Fragmented Vers Libre and society notes mixed in a single piece
A patchy historical page blends a witty vers libre dedication to a lady with a collage of notes from Meadow Tennis Club, editorials about academic dismissals, teacher licensing questions, and scattered literary and travel observations. Included are names like Clyde Duble and Miss Henrietta Rodas, with commentary on public discourse and cultural gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Tennis Club
Clyde Duble
Clyde
Miss Davenport to wed under oak in Manhattan lawn
Miss Margery Davenport daughter of ex Judge James P Davenport will marry Rev Francis Raymond Castellman at her parents Bolton Road Inwood Hill Manhattan. If weather permits the ceremony will be held under a large oak with an aisle of white satin. Attendants include Elizabeth G Baldwin maid of honor and bridesmaids Miriam D Walker Alma Meyer Blanche Meyer and Eleanor Wood. Best man Rev Guy C Converse and ushers Pierrepont Davenport Farn Davenport Clarence Weston and Jneckwith. The ceremony will be by Rev Dr J Howard Hoyt. The groom is a Theological Seminary graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Davenport
James P. Davport
Francis Raymond Castellman
Bolton Road
Inwood Hill
Manhattan
Hudson River
T Ie
Elizabeth G. Baldwin
New Haven
Miriam D. Walker
Mise Alma M
Misa Blanche T. Meyer
Chicago
Eleanor C. ‘Wood
New Cannan
Conn
Margaret D. Davenport
Louiee Casselman
Mildred
Theodora E. McCormick
Gladys Sogeo
Alice Mathews
Mise Marie Bacon
Davenport
Cassellman
Palace and stage tours feature Vernon Castle and Gilbert and Sullivan
Vernon Castle and the Gilbert and Sullivan Revue headline this week at the Palace Theatre with sixty performers, dances, and novelty acts. The program blends Pinafore Mikado and Pirates with a new setting for H. M. S. Pinafore, plus Conroy and Lemaire in travesty and fresh impersonations by The New Physician and Belle Blanche. A long list of acts follows, including the New Brighton Theatre lineup led by Kitty Gordon, and a Long Island matinee with theatergoers traveling to see Chin Chin at the Globe, as well as engagements for C Aubrey Jones and Charlotte Ives with Australia’s J Williamson company. A film version of The House Next Door advances with Della Connor. The christening of Arizona’s dreadnought is shown at the Broadway Theatre with Governor Hunt attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. and Mere
Vernon Castle
Palace Theatre
Castles
Conroy
Lemaire
Belle Blanche
Donahue
Stewart
Rubes
Mosconi Brothers
Selwyn & Co
C. Aubrey Jones
Margaret Tilington
Henry Arthur Jones
Charlotte Ives
J. C. Williamson, Ltd
Australia
Sydney
Mise Della Connor
Maxine Elliott Theatre
F. Ray Comstock
Keline Studios
Irene Fenwick
Governor Hunt
Arizona
Broadway
Gen Smith Dead Former Police Commissioner of New York
George Moore Smith longtime military officer and former Police Commissioner under Mayor Strong died yesterday in Newburgh at seventy nine. Born in Ellsworth Missouri he moved to New York before the Civil War and built a career in the National Guard building trades and civic clubs including the Union Boat Club New York Athletic Club and Automobile Club of America. He served thirty four years in the Seventh Regiment led the 69th in 1895 became brigadier general in 1905 and held high posts in Candee Smith & Howland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore Smith
New York
National Guard
Newburgh
N.Y
Madison Avenue
General Smith
Ellsworth
Boston
Union Boat Club
Smith
Tth
Fort Federal Hill
Baltimore
New Armory
Frederick Peat Grant
Strong
Candee & Smith
Candee, Smith & Howland
New York Athletic Club
Automobile Club of America
Aero and Republican Clubs
Friendly Order of the Sons of St. Patrick
Tth Regiment Veteran Association
The
Building Trades Employers
Emily Haraway Stryker Funeral Details Reported
The funeral for Mrs. Emily Haraway Stryker widow of Rev. Dr. Pet Stryker and founder of the Children Free Circulating Library was held after a wake at Thirty-fourth Street Reformed Church. She died June 18 at her Asbury Park home. Born in England on October 2, 1835, she taught public schools locally for thirty six years and served twelve years as principal of the Fortieth Street School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Haraway Stryker
Pet Stryker
Children Free Circulating Library
Thirty-fourth St Reformed Church
Stryker
Asbury Park
X. J
England
Fortieth Street
Columbia Students Rally For Muriel Ostriche Coed Role
One thousand Columbia students gathered outside Vitagraph studios to see Muriel Ostriche, star of a new reel “For the Honor of the Crew,” hire free labor for a campus scene. The event drew campus chatter as Muriel posed with partner Yvonne Derzhien and distributed autographed photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Vitagraph Studios
Muriel Ostriche
Muriel
Thereestarig
Bill
Clues
Barnard
Pac Club
Social Calendar Notes from Maplewood and Curtis Hotel
New York society guests attend dinner parties at Maplewood Pittsfield and Curtis Hotel with families including Knowlton Sedgwick Rogers and Jesup. The article also notes Jackson Harper wedding at Prospect Avenue Church Brooklyn, with William Jackson officiating and Henry Harper among ushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanowenox
HT. Knowlton
New York
Maplewood
Pittsfield
Constance Storms
Grace T. Lyon
Constance Tyler
Dorothy J. Leake
Henry R. Knowlton
Paul Winslow
John Ferguson, Jr
Richard 5. Leake, Jr
Alexander Sedgwick
Robert C Rogers
Sherman Rogers
Santa Kers
Cal
Daniel Chester French
Thomas Shields Clarke
Williams HM
Carpenter Charlee Astor
Massachusetts
S Cockbridge
Hrc
Charles E. Atwood
Curtis Hotel
James R. Jesup
Lillian Cram
Ludlow
Wid
Lawrence P. Dodge
Boston
Curtis
Fred. Dest Grant
Waskinton
Granard Receives Command of Royal Irish Regiment Unit
London June article notes Earl Granard bestowing the K C V C and appointing him to command the South Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. The battalion, tracing ancestry to 1084, was raised by his lordship at the request of Lord Ritchene, with Barard formerly Master of Horse before a government change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kard
Royal Irish Regiment
Earl Granard
Ritchene
Barlard
Follies of 1915 Fly In To Town At New Amsterdam
Joseph Urban masters scenery and costumes in The Follies of 1915 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Ziegfeld’s revue, directed by Julian Mitchell and Leon Errol with music by Hirsch and Stamper, draws praise for lavish art nouveau sets and strong performances by Bert Williams Ina Claire and the Ziegfeld chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Zierfeld
Julian Mitchell
Leon Errol
Channing Pollock
Rennold Wolf
Gene Buck
Louis Hirsch
David Stamper
Joseph Urban
New Amsterdam Theatre
New York
Flo Ziegfeld
New K
Paris
New Amsterdam
Bert Williams
Inn Claire
Gotham
Urban
Threwels
Mr. Urban
Mr. Ziegfeld
Bryan
William Jennings
Will West
Orchstra
Androcles
Marie Odile
Ina Claire
Mr. Knoblauch
Mr. Pollock
Ed Wynn
Anna Pennington
Mae Murray
Lucille Cavanaugh
Ziegfeld
Bernard Granville
Europe
United States
Sr. Pollock
Mr. Wolf
Wiliams
Errol
Miss Claire
Kitty Gordon In Bill At New Brighton Theatre
This week's New Brighton Theatre programme features Kitty Gordon in Alma's Seturn a musical playlet about a reporter who gets a news story from a prima donna under unusual circumstances. Gordon's singing stands out with a lively Avon Comedy Four act and a varied bill including Hunter Wilson Bate and others in a comedic revue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brighton
Kitty Gordon
Jack Winn
Franklin Satie
Claire Rochester
Avon Comedy Four
George McKay
Ottie Ardine
Miss Gordon
Herison Hunter
Jack Wilson
Franklin Bate
Rochester
Avon
George McKkay
Nttie Archive
Gur‘mana
Billy Lloyd
George F. Britt
Arthur Barat
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Honors and May 1915 Wedding
Noves a Phi Beta Kappa Mezes and Villard elected to society at Harvard. Phi Beta Kappa Day featured addresses by Jaman Ford Schodes and Alfred Noyes. Sidney Edward Moses, Ewald Garriton Villard, Cheater Lee Greenough, and Alfred Noyes elected honorary members. Marries Cross Foster: Ned Foster and Harold Livingston Cross wed June 19, 1915 in South Orange Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mezes
Villard
Harvard Cambridge
Phi Hate Kappa
Jaman Ford Schodes
Boater
American Historical Society
Alfred Noyes
Sidney Edward Moses
College of the City of New York
Ewald Garriton Villard
Ew York Evening Post
Cheater Lee Greenough
Harvard
Cross Foster
Faterday
David DeForrest Burrell
Presbyterian Church of
South Orange
Nedy
Gertrude Elaine Poster
Henry Ward Foster
Harold Livingston Cross
Tragic Deaths and Funeral Notices Across Cities
Obituary notices and funeral announcements from multiple cities detail June deaths. Names include Elizabeth Duncan and Langdon Geer among others, with service details, locations such as Wood Hole and Albany Rural Cemetery, and interment plans in Troy and Saratoga Springs. Interwoven are multiple NY and NJ addresses, train routes, and timing for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany Rural Cemetery
Boston
Albany
Duncan
Norwalk
Conn
Elizabeth
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
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MY Lady's
Dunton
Tibet Courier
Scott Nearboy
Tibet
Board of Education
Henrietta Rodsas
Prof
Scott Nearing
Tennessee
Amazon River
John
Isle of
Ims
Asheville
Gibraltar
George Crabb
Samuel Pepys
C. Briggs
Ruth
Sarah
A. Waite
Thomas S. Jones, Jr
Holworthy Hall
J. Oskison
New Rochelle
O'Brien
Mr. Granger
New School of Tobacco
Gouverneur Morris
Howard Chandler Christy
Aerris
Christy
James Huneker
Puck
Cambridge
Thomas Dudley
Meannusfield
Pope
Meredith
Diana
Talbot
Heinie Groh
Jean Sawyer
Evening Telegram
San Francisco
San Marino
Montenegro
Inwood Hill Lawn
Miss Parsons
Ethel Chambers
Leonard L. Hunt
Miss Brower
Dorothea Webb Parsons
Arthur Webb Parsons
Sixty-second Street
Theophilus Parsons
James Flanagan Dechert
Parsons
Katharine Parsons
Grovene Vail Converse
Jean Robb Stewart
Kathryn Bache
Beatrice Furbieh
Marjorie Stewart
New
Ruth Davenport
Taunton
Mass
Pegey Stout
Edward Martin Stout
Richard W. P. Barnes
Dechert
Porter Clyde Shannon
Joseph W. Bailey
John Hemphill
R. King Stone
Paul D. Phelan
Mise
Ethel Chamber
Robert W. Chambers
Laith St
St. Luke's Church
Mr. Hunt
John Adriance Hunt
John Alden
Priscilla Moline
Charles H. Brower
Lexington
Mien Eunice Brower
Rutherford Oakes Ainslie
F. R. Ainslie
Ainslie
Williams College
Gouverneur Morris Carnochan, Jr
Christ Church
Middle Haddam
Gerald Livingston Hoyt
East Thirtieth Street
Endicott
Neptune Boulevard
Beverly, M
Misa Eleanor Taft
Robert W. Taft
Providence
Clarence Whitman
Gerald Whitman
Katonah
Ida Davenport
California
Bath, N.Y
Walter Bowne
Hunters Lodge
Norfolk, Conn
Zaargpeld Girls
Ios
Harrison Hunter
Jack Lai
Alma
Frank
Lin Batie
Barytone
Avon Comedy
McKay
Ortie Ardine
Astor
Montgomery
Stone
Globe
Long Island
Gen. Smith
Aks, Emily Hanaway Stryker
Charming
Miss Ostriche
Hardy Hall
Bill Davidson
Tennyson
Mandalay Wa
Yvonne Derzhien
Yvonne
Flr
Eall
University Bureau of
Lenox
H. T. Knowlton
Mr. and
Mrs. Sedgwick
William P. Tieng
Jesse le Parkee
Charles Harper
Herry Harper
Granard
King George
Earl
Noves A
Marines
Talgame and
Witdrene
Holland
Spring Valley
Lemica Jane Holland
Edgar Orville Holland
South Main
Oak Wood Cemetery
Troy
William H. Tika
Milton
Newbar
General Moore Smith
Grand Ave
N. Y. Central
Grand Central Terminal
Kensico P.m
Boston Papers Please Copy.n Cleve
Edenburgh
Freehold N. J
J. B. Vrederburgh
Sevices
Thuday
Liberty St. York
Bronx
Errier
Alexander
West
Inten
Thomas
Joodman
Eliza
West 105Th St
Lennon
Madison Ay
Norton
Nore
East 100Th St
Jestreicher
Cora
St. Nicholas Terrace
Rppard
Mary
Ruhlender
Philippine
East 95Th St
Privat Salter
West 17Th St
Dune
Igel
Moses
Edgecombe Av
Wattery
Margaret
Sullivan
George
East
Tone
Brooklyn
Charles
Lean
William
South Oxford
Dunnigan
Johnson
Moore
Francis
Joy St
Murphy
Ohn
St. John's Pl
Naylor
Maury
Purc John
Union Fueneral
Burkhardt
Elmhurst
Uld
Maud
Jamaica
Woodlaywn Cemetery
Aye
Harlem
Lins
N. E
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