Society Notes Highlight Philadelphia Hosts and Travel
A Society page itemizes social duties and movements including Joseph H Riley hosting a Saturday dinner at 3819 North Fifteenth Street with a long guest list. It also lists numerous euchre events, travels to New York State Canada and New England, and Philadelphians at Banff and Niagara Falls. The piece tracks wedding plans, cruises, and summer relocations in a dense roster of names and places.
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Joseph H. Rile
North Fifteenth Street
Hilton Cross
Thomas B. Cromley
H. A. Miller
Franklin Finley Kribbe
George R. J. Burgert
John O'Connor
Wilbur H. Zinerman
George W. Hales
Joseph IL. Wilt
Reding Milligan
George H. Sharp
Holmes B. Kamber
Joseph H. Tomlinson
Thomas T. Joret
Knighting of Charles Wyndham Surprises Theatre World
The knighting of Charles Wyndham last Wednesday drew surprise though long urged since Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Wyndham’s seniority as actor manager outpaces Beerbohm Tree and George Alexander, while John Hare was also named as a possible Sir Knight. Dissolution of Wyndham and Arthur Bourchier’s partnership followed Wyndham’s refusal to stage Pilketon’s Peerage, a play mocking tradesmen honored by royalty. Frohman hopes to bring Wyndham over soon, hampered by finding a non locally controlled hit. recent successes have favored John Drew.
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Charles Wyndham
Victoria
Irving
Bancroft
Wyndham
Beerbohm Tree
George Alexander
Tree
John Hare
Sir Knight
Arthur Bourchier
Anthony Hope
Pilkerton
Bourchier
Frohman
John Drew
Duse to Tour U S With Expanded Season Plans
Eleanora Duse will perform one hundred times next season doubling prior terms with Liebler & Co. She will stage five shows weekly, focusing on a D Annunzio repertoire including The Dead City Gio Conda and Francesca da Rimini. Tour begins Boston October 20 with outfits for Francesca. Salvini unlikely as leading man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanora Duse
Liebler & Co
D'Annunzio
Francesca da Rimini
Boston
Francesca
D'’Annunzio
Gustav Salvini
American Dramatists Club Eyes Foreign Play Tax Fight
The American Dramatists Club pushes a 10 percent tax on foreign produced plays in Washington. The piece notes prominent figures like Belasco Fitch Sothern Adams and Fiske among others buying and presenting foreign works. It cites Drew Sothern Maude Adams and Mary Goodwins among stars who rely on foreign plays and pieces.
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Association of Playwrights
American Dramatists’ Club
Joseph Jefferson
Frohmans
Washington
Congress
Clyde Fitch
Augustus Thomas
Belasco
Drew
Sothern
Maude Adams
Mrs. Fiske
Annie Russell
Wiliam Faversham
Virginia Harned
the Goodwins
Viola Allen
Fitch
Be-lasco
du Barry
London stage notes mix of reviews and upcoming productions
Carll aligns with Hall Caine in tone while London critics dislike Alfred Calmour's The Queen of Roses. The second choice The Hedonists by Mrs C C Ashton-Johnson gets a Friday afternoon run after a trial. The Finding of Nancy by Miss Syrett disappointed critics. Esmond's My Lady Virtue returns to London after Bourchier's lease. Olga Nethersole previews include a verse drama by Sir Lewis Morris and her adaptation A Serious Wooing. BE S Willard may retake actor management at Shaftesbury after next season.
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London
Lewis Morris
Alfred Austin
Mrs. Craigie
Olga Nethersole
Willard
the Shaftesbury
Theatre Notes on Brieux Play and Local Stage Figures
William Archer praises Rejane's performance in Brieux's The Red Robe as near to Duse. Charles Dickson acts in The Defender and Quincey Adams Sawyer in New York. Irene Perry retires from and returns to stage life after marriage to Bishop Bell's son. she once belonged to the McCaull company and Daly's troupe.
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Duse
William Archer
Rejane
Brieux
Charles Dickson
Keith
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York City
Pidgin
Quincey Adams Sawyer
Irene Perry
Boston
Actor Frank Deshon to star in The Messenger Boy locally
Frank Deshon, seen last season as a comic figure in Miss Bob White, will replace James T Powers in The Messenger Boy for next season. The show drew decent crowds locally but failed in New York and other large cities. Joseph Arthur, famed for Blue Jeans, has written Fairy Night.
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Frank Deshon
Bob White
James T. Powers
New York City
Joseph Arthur
Playwrights Pixley and Luders Tie Five Year Pact
Frank Pixley and Gustav Luders, authors of The Burgomaster and King Dodo, sign a five year agreement with Klaw and Erlanger to license their works. The deal hinges on permission to burn Pixley’s text and Luders avoiding overreworking tunes from Viennese light opera. Noted composers Von Suppe Milbecker Strauss Genee and Dellinger praised their previous success.
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Frank Pixley
Gustav Luders
Dodo
Boston
Klaw & Erlanger
Pixley
Luders
von Suppe
Milbecker
Strauss
Genee
Dellinger
Mr. Luders
Am herst awards Clyde Fitch a Master of Arts degree
Clyde Fitch receives the Master of Arts degree from his alma mater Am herst. Blanche Walsh will stage a play on Flaubert's Salammbo by Stanislaus Stange. Belle Harper, formerly with the Bostonians in Maid Marian, will take a role in Sally in Our Alley.
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Clyde Fitch
Amherst
Blanche Walsh
Flaubert
Stanislaus Stange
Belle Harper
The
Bostonians
Sally
Keith's Theatre Evening Show Listings
Continuous variety and extravaganza program at Lyceum Theatre with performances at 6.00 and 2.15 8.16 PM. Runaway Gin at Chestnut Hill Park 2.30 and 8.90 PM. Boston Woolside Park hosts a show at 8.30 PM by Coaterse's Band.
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Keith's Theatre
Rhety
Costinuous
Lyceum Theatre
Ash SR
Dadecenarcbeatuglae
Chestnut Hill Park
Boston
Woolside Park
Anbephip
AEM
Coaterse
Buried Hypnotist Nearly Drowned in Earth Box
Reading on June 20 reports Professor W. W. Kretz was buried six feet deep in a hypnotic trance as a storm flooded the grave site. Water soaked the coffin, watchers freed him after three hours, and he plans to repeat the experiment next Sunday despite police concerns.
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Kretz
Fair Grounds
Professor Kretz
John Franklin
Lebanon
George ©. Betterer
Hindoo Fire Traced in Hold After Transatlantic Voyage
The Wilson Line steamer Hindoo returning from New York to Hull caught fire in its No 4 hold at 2 a.m. 110 miles east of Sandy Hook. Captain Clark reports the blaze controlled after battles with steering into the affected hold while en route back to port.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Wilson Line
Hindoo
Hull
Clark
Obituary and Notices of Marriages and Deaths Page 11
Official List presents obituary notices along with marriages and deaths on page 11. The section records recent passings and union announcements, naming individuals and families affected, with brief biographical tags where available.
Camden leader Harry B. Paul Dies at 11 PM in Cape May
Harry B. Paul of Camden died at his Cape May home at 11 o’clock Saturday night from congestion of the brain after a month of illness. Born in Southwark Philadelphia on June 11 185 he built a career in Camden rising from carriage shops to secretary of the Caffrey Carriage Company and later editor of the Camden Review. He served as Camden police justice appointed by Governor Abbott in 1860 and held Democratic party posts including New Jersey members of the Democratic National Committee in 1900. He was a Mason Lu Lu Temple Elk Odd Fellow and United Workmen. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Funeral tomorrow at noon from First Presbyterian Church Camden with a long list of honorary pallbearers.
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Harry B. Paula
Camden
Cape May
Southwark
Philadelphia
Louis Wagner
Caffrey Carriage Company
Lu Lu Temple
Order of Elks
The
Odd Fellows
United Workmen
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth and
Penn Streets
Thomas E. French
Charles G. Garrison
Wiliams. Casselman
Edward A. Armstrong
Harry Stiles
Sudden deaths mark day in Cincinnati and beyond
Michael Welsh foreman at Benjamin Hey & Co shoddy works dies after days of stomach pains and high ice water intake. Post mortem cites rupture of the spleen. Welsh from Manayunk Pa. Charles Hetzel truckman dies at 38 in Philadelphia. Funeral with Track 12 and fire dept. Blood, Amsterdam NY broom maker and magnate, dies at 71 with Kansas Illinois ties.
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Cincinnati
Michael Welsh
Benjamin Hey &O
Lower Broadway
Schwab
Welsh
Manayunk
Summer fashion notes highlight gowns and jet adornments
The article previews summer wear from gowns to accessories. It describes prettily tied shower bow sashes on waistlines, black velvet neckbands with diamond accents, bracelets, and long gloves laced with silk cords. It notes flounces and triple skirts as fashionable, jet jewelry trends, and vivid wood and materials used in accessories and furniture, contrasting Queen Alexandra’s rose-hued boudoir with marble baths.
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Queen Alexandra
Honest reading means choosing what you love
Mabie argues in the Ladies Home Journal that reading is an individual matter. Readers should avoid pretentious knowledge of popular books and honor honest taste. Great works aren’t for everyone and duty to growth means selecting books that we genuinely value.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Hamilton W. Mabie
Practical Value for the Daily Menu from Parker Quincy Adams
A 1902 cookery excerpt outlines elaborate soups and dishes such as white veal broth with pounded fowl, almond cream, and celery seasoning. It covers pigeon stew with brown stock, thickening with meat paste, and notes on aspic jelly using calves legs, ham, and herbs.
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Queen Victoria
Mothers of Great Men in Classical Figures
Raleigh credited to his mother for politeness and deportment. Chopin and Ike his delicate mother. Milton’s letters praise his mother affectionately. Goethe honors his mother in writings. Gounod’s mother enjoyed painting and music. Darwin’s mother appreciated nature, and Wordsworth’s mother had a peculiar character.
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Raleigh
Chopin
Ike
Milton
Goethe
Gounod
Sydney Siwnith
Schumann
Haydn
Charlies Darwin
Gibbon
Spohr
Wordeworth
Practical Household Hints From A 19th Century Page
The text gives quick tips on ironing Pongee fabrics while damp, daily water intake of two to four pints, and buttermilk as a summer drink. It includes an old remedy for freckles with lemon juice borax and sugar, plant care guidance, and a description of a king Edward's bed room with white green and gold decor and silk paneled walls.
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Edward
Ireland
XYZ Laundry Keeps Cuffs Safe and Patrons Return
The firm, after a slow start in West Philadelphia, sees shirt waist season boost demand and surpass neighbors. Patrons praise free cuff buttoning, noting cleaner cuffs and easier care, urging rivals to adopt the practice.
Melba Hosts Birthday Dinner in London Home
Melba, renowned soprano, entertains in her London residence noted for Louis XV and XVI style interiors. Her birthday dinner featured a cake shaped like a book with sugar lettering spelling Rigoletto, the first opera she performed in, reflecting her lifelong fondness for the piece.
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Melba
London
Murphy Eludes Reporters On Atlantic City Marriage
C F Murphy leader of Tammany Hall and a mystery bride eluded reporters in Atlantic City. The couple checked into Hotel Brighton room 122 last Tuesday and later traveled toward New York. A dramatic game of hide and seek with the press followed as they remained unphotographed and unidentified.
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Atlantic City
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mr. Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
the Brighton
Brighton
Murphy
New York
Pennsylvania
Murphy says he wed Mrs. Graham in New York church
The man laughed off reports of being unmarried and claimed he married Tuesday June 24 at 10 am in St Ignatius Church New York to Mrs. Margaret Graham. Best man Philip F. Donahue of the Anewanda Club. They plan to return to the city soon. He had no comment on Tammany Hall.
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New York
Philadelphia men held on suspicion after Bryn Mawr arrest
Arrestees Charles Norris James Henry and Harry Clark all from Philadelphia were taken into custody at 1 AM on suspicion of burglary. Police found them under a tree in Bryn Mawr near a recent burglar site. They claimed to be plumbers but their tools did not match their trade.
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Philadelphia Times
Ardmore
Charles Norrs
James Henry
Harry Clark
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr
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