The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-20


philosophy now in vogue in this city the
highest bidder wins. Why delay? Weed will
no doubt do the business for a FIVE per cent COM
mission and save al further trouble.
Good Advice to the Poor Managers I'm
Their Distressing Troubles.
Blind Tom, the wonderful negro pianist con-
tinues to be the great attraction in amusement
circles. Dodworth Hall is crowded every
number of abolition parsons and spiritual
professors hang about the door and listen en-
tranced to the amazing melodies that the great
musical genius evokes. Of course opinions
widely differ as to the source of Blind Toms
astonishing inspiration. The aboitionists con-
tend that the African race is naturally MUSICAL
and that we have in Blind Tom magnificent
specimen of the capabilities of this abused and
down-trodden people. The spiritualists, on
the other hand, have eagerly adopted the
theory which we suggested few days ago, and
hold that the body of Blind Tom is inhabited
by good spirit from the melodous sphere
in other words, that the negro pianist is an ex-
traordinary medium, far surprising Home,
Colchester, the Davenport Brothers and the
Fox Sisters. But, however diverse these views
may be, there can be but one opinion as to the
fact that Blind Tom furnishes most peculiar,
original, marvellous and enjoyable entertain
ment, and, therefore, everybody is anxious to
hear him perform.
The success Of this genuine wonder Of the
age induces US to kindly recommend him
to those poor managers OF the opera and the
theatres, who are not doing anything as well
as they expected at this season of the year.
Poor Oily Cannon is a most terrible fellow, and
seems to have already smashed up all the
voices in his company except that of Signor
Mazzoleni. One by one the tenori bassi and
soprani have given way, until poor Oily Gam
mon has been obliged to 60 out and hire con-
cert troupe to fiji up the evening. This con-
cert troupe is composed Of singer from the
London Crystal Palace, fiddler, trumpeter,
and pianist who is by no means equal to
Blind Tom. Upon their first appearance all of
them were lost in the vastness of the Academy,
like four needles in haystack. The singer
sang, but she could scarcely be heard, and her
agent had to come before the curtain and
apologize for her. saying that she had
bad cold or bad something. The fiddler i'd
died, but the audience could only catch stray
note occasionally, and found him more aggra-
waiting than agreeable. The trumpeter-we do
not mean Bateman-blew his horn, but II might
almost as we'll have been bellows, SO rapidly
hvyt ho INN,
space Of the building. As for the pianist, he
only served to remind the public Of Blind Tom,
who far excels all other performers upon that
instrument in his miraculous style Of playing.
If Signor Mazzoleni did not come to the rescue
with his magnificent organ, poor Oily Cannon
his little season but Mazzoleni cannot do the
singing for whole opera troupe, and, if he is
oyertasked, may soon break down also. For
this reason we advise poor Oily Cannon to
engage Blind Tom, who will draw tremendous
houses and who will never break down; ior
the more he plays the better he appears to like
1t, so that he actually grows happier with every
performance.
Among the theatres the Broadway is the only
one that is doing q first rate business. Poor
Wallack changes his pieces every night or two
when he used to run them for months, in the
hope of inducing the public to walk into his
pasteboard box but the returns from the box
Office afford him no consolation, and he
stalks about, very handsome and very
dreary, half inclined to act Hamlet by
way Of curiosity, and half inclined to 20 to
Europe to meet the friends Of his father. Let
him engage Blind Tom and his troubles will
all be over Poor Stuart is in even q worse
plight The color has fed from his cheeks !;
his clothes are getting too large for him he
can no longer spend the most Of his time at
New London, and his houses are far below
those which he anticipated at the opening of
the season. II be desires to be comfortable
again let him secure Blind Tom, and all will be
well. The ancient Ravels, who are getting too
old to cut capers much longer, still live upon
their past regulations, and occupy theatre
that Blind Tom could easily Oil with fashion
able and appreciative audiences. The Joyce
Heth in breeches is vainly bothering himself
about a museum, when we already have the
nucleus for such an institution in the Park and
he would find it much more pleasant and
profitable to secure Blind Tom and crowd his
building to overlooking. We offer this advice in
spirit of Christian charity aud for the benefit
of those who are now in actual need of some
assistance from the benevolent. We will
even volunteer to induce Blind Tom to
play in the Academy or in one OF the
theatres in order TO get the poor managers
out of their difficulties. By the time that Blind
Tom is ready to leave for Europe Impressario
Graz will be back here with dozen new prime
dome and half dozen each Of tenori and bdssi,
10 sAN nothing or a laroe number of ohOristers.