The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-26


This believe efiectually nails the last lie. All
these artists were engaged for six months, and all
OF them received one months salary in advance,
the entire sum that passed through my hands in
Paris being about sl0, ,oo0 for which gave vouchers
and receipts in full. These Were all in Mr.. Fisk's
pohs ession when / returned Nothing was said of
swindlng. In fact, Mr.. Fisk evinced carelessness
about the business prospects OF the venture which
amazed me. The first question that he asked me on
my meeting him after my return was, "Well, Max,
is Montaland better looking woman that Lawler?"
A SUPPER
was given to the women of the troupe on their first
night here. 1t was spread in one OF the Erie Offices
and was banquet which must have cost thousands
OF dollars. The orchestra Of the theatre was pre-
sent and furnished the music while the company sat
at table. When arrived Mr.. Fisk desired me 10
act as interpreter he not speaking word of French
and the ladies not a word OF English. "Inform these
ladies' Max" said he, 'that we have no kings or
emperors in this country but we have James Fisks;
that, in fact New York is called Fskvlle already"
believe tried to soften the intolerabe vanity of
this speech in the translation, and the author of 1t
suspected it. At all events, gave Mr.. Fisk to un-
employ another interpreter; that was not to be
used as go-between And from that moment the
suspicion began TO dawn upon his mind that was
swindler and thief.
Nothing was, however, said about my business
transactions. Some six or seven days afterwards,
organizing and rehearsing the company, Mr.. Fisk
told me the company was going up to Newport, and
wanted to know II l would not go along. With a
him that the troupe had now been Ia the country a
week and nothing had been written about them in
the papers; that 1t would be better plan to give
supper and invite of the members of the press
and let them see and hear the principal artists Mr.
Ftsk's reply was, 'Oh, u don't want any of them
suckers in my place. You take couple OF hundred
dollars and you make it right with the whole of
EN-"
LOOKING TO wMDwARD.
With a company run upon these new PRINCIPLES 1t
must be supposed began to have suspicious con-
corning its artistic success, and naturally enough
did not hesitate to listen to the offers OF Max Stra
kosch, which were to await Mr.. Fsks ultimatum for
final closing. II was not until some DAYS later
when i conducted the first Nilsson concert that
Mr.. Fisk fully made up his mind as to my being a
swindler and thief. This act of mine, coupled
with my tmpolitic refusal to act as interpreter
TO use no worse word-setted my moral status 1t
Is true, Mr.. Fisk had engaged the services of a
hair-dresser, who came out, shortly after the
arrival OF the troupe, in dress coat and
white vest and occupied the middle seat in ali public
exhibitions OF the prima donna and the proprietor
and my services were not required; but had given
ofense and had even assisted at what Mr. Fisk was
pleased to term "rival show" The rest is known
TO the public. On the morning after the Nilsson
ncert Mr. Fisk, with some little difficulty, owing
TO my own respect for my family consigned me to
the limbo OF swindlers, thieves and suckers, where
SO many OF his managers had been sent before, and
Wnere found congenial company in the press and
that part OF the community which still has an old
fashioned prejudice against the occupation OF the
panderer, and can stand all reYvals except that OF
ScdOm ana GoLnorrah. MAX MARETZEK.