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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
10
A mixed critique of Kennedy’s tragedy The Winterfeast, presented at the Savoy Theatre. The piece is faulted for implausible plot turns, overlong dialogue, and inconsistent characterization though praised for ambitions and strong stagecraft by Matthison and Arthur Lewis despite overall weaknesses. Cast and companion pieces noted.
The Lyric Theatre staged The Blue Mouse adapted by Clyde Fitch from two foreign originals. The farce is criticized as vulgar and offensive with an old, tiresome plot about a railroad president hiring a chorus girl to pose as his wife. Cast includes Lewellyn, Zelda Sears, Jane Laurel Vallis, Jameson, and Maynard. audience reactions were as unkind as the play’s content.
At the Broadway Theatre a Sicilian acting troupe presented two pieces Cavalleria Rusticana and I Cerubma. Mme Aguglia and companions performed with careful, elaborate detail admired by audiences, highlighting the troupe as a notable new arrival in the season.
Crowds gathered at the Fifth Avenue Galleries to view the Currie and Scotto masterpieces, a three day exhibition preceding a sale featuring rare textiles, tapestries, Wedgwood, Italian faiences, and Renaissance pieces. Highlights include a Louis Quinze throne chair, Chippendale table, Venetian armchair, and a Persian rug. The sale runs Thursday to Saturday with emphasis on different classes of items each day, while opera highlights from Samson et Dalila and Puccini's Madama Butterfly fill the evening programs at nearby venues.
The will of Mrs. Astor was filed for probate yesterday substantially as printed in The Tribune on November. The petition by William M. Cruikshank for himself and executors John J. Astor and M. Orme Wilson declares real estate as much as 399,990 and personal property as much as 106.00, and lists heirs and next of kin.
An Iowa City letter dated November 21 1368 from J T Turner to General O Howard expresses a bequest to found a perpetual scholarship for Lincoln Memorial University as part of the Lincoln centenary effort. Telaman Cuyler of the city gave the first $1 contribution to the Lincoln memorial endowment fund.
A dense listing of free museum admission and a long slate of meetings and programs across New York venues. Highlights include the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History, and varied talks at Cooper Union, Waldorf Astoria, and the South Carolina Society.
Miss Scheff wins stage acclaim in a long London style revue of two acts. The piece centers on Mlle Athenee a sprightly prima donna whose romance with a lieutenant unfolds amid regimented soldiers and a comic manager. Notable songs and a strong octet performance boost the show as Ferbert and Blossom give speeches and the audience stays to applaud.
Anna Held opened last night in Miss Innocence a musical mixture at a New York playhouse. The show features two acts with a ballet school in the second, and crowds filled the house. Leading dancer Miss Madson Summers joins a company headed by Charles Bigelow Lawrance d'Orsay Emma Janvier Edith St. Claire and Edith Decker.
A change of bill at the Hippodrome introduces musical elephants and a variety of acts. Alf Loyal the equestrian with a riding dog, the Pissions as gladiators on horseback, the nine Kudars, Japanese acrobats, the Fassio trio, the Sisters Dick and the three Athietas join the current program.
In Jeninetne on November 30 the drama Divorce by Paul Bourget was presented for the first time here. It features Marion Terry in her Washington debut alongside Vincent Sorraine Ida Conquest Eben Plympton and Glendenning in the cast. The production centers on a strong protest against dissolving the marriage bond.
A large audience attended Julian Edwards's new comic opera The Gay Musician at the Belasco Theatre tonight. Among the attendees were many members of the diplomatic corps.
Miss Maxine Elliott presented a new three act comedy by Marion Fairfax titled The Chaperone at the Majestic Theatre before a large Boston audience. The Adirondack romance unfolds in a lodge, an island scene marks the second act, and the mountain setting dominates the first and third acts. Elliott’s leading role drew favorable notices.
A farewell dinner for M. de Bille the Danish Minister to Great Britain and his American wife was hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Reid. Notables included Sir Edward Grey Paul Cambon Count Mensdorff Lady Grey Sir Charles Hardinge the Earl and Countess of Cromer and several ambassadors and diplomats.
The executive committee of the Kings County Republican organization urged re election of all county and executive officers for the coming year and called for the reappointment of Election Commissioner R C Fuller for the next two years. The resolutions will be reported to the County Committee meeting at the Johnson Building this evening.
A bronze memorial tablet was unveiled at the Little Church Around the Corner in East 65th Street in honor of Walter W Griffin who served as a letter carrier for thirty nine years. Rev Dr George Houghton delivered the dedication address and William R Willcox former Postmaster spoke on duties and responsibilities of post office employees.
James P. Cosgrove a retired fire captain died of heart disease at his home 133 West 67th Street He was fifty two years old and retired from the Fire Department about five years ago after twenty nine years of service His funeral will be held tomorrow morning at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament on West 67th Street Washington Nov 1 Richard H Lindsay Kansas City Star veteran Washington correspondent died at his home He was forty three and leaves a wife
Mrs. Eleanor Merron Cowper, noted writer and actress, shot herself at the Hotel St. Regis on Friday. She was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital where doctors removed the bullet but she never regained consciousness and died around 11 o'clock last night.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Charles Billings Dickenson proprietor of Brooklyn Rubber Works aged eighty from nephritis at his daughter’s Brooklyn home. William Rupert Knowles former Nassau vice consul dies of pneumonia at Kings County Hospital. Agnes Thomas Bryan Ivins dies at Hotel Woodward aged fifty four. Rex Mayor George W. Corbin dies at home in New Britain Conn from cancer. Lila Morse Curtis dies in New York City. funeral details and family ties provided for each entry.
The Washington Times announced that starting next Sunday the Washington Sunday Times will be issued in the evening instead of the morning. The Sunday Evening Times will be a newsy newspaper at one cent, with further reasons to be published later. This may be the second Sunday afternoon paper in the United States.
Canon William Sheaf Chase urged Presbyterian ministers to form a coalition to close all theatres on Sunday. He spoke before the Presbyterian Ministers Conference and called for a general meeting January 18 at Marble Collegiate Church to organize the effort. The ministers of Presbyterian and Methodist denominations voted to unite in the meeting.
J Q A Ward the sculptor once reported ill was seen at his home 618 West 147th street taking his regular afternoon walk. Dr Titus Bull said Ward had slight stomach trouble but is not in danger.
The Peace Society of the City of New York led by president Andrew Carnegie announces expanded activities. An office opens at Columbia Bank Building No 7 Fifth Avenue above Second Street. William H. Short of Minnesota serves as executive secretary and committee representative for the new plans.
The Osservatore Romano reports the Pope remains slightly indisposed. Doctors advise a rest for one week and all audiences will be suspended during this period.
William Michael Byrne, former United States Attorney for Delaware, will speak under Fordham University law at the College of St. Francis Xavier theatre on West 16th Street next Thursday evening at o o clock. The lecture explores the causes and scope of the American Constitution.
Notable guests include H. H. Shares from London and J. Finan of Litchfield at Buckingham. Others listed are T. A. Stanford of Richmond, R. S. Woodward of Worcester, Oscar Knehr from Hamburg at Astor, Hitt from Washington, N E Atwoody of New Orleans, Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott of Philadelphia, Randall Morgan and J. Wolcott from Philadelphia and J. W. Johnston of Chicago.
Drouth persisted through November across Atlantic and East Gulf states and the lower Great Lakes, with the largest deficit in the Middle Atlantic region. Temperatures stayed near normal overall, then rose sharply in the month’s second half. Forecasts call for rain in New Jersey, colder clearing, snow in northern New York, and strong winds. Storm warnings posted along the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes. cold wave alerts for Cheyenne Denver and multiple midwestern states. Local record shows temperature changes versus last year with yesterday’s high 58 and low 46. Today rain with colder tonight and tomorrow. fall and colder with strong southwest to northwest winds.
The St Andrew's Society celebrated its 152d anniversary at the Waldorf Astoria with Andrew Carnegie as chief speaker. Esteemed guests included Major General Leonard Wood, Rear Admiral Caspar Goodrich, and Irving Bacheller among many diplomats and society leaders. Carnegie spoke on Scottish history and ties to the United States, praising Scotland's influence and humanity, while Mabie, Wood, Lauder, and others contributed to the program before the evening ended with music and concluding remarks.
A reader from East Orange New Jersey cites Emerson and Roger Bacon to note early predictions of machines driving ships faster than rowers, fast carriages without animals, and winged flight, suggesting an 1908 perspective on technological prophecy.
A letter from ALICE STONE BLACKWELL in Dorchester Mass dated November 26 1908 praises Judge Lindsey Denver Juvenile Court for his support of woman suffrage. She argues the Colorado experience shows women vote intelligently and influence public morality, noting many laws credited to female voters and urging endorsement of suffrage without fear or favor.
In a New York letter from November 21 1908 readers urged households to install burglar alarms electric mats door chains burglar locks and other devices to awaken occupants and deter burglars during family absence. The piece argues every apartment or tenement should form a vigilance committee and protect women at home.
Mark Twain, aged 73, marked his birth anniversary at his Redding Connecticut home. He followed his usual routine, taking a morning ride and spending the day with his household.
Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams presented a Carnegie Lyceum lecture tracing her journey from the Strait of Magellan to Iguazu falls via Punta Arenas Chile, Argentina camps and gaucho life, Buenos Ayres, and a planned December 28 talk on From the Amazon to the Orinoco.
At the Plaza Hotel last night Dr William T. Bull’s condition remained unchanged. He retains full faculties and asks about his friend Dr Andrew J. McCosh, who lies ill at Presbyterian Hospital.
Notices of funeral plans for Krementz and several others listed, including services at home addresses in Newark and Brooklyn. Dates span November 29 to December 2 1908 with multiple obituaries and requests for no flowers.
The Wooplawsn Cemetery is reachable by Harlem trains from Grand Central and by carriage for 150 dollars. Telephone 4933 Grammer for Book of Views or representative Office at 20 East nd St New York City. Undertakers Frank Fe Campbell 241 3 s 234 Sisco Private and public ambulances. Tel 1324 Chelsea.
The New York Tribune announces a file of applications for various positions now installed at its uptown office. Located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets, the office is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Tribune lists subscription options by mail domestically and abroad with rates for Daily and Tri Weekly, Weekly Farmer, and Sunday Tribune. Office addresses include Nassau Street in New York and uptown, Harlem, Newark, and foreign bureaus in London Paris Geneva Milan Hamburg and more.
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