New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
ENGLEWOOT
A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT BY AMATEUR
ACTORS-FORMAL OPENING or THE
FIELD CLUB.

The entertainment which the Society OF Conse-
Grated Talent under the direction OF Miss Hard gave
Thursday evening In the l-yceum was great
success The audience room crowded 70 the
doors and the applause for the c.ever acting Of the
home and imported talent frequent and pro-
longed. "A Game OF Cards first presented;
Evert Jansen Wendell. OF the NewYork Comedy
Cub. interpreting capi:ally the part Of the OLD
Chevalier De Rocheferrier. The other parts were
taken by F. Z. Camp William Bennett and Ms
May Wi1d.eion. "Betsy Baker" was given by
Englewood amateurs. ana to their credit it should
be SAID that this part OF tho programme was en-
joyel perhaps even mere thln that winch was per
formed BY out-of-iown amateurs. although the
society had nothing but praise and gratitude FOR
the people who kindly aided them FOR the object
Of the entertainment. which IS the help Of the Poo
res Palace IN jersey City. sixteen Enslrw ool
music by the Imperial Hungarian Orchestra was
John Fiske lectured on the salem Witches" at
the home Of Henry A. Lyman. in Dwight Place, last
Monday evening He had previously given a private
iectura upor Subjects more pllos jphical than his
torlcal and both OF these talks proved popular.
The Field cub VIII ho1 its formal opening In a
rather informal manner paradoxica a ina; may
seem. on Tuesday evening. "hsn reception and
dance VIII be given az tne Clubhouse. TINS after
will be p.ayei on the Field Club grounds against
a nine from Princeton College Immediately after
clubhouse The Athletic Committee has been work
ing hard on the preparations :or ne haniesp t4ck
prospects bright for an extremely successful
meeting ga
Tho final spring concert OF the Choral Club Will
be he'd in the Lyceun next Friday evening The
orchestra Will consist Of thirteen pieces from the
%ew-YOrk Philharmonic, and there VIII be several
| well known out-Of-town voices.
The Enc.cwOOd improvement Society, which has
been working for several months - secure the IN
| corporation OF Englc~Ood in such A way that the
town would Include the Palisades, has received an
other setback in the second order FOR an election
for the borough OF EngewoOd ciins. granted by
Judge Van Va,en. The first order was SET aside by
| the Supreme Court, upon application OF the Ense-
| wood Improvement Society Eighty per cent Of the
| assessed valuation IN the proposed borough wss
| signed 20 the new application. The borough lines
| embrace q long and narrow strip In Englewood and
| Pasade townships taking in the Palisade rocks
to the water line and many fine homes on the crest
| OF the steep Rocks.
| The EngowooG Times Printing Company has
filed certificate OF incorporation. in which the capt.
| TAI stock Is paced at 500 William o. Allison holds
twenty shares Of the stock John $ Tracy Alexander
Livingston. r.. Hczekah Berthwistle. Charles Hus-
| kin and William Huskin eight shares each THE
| Times until recently conducted by John y.
! Stockton. jr. Of the Attorney-General OF New
Jersey. but IL has not been money making en-
terprise. THE Library Bulletin 10 the title Of a
well-edlted four-paEe paper issued in the Interest
| of the Englewood Library.
| Herbert Il. Turner and his family have moved
:. from New-York City to their Englewood home for
1 the summer. Among the recent rentals Of property
| is that Of the house OF II. J. Renmund 70 A. Mar
Gus and that of J. :. Wctmore at Chestnut and
| King sts to Charles Benner, Of New-York City.