Sith year, Alexander Krough, Anna Bunce, Patrick Costrova, Sarah A Haff, William Hull, Harriet Hussey, Anna Kerr, Martha Morris, Sarah Webster, William Wellman, Parley Wilder, and many others. Funeral details list residences, church services, interment dates, and cemeteries such as Bogsedale and Woodlawn.
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Barnes
Orange
Xni. J
Marta O, Barnes
Tinuse
Good Shepherd
Henry St
Centre
Bogsedale
Grand Central Station
Haff
Sarah Elizabeth Haff
Marion Av
New Yorkty
Bronx
Northport
L. I. Hull
Herttmer St
Brooklyn
William H. H. Hull
Guilford
Ae Hee
Hussey
Harriet Etheta
Albert Rb, Hussey
Elizebeth CG. Wreko
Ree Yorus Searle
Bain
Son
Anirow Webes
Ant West
Qeolock
Wellman
Wolk
Mass
William Prescstt Welen
Kia Tiled Neti
St.- Joons
Parley
John N. Wilder
Albany
N. Y
Avilkinson
South Orange
N. J
Frederick Porter Whikinaon
Aise
Sas Mit
Ike Fatebeer
In Memoriam Notice at Woodlawn Cemetery
In Memoriam notice for AHERN mass at Mawetd In Atern aged 81 years. Details indicate Woodlawn Cemetery location with accessibility by Harlem trains from Grand Central and Jerome Avenue trolleys, plus carriage routes. Late price listed and contact for Books of Views or representation. Office address 20 East 240 Street.
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AHERN
Mawetd
Atern
Snireh-to-dar
Salm
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
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Stuyvesant
Prospectus
Morris
Miss Bingham
Shubberts
Gillette
C. W. Barclay
B. R. Bayne
Miss Lefreda Weir
Col
Levi C. Weir Weils
Taylor—Fish
Marquette
This
Faiirchild-Freeman Wedding Plans
Social Notes
York Mail
Boston Herald
Tribune
Placid
Peter
Brodney’s
George Barr McCutcheon
Jane Cable
Dodd, Mead & Company
Harper’s
Pennsylvania
United States
Howard Pyle
Norman Duncan
Se Deserts
V. Stefansson
F. A. Black
Robert Shackleton
Gravelotte
Wilhelm Guldmer
Thomas R.louisbury
Pump Verrill Mighels
Jersey
England
Lovisr Closser Hale
Walter Hale
Alice Brown
Womanike
Justus Miles Forman
Francis H. Snow
Annie Hamilton Donnell
Zona Gale
Calvin Johnston
Mary Heaton Worst
Bussigz R. Hoover
Harpers
Pravilones
Alexander Krough
I Pasuna
Providence
Tae W. Bramrenl
Buckland
Twila
Puckland Burns
Troskivn
Frances Buragea
Ate Byrnes
West Sh Se
Katherine Livres
Tse
Carroll
Bi St
Jersey City
William J.carrill
Clark
Taylor St
West Brighton
Mary Fark
Connors
Brook
Mary Connors
Montclair
Mary T Colby
Dellett
East 158Th St
Elon Dellett
Dermony
H St
Thomas Dermody
Donegan
Trockyn
Bartholomew FR Dowie
Anring
Convent of “Good Shepherd
Josephine Eirich
Bellicott
Ely
Long Island City
B. Ellicott
Eppler
East 88Th
Martin Eppler
P. Mfreitag
Newark
Elizabeth Freitag
Falsey
Margaret
FOX
Colden St
Sessex City
Elizabeth A. Fe. Penton
If-Tits
S/o
Sapte Ce
Fred E
Fenton
Ade
Fiom Finnis
East Path
Mary E. Finnis
Frommer
Amsterdam
Charles C. Frommér
Giehse
Albert Giehse
Gillen
Margaret Gillen
Culespif
Walt St
Mary Gillagsnis
Feneral
Goderey
Prostreet Park West
Twanterdon St
Mariaehapster
Katz
Cumberland St
Willam Katz
Kelly
Moerrin Av
Bernared Kelly
Kirkpatrick
Rutledge St
David W. Kirkpatrick
King
East 128Th &J
Patrick J. King
Mitaler
Springfield
Raymond J. Miller
Mierisch
North Bergen
N. F
William Mierisch
Nethercott
Manhattan Av
Ressie Nethercott
Noonan
Dean St
Helen M. Noonan
O'Brien
Tersey City
Tawar
O' Brien
Phelan
Elizareth Phelan
Schenectady St
Frank Powell Praeckedt
Hanenck St
Reinhold Praeckett
Liberty
Willam
A. Quinn
Quinlans
1St St
John _D. Quinlan, Jr. QUINN
Market St
Freylerick Quinn
Reaves
George T. Reeves
St. Av. Richtberg
Barbara Richberg
Tio
Ras Sta
Gath Reach
Maev -Park
AY Kingsten
Laura Sedge Willese
Shanahan
Rawview
Jette Shanetan
Standam St
Margaret Shee
Ft West 325Th St
Ralah B. Flever
Simmonds
Yonkers
Mary Lb
Simmends
Sinclain
Richmond Hi
Fraser Vy Sinclair
Smith
Nhteal Smith
E Stebrins
Catskild Station
Elizabett Stebbins
Seetlivan
East Breqdwar
Mery
E. Satlivan
Sullivan
R Thompson
Kingston N
Eceely
Fayv
Wells
Wiliam Wals
Wickes
Presbyterian Hospital
Otifiie Wickes
Zaiser
Smith St
Emmisy Zaiser
Inn Memoriam
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
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