In the following pages information of daily interest to citizens and visitors about the City of New York is given, the subjects, for convenience of reference, being arranged alphabetically. This information is of the date of January 1, 1903, but it must be borne in mind that changes in an active community like that of New York are continuously going on, and that accuracy in details can only be guaranteed for the date of issue of the ALMANAC. Amusement Places in Manhattan and Bronx. Location. E. 14th St. and Irving Place.. E. 14th St., near Broadway. Broadway and 66th St. 45th St., B'way and 6th Ave. 24th St., near Broadway. 26th St. and Madison Ave... 86th St. and Lexington Ave.. *Seating capacity is given, but there is usually standing room in addition for a large number of persons. Theatre-goers should consult the daily papers as to time performance begins. Musical entertainments are sometimes given in Cooper Union, Tammany Hall, Atlantic Garden, 50 Bowery; Grand Central Palace, 43d St. and Lexington Ave.; American Institute, 19 West 44th St.; Lexington Opera House, 58th St., near Lexington Ave. MUSEUMS.-Metropolitan Museum of Art. 5th Ave. and 82d St. (Central Park); open free to the public every week day (except Mon, and Fri., when admission is 25 cents) from 10 A. M. to half hour before sunset, and on Sundays from 1P, M. to half hour before sunset, also Saturdays from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Museum of Natural History, 8th Ave. and 77th St., open week days from 9. M. to 5 P. M., Sunday from 1 to 5 P. M., also on holidays and Tues. and Sat. evenings, admission_free. Aquarium, Castle Garden, Battery Park. Zoological Gardens, Central Park, entrance 5th Ave. and 64th St., and at Bronx Park, 182d St. and Southern Boulevard, admission free, except on Mon, and Thurs. when 25c. is charged. Botanical Gardens (Bronz Park), open daily 10 A. M. to 4.30 P. M., free. AMUSEMENT PLACES IN MANHATTAN AND BRONX-Continued, The hours for beginning theatrical performances in New York are dictated by the length of the plays. Owing to the increasing lateness of the dinner hour in New York, the beginning of theatrical performances is steadily growing later. Theatre-goers should consult daily newspapers for the time of the rise of curtains, although the doors of all theatres open at 7.30 P. M. All New York theatres give Saturday matinees, the curtains rising at 2 P. M. Midweek matinees are generally given on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, the day varying in the cases of different attractions. Some of the popular-price theatres and the vaudeville houses give daily matinees. The standard price for best orchestra seats in New York theatres of the first class is $2. The scale at these houses grades down to 50 cents for seats in the top balcony. Occasionally, when eminent foreign stars visit New York, $3 is charged for best seats, the scale being raised in equal ratio in the balconies. In most theatres of the first class seats may be reserved in any part of the house. The standard price for best orchestra seats in the so-called popular-price theatres is $1. The scale in these houses grades down to 25 cents for seats in the top balcony. It is not customary to reserve top balcony seats in these theatres. The standard price for best orchestra seats at the Metropolitan and Manhattan Grand Opera-Houses is $5. The scale at these houses grades down to $1 for seats in the top balcony. At the Metropolitan Opera-House boxes are leased or subscribed for by the season. Some of the privately owned boxes are valued at $100,000. The New Theatre, now building at Central Park West and Sixty-second Street, will be, it is claimed, New York's nearest approach to an endowed theatre. Stock to the amount of $2,000,000, it is stated, has been subscribed for by capitalists and lovers of dramatic art, who announce that no return will be expected for their investment, and that the playhouse, which will be devoted both to drama and opera comique, will be conducted on altruistic lines. A permanent stock company will be maintained; otherwise no definite policy has been adopted. It is expected that the play-house will be opened to the public during the season of 1909-10. It is true that many of the best seats in New York theatres fall into the hands of ticket speculators, who hold them at premiums of from 25 to 200 per cent., according to the popularity of the attraction. Theatre ticket speculation is sanctioned by law in New York, and speculators are licensed by the city government. Most theatres allow one large agency large blocks of their best seats for sale at the hotels at a premium of 50 cents each; but most theatre managers discountenance sidewalk speculation, although they are powerless to prevent it. Many of them, however, frequently announce that tickets purchased of sidewalk speculators will be refused at the door. At 7 o'clock each evening the hotel agencies return unsold tickets to the respective theatres, and good seats, even at the best patronized performances, can usually be obtained at that hour. Seats may be reserved in advance at New York theatres from two to six weeks preceding the date of use. In the case of new productions, managers claim that they fill orders in the order in which they are received. Reservations by mail are filled for out-of-town theatre-goers, but such orders must always be accompanied by a check or money order covering the full amount of the price of such seats. In the number, beauty and convenience of its theatres New York leads all other cities of the world except. perhaps, London. There are, however, in a few cities of Continental Europe theatres under municipal or State endowment which, as works of architectural art, are more beautiful than the best New York theatres. The New Amsterdam Theatre is the most costly privately owned theatre in the world. The Hippodrome, seating 5,600 people, is the largest theatre of its kind in the world. The Court of Appeals of the State of New York has decide that the proprietor of a theatre has the right to decide who shall be admitted to witness the plays he sees fit to produce, in the absence of any express statute controlling his action. He derives from the State no authority to carry on his business, and may conduct the same precisely as any other private citizen may transact his own affairs. But the holder of a ticket which entitles him to a seat at a given time and place of amusement, being refused admission, is entitled to recover the amount paid for the ticket and, undoubtedly, such necessary expenses as were incurred in order to attend the performance. A Shakespearian Table. PROFESSOR ROLFE, the Shakespearian scholar, bas counted the lines which the principal characters in Shakespeare's plays have to speak. His rule was to consider parts of lines, beginnings and endings of speeches as full lines. This is the result: Henry V. as king and prince (in "Henry IV." and "Henry V") has 1,987 lines to speak, and Falstaff, in both parts of "** Henry IV." and "Henry V." and in the "Merry Wives," has 1,895. The Stage in New York City, 1907. A RECORD OF NEW PLAYS AND REVIVALS FROM DECEMBER 1, 1906 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1907. THERE are, in New York City, about sixty-eight theatres devoted to drama, opera, spectacles, concerts, vaudeville, and other forms of stage entertainment (see WORLD ALMANAC, 1908). The total number of events, changes of bill, special performances, trials of plays, etc., in all these theatres during the regular dramatic season of forty weeks approximates 800. Of the above mentioned number of theatres, thirty are producing houses, devoted to productions and runs of their own plays or those of producing managers who are not theatre managers, and also revivals of standard plays. The following summary of dramatic events include all the productions and revivals in these thirty producing theatres, but excludes the German (Deutscher) Theatre, where about forty dramas in German are given during the regular season. The following list deals only with first productions of new plays and with special revivals of classic dramas. It does not aim to contain all the events at the leading theatres of New York City from December 1, 1905 to December 1, 1907, but those which, in their success or failure, were conspicuous during the year in the theatrical affairs of New York: Of the runs of important dramas and comic operas that extended from 1906 into 1907, "The Chorus Lady," a comedy, with Rose Stahl, lasted 39 weeks at the Savoy, Garrick and Hackett Theatres; "The Great Divide," a serious drama, with Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin, 38 weeks at the Princess and Daly's (still running); "The Three of Us," a drama, with Carlotta Neilson, 27 weeks at the Madison Square; "The Rose of the Rancho," a melodrama, with Frances Starr, 41 weeks at the Belasco, "The Hypocrites," a melodrama, 26 weeks at the Hudson; "His House in Order," a comedy, with John Drew, 16 weeks at the Empire; "Clothes," a comedy, with Grace George, 14 weeks at the Manhattan; "Clarice," a comedy, with Will am Gillette, 11 weeks at the Garrick, "The New York Idea," a satirical comedy, with Minnie Maddern Fiske, 9 weeks at the Lyric; "A Midsummer Night's Dream," with Annie Russell as Puck, 8 weeks at the Astor, The Red Mill," a musical comedy. with David Montgomery and bred Stone, 36 weeks at the Knickerbocker; "Pioneer Days" and "Neptune's Daughter," spectacles and ballets, 40 weeks at the Hippodrome (still running); "The Parisian Model," a musical comedy, with Anna Held, 27 weeks at the Broadway; "The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer," a musical comedy, with Sam Bernard, 23 weeks at Wallacks; "The Little Cherub," a musical comedy, with Hattle Williams, 22 weeks at the Criterion; "The Spring Chicken," a musical comedy, with Richard T. Carle, 16 weeks at Daly's and the New Amsterdam. Dec. 3-Daly's: Christie MacDonald in "The Belle of May | Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 14-Bijou: Alla Nazimova in "A Doll's House," Ibsen's play, 6 weeks. 19-Liberty: Eleanor Robson in "Salomy Jane,” a melodrama based on Bret Harte's story, 16 weeks. 21-Lyric: Opening of E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe's season in "John the Baptist," "Jeanne d'Arc," "The Sunken Bell," "Twelfth Night," "Hamlet," and "The Merchant of Venice," 6 weeks. 22-Metropolitan: Conried Grand Opera Company in Jan. 28-Empire: Ellen Terry in "Captain Brassbound's Jan. Jan. Feb. 31-New Amsterdam: Edward Abeles in "Brewster's Feb. Dec. 31-Garrick William Collier in "Caught in the Rain," Dec. 31-Herald Square: Minnie Dupree in "The Road to Jan. Jan. Jan. 28 Criterion: Lulu Glaser in "The Aero Club," a farce, 3 weeks. 31-Garden George Graves in "The Little Michus," a musical comedy, 3 weeks. 4-Majestic: "The Rose of the Alhambra," a romantic opera, 2 weeks. 4-Manhattan: Jefferson De Angelis in "The Girl and the Governor," a musical comedy, 4 weeks. Feb. 11-Bijou: Henrietta Crosman in All-of-a-Sudden Peggy," a farce, 4 weeks, Feb. Feb. Feb. 7-Astor Blanche Walsh in "The Straight Road," a Feb. 7-Casino Paula Edwardes in "The Princess Beg- Feb. 11-Astor: Robert Drouet and Chrystal Herne in "Genesee of the Hills," a melodrama, 3 weeks. 11-Empire: Ellen Terry in "Good Hope," a drama, i week. 12-Berkeley: Katherine Gray in "The Reckoning," a drama, 9 weeks. 16-Casino: Louis Mann in "The White Hen," a musícal comedy, 12 weeks. 18-Criterion: Frank Daniels in "The Tatooed Man," a musical comedy, 8 weeks. Feb. THE STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY, 1907-Continued. 25-New Amsterdam: Richard Mansfield in Henrik | Sept. Feb. 25-Majestic: "On Parole," a melodrama, 4 weeks. Sept. Sept. March 4-Astor. "The Mills of the Gods," a melodrama, 4 weeks. Sept. Sept. March 7-Herald Square: Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon March 18--Lincoln Square: "The Holy City," a biblical melo- March 21-Irving Place: Oscar Wilde's drama, "Salome" April 1-New York: "The Land of Nod,' an extravaganza, April 2-Waldorf-Astoria: Yale Dramatic Association in time in America. April 3-Weber's: Amelia Bingham in "The Lilac Room," 3 performances. April 8-Herald Square: Eddie Foy in "The Orchid" (later transferred to Casino), a musical comedy, 24 weeks. April 8-Lyceum: Arnold Daly in "The Boys of Company Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. B," a comedy, 8 weeks. April 12-Bijou Alla Nazimova in "Comtesse Coquette," a farce, 7 weeks. Oct. April 15-Wallack's: Grace George in "Divorcons," a comedy, Oct. 8 weeks. Oct. April 22-Harlem Opera House: Keith and Proctor Stock May Company in "The Undertow," a melodrama, 2 weeks. 6-Majestie: Margaret Wycherly in "The Primrose May 20-Astor: "The Builders," a comedy, 2 weeks. May 20-Casino: Adele Ritchie in "Fascinating Flora," a Oct. Oct. Nov. July 8-Jardin de Paris: "Follies of 1907," a musical review (later transferred to Liberty), 111⁄2 weeks. Aug. 5 Wallack's: "The Time, the Place and the Girl," a musical comedy, 4 weeks. Nov. Nov. Aug. 12-Knickerbocker: "Miss Agnes Cain Braun in "The Nov. Aug. 19-Astor Raymond Hitchcock in "A Yankee Tourist," 16 weeks. Aug. 19-Lyric: Truly Shattuck in "The Lady from Lane's," a music comedy, 6 weeks. Nov. Aug. 20-Garrick Francis Wilson in "When Knights Were Bold," a farce, (later transferred to Hackett), 15 weeks. Nov. Nov. Aug. 26- Criterion: "The Dairy Maids," a musical comedy, Aug. 26-New Amsterdam: Maclyn Arbuckle in "The Round Aug. 29-Hudson: Robert Edeson in comedy, 13 weeks. "Classmates," a Aug. 31-Empire John Drew in "My Wife," a faree, 13* Sept. Sept. weeks. 2-Broadway: The Rogers Brothers in "The Rog r Nov. 2-Wallack's: Dustin Farnum in "The Ranger," weeks. 16-Majestic: Jacob Kessler in "The Spell," a domestic drama, 2 weeks. 16-Liberty: Lulu Glaser in "Lola from Berlin," a farce with music, 5 weeks. 23-Bijou: Alla Nazimova in Ibsen's "The Master Builder," a drama, 10 weeks. 23-Wallack's: "The Hurdy Gurdy Girl," a musical 26-Hackett: Florence Roberts in "The Struggle Ever- 10-Weber's: Joseph Weber's Stock Company in "Hip! 16-Stuy eant: Dedication by David Warfield In “ A 19-Knickerbocker: Elsie Janis in "The Hoyden," a musical comedy. 6 weeks. 19-Majestic: "The Top o' the World," an extravagauza, 6 weeks. 21-New Amsterdam: Ethel Jackson and Donald Brian 21-Lyric: Bertha Kalich in " Sappho and Phaon," a 4-Wallack's: Theodore Roberts and Guy Standing in 18-Hackett: John Mason in "The Witching Hour," a Nov. 18-Garrick: "Dr. Wake's Patient," a comedy by W. Banks in Manhattan and Bronx. THE Clearing-House is at 77 Cedar Street, Manhattan Borough, Wm. Sherer is manager, Wm. J. Gilpin, assistant manager. Fifty-four banks are associated for the purpose of exchanging the checks and bills they hold against each other. Other banks, not members of the association, clear through members. The representatives of the members appear at the Clearing-House at 10 o'clock A. M. every business day, with the checks and bills to be exchanged. The resulting balances are ascertained in about an hour, and before half-past one o'clock those indebted pay their balances, and after that hour the other banks receive the amounts due them. The Clearing-House has been in operation since 1853. Following are extracts from the Manager's annual report for year ending September 30, 1907: The Clearing-House transactions for the year have been as follows: Exchanges, $95,315, 421, 237; balances, $3,813,926, 108; total transactions, $99,129,347.346. The average daily transactions: Exchanges, $313,537,569; balances, $12.545,809; total, $326,083.379. Total transactions since organization of Clearing- House (54 years): Exchanges, $1,856,617,161, 435; balances, $86,285,126,899; total, $1,942,902,288,335. Commercial Banks are open from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M., and on Saturdays from 10 A. M. to 12 noon. paper, except sight or demand bills, falling due on Saturday is payable on the following business day. NATIONAL BANKS. Location. Capital. Undivided Greenwich&Warren] $300,000 5,000,000 25,000,000 2,000,000 43 Exchange Place.... 2,000,000 24 State St.... 200,000 Pearl, cor. Beaver.. 200,000 683 Broadway. 300,000 83 Cedar St... 5,000,000 192 Broadway 450,000 3,000,000 2,550.000 270 Broadway. Dey & Greenwich. 14 Nassau St 25,000,000 500 000 1,000,000 2,000,000 250,000 100,000 250,000 10,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 500,000 3,278,067 J. Edwd. Simmons. C. H. Patterson. 2,466,000 Sam. Woolverton... G. E. Lewis. 1,377,038 R. W. Poor.... W. L. Douglass, 9,000,000 Jas. T. Woodward.. E. E. Whittaker. 7,063,424 Edward Townsend.. H. H. Powell. 1,190,000 Lewis E. Pierson... Benj. F. Werner. 2,360,020 F. B. Schenck...... James V. Lott. 1,580,000 Thomas L. James.. C. E. Warren. 1,601,846. Alex. Gilbert ................. T. J. Stevens. 3,723,524 G. W. McGarrah.... Frank O. Roe. 5,000,000 Seth L. Milliken.... Emil Klein. 1,631,799 R. M. Gallaway Z. S. Freeman. 526,578 P. C. Lounsbury E. V. Gambier. 8,934,849 Richard Delafield.. Maurice H. Ewer. 250,000 F. W. Kinsma n.. E. O. Eldredge. 1,000,000 Francis L. Leland..James C. Brower. 500,000 F. E. Marshall... Bert L. Haskins. 1,450,000. Samuel G. Bayne... C. C. Thompson. 1,900,000 James Stillman..... Joseph S. Case. 50,000 E. C. Smith. Chas, G. Colyer. BANKS. 2,000,000 Market and Fulton 81 Fulton St.. Mechanics' 33 Wall St.. 195 Broadway. 42 Wall St. 257 Broadway. 1,000,000 214 Broadway. 3,000,000 B' way, cor. 39th. 1.000.000 Branches at B'way, cor. 66th, 78th and 103d Sts.; Columbus Ave., 92d St., and cor. 105th St.; 116th St., cor. 7th Ave. Branches, 530, 1178, 2902 B'way, 23 Astor Pl., Columbus Ave. and 72d St.. 5th Ave., cor. 19th St.; 42d St., cor. 8th Ave.; 7 E. 42d St., Ave. D, cor. 10th St.; cor. Grand and Norfolk Sts., 34 Union Sq.; 100 W. 125th St., Amsterdam Ave. and 143d St., 520 Willis Ave. ; Brooklyn-Court and Montague Sts., 19 Flatbush Ave. ; Queens County Branch, Borden Ave, and Front St.; 75 Fulton Ave., Queens; Franklin St. and Greenpoint Ave.; 116 Main St., Flushing; Jackson Ave. and Fifth St.; also New Brighton, S. I. tt Branch 407 Broadway. Branch 104th St. and Broadway. |