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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
14
A fragmented column blends history and social asides from Washington and Valley Forge with sentimental vignettes. It touches on romance era operatic phrases, car advertisements, Acadian history, advertising puffery, and fleeting reader notices about a gubernatorial candidate and a birthday gift, all in a kaleidoscopic, opinionated style.
Five Gobelin tapestries from the Don Quixote series, once acquired by J Pierpont Morgan from the King of Spain, were sold for about a half million dollars. Mrs Fite Eugene Dixon, daughter of George Widener, arranged the sale through P W French & Co while keeping the pieces on display at the Met through the summer. The works, famed for crimson damascene weave and ornate frames, date to the late 18th century and were created by Coypel and others, with the collection regarded as the era’s premier Gobelins ensemble.
Reports show thirty plus cases of infantile paralysis in Brooklyn with twelve new cases noted yesterday. Three deaths occurred in the Skillman Street residence including Vincent and Charles O Neil and infant Edward Abherton. Doctors warn the disease spreads via respiratory germs and dust, urging parental vigilance.
J B Shubert interests secure a ten year lease for a new Forty fourth Street theatre to be built west of Broadway. The project names the theatre Comedie Irving and plans call for a $20 million terminal to rise on the shore front of New York. Lucien Honheur of Terminal Brooklyn spoke at a mass meeting to promote the establishment of next year’s theatre and related developments using stereopticon views.
The piece notes engagements in New York society including Miss Mary I Francke to George Van Sielen and other weddings across Manhattan and Long Island. It also reports Red Cross plans to deploy nurses and doctors to Mexican border relief, enrollment of over 600 nurses, and volunteers sharpening bandages and hygiene work as wartime aid accelerates.
At a meeting of the Woman's National Committee of the American Defense Society at 103 Fifth Avenue Mrs Charles B Goldsborough was elected chairman to organize women in families of national guardsmen for care during absence of husbands. Mrs William Cumming Story proposed wives of militiamen prepare hospital supplies and comfort kits for soldiers in Mexico if war comes. An employment bureau will help wives and older children find work, and a circular letter to large firms explains the bureau and asks vacancies and salaries be sent in.
After a long meeting at 38 West Thirty-ninth Street the Anne Morgan society adopted the name National Patriotic Relief Committee and vowed readiness for any emergency. Sub-committees will be organized in all states to cooperate, while no definite plans will be begun until a real emergency arises.
Mrs John Jacob Astor marries William K Dick at St Saviours Chapel Bar Harbor with John Jacob Astor IV as guest of honor. Bride receives no presents. 35 seats. honeymoon of three weeks to California. Dick hosts luncheon. couple to tour California and beyond.
A $10,000 Drejeer necklace goes to A. W. Niland, a chief machinist’s mate in the U S Navy, after he bought a chance at the Allied Bazaar’s prize. His shipmates celebrate as Nilund, away on shore leave, has earned a sizable windfall while the bazaar closes with record sales and other honors. Helen Keller spoke at a related event urging aid for blinded soldiers.
Justice John J. Heady of the Supreme Court in Arons County left an estate valued at 754578. He had previously vetoed his fortune in real estate before becoming a judge. An appraisal filed in the Surrogates' Court shows Mrs. Jennie Brady, widow, received 92442, with the remainder divided among seven children.
The Horace Greeley statue was moved from the Tribune Building front to a new Latta corner site in City Hall Park. Ice blocks formed an imperfect foundation for the heavy monument as workers lifted and repositioned it, tipping at 10 degrees before melting ice allowed it to stand erect again by noon.
Hartford dispatch reports R Burnham Moffat New York lawyer killed when his car skidded near Plainville and overturned burying him. His wife and daughter Elizabeth were seriously injured but to recover. They were en route to Harvard commencement where one son would receive a diploma.
Miss Barbara Isabel Trego daughter of Mrs A B Hilton married Howard Pierce Ballantyne yesterday afternoon in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Rev Herbert Shipman performed the ceremony with a reception at the Hotel Gotham. Attendants included Mrs Howard Bissell and Miss Elizabeth Turnure. Also noted are Evelyn Deady’s nuptials to Benjamin Stevens Van Wyck at St Thomas’s Chantry and multiple other society weddings and notices with family connections.
Mrs Riterm Drexel wife of Anthony Drexel the American banker won a judgment in the Chancery Court granting her an annual allowance of 50,000 dollars. The case grows from separation in 1911 and a 1915 Paris divorce bid. The parties have lived abroad for two decades.
A 1500-seat theatre will rise on Thayer Street in the Dyckman area, the northernmost amusement venue in Manhattan. The Broadway Company bought 24 lots on the south side of Dyckman Street near Nagt Avenue. The plot fronts 409 feet on Dyckman Street and extends to Thi Included in the pit site. Taxpayers are planned for part of the Dyckman Street frontage. The deal was brokered by Bernard Smyth & Son for the John Haven estate. HL. L. Hussey & Co. represented the estate.
John H. Kelly a vice president and treasurer of the Westchester Fire Insurance Company and secretary of the Fire Insurance Barrage Corps of Brooklyn died at his Far Rockaway summer home. He joined Westchester in 1863 and helped build the firm to prominence, remaining active in the business until his death at age sixty eight.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a note about a gathering or event at Mutter College New York. Names appear garbled but suggest a meeting or command involving a group or committee and a theatre event. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.
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