The Manxman variant and other London theatre notes
A London theatre roundup reviews Caine and Barker's Pete at the Lyceum as a melodrama turning profit, Lang and Millard at Garrick, and reviews Passing of the Third Floor Back at St James's with Forbes Robertson. Barrie at Duke of York's What Every Woman Knows is praised for wit over power, while Os lora Shand’s Maggie drives a Scottish study in John Shand, M.P. with strong acting by Du Maurier and Trevelyan.
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Age Caine
Louis N. Barker
Pete
Lyceum Theatre
Matheson Lang
Hutin Britton
Mr. Caine
Evelyn Millard
Mr. Horniman
Millard
Lena Ashwell
W. J. Locke
New York
Divine Redeemer
Christ
London
Forbes Robertson
Fisor Beck
Adiie
Galilee
Gertrude Elliott
Alice Crawford
Ernest Hendrie
Jerome
Duke of York’s
Barrie
John Shand
M. P
Mr. Barrie
Wryties
Maggie
Gerald du Maurier
Hilda Trevelyan
Henry Wiburt
Sydney Valentine
Edmund Gwenn
Sybil Lazenby
Cortesse de la Briere
Sybil
Mr. Venables
Miss Trevelyan
Lady Babbie
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Syracuse Horse Show Opens With Big Entries
Syracuse on Sept 14 reports a large turnout and social luminaries visiting the fair grounds. Alfred G. Vanderbilt drove Venture with guests including Reginald Vanderbilt and Paul Sorg. J Campbell Thompson won the coach race on Meteor, with Sorg on Old Sport and George Watson on Dine. Tiger Lily won four year old class. Merry May led mares or geldings without prior blue ribbons. James T Hyde cup went to Cr W Watson for best three-horse combination.
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Syracuse
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Fair Grounds
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Donnie Hare
New York
Paul A. Sorg
Cincinnati
J. Campbell Thompson
Mamaroneck
Tiger Lily
Merry May
Cr. W. Watson
Baltimore
James T. Hyde
Paul Sorg
Hewitts Bequest to Metropolitan Museum Worth 1.5 Million
Robert W. de Forest outlined Frederick Cooper Hewitt's estate, noting an absolute 1.5 million bequest to the Metropolitan Museum of Art plus a residuary share. The estate fully covers specific legacies, with potential family heirlooms in the residuary. The museum aims to include Hewitt's art treasures, while co operating on family remain.
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Robert W. de Forest
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Owego
N. Y
Hewitt
Mr. Hewittt
Mr. Hewitt
Death of the first press agent in Chicago
Hugh Coyle, credited as the first modern press agent, died at the county hospital in Chicago at age sixty five from cancer. A telegraph operator and Civil War drummer boy, he later served on P. T. Barnum publicity staff. He lived in Washington and was to be buried by the Actors' Fund.
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Chicago
Hugh Coyle
Washington
P. T. Barnum
Coyle
Kansas City
Actors’ Fund
De Wolf Hopper in a New Play at Majestic Theatre
Montreal dispatch reports De Wolf Hopper starring in What Happened Then at the Majestic Theatre. The musical fantasy by Austin Strong with Edward Corliss music features a piper and fairy tale elements, including a heroine, an eligible duke, and three dreadful servants, amid magical scenes. Tony Claude plays the heroine and Dallas Welford Wade the chief servant.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Montreal
de Wolf Hopper
Majestic Theatre
Hamelin
Tony Claude
Dallas Welford Wade
John Drew Stars In Jack Straw At Empire Theatre
John Drew opens the season at Empire Theatre in Jack Straw a comedy by William Somerset Maugham. Drew plays a waiter named Jack Straw who poses as Archduke Sebastian. Rose Coghlan as Mrs Parker Jennings draws applause in a lively production noted for dry humor and polished dialogue.
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Sebastian
Pomerania
Jack Straw
John Drew
Empire Theatre
Mr. Drew
Charles Frohman
William Somerset Maugham
Charles Hawtrey
London
England
Grand Babylon
Holland
Wanley
Straw
Parker Jennings
Ethel
Lady Wanley
Adi
Rose Coghlan
The
Empire
Circle Theatre Reopens With School Days Musical
The Circle Theatre reopened last night with a Gus Edwards musical titled School Days. A large audience enjoyed the show and officials say further details will be provided later.
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Circle Theatre
Gus Edwards
Eva Tanguay Dances Salome at Colonial Theatre
Colonial Theatre offered two sold out audiences for Eva Tanguay’s Salome dance performance yesterday. Tanguay appears weekly with Leo Dstrichstein and Willa Holt Wakefield billed this week, drawing full houses and strong audience satisfaction.
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Colonial Theatre
Colonial
Eva Tanguay
Miss Tanguay
Leo Dstrichstein
Willa Holt Wakefield
Alhambra Theatre Week Bill Features Rock and Fulton
William Rock and Maude Fulton headline the Alhambra Theatre bill with Karno's panto mime company Bert Coote and company Joe Maxwell and Howard and North. Two performances daily headline the week.
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Alhambra Theatre
William Rock
Maude Fulton
Karno
Bert Coote
Joe” Maxwell
Howard
North
Salome dance leads vaudeville bill at Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square Theatre began the second week of vaudeville with Mile Froelich’s Salome dance drawing audience favor. The program features Charles Ross and Mabel Fenton, Walter Jones, and Blanche Deyo with two performances daily.
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Lincoln Square Theatre
Blaney
Mile
Froelich
Charles Ross
Mabel Fenton
Walter Jones
Blanche Deyo
Victoria Theatre Opener Features Miss Hoffman in Salome
The regular season began yesterday afternoon at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre with Miss Hoffman as the chief figure in the bill. Two large audiences enjoyed her Vision of Salome, supported by Melville Ellis, Joseph Howard, Mabel Barrison, Jack Norworth, and R C Hertz. Two performances daily are planned.
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Hammerstein
Victoria Theatre
Miss Hoffman
Salome
Il Trovatore at the American draws fair crowd
Abramson Opera Company presented Il Trovatore at the American Theatre last evening to a fair house. Performers Michailoff as Maurice and Bertozzi as Leonora earned strong ovations, with Pacini as Conte di Luna and Oteri in Fernando’s bass lines also praised. A repeat of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci was scheduled due to their success, with Lucia and Alda listed for upcoming performances.
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Abramson Opera Company
M. Michailoff
Maurice
Mme
Bertozzi
Leonora
M. Pacini
M. Oteri
Fernando
Cavalleria Rusticana
Modern School
Lucia
Miss Allen
M. Torre
Alda
Mme. Therry
Miss Strauss
M. Barri
M. Arcangel
Father and Son at Washington opens to strong reception
Edgar Selwyn's new comedy drama Father and Son opened at the Belasco Theatre Washington with William Norris in the lead. Set in a New Jersey factory town, the plot centers on a mill strike. The cast includes George Staley John Westley Madeline Louis and George Lawrence. After a week in Washington the show moves to New York's Majestic Theatre as the season opener.
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the Tribune
Washington
Edgar Selwyn
Belasco Theatre
William Norris
New Jersey
Mr. Norris
George Staley
John Westley
Madeline Louis
George Lawrence
Majestic Theatre
New York
Mrs. Frederick W. Gunn Dies at Eighty Eight Founder’s Widow
Washington Connecticut obituary reports the death of Mrs. Frederick W. Gunn in her eighty ninth year. She helped develop the Gunnery School alongside her husband and was described as a motherly, protective influence to the Gunnery brood. Clarence Deming credited her guidance at reunions and recalled her role in bringing the school’s spirit to life.
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Washington, Conn
Frederick W. Gunn
Widow Mrs. Andrew Reasoner dies at 85 in East Orange
East Orange New Jersey September 14 Special widow of Morris and Essex division Lackawanna superintendent Andrew Reasoner dies at her Arlington Avenue home aged eighty five. She funded the Andrew Reasoner Memorial Chapel at Main Avenue Presbyterian Church and gave to East Orange Free Library Sanford Street Methodist Church and other causes. Survived by two brothers Joseph Byxbee and Samuel Byxbee. her only child died forty years ago. Funeral arrangements handled by Governor Fort, longtime family friend.
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East Orange
N. J
Andrew Reasoner
Morris & Essex Division
The
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Arlington Avenue
Orange
Main Avenue Presbyterian Church
Gardner Dexter Hiscox Dies at 86 in East Orange
Gardner Dexter Hiscox writer on scientific subjects died Sunday at his home 574 Springfield Avenue East Orange after a brief illness. Born in Elizabethtown New York eighty six years ago he studied science and authored books on compressed air steam engineering and hydraulic engineering. He lived in Brooklyn before moving to East Orange five years ago. Survived by his wife three sons and a daughter he was a member of the American Astronomical Society.
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Springfield Avenue
East Orange
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Brooklyn
American Astronomical Society
Franklin Burdge Dies in Carlsbad After Ill Health
Franklin Burdge retired lawyer died of heart disease in Carlsbad Austria on September 9 after months of ill health. Born 1835 in Philadelphia he studied at Brown University Law School Albany and practised in this city until 1887 when ill health caused retirement. He authored pamphlets on Harrig and Henry Continental Congress contributed to American Biography and wrote on Simon Boerum Wisner and John Brougham. He married Ella Jackson of Manasquan New Jersey in 188? and resided at 325 West Sixth Street. He belonged to Brown Alumni Association Metropolitan Museum Theta Delta Chi New York Historical Society and American Geographical Society.
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Austria
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Philadelphia
Ira
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Brown University
Albany
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Henry Nental
Simon Boerum
John Wisner
Contilife
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Ella Jackson
Manasquan
N. J
City Alumni Association
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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New York Historical Society Society
The
American Geographical
Death of Dr. Hosea Hildreth Smith Honored in Georgia
Dr. Hosea Hildreth Smith of Atlanta, father of Governor Hoke Smith, prominent Southern educator, died at his home at eighty eight. He was a New Hampshire native who lived in California, Baltimore, and North Carolina before moving to Atlanta fifteen years ago. Both houses of the General Assembly adjourned in respect to his memory.
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Hosea Hildreth Smith
Hoke Smith
Georgia
South
New Hampshire
California
Baltimore
North Carolina
Miss Hilda Tiffany Dies At Saranac Lake In New York
Miss Hilda Goddard Tiffany daughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany died yesterday at Saranac Lake in her thirtieth year. Her father is president and art director of Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company and Tiffany Furnaces. Funeral at Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning at Madison Square.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
T2d Street
Saranac Lake
Tiffany
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
Tiffany Furnaces
Corona
Long Island
Wis Presbyterian Church
Madison Square Morning
Death of New York Artist Charles M ColIier at Gloucester
Charles Myles Collier, a New York artist, died at his summer home in Gloucester from apoplexy tonight at age sixty five. He is survived by two sons, Barron S. Collier of New York and Charles M. Collier Jr. of Memphis.
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the Tribune
Gloucester
Mass
Charles Myles Collier
New York
Barron S. Collier
Charles M. Collier, Jr
Memphis
American Ambassador to attend ship launch in Bremen
Bremen September 14 The American Ambassador David Jayne Hill will be guest of honor at the launching ceremony for the North German Lloyd Company's new steamship George Washington on October 31.
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Bremen
David Jayne Hill
Lloyd Company
Prominent Arrivals at Major Hotels Listed
George Gordon King Newport at the Belmont. E C Emerson at the Astor. Waldo E Buck Jamestown at the Imperial. Professor Edward S Holden West Point at Murray Hill. H C Phipps Pittsburg at the Plaza. C G Cadwalader Philadelphia at the Seville. Gordon Blanding San Francisco at St Regis. Rev Elliot Field Philadelphia at the Victoria.
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George Gordon King
Newport
ASTOR
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Imperial
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Murray Hill
Edward S. Holden
West Point
Plaza
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Pittsburg
Seville
C. G. Cadwalader
Philadelphia
ST. Regis
Gordon Blanding
San Francisco
Victoria
Rev. Elliot Field
Weather Forecast and Local Record from Washington
Official weather bulletin notes rain on the south Atlantic coast Texas Oklahoma and Rocky Mountain points with fair weather elsewhere. Forecast calls for Tuesday generally fair with Wednesday showers on the south Atlantic coast and Great Plains. winds vary by coast and region. Local temperatures show little change and a 1907 1908 temperature comparison is included.
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South Atlantic
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
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New England
Colorado
Bahamas
Great Plains States
Rocky Mountain Region
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South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
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Grand Banks
Mardi Gras Parade Crowns Isle of Mirth at Coney Island
The sixth annual Mardi Gras drew nearly half a million revelers along Surf Avenue as Alderman Potter and Mrs. Popp were crowned King and Queen. Police lined the route with six hundred officers and three firemen per mains as floats lit by a moving trolley dazzled crowds.
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Isle of Mirth
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Carrie
Edward Stratton
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O'Brien
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Dreamland
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St. John’s
Guard of Honor
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Taft
Bryan
Subway
Manhattan
Bowery
Politically Active Postal Workers Disciplined
Washington Sept 14 Civil Service Commission announces discipline for government staff over political activity following investigations by the commission and Post Office Department. J H Rhin hart Denver letter carrier reduced. E W Hill and W R Phillips Goldsboro post office clerks warned to stop political activity or face dismissal. Hill was nominated for state senator and told to decline to keep postal job.
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Civil Service Commission
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E W. Hill
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Goldshore
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Postal Service
Electrical Congress Opens in Marseilles Exposition
The International Congress of Applied Electricity opened in Marseilles at the Exposition Building with delegates from eleven countries including leading French electricians. A dinner was held tonight.
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Marseilles
International Congress of Applied Electricity
Marines Depart Brooklyn Yard for Panama Voyage
One hundred seventy five marines left the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday to Panama. They are the first contingent to depart for the destination. A navy yard tug ferried the men to the cruiser Prairie at Tompkinsville, where the voyage will begin.
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Brooklyn
Panama
Prairie
Tompkinsville
Wheeler Wernicke marriage at Sophien Church Berlin
Lonni Wernicke daughter of Herrman and Mrs Wernicke and Willard Hayden Wheeler of Brooklyn marry at Sophien Church Berlin on September 2. Marriage notices require full name and address for indorsement.
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Wheeler—Wernicke
Sophien Church
Berlin
Germany
Lonni
Herrman Wernicke
Alte Schonerhauser Strasse
Willard Hayden Wheeler
Brooklyn
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Notable Death Notices Listed for Republishing
Died notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE will be republished in the Tri-Weekly Tribune without extra charge. Names listed include Edward H. Boemier William M. Suler Franklin Burdge George L Elliott Hilda G Tiffany Abigail L B Gunn Emma A Suydam Jessie C Reynolds Frances Ward William F Sheridan Anna Wichmasa Anna Smith Elihu R Cronan Ernestine Horton Webb Von Ward Cronan and others.
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Obituary notices and funeral listings from New York area papers
A crowded death and funeral notice page lists individuals with dates in September, including Edwart H. Beemier Carlstad Austria Carlstad Carlstadt Franklin Burdge Abigail Irene Gunn Horton Reynolds Suhr Suydam Tiffany Tillotson Ernestine von Cronan Frances Ward and more. The notices reference addresses in Brooklyn Albany Jersey City and New York City plus funeral times church services and cemetery interments with Woodlawn Cemetery and Sleepy Hollow referenced along with transit notes and a Woodlawn Cemetery advertisement.
Special Notices for Employers at Uptown Tribune Office
A vintage advertisement invites employers to consult a newly installed file of applications at THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE Uptown Office 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th streets. It outlines subscription and distribution rates, offices in multiple cities, and a network of international presses and agents.
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