Samson at Criterion Theatre review shocks with vulgar tragedy
William Gillette returns to New York in Samson a French translated melodrama about deceit, revenge, and a stock panic that ruins a rival and the husband’s wife. The critic condemns its sexual explicitness and moral degradation while praising Gillette’s performance and Constance Collier in a heavy melodramatic role.
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William Gillette
New York
Criterion Theatre
Samson
H. Bernstein
The
Stock Exchange
Gaza
Poe
Amontillado
Emerson
Henry Arthur Jones
Leo Nm
Gillette
Maurice Brachard
Brachard
Gawain
Arthur Byron
Constance Collier
Servant in the House revived at Savoy Theatre review
The Servant in the House returned at the Savoy Theatre praised for its morality and wit. Arthur Lewis as the Bishop earns acclaim for faithful portrayal and steady, apt characterization amid a caricatured villain. The piece blends satire with didactic aims and strong acting overall.
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Mr. Kennedy
Savoy Theatre
Arthur Lewis
The Servant in the House in Tyrone Power's Exposition
A review praises Tyrone Power for a bold pictorial portrayal of a half savage vagrant and a bellicose yet wretched figure. Edmund R. Kennedy, Matthison, Hampden, and Mabel Moore headline a cast led by a clergyman’s troubled responses. The piece is praised as a welcome moral drama despite Coleridgean cautions about its goodness.
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Tyrone Power
Edmund R. Kennedy
Matthison
Hampden
Mabel Moore
Coleridge
West End Theatre Shows Ibsen Trio This Week
Mme Alla Nazimova opens at West End Theatre with A Doll's House for a week. The paper has already explored Ibsen drama, noting morbid themes and Nazimova's capable yet limited rendering. During the run she will also revive Comtesse Cocquette featuring her sprightliest moments.
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Henrik Ibsen
West End
Mme
Alla Nazimova
Mme. Nazimova
Comtesse Coquette
Mrs. Caroline Fox Howard Dies at 78 in Boston
Veteran actress born in Boston in 18 entered theatre in childhood and retired in 1887. She gained fame as Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin and was mother to Cordelia Howard Little Eva. She died in Boston aged seventy nine and is buried at Mount Auburn with her husband George Campbell Howard.
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George C. Howard
Topsy
Megro
Cordelia Howard
Littie Eva
Caroline Fox
Richmond Hill Theatre
Little Red Riding Hood
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Amelia Bingham Headlines American Theatre Bill
Amelia Bingham headlines this week's American Theatre bill by William Morris with scenes from Madame Sans Gene and The School for Husbands. The audience applauded for five minutes after last night’s show and she spoke brief words. The engagement is limited with next week promising varied offerings and other acts joining her.
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Amelia Bingham
William Morris
Miss Bingham
Marni
Devil
Pratt
Williams
Miss Franklyn
Gismonda
Fedora
Cleopatra
Romanos
Grace Cameron
Friend
Downing
McMahon
Chapelle
James P. Morton
Prince Rokin
Morrin
Jinrikisha runner hired for stage star at Casino Theatre
A dozen Japanese applicants appeared at the Casino Theatre seeking the jinrikisha post to please Miss Leona Anderson who plays Mrs. Darington in Marcelle. She chose Mori Toku of No. 41 Oliver Street to begin duties tomorrow morning to keep shows cheerful.
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Casino Theatre
Leona Anderson
Darington
Marcelle
Miss Anderson
Mori Toku
Oliver Street
Notable entertainer draws crowds at Colonial performances
Mr. Thomas E. Shea, current chief attraction, was warmly welcomed yesterday at both shows after appearing at the Colonial last week. He performs a condensed version of The Bells with Eva Tanguay Laddiecliff Foster and Foster plus O'Brien Havel Co and the Artois Brothers contributing to the amusement.
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Thomas E. Shea
Colonial
Eva Tanguay
Laddiecliff
Foster and Foster
O'Brien, Havel & Co
Artois Brothe
Clarice Mayne Headlines Week at Colonial Theatre
English performer Clarice Mayne leads a week at the Colonial Theatre with songs and dances. The bill features McIntyre and Heath the Fadette Orchestra William Macart Charlotte Parry Spencer Kelley and the Frederick Brothers.
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Clarice Mayne
McIntyre and Heath
Fadette Orchestra
William Macart
Charlotte Parry
Spencer Kelly
Frederick Brothers
Victoria Theatre Vaudeville Leaders Offer The Apache Dance
William Beck and Maud Fulton top the Victoria Theatre bill this week with The Apache Dance. The Star Boat sketch adds a pugilistic incident as an extra feature. Jesse Lasky and musical numbers by Winsor McCay Ila Grannin and Kalmus and Brown round out the program.
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William Beck
Maud Fulton
Victoria Theatre
Jesse Lasky
Love Walts
President Sees New Play Via Wireless at New National
Washington report notes Frederic Thompson staged Via Wireless by Paul Armstrong and Winchell Smith at the New National Theatre tonight. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt attended with Secretary and Mrs Loeb among the audience observers.
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Washington
Frederic Thompson
New National Theatre Tonight
Paul Armstrong
Winchell Smith
Charlemagne Tower Arrives Back in America
Charlemagne Tower former American ambassador to Berlin arrives yesterday on the Holland America liner Nieuw Amsterdam with Mrs Tower and two daughters. Yale student son meets him at the pier. He plans to return to Philadelphia and notes Pennsylvania will support Taft in politics.
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Charlemagne Tower
Berlin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bir
Taft
Philadelphia Orchestra Opens New York Season At Carnegie Hall
The Philadelphia Orchestra opened New York's season at Carnegie Hall under conductor Cerl Pohlig with Emil Sauer in a Liszt and Beethoven program. Sauer's piano concerto impressed, while the ensemble showed solid string tone, accurate brass, and reliable woodwinds. The concert ended with Liszt's A Faust Symphony choral finale and Wagner Die Meistersinger overture.
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Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York
Philadelphia
Cerl Polhlig
Emil Sauer
Leonore
Liszt
Pohlig
Mr. Sauer
Saver
Funeral for Bishop Potter at Grace Church at 1 A M
The funeral for Bishop Potter will be held at Grace Church on llth Street and Browsway at 1 AM. Archdeacon Nelson and Rev. Dr. Grosvenor received the body. Pallbearers include 42 clerical and lay members, with trustees and deputies from the Diocese of New York and Cathedral of St John the Divine. Notables listed among pallbearers include J Pierpont Morgan and J R Roosevelt.
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Potter
Grace Church
Llth Street
Browsway
Nelson
Metropolitan
William M. Grosvenor
Church of the Incarnation
Diocese of
New York
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
Thomas R. Harris
Amos T. Ashton
William T. Manning
William R. Huntington
Frederick J. Kinsman
Delaware
J. Lewis Parks
John P. Peters
Ernest M. Stires
Cornelius B. Smith
George F. Nelson
William R. Thomas
Frederick V. van Kleeck
Charles S. Burch
George Macculloch Miller
Herman C. von Lost
Public Lectures Draw Record Attendance This Season
The Board of Education free public lectures show a 20 percent rise in attendance over last year. From October 1 to the first twelve days, total attendance reached 70,859 with Brook lyn leading the gains at 17,201. Manhattan and The Bronx also show notable increases.
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Board of Education
Brooklyn
Manhattan
The
Bronx
Boston Woman Engaged to Hamilton Fish Benjamin
The engagement was announced in Boston on October 19. Miss Emily L. Bacon, daughter of Mrs. William B. Bacon, will wed Hamilton Fish Benjamin of New York, Yale class of 1898, son of Mrs. Samuel Nicol Benjamin formerly Miss Julia Fish.
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the Tribune
Boston
Emily L. Bacon
William B. Bacon
Hamilton Fish Benjamin
New York
Yale
Samuel Nicol Benjamin
Julia Fish
Today’s Free Admissions and Evening Lectures at NYC Museums
A busy city day offers free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. Evening programs include lectures at multiple public schools and at the Museum of Natural History plus talks on topics such as Turkey Russia Ireland Germany and evolution.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
National California Club
Newark
Waldorf-Astoria
Gotham Club
Empire State Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Vahan Dardashian
American Institute
West 44Th Street
Board of Education
Wadleigh High School
Liorth Street
Seventh Avenue
Ernest R. von Nardroff
Mott and
Spring Streets
Turkey
William S. Murray
East 88Th Street
Germany
Clarence D. Royer
4Th Street
First Avenue
California
Rogers Mount
85Th Street
Mary E. Cheney
Audubon Avenue
168Th
Barbados
Percy G. Gilkea
South Street
Third Avenue
Helen O'Donnell
Park Avenue
Williamsbridge
Niagara
Edward J Parker
Weather report charts regional barometer lows and rain pattern
Weather bureau data show a central low over Nebraska, with a 24 20 inch reading at Platte. Scattered rain spans the North Mississippi Valley to the Rockies, with snow in parts of the mid and northern Rockies. temperatures shift with a Northeast and Southwest drop and a Northwest rise. Forecast calls for fair skies in New England, New York, Delaware, Maryland and D C today and Wednesday with fresh northeast winds. Western Pennsylvania and New York see east to northeast winds late today into Wednesday. The local record compares last twenty four hours to prior years, noting yesterday’s high of 74 and low of 65. Forecast remains fair today and Wednesday with fresh winds.
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Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Platte
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
San Francisco
New England
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Gus Rogers, Veteran Performer, Dies in New York
Gustave Solomon known as Gus Rogers elder Rogers brothers star of vaudeville dies at 39 in his West 70th Street apartment after illness delays operation. Daughters Leona and Ethel at bedside. Wife Maude Raymond tours Pittsburg with Eddie Foy.
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Gustave Solomon
Gus” Rogers
Rogers Brothers
Georgia
West 70Th Street
Leona
Ethel
Mrs. Rogers
Maude Raymond
Pittsburg
Eddie Foy
Auburn
N. Y
Herman J. Collier
Janeway
Delafield
Mr. Rogers
Miner's Bowery Theatre
Joe” Fields
Max
Panama
Rogers
The
Tribune
New York
Taine translator John Durand dies in Paris
Paris obituary notes the death of John Durand translator of H. A. Taine's historical works. He was a prominent member of the American colony in Paris.
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Paris
John Durand
H. A. Taine
Sir John Puleston Died in London at Old Age
London, Oct. 19 Sir John Henry Puleston died today. Born in 18% at Llanfair Dyffry in Clwyd North Wales he studied at King's College London. He served as MP for Devonport from 1874 to 1892 and later contested Carnarvon Boroughs. He was Constable of Carnarvon Castle, chaired the City of London Conservative Association and served as treasurer of the Royal Asylum of St Anne's Society. Knighted in 1887.
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Llanfair Dyffry
Clwyd
North Wales
King’s College
London
Devonport
Carnarvon Boroughs
Carnarvon Castle
City of
Death of long serving New Jersey clergyman McKelvey
The Rev Alexander McKelvey a retired minister died yesterday at his Boonton New Jersey home He was born in Northern Ireland in 1828 and educated at Rutgers College and New Brunswick Theological Seminary He served at Irvington Kent Avenue Reformed Greenpoint Second Reformed Jersey City and Boonton Reformed Churches He resigned last July closing his fiftieth year in the ministry He leaves three sons The funeral is set for tomorrow at 10 20 AM and burial will be in Morristown New Jersey
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Alexander McKelvey
Boonton
N. J
Ireland
Rutgers College
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Irvington
Kent Avenue
Greenpoint
Second Reformed Church
Jersey City
Baroness Catherine Gevers Dies in Bonn After Long Washington Ties
Baroness Catherine Gevers widow of Baron Gevers of the Netherlands died Saturday in Bonn Germany. Born 1822 in Newark New Jersey she spent much time in Washington where her father William Wright served as Representative and Senator. She married Baron Gevers in 1853. children include William A T Baron Gevers and Catharine married to Baron von Furth. She leaves one brother Colonel Edward H Wright of Newark.
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Baron Gevers
Holland
United States
William Wright
New Jersey
Bonn
Germany
Newark
N. J
Washington
Netherlands
Doane
William A. T
Catharines
Baron von Furth
Gevers
Edward H. Wright
Widow of Jacob I. Gossler Dies in New York Apartment
Mrs Delia H Gossler Roosa widow of Jacob I Gossler and sister of the late Dr Daniel B St John Roosa died yesterday in her Osborne apartment at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. Survived by brother James F Roosa Middletown and sister Mrs Jane E B Thorn Utica. Funeral set for tomorrow at 10 o clock.
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Delia H. Roosa Gossler
Jacob I. Gossler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa
Osborne
57Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Gossler
Bethel
Sullivan County
Charles B. Roosa
James F. Roosa
Middletown
Jane E. B. Thorn
Utica
Norrow
Notable Deaths in Baltimore Cleveland and Omaha
Harry E Crout age forty four manager of the Club Hotel died of heart disease in a Baltimore theatre lobby after a performance. Colonel G F Adams of St Louis a Confederate veteran was found wandering dazed on Cleveland streets and died soon after. Alfred Darlow former advertising manager of the Union Pacific Railroad died at his Omaha home after two operations following his resignation on September 1 after twenty years with the company.
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Club
Baltimore
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Alfred Darlow
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Union Pacific
Miss Haskell Denies Engagement in Guthrie Oklahoma
Miss Frances Haskell denies engagement to Samuel Bowles Jr of The Springfield Republican. She indicates a possible engagement to Leslie G. Niblock of Guthrie, editor of The Guthrie Leader, a Democrat. Governor N. Haskell and family left Guthrie for Dallas today. Bowles denial follows news of the Springfield rumor.
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Okla
Frances Haskell
Samuel Bowles, Jr
Samuel Bowles
Springfield
Mass
Springfehl Muss
Sutewel Bowles
Miss Haskell
Cathedral of St John the Divine praised by reader
Geo McCulloch Miller thanks The Tribune for yesterday's feature on the Cathedral of St John the Divine calling it the best history to date for accuracy completeness and illustrations.
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the Tribune
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Geo. Macculloch Miller
New York
Transatlantic Travellers Sail for Europe
Passengers listed for today’s departures to Europe include the Kaiser's ship Der Grosser bound for Bremen and the Rotterdam bound for Rotterdam. Names feature Mrs Frank Edwards Miss Grace McMillan Jarvis Mr and Mrs Alfred HY and others among the travelers. Yesterday arrivals include the Nieuw Amsterdam from Rotterdam with Charlemagne William Hill Mrs A S Perry and several others.
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Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Wealthy widow testifies in Brown & Co. bankruptcy case
Mrs Minnie E Young first witness at the bankruptcy hearing before Commissioner Gilchrist details her family’s $1 125 000 loss to A O Brown Co. and its affiliates. She notes loans, securities, and monthly payments dating back to 1903 and describes investments in American Tobacco and the Whitney syndicate. The hearing resumes October 28 at the Colonial Theatre.
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Minnie E. Young
Lewis G. Young
A. O. Brown & Co
Gilchrist
Young
George Arents
American Tobacco Company
Major Lewis Ginter
Allen & Ginter
Bradstreet
San Domingo
The Abruzzi Wedding Engagement Rumors Swirl
Rome reports no official word on the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins marriage. Some say engagement confirmed by Princess Letitia, others deny it. An official announcement may come via King Victor Emmanuel’s letter after the duke travels to the United States.
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Duke of the
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Letitia
Victor Emmanuel
Signor Guolitti
United States
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
New Aims Of St. Luke's Mark Fiftieth Anniversary
St. Luke's Hospital marked its 50th anniversary with talks by president George Macculloch Miller and Rev. George Frederick Clover. Plans include district social workers and a city clearing house to match patients with suitable care, plus an endowment to fund such outreach. Last year 12 963 patients were treated with 71 percent free. current facilities provide about three hundred beds, with expansion to roughly six hundred anticipated. Readings highlighted legacies totaling about 500 000 and renewed board re elections.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Amsterdam Avenue
113Th Street
George Macculloch Miller
Boston
Miller
St. Luke's
Board of Managers
George Frederick Clover
Mary Travers Heckscher
James Henry Smith
James Morris
Central Park
Theatres Seen as Prime Realty Investments in New York
Realty investors now consider New York theatres solid investments. Brokers previously urged purchases, but owners rarely sold. After strong post disturbance business, several realty figures seek to buy theatres, though owners show no intent to sell yet. One investor reportedly made a splendid offer for a theatre.
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New York
Obituary notices from New York area families October 1908
Notices of deaths and funerals for Baxter Eytinge De Forest Nowell and others in New York include Gossler Knoepfel Landon Lyon Mkelvey Sammis Snyder Willets and Gevers. Details cover dates October 1908, residences in Plains Jersey Long Island and Manhattan with private or public services and cemetery plans.
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Baxter—Eytinge
Church of the Heavenly Host
Shipman
Charles Eytings
Hugh H. Baxter
DE Forest
Special Notices for Employers at Uptown Tribune Office
The New York Tribune invites employers to save time and expense by selecting desirable help from applications for various positions. The Uptown Office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets is open 9 am to 6 pm.
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New-York Tribune
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Tribune Subscription Rates and Ad Offices Worldwide
The Tribune lists mailing options for daily, Sunday, and weekly editions with domestic and international rates. It details address changes, dealer pickups, and multiple offices in New York and abroad plus hotel reading rooms for visitors.
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Tribune
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