Life, 1898-01-06 · page 2 of 20
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This page contains no cartoon or satirical content. It's a straightforward advertisement and announcement for "Musical and Dramatic Breakfasts" to benefit Life's Fresh-Air Fund—a charitable organization providing outdoor recreation for underprivileged children. The notice describes four Thursday morning events at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in January, featuring performances by notable entertainers of the era (Julia Arthur, Victor Herbert's Orchestra, and others). Subscription costs $14 for all four breakfasts, with single tickets available. Below is a list of "Patronesses"—wealthy, socially prominent women whose names lent prestige to the fundraiser. This was typical early-20th-century charity work: combining entertainment with elite patronage to raise money for social welfare causes.
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LIFE MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC BREAKFASTS TO BE GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF LIFE’S FRESH-AIR FUND Musical and Dramatic breakfa are to be given at the Waldorf-Astoria on the Thursday mornings in January, for the benefit of Lir Fresu-AIR Funp. The curtain rises at half after cleven, and breakfast will be served at small tables at oue o'clock. If you wish to subscribe to these breakfasts, kindly send. your check to Lire’s FresH-Air Fuyp, Life Building, No. 19 West 31st Street, New York City. iption to the four mornings, including breakfast, is $14. A few single tickets will be issued to ut $4 cach. Boxes holding four persons, $16 extra. Single box seats, $4 extra for the series. The single tic and boxes can be obtained at 19 West 31st Street. THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS HAVE KINDLY CONSENTED TO APPEAR DURING THESE MORNINGS: Miss JULIA Artuur and her Company will present ‘One Touch of Nature.” Miss Lypia Eustis (First appearance professionally in New York), Victor Herbert's String Orchestra. Mrs. Emma Jucu WE Signor Gorcoza The Kaltenborn Beyer Hane Quartet. Mrs. CAROLINE MiskeL Hoyt and Company. Mrs. Sipvey Harris (Recitations). Mrs. MINNIE MApDERN KE and her Company in Comedy. Burr McIxtosu in his original play, ‘‘The Colonel's Ward.” JOUN Kenprick Banc CHARLES COGHLAN, MAuRICE BarryMore, AU Tus THomas and Henry Dixey. James K. Hackett. Miss JULIE Opp, (Courtesy Mr. D. FRouMAN.) The Jast Thursday will be a Vaudeville morning of extraordinary attractions. Miss CLara Lipman, Louis Maxx and Dan Day (through the courtesy of Mess LepereR & MCCLELLAN), Harry Connor and Harry GILPoIL (courtesy Me Hoyt & McKee), and several members of Mr. Rice’s Company will appear. There will also be an exhibition of sketches from Lire. Other attractions will be announced later. PATRONESSES. Mrs. Sidney Harris Burke Roc! Mrs. John Jacob Astor e Mrs. Borden Harriman s. George Rives George P Andrews aur ahlenberg Bailey Edmund Bayi James Hude Bec OP. 3. Charles rederick Bet Wilbur Bloosigood ¥. James Burden, Jr. . Daniel Butterfield Lloyd Bryce Henry Burnett H. Le Grand Cannon Robert Clarkson Henry Clews Holbrook Curtis . Wm. P. Douglas : William B Dinsmore, Je . John Drexel = Wm. A. Duer *. Ogden Doremus . J. O. Donner Elisha Dyer, Jr. . George de Forest + Reginald de Koven Gasieaie ie det Rham Frederick Edey Dunean Elliott rs. Stuyvesant Fiah Frederick Gebhar: Mrs. J. Arden Harriman Mrs. Cooper Hewitt Mrs. Charles Havemeyer Mrs Charles Russell Hone Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Jr. Mrs. H. B. Hollins Mrs. Robert Huntington Mrs. Valentine Hall Mrs. Russell Hoadley, Jr Mrs. Dunlop Hopkins Mrs. Richard Irvin Mrs. Louis Colford Jones Mrs. Bradish Johnson Mrs. Gilbert Jones Mrs. Luther Kountz Mrs. Fred Kernochan Mrs Arthur Kemp Mrs. James Brown Lord Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr Mrs. E. Livingston Ludlow Miss Leary Mrs. Prescott Lawrence Mrs. Robert Livingstone Mrs. Pierpont Morgun Mrs. Richard Mortimer Mrs. Frederick Neilson Mrs. Herman Oelrichs Mrs. Robert Osborn Mrs. Almeric Paget Mrs. Reginald Rives Mrs. Archibald Rogers MOY JAMES KERDEABON oF sen, i William Rhinelander Geraldyn Redmond s. Thayer Robb C, Albert Stevens James Strong Algernon Sullivan 3. Eugene Schieffelin . Henry Sloane James Speyer Lorillard Spencer . Frank Sturgis . Marion Story Henry Trevor Cornelius Vanderbilt 8, George Henry Warren *. Orme Wilson J.J. Wysong . Walter Watrous Mayhew Wainwright irs. Whitney Warren Miss Eweretia Whitney Mrs. Stephen Whitney Mrs. Wiliam C. Whitney Mrs. W. Storr Wells Mrs. Edgerton Winthrop. Jr Mrs: John G. Wilmerding Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster Mrs. Eben Wright Mra Seward Webb Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney Mrs Buchanan Winthrop. Mrs. Francis de Ruyter Wissman