The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-07
Jenny Lnd's Concerts-rhe Ticket Auc-
tion-The Prize Peem-The Movements Of
Yesterday,

Jenny Lmd's concerts-rhe Ticket Auc-
tion-The Prize Peem-The Movements Of
Yesterday.
This day the auction Of tickets for choice seats at
Jenny Lind's first concert, takes place at Castle
Gsrden and most amusing it will be. Instead
of allowing spectators ts buy up tickets at par and
then sell them at premium, Mr. Barnum sells them
10 the highest bidder himself and will thus put the
profit in his own pocket instead Of theirs The
Der of tickets sold together will be limited ten All
the seats that will not be disposed of by auction
will be sold at So at the ticket Office This may be all
right for the first concert or two though in
Bsrnum's place, we would start with lower price
than th-es dollars and would have auction
of choice seats, letting first be first served"
1t would haze Of republican equality in It, and
would we think, pay better in the end 1t is that
a very large sum mdv possibly be realised the first
night, and even on the second but there is long
game TO be p,yed and the question IT, which course
would be likely to bring most moncv ct TIE winding
mn of the engagement. II the aristocracy were as
numerous ana a. rich here as in London, 1t would do
very well to charge three or even i've dollars for
ticket and a premium for q choice seat But the
spurious Goldfish aristocracy of New York. who ape the
English aristocracy, have not the Numbers nor the
means to support an exclusive opera. They have
made the attempt and signslly failed. All the sue.
sessful here have succeeded by low prices
and the reason is obviousbecsuse wealth not ac-
cumulated here In the hands of few. Ii IL in the
old country where those few monopolise the opera
and other eDoyments and the mass Of the people can
n0s sn0fn Here 20 wealth is dssd among the Whole
population, and they can all afford to pay moderate
price to an opera, or concert or play ana thus oy
their numbers they yield as great rem unerattou rs
the European few but the number who can afford to
pay high prices here extremely small and some OF
| those who afford 1t, have not the inclination.
| Malhran
then Jenny Lind, performed here, and performed In
whole opera the tickets two dollars That was
failure Just because such an extravagant price
charged The history OF the opera under Fry Is well
the readers OF the Herald The price charged
fifty cents These prices were found TO be too high
except for few white kid glove exqnisites and the
campaign failed Under Max Msretzek's manas ement,
| the charge the same 1t was another failure. II
worthy Of remark that the gallery seats at twenty
Italian Opera was tried at ono dollar in the Aston
Place 0pers House, and with magnificent company,
Il failed. The same company came down to Castle
Garden and they nled the house every night atty
cents-the receipts being sometimes 81 800. The in-
ference from these facts Is very plain.
repown Of Jenny Lind. we cay that one dollar would
be about the figure that would pay best Let US re-
at least SO Ooo of the population would 60 Ave times to
hear her That would produce s250O00. III the tick.
ct. are at three dolsrs 5000 will scarcely be found
| who will go Eve times. That will produce $4,000
| The account will stand thus
so 900 persons at dollar. five nights. $3.50 600
/
Loss, in aye nights by high prices. 500 900
The three dollar price may do well enough for tso
! or three nights, but IL cannot be maintained Mr..
Barnum will. therefore. with his usual good sense,
very feel confident, reduce the price TO one
dollar aud perhaps to fifty cent? In the end Burton
has made fifty thousand dollars In two years by low
| prices and Bsrrum, himself !. remarkable In
stance of the success Of the his charge
| to the Museum being only twenty i've cents.
We learn that Mr.. Howard OF the Irving House, and
come OF the other propretors OF hotels in the and
Of the music have received orders for tickets at
| the auction ia. day.
There Is deep dissatisfaction among the authors Of
the rejected songs written for the prize There we're
$50 OF them and the committee chose OF these six
having tn. most merit, though some II the committee
held there possessed any merit The best Of
these Fix were la praise OF Jenny Lind herself ~hsh
she utterly refused to sinz-the design OF the song
being not TO praise her but America though from the
title" Welcome to America many persons we're
deceived The composition selected consists ~ three
verses of which only two gill b. sung, and its only
merit Is that 1t ia aptsble to music IL we'll
known beforehand who soHld receive the $500
Mademois.ls Jenny Lind visited yesterday
msrning by Colonel white, Of California; ssd Mr. y
Mcdonnell Solicitor General for Canada West. Major
General SaDdford commanding ths trst division Il
View York State htlis aud his Col. sanford OF
The stat At O'Clock che drove he Fifh aven ne
aicW miles and on her return visited Grace Church
with whch she was greatly delighted
During the day. bouquets Of the and choicest
nosers were sent to her.
She spends to.morroE Sunday with Rev. Mr. Baird
whom she had met in Europe. while travelling there
Mr. Joseph smith Lee, q Gentleman tsvorAbly known
In Canada, ard whose name has been repeatedly
uoued by the cotsmporary press in the British Pro-
yuces, IN connection with the shakspcare CLUB Of
Montreal, has been selected by Mr.. Barnum his
private secretary during Nile Jenny Lind's stay in
America. Mr. Lee has slreafy filled more than one
conadsntia situation in Canada both IN civil aud ai.
htsry capacities. aud irsm what We can gather well
qualified for the situation he nov holds