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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
9
Society items from Rosemont and Philadelphia chronicle weddings engagements and visits. Highlights include Miss Elizabeth Miller’s June 17 wedding at St Peter’s Norristown and Rev Godfrey Brinley’s return to Europe June 21. Also: sailings from Philadelphia to Europe, garden party hospitality, and numerous summer plans at Bryn Mawr Bay Head and Newport villas.
Atlantic City hosts a string of notable visitors and residents including ex governors Frank Brown Lloyd Lowndes and their spouses. Capt H Randall and Dr Frederick W Allen are among Philadelphia guests. Various Meade Clad Zurbrugg Kopf Henley Holman Barr and Smith are noted for summer stays.
Newport News notes A G Van derbilt reached Oakland Farm by road from Providence in a new red automobile. Robert L Fowler of New York rents the Stitt cottage at Parkgate on Bellevue avenue opposite Touro Park for the summer. Ry Schuyler Jr named secretary of the United States Embassy at St Petersburg.
Wesley Middleton of Baltimore and Miss Fannie Burnett of New York plan a June 11 ceremony at the bride’s aunt Mrs. F. E. Warman’s home 159 West Seventy-eighth street. Other society notes include Mrs. Robert R. Livingston Sr. expected back from Europe Thursday and several families vacationing in New York area towns and lakes.
Attorney General Knox returns to Washington from Old Point Comfort after illness. Senator Depew and his wife sail to Europe for the summer, with Mrs. Depew to stay near Nice. French military attaché Captain Vignal and Madame Vignal sail for Europe. Mrs. and Miss Almy travel to Richmond Hill and Narragansett Pier for weddings and the season. Captain and Mrs. Roe spend summer at East Hampton. Colonel and Mrs. Waters head to their Maine coast summer home.
Among saloon passengers aboard the Amer ican Line steamship St Louis today are notable figures including Chauncey M. Depew and his family, Miss Katharine Cohan, Mr. and Mrs. Griscom, Miss Annie Pugh, and Miss Ethel Winthrop, with numerous others such as Nat C. Goodwin Clement Griscom and William Ralston. The roster features a mix of professionals, society names, and families traveling together.
Among the saloon passengers on the Red Star Line steamship Friesland sailing to day are E. G. Brackett and Mrs EF 6G, Miss Helene Bi Horace J Canfle and Mrs Canfield, Mrs Seth I Comly, Miss Comby, Amelia Gemmi, Emily A Gemmut, Mies M. J. Gemmill, Mrs Wm Grange, Lawrence Grange, Miss Jessie Grange, Miss Elsie, Henry enech, A. B. Mille, Mrs A. B. Winner, Jeanne Nielsen, bodes Sites, Flsa A. Snow.
The feast of Shabooth will be celebrated in all Jewish synagogues today. At Temple Broad Street above Avenue confirmation by Rev Joseph Kranskopf at 10 o clock. Names of numerous confirmands listed. Rodef Shalom Synagogue at Broad and Mt Vernon streets to confirm at 10 o clock by Rev Dr Henry Berkowitz. list includes Frank Adler Elsa Lowenbure Leonard Xbaum Mabel Kruger Grace Weil Joe Levi and others.
Filipe Buencamino former Secretary of War in Aguinaldo’s Cabinet reached Manila to study exposition methods. He aims to organize an exposition to honor Dr. Rizal and seeks details on costs and plans for his visit and related ceremonies.
A first detailed witness account describes the destruction of St Pierre after Pelee eruptions. The piece blends stark ruin with sunrise over smoke and ash, praising humanity's aid and urging life’s lessons from disaster. Mitchell offers a meditation on city life, morality, and resilience.
Miriam L. Medley, known for demanding to see President Roosevelt, was committed by Judge Davis to the Norristown State Hospital for the Insane on a petition by her sisters Pauline Diemer and Ida E. Tully who cite homicidal tendencies. She had a loaded revolver when taken by Washington police and is 52, residing at 3031 Diamond Street. Proceedings seek a commission to care for her estate.
Norman D. Plass of Worthington Massachusetts was chosen at a Washburn College trustees meeting to succeed George M. Herrick as president. Born 1860 in Claverach New York he studied at Hudson Academy Williams College Yale Divinity School and held pastorates in Detroit Lincoln Medina and Cincinnati before missionary work and joining Washington College as professor of theism and evidences and financial secretary.
The Bishop of London announced Queen Alexandra will host a tea for 10 000 female domestic servants in celebration of the coronation. Dr Ingram adds the queen said such a gathering would prevent maid servants from being left out of the festivities. Each servant will receive a medal bearing the heads of King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
American financier J Pierpont Morgan arrived in London from the Continent and is slated to dine with Ambassador Joseph H Choate and his wife tomorrow. King Edward Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria will attend the dinner.
Obituary items report John T. Bennett of the 6th and 10th wards dying at home on Race Street, with funeral planned for Saturday. Commodore Albert G. Clarey USN dies at Springield Mass after a long naval career from 1882 through Mexico and Pacific service. George W. Woods, retired medical director of the US Navy, is also mentioned.
The article notes belt pins in silver with French gray finishes, featuring floral motifs and art nouveau styles. Designs include a wide-open wild rose, a four-rose cluster, bulldog heads with ruby eyes, an Indian warrior head, cherubs from Raphael, and a rose bud “face in the flower” motif in rose gold.
A Philadelphia florist displays moss roses noted for their historic mossy calyx and stems. The lone ancient variety, a sport of the cabbage rose, traces to a 1596 Dutch introduction with a romantic legend of an angel blessing moss upon a rose.
A feature on sea salt blends and violet scented preparations for women. It describes perfumed sea salt tonics, violet rice powder for summer use, and a tiny powder box with a lambs wool puff. Also notes violet scented perfumed amulets and their use on hats and garments.
The article lists kitchen hints such as drying items for various uses and using bread crumbs. It notes the phonetic language teaching idea, says a cabbage benefits from two boils, and advises slow cooking custard puddings with little sugar. It also warns against hanging mirrors in sunlit spots and mentions bird study glassware displays.
A brief note reports the debut of a new Sapeete fan device described as a "Mikado's Land" innovation. Details are scarce but the item signals a fresh entrant in local technology or cultural gadgetry with nautical or Pacific references.
A Blick at national life inspired by the Mikado features geisha fans with gauze faces and a gallery of smiling beauties. The three little maids appear from a stage to assist decorator studios, with ladies in kimonos promenading under parasols. Fans cost about 18 cents.
The passage describes peeling and preparing pineapple cores for dessert, with sugar syrup, jar filling and cooking times. It then provides a pineapple and rice custard method with rice cooked in salted water, milk, eggs, vanilla, and chilling, followed by freezing, ripening, and serving suggestive fruit toppings.
Prepare sweetbreads by boiling and breading then frying until crisp. Mix cooked spaghetti with diced cold ham kept hot. Make a tomato sauce by simmering tomatoes with bay leaf, then straining and reducing. Season with butter salt cayenne lemon juice and glaze. Plate with ham and spaghetti and top with sweetbreads.
The piece highlights a versatile parasol named HE en tout cas in red green or blue with a silver handle. It notes summer gowns in white Ping-pong satins with white dots on dark grounds, new colors ocean blue green and scabias violet, sall cloth flax fabric, and green hat bands replacing black. Jewelry features chrysoprase chains with a heart pendant and a silver flower pendant with gold leaves.
A catalog promotes leather items including a woman’s telephone register with two leaf doors and numbered cards, plus vacation memorandum books in black scarlet green morocco with inside pockets. Describes a Newell pocket feature, gold lettering, and travel journals like My Ocean Trip and Places Visited, with designs for men in fawn sea-lion leather and compact packing for travel.
A historical formula lists ingredients for a hair curling preparation: gum arabic one drachm, sugar one drachm, rose water two ounces, with an unclear note about ving and strale following dispol.
Assistant Postmaster Geo W Knowles announced a June 15 revision of delivery hours for Stations P Ninth street and Washington avenue and D Eighteenth and Christian streets after requests from residents. Businessmen complain late morning mail delays hinder operations and cause losses. if Station P and D succeed the plan may roll out citywide.
Maude Fealy joins Willard's company as leading woman for next season after stage runs with Gillette in Sherlock Holmes. Rumors of marriage denied as Willard plans a return to the U S with a new play. Odell Williams, Philadelphia favorite in Way-Down East, dies at 47 in New York after supporting Warfield and Mary land roles. Lovers Lane hits Philadelphia’s Park Theatre nearing its 100th performance with souvenirs and a final long run announced.
Entertainment listing notes two showtimes for The Rounders at Keith's Theatre Woodside Park and priced 2.00 and 8.00 P.M. Also mentions Girard Avenue Theatre Theses and PLM Grand Opera Home with 2.15 and 8.15 times.
A notice lists discounted fares to Boston through Pennsylvania Railroad for an Accon meeting at First Church of Christ Scientists. It notes church proceedings at the meeting of the First Church in Reston and mentions June dates.
Miss Ida Willingham Bittle married Mark Livingstone Anthony at her home with Rev. Robert Graham Frank officiating. They will reside at 2115 North Mervine Street after a wedding journey. Also Miss Tillie M. Harmer wed Dr. Harry Wilson Tate at Grace Baptist Temple with Rev. Dr. Peltz presiding. The couple plans to live in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
The Rev Archibald H Bradshaw of New York and Miss Mary E Zehner of Lansford Pa wed at 8 pm in St James Episcopal Church Lancaster. Prominent guests from Philadelphia New York Boston Pittsburg and other eastern cities attended the ceremony.
Miss Eleanor Addison Morison wed Randolph Barton Jr at Old St. Pan's Church in Baltimore. The ceremony, conducted by Rev. Dr. Hodges, united a Morison lineage with one of Virginia's oldest families. The reception followed. the couple plans a European tour after a New York departure.
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