Reworks of novels on London stage provoke mixed verdicts
The piece surveys adaptations of recent fiction into plays at Lyceum, Garrick, St James's and Duke of York's. It notes Pete, Tools, Passing of the Third Floor Back and What Every Woman Knows, praising some performances while criticizing sentimentality and loss of original force. It highlights Mr. Caine, Miss Millard, Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, and Mr. Barrie style clashes with stage realities.
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St James's Theatre
Jerome K. Jerome
New York
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London
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Straner
Galilee
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Alice Crawford
Ernest Hendrie
Duke of York's
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Mr. Barrie
Syracuse Horse Show Opens With Big Entry List
Syracuse September 14 The horse show drew a large crowd and notable turf social figures. Alfred G. Vanderbilt steered Venture from the city, with guests Reginald C. Vanderbilt Donnie Hare and Paul A. Sorg among others. J Campbell Thompson won the coach race in Meteor. Sorg rode Old Sport and George Watson’s Dryve placed, clocking 3 minutes 3 seconds. Vanderbilt endured not speed, but endurance. Tiger Lily topped the four year old mares or geldings with blue ribbons to the Vanderbilts, Sorg, Fairmont and Blsmore farms. W Watson of Baltimore won the James T Hyde cup with Lord Baltimore My Maryland and My Maryland II, with Sorg second and Vanderbilt third in the three-horse class.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Fair Grounds
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Donnie Hare
New York
Paul A. Sorg
Cincinnati
J. Campbell Thompson
Mamaroneck
Tiger Lily
Cr. W. Watson
Baltimore
James T. Hyde
Paul Sorg
Hewitt Bequest To Met Museum Totals 1 690 000
Robert W. de Forest disclosed that Frederick Cooper Hewitt left the Metropolitan Museum of Art an absolute bequest of 1 690 000 with residuary intent. The estate will cover all specific legacies and may provide a sum for relatives, while the museum hopes to showcase some of Hewitt’s ivories and art treasures in its collections. Changes to Sculpture Hall were planned, and several new members and officers were announced for June board action.
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Robert W. de Forest
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Owego
N. Y
Hewitt
Mr. Hewittt
Mr. Hewitt
Henry W. Kent
Museum
Sculpture Hall
Zeus
Athens
Board of Trustees
Robert Morrison Olyphant, Jr
Mife
Harris Fahnestock
Clarence Fahnestock
Ernest Fahnestock
James Loeb
George E. Barstow
John L. Eliot
Homer Heminway
Stuart F. Randolph
Winthrop Cowdin
Frederick H. Eaton
John Platt
Hugh Coyle dies at 65, early modern press agent
Hugh Coyle, credited as the first modern press agent, dies of cancer at Chicago county hospital at age sixty five. A telegraph operator and Civil War drummer boy, he later spent years on P. T. Barnum publicity staff and recently sought treatment in Chicago after illness in Kansas City. He will be buried by the Actors' Fund.
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Chicago
Hugh Coyle
Washington
P. T. Barnum
Actors’ Fund
De Wolf Hopper Stars In New Musical Fantasy What Happened Then
De Wolf Hopper receives warm reception at the Majestic Theatre in Montreal for his new musical fantasy What Happened Then by Austin Strong with music by Edward Corliss. The plot revisits the Pied Piper tale with a fairy tale city, magical aids, and a perilous plot to corrupt the innocent metropolis, featuring Toby tlaude and Dallas Welford Wade in key roles.
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Montreal
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Majestic Theatre
Mr. Hopper
Austin Strong
Edward Corliss
Hamelin
Toby Tlaude
Dallas Welford Wade
Jack Straw at Empire Theatre Opens Season
John Drew returns to the Empire Theatre in William Somerset Maugham's Jack Straw a comedy set in England with a waiter posing as Archduke Sebastian. Rose Coghlan excels as Mrs Parker Jennings amid witty dialogue and farcical plots. The crowd applauded eagerly for Drew and Coghlan as the curtain rose.
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Pomerania
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John Drew
Empire Theatre
Mr. Drew
Charlies Frohman
William Somerset Maugham
Charlies Hawtrey
London
England
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Marquis
Lady Wanley
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The
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Circle Theatre Reopens With School Days Musical
The Circle Theatre reopened last night with a Gus Edwards scripted musical titled School Days. A large audience enjoyed the performance and further details will be announced at a later date.
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Circle Theatre
Gus Edwards
Eva Tanguay Performs Salome at Colonial Theatre
Colonial Theatre drew two full audiences yesterday for Eva Tanguay's Salome dance. She has been booked there for several weeks and patrons showed complete satisfaction with the exhibition. Leo Ditt richstein and company and Willa Holt Wakefield join this week's bill.
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Miss Tanguay
Leo Dittrichstein
Alhambra Theatre Bill This Week
William Rock and Maude Fulton head the bill with Karno's panto mime company Bert Coote and company Joe Maxwell and Howard and North appearing in the lineup. Two performances are scheduled daily.
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William Rock
Maude Fulton
Karno
Bert Coote
Joe” Maxwell
Howard
North
Salome dance draws crowds at Lincoln Square Theatre
Blaney's Lincoln Square Theatre enters its second vaudeville week with Mile Froelich presenting Salome dance to good audience reception. The bill features Charles Ross and Mariel Fenton, Walter Jones, and Blanche Deyo. Two performances daily.
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Froelich
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Mariel Fenton
Walter Jones
Blanche Deyo
Victoria Theatre opens regular season with Salome bill
Regular season began yesterday at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre with Miss Hoffman in The Vision of Salome. Two performances daily. other acts include Melville Ellis, Joseph Howard, Mabel Barrison, Jack Norworth, and R. C. Hertz. Attendance strong despite last roof stage show.
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Victoria Theatre
Miss Hoffman
Salome
Father and Son at Washington Belasco Theatre
Edgar Selwyn's new comedy drama Father and Son opened in Washington at the Belasco Theatre with William Norris receiving repeated curtain calls after the third act. Set in a New Jersey mill town, it centers on a strike at the town's sole major industry, with George Staley John Westley Madeline Louis and George Lawrence also starring. After a week in Washington it will move to New York's Majestic Theatre for the season opener.
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Belasco Theatre
William Norris
New Jersey
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John Westley
Madeline Louis
George Lawrence
Majestic Theatre
New York
Widow of Gunnery School founder dies at 88 in Washington
Washington Connecticut September 14 widow of Frederick W Gunn founder of the Gunnery School died here Sunday in her eighty ninth year. The obituary notes her pivotal role in developing the school and shaping its character. A graduate recalled her motherly influence in the old Gunnery kitchen guiding students with care and counsel.
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Washington, Conn
Frederick W. Gunn
East Orange Widow Mrs Reasoner Dies at 85
Mrs Andrew Reasoner widow of the Morris & Essex division Lack awanna Railroad superintendent died at her East Orange home at eighty five. She funded the Andrew Reasoner Memorial Chapel at Main Avenue Presbyterian Church and contributed to East Orange Free Library Sanford Street Methodist Church and other causes. She was born Abby E Byxbee of Norwalk Conn and leaves two brothers. Funeral arrangements are with Governor Fort.
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Andrew Reasoner
Morris & Essex Division
Lackawanna Railroad
Arlington Avenue
Orange
Main Avenue Presbyterian Church
Gardner Dexter Hiscox Dies at East Orange Home
Gardner Dexter Hiscox, writer on scientific subjects and author of Com pressed Air and Its Application Modern Steam Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering, died Sunday at his East Orange home after a short illness. He was 86, born in Elizabethtown New York, lived in Brooklyn long, moved to East Orange five years ago. survived by wife three sons and four daughters. 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 Austria En Route Home
Franklin Burdge retired lawyer died of heart disease in Carlsbad Austria on September 9 after ill health. He planned to return to New York for funeral arrangements within a fortnight. Born in Philadelphia in 185, he studied at Brown University and Albany Law School class of '59, practiced law until 1887, and authored works on Continental Congress figures. He married Ella Jackson in 1891 and lived at 325 West 57th Street. he was active in Brown University Alumni Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Theta Delta Chi, the New York Historical Society and the American Geographical Society.
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Henry Wisner
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Ella Jackson
Manasquan
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Dr H H Smith dies in Atlanta at 88
Dr Hosea Hildreth Smith father of Georgia Governor Hoke Smith died at his Atlanta home today at age eighty eight. A native of New Hampshire he had lived in California Baltimore and North Carolina before moving to Atlanta about fifteen years ago. Both houses of the General Assembly adjourned this morning in respect to his memory.
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Miss Hilda Tiffany Daughter of Louis Tiffany Dies at 29
Miss Hilda Goddard Tiffany daughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany died yesterday at Saranac Lake in her thirtieth year. Mr Tiffany is president and art director of the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company and the Tiffany Furnaces at Corona Long Island. The funeral will be at Madison Square Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock.
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Charles M. Collier Dies at Gloucester Home
New York artist Charles Myles Collier died at his summer home in Gloucester on September 14 from apoplexy at age sixty five. He leaves two sons Barron S. Collier of New York and Charles M. Collier Jr. of Memphis.
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New York
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Memphis
Ambassador Hill to attend George Washington launching
Bremen reports the American Ambassador David Jayne Hill will be guest of honor at the launching ceremony of the North German Lloyd steamship George Washington on October 31.
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Prominent Arrivals at Major Hotels Listed
George Gordon King of Newport visits the Belmont Hotel while Emerson from Chicago stays at the Astor. Waldo E. Buck from Jamestown appears at the Imperial. Professor Edward S. Holden from West Point at Murray Hill. H. C. Phipps of Pittsburg at the Plaza. C. G. Cadwalader of Philadelphia at Seville. Gordon Bland ing of San Francisco checks into St Regis. Rev. Elliot Field of Philadelphia at Victoria.
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Edward S. Holden
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Pittsburg
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Weather report and forecast for Sept 14 regional notes
Local rains on the south Atlantic coast Texas Oklahoma Southern Kansas and in the Rocky Mountain region while most areas experience fair weather. Temperature broadly steady with a few cooler pockets in New England and Kansas. Winds vary by region with brisk north to northeast directions and forecasts call for generally fair weather Tuesday with showers possible on the south Atlantic coast and in parts of the great plains and Rocky Mountain region. Local records show yesterday's temperatures and comparisons to last year.
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Mardi Gras Parade Proceeds Amid Confetti Crowds at Coney Island
Crowds of about half a million gathered along Surf Avenue for the sixth annual Mardi Gras at Coney Island. King Lewis and Queen Carrie presided as Alderman Potter and Mrs. Popp attended, with police deployes, firemen, bands, and floats lighting the route. The event featured innovative lighting on floats, a grand ball at Steeplechase Park, and a straw hat mass reaction as revelers returned home.
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Political Activity Secured by Civil Service Commission
Washington reports the Civil Service Commission and Post Office Department disciplined several federal workers for political activity. J H Rhinehart, a Denver letter carrier, was reduced in rank while E W Hill and W R Phillips, Goldsboro clerks, were warned to cease political activity or face dismissal. Hill faced a state Senate nomination and was told to decline if he wished to keep postal service employment.
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Electrical Congress Opens in Marseilles Exposition
The International Congress of Applied Electricity opened today in Marseilles with delegates from eleven countries. Prominent French electricians attended and a dinner was served that evening at the Electrical Exposition Building.
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Marines Leave Brooklyn Yard for Panama Voyage
One hundred seventy five marines departed the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday destined for Panama. They were ferried by a navy yard tug to the cruiser Prairie at Tompkinsville, where the voyage will begin as the first contingent to depart for the destination.
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Wheeler Wernicke marriage at Sophien Church Berlin
Lonni Wernicke daughter of Herrman and Mrs Wernicke of Berlin to Willard Hayden Wheeler of Brooklyn New York in a ceremony at Sophien Church Berlin on September 2. Notices of marriages and deaths require full name and address for indorsement.
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Death notices republished in the Tribune without extra charge
Notices indicate that death notices appearing in The Tribune will be republished in the Tri-Weekly Tribune at no additional cost. The notice outlines republishing policy and retention of content.
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Multiple Obituaries and Notices From New York Area
Hor ton aged 82 dies in Middletown with funeral hereafter. Sheridan burial at Mary Cemetery with interment Tuesday at 2 pm. Suydam widow of John H. Suydam funeral Wednesday at St. Matthew's Church Greenwood and Columbus avenues. Tiffany at Saranac Lake with service September 14 at 11 am for Hilda Goddard Tiffany, daughter of Louis Tiffany and Mary Woodbridge Goddard. service September 16 at 11 am. Tillotson Emma A widow of Luther G. Tillotson funeral services at Church Heaven on September 13 at 10 am. interment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Ward Frances, daughter of Rand and Laura Ward, funeral at Church of the East 27th Street. The Woodlawn Cemetery accessible from Harlem trains via Grand Central. Lots $150 up. Undertakers Frank E. Campbell, 2413 West 234th Street Chapel. Private and public ambulances Tel 1924 Chelsea.
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