Word: banker
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...declared his inability to tell what Dramatic Art was, but he would endeavor to show how the dramatist was obliged to obey its laws in the construction of a play. To illustrate this he gave the "Autobiography of a Play." an account of the original plot of the "Banker's Daughter," and a description of the later alterations, and showed how these alterations were brought about by the irresistible workings of the Art of Dramatic Construction...
...Sanders, on Friday evening of this week. The lecture will be given by Mr. Bronson Howard, of New York, on "The Autobiography of a Play." The address cannot fall to be of great interest, for Mr. Howard is himself a highly successful playwright. He is the author of "The Banker's Daughter," "Young Mrs. Winthrop," and "One of Our Girls," all of which Harvard students have seen acted with pronounced success. Plays of Mr. Howard are at present on the boards at London, Paris, and New York. We understand that Mr. Howard will give some insight into his method...
...liberal bequest to Dartmouth made by Julius Hallgarten, the banker of this city, has a bit of history contected with it, says the Concord (N. H.) Monitor. He was a Jew, and much wonder has been expressed that he should remember the New England College. A few years ago the Rev. Henry E. Parker, D. D., of Dartmouth, visited Bermuda, and while there met Mr. Hallgarten. The New Yorker was favorably impressed with his new acquaintance, and their intimacy was continued by a visit from the banker at Professor Parker's beautiful Hanover home. Out of this friendship and admiration...
...upon German literature. He was at the time writing his "Goethe and Schiller," having become a Goethe enthusiast; and he was also-a fact that was familiar to the students-enamored with the lady who has since become his wife, and who was the daughter of a New York banker. The professor's voice has a peculiar, rotund, impetuous quality, and it was never poured forth in greater volume than when he said in one of his lectures: "About this time Goethe fell in love with a rich banker's daughter in New York city." There was a roar from...
...will of the late Mr. Hallgarten, a wealthy New York banker, leaves $50,000 to Dartmouth College and a like amount to the University of New York...