Ninety and Nine in Amusements at Local Theatres
The listing highlights current stage and vaudeville offerings across New York venues including the American Theatre, Belasco, the Criterion, the Garden, Knickerbocker, Madison Square, Manhattan, Proctor’s, and West End theatres. Notable shows include The Darling of the Gods, A Chinese Honeymoon, The Cavalier, The Professor's Love Story, Julius Caesar, and When Johnny Comes Marching Home with continuous performances and matinee options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
American Theatre
London
Belasco Theatre
Buoy Theatre
Broadway
Criterion Theatre
Paly's Theatre
ST. Nicholas
Victoria
Wallace's Theatre
West End
Old Homestead
Roosevelts arbitration bid and world events headline
International and domestic notices report Britain and Germany inviting President Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute, with Berlin signaling continued blockade until arbitration terms are set. Also noted are Saxony princess disappearance, Turkestan earthquake toll, Marconi accolades, German corporate consolidations, Porto trial, and other city and national items.
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Great Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
Berlin
London
Saxony
Salzburg
Andigan
Turkestan
Marconi
Winchester
Dewey
San Juan
P. RK
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Connecticut
Massachusetts Bay
Davies
Partridge
Knoxville
Tenn
Mascagni
Chicago
Adolph Lorenz
Children'’s Hospital
Boston
New England Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Gabler
East Twenty-seconds
New-York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Earl of Rosslyn
Etruria
Jesse Lewisohn
Richard Canfield
East Forty-fourth-st
Delahunty
Moynihan
New Era in Telegraphy Signals Global Reach
A century of progress brings Europe and America closer without metal conductors. Marconi’s latest tests surpass Field’s line, with transatlantic signals from Poldhu to Glace Bay and beyond. Self registering instruments and shipboard testimony confirmed the reach, while improved magnetic detectors push speeds from fifteen to forty words a minute.
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Atlantic
Europe
America
Marconi
Mr. Field
Valentia
Ireland
Newfoundland
Poldhu
Cornwall
Glace Bay
Cape Breton
Philadelphia
Signal Hill
Marconi and the Wireless Telegraphy Pioneer Era
The article praises Marconi for advancing wireless telegraphy past rivals and critiques earlier attempts. It notes past misdirections with Poldhu messages to the Carlo Alberto, admires Marconi’s progress and modest conduct, and mentions Solari and the Marquis of Solari while suggesting courts may settle priority of invention.
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Poldhu
Carlo Alberto
Marconi
Marquis of
Solari
Italy
Arbitration Proposal Calls for Roosevelt as Umpire
The European powers request Roosevelt arbitrate their Venezuela dispute, a gesture seen as courteous yet raises questions about U S claims against Venezuela and the role of the international tribunal both sides helped create. Critics note the president already bears heavy duties and warn of potential bias if he acts as arbiter in cases affecting American interests.
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United States
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Monroe
London
International Tribunal of Arbitration
Mexico
Transportation managers and peak hour service claim
The article argues transport managers pretend to do their best amid rising traffic while admitting limits during rush hours. It contends they perform far fewer cars off-peak, causing avoidable discomfort to passengers, and that public judgment will not accept pleas of justification or helplessness.
Resentment Over Crowd Policy Impedes Transit Reform
The passage argues that companies should keep enough cars running to avoid overcrowding during rush hours. It warns that failing to do so weakens their case for reform and calls the current policy foolish and morally unjustifiable. Public agitation is described as nearing a head unless changes occur.
Seney Hospital Aimed for Completion and Endowment
The report notes hopeful progress toward completing and endowing the Seney Hospital in Brooklyn within a reasonable time. In Manhattan a long list of sickroom institutions exists with extensive wards, but more hospitals and expansions are needed between the East and North rivers, and Long Island remains undersupplied. The call remains to care for Seney Hospital wisely and bountifully.
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Seney Hospital
Brooklyn
Borough of
Manhattan
Lst
East
North
Long Island
The Metric System Debate At The Engineers Club
Congress man Southard spoke to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on metric standards. Opinions split on obligatory adoption with government use, while private citizens may keep other weights. The piece cites differences in costs, adaptability, and the global trend toward uniform standards with emphasis on decimal measures and export benefits.
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Southard
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sturtevant House
Knox
United States
House Committee On
Europe
America
Atlantic
Halsey
France
The Sheep and the Goats Debate on Amateur Sports
A newspaper essay argues over using professional coaches in amateur sports. It contends amateurs should remain separate from professionals in all sports, asking why the amateur sheep should be set apart from the professional goats in sports and beyond.
The New Hampshire Snapshot of Marriage and Money Trends
In New Hampshire marriage birth and death rates fall while divorces rise, inviting sociologists to study the pattern. The gold standard moves through the world while silver declines. Copper and gold become less valuable in money, even as their use in arts and industry remains high. The Manhattan Railway recently carried nearly one million passengers in a day, a non holiday surge.
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New Hampshire
City transit growth and danger in new developments
The article notes rising passenger numbers at elevated stations and calls for prudent new city buildings to save rents. It warns watchdogs to oppose lavish schemes echoing Tweed era excesses while highlighting recent electric line accidents causing fear of third rails. It references Boxer era hostility in China and cautions authorities to keep law and order on major avenues.
The Talk Of The Day And Odd News Snippets
A collage of jokes, anecdotes and reports features General Baden-Powell humor at a luncheon, a theater scene pay dispute with a new extra, a Russia bear rescue tale, and a Punch cartoon strip. Also included are notes on spelling standards at elite schools, a Churchill joke, a misinterpreted Chinese medical case, a Christmas mood verse, and Venezuelan diplomacy and romance stories.
Roosevelts Return to Washington for Holidays
At the White House on December 22 President Roosevelt with Mrs Roosevelt and the children arrived from Rapidan Virginia. He said the respite from official duties was helpful and, despite missing a hoped for morning shoot, the trip was enjoyed by all. Heavy rain yesterday slowed travel and thwarted plans to hunt. The President will spend holidays with family and limit official meetings until after New Year, weather permitting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rapidan
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Secretary Hay
Knox
Virginia
Potomac
Diplomatic Corps Dinner Hosts Foreign Envoys
Washington dispatch reports a smaller gathering at the Italian Embassy after the usual Monday dinner was canceled. Guests included the Belgian Minister and Baroness Moncheur with Miss Clayton, the French Chargé d Affairs and Mme de Margerie, and Mr Lardy of the Swiss Legation, with plans for a January 15 dinner in Alice Roosevelt's honor. Herr von Holleben adds a Virginia riding horse to his stable after purchasing in Fauquier County.
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Washington
Baroness Moncheur
Miss Clayton
Mme. de Margerie
Mr. Lardy
Legation
Mme
de Margerie
Alice Roosevelt
Herr von Holleben
Virginia
Fauquier County
Clark Cotillion Hosts World Figures at New Willard Ball
Lieutenant Robert Sterling Clark hosted a grand Washington cotillion honoring Miss Alice Roosevelt. Five-hundred guests from official, diplomatic, and social circles attended in a Holly ballroom, with reception by Mrs. Corbin and others. Notables included Austrian, Spanish, Italian, German ministers, Baronesses, and Edwin Morgan.
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Washington
Robert Sterling Clark
Corbin
New Willard
Army
Chaffee
New York
W. W. Rockhill
W. R. Merriam
Elizabeth Kean
Susan Quay
G. P. Scriven
George Howard
Hengelmiller
von Palm
Bavaria
Sefior Ojeda
Isaac Khan
Leonard Wood
Ludington
Count Gherardesca
Lieutenant von Bredow
Baron von Ritter
Hugh Legare
Henry May
Alice Roosevelt
Edwin Morgan
Rauscher’s
White House
State Department
Chevy Chase
Lord Carlisle
Arthur Stanley
England
Willard
Clark
New York Society Watches Huguenots Avert Fashion Gala
A Waldorf Astoria concert night drew a prominent New York crowd for Meyerbeer's Huguenots with Mme Schumann-Heink and M Kocian as featured performers. Debutante dances and society receptions followed, including events at Dodsworths Sherrys and Farmington School graduates gatherings. Names such as the Burden, Astor, Barney, Stokes, and Roosevelt circles appear among attendees.
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S. Townsend Burden
Elisha Dyer, Jr
H. McK. Twombly
Levi P. Morton
William Douglas Sloane
Edmund L. Baylies
H. Walter Webb
B. Alexander
Albert Morris Bagby
the Waldorf-Astoria
Mme. Schumann-Heink
M. Kocian
M. Gilibert
Dinner by Governor Odelel in Albany Draws Political Friends
Albany December 22 The first winter dinner at the Executive Mansion will be hosted by Governor Odelel next Monday evening. Guests include State Republican leaders George W Dunn R C Fox William Parnes Jr Morris of New York County Committee and other figures such as Lieutenant Governor elect Frank Higgins ex Governor Black Lieutenant Governor Woodruff Secretary Aldridge of the State Railroad Commission and William Warren of Buffalo.
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Albany
Masion
George W. Dunn
R. c. Fox
State Republican Committee
William Parnes, Jr
State Legislature Committee
Morris
New York County Committee
Frank Higgins
Black
Woodruff
Aldridge
State Railroad Commission
William Warren
Buffalo
Russian Courtesies To Miles At Port Arthur Peking
Russian officials at Port Arthur entertained Lieutenant General Miles on arrival and are sending him to Takao aboard a cruiser.
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Peking
Port Arthur
Miles
Taka
Dinner in Old Guard Armory Event on Broadway
Several hundred members and guests gathered at the Old Guard Armory for a crab dinner and smoker with old ale pipes and tobacco. Major Ellis Briggs served as toastmaster as they enjoyed patriotic songs and stories and looked forward to the Guard ball at the Metropolitan Opera House on January 2.
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Old Guard Armory
Forty-ninth
Broadway
Ellis Briggs
Metropolitan Opera House
Travellers Sailed Today on the Lombardia for Italy
A list of passengers bound for Italy aboard the steamer Lombardia includes notable names and affiliations among the Transatlantic travellers. The departure marks a significant midseason voyage with several named individuals awaiting their journey.
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Italy
Lombardia
Notable arrivals from Southampton on the steamer St Louis
Passengers arriving yesterday from Southampton on the St Louis include Mr and Mrs F C Bartle E J Berwind Mme Lillian Blauvelt William F Pendleton Mr and Mrs Louis Cazet Baronne Banvers Eve Stein A Gillespie Mr and Mrs W L Gree of H & Inman Mr and Mrs Robert Mac Cameron Countess Spottiswoot Mackin Mr and Mrs Frederik L Massey Mr and Mrs Hamilton Mc Lean Alfred Parsons S R A L V Twyeffort Miss EL P Van Norden
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Southampton
St. Louis
F. C. Bartle
E. J. Berwind
Mme
Lillian Blauvelt
William F. Pendleton
Louis Cazet Baronne Banvers Evestein
A. Gillespie
W. L. Gree
H. & Inman
Robert Mac
Les Huguenots at the Metropolitan in French
The Met presented Les Huguenots in French with a star lineup led by Sembrich and Gadski. Alvarez, de Reszke, Journet, and Scotti offered strong contributions, while Schettino and other associates filled key roles. The review notes vocal tradition, diction, and performance quirks, praising Sembrich despite suffering and commenting on Urbain’s soprano casting and overall balance.
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Roberto Il Diavolo
Dinorah
Lae Stella del Nord
Feldlager
Schiesien
Mme. Sembrich
Marguerite de Valois
Mme. Gadski
Valentine M. Alvarez
Raoul
M. Edouard de Reszke
Marcel
Signor Scotti
de Nevers
M. Journet
Saint Gris
Siers
Mme. Fritai Schett
New-York
London
Urbain
M. de Reszke
Valentine
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Asa
New York Daily Tribune
China
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Elmst
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Long Acre Square
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Siberia
Russias
New Haven
Baden-Powell
Chicago Tribune
Saretschye
Goloff
Russia
E. L
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Yale
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Jack
Chicago Record-Herald
Russell
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Evarts
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Guzman Bianco
Mr. Russell
Guzman
la Guayra
Wantanno
Duzno
Baltimore American
Isabell Wetherill
Edward T. Potter
East Seventy-fourth-st
Captain
Mrs. Warren
Beach
Fifth-ave
Hermann Oeirichs
Hermann
East Fifty-seventh-st
St. Bartholomew's Church
Arthur Sedgwick
Metropolitan Club
Anson Phelps Stokes
Porto Rico
Edith Maud
James Benedict
Pierre J. Wurts
Jay
Grace Church
St. Thomas's Church
Fifty-third-st
Trinity Chapel
Augusta Jay Robinson
Robinson
Louis Chetwynd
R. N
Alfred Paul Gardiner
Msg Troup
No. 2A West
Gardiner
Edith Slayback
Josephine Wentworth
Edna Uptegrove
Sarah Devos
Mabel Gardiner
the Diplomatic Corps
Notes OF Society
NEW York Society
Randolph Hurry
Dodsworth’s
Elizabeth
Renwick Hurry
Clara Boardman
Henrietta Weatherbee
Eleanor
Margaret Scott
Marie Montant
Katharine
Marion Lyman
Elizabeth Hay
Catherine Prentice
John Peters
Gurnee Benedict
Fenwick Beekman
Sydney Smith
Dudley Cooper
Haven Peabody
Thomas
Scott
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the Empire
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Robert Huntington
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Edith Poor
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Julia Edgar
Fanny Iselin
Winonah Wetmore
Elsie Waterbury
Miss Morton
Violet Cruger
Eleanor Morris
Helen Parish
Marcee Roberts
Harry Case
Leonard Jacob
George Scott
Delancey Coster
Charles Sands
Robert McCormick
Duer Irving
Edward Livingston
Arthur Sturgis
Philip Brown
Chalmers Lee
Isaac Burden
Townsend Irvin
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Sherman Day
Nathaniel Lord
H. K. Dwight
William Fuller
Philip Stockton
Andrew Sage
Theodore Haven
Farmington School
William CC. Gulliver
Thomas Thacher
Edith Lounsbery
Henry F. Dimock
Louise Gulliver
Tuckerman
Scott McClenahan
Society For
George R. Sheldon
Mary
East Thirty-eighth St
Charles Meyers
Hempstead
Jeannette
West Seventieth St
George Cornell Freeborn
Frederick J. de Peyster
East Sixty-sixth St
Stanford White
Odelel
Bulwer
Beery Middleton
EL F
H. McCord
Bekia F. Culver
Walter Culver
S. Elacs Hudson
Lawrence Wetherill
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