The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-24


thee y unnamed. The neat dAy be- said 70 me- -
Wish yoa coalu Gomez said D. llnposs bic, that
=, nsa ~, le'.kr.m frpta load.n, AID u ismanea
pounds werx IA L"ndon be awas from INV family
sad home asa tnat sasuli 40 pacA. speaking OF
same conditions coald manage that. aud would
want you IA cDine' he wet 10 New York with me
sod renlassea lhere aay. and there we settled the
bnethc.r. ~ MAS terl simyie'---
- suppose, sr fcshser, Sou were % have the sole
mhu.a smeutfi
'',i1ltainiy IL was understood. Of course. that
woad nol ~ there With ut AayAa tai command OF
The tnetre ~ tsfs~n wAs 70 sntefitfe.'
"in wat condition "a f0n hnd Aistlra when yon
assumed 1ae management VI te theatre, al. fech-
tert'
Ion. very House, very loose indeed. sir. Every
thing reelnei 40 ran irtf sltn0ut az being re
sionsslae, ana wnen ! aitem Jtel "a iasugura,e a
retosn and navg matters coldaeset on business
princ!piea. there sseanci ~ b. an Organlzcd cque
w0fN.na a<slnst iNe.
- suppose waa ser tr9ube you have feand In
the maaAgcBcnf aas due Ia snert ia ues ~ rave
uxu 90 "a 9pI0slapA "a you tns thralgv vel az
IN ~ newspaper cpAlf0 erry ~
"lea, thc ~ a. aninx waich II har9ei upon Il
Nalaekx aUslioa. aAa tha lea II me ~ SPEAK on
that poiat ana IlsN VI NV lo~t0n and The position
o@9Nt % hAse. ilis position = wast q seems 70
10 n.iae vas lsa ~ engages on rlc staae terms
LEI h.1 as ~ terra y aa5 m.sas.er, and he
would AnEh a hNa. There ~ ~ niislSkc aDUat
ths. neres snk aad mere snk--boih pieces are
siis; bai tais y tlr.e dollars yIia aAi ias n El
Al p.csune tnat yoa have managed theatres he.
fore, ana know ghc wutiea and ua~r,iten rules OF
etiquette sAleh shlHlA au0ns oar fn
"A have nMnayed tnrA,ges before. ana was the
manager o. The Lyteaia taeaiTe, Landen, Tor ave
years When IA command a Theatre dIi not
star. when not IL actlAe management di1 star.
A. Was hot starring, ma name appeared
IN the cast, WIN M $40 display suan Mr.. MAJ
lacks. From t.lis h. laooxai as position was equal
10 msne. Nhle ~ dld appear n 49, ~ I've lead.
ing parts, while WAS "a only two. Those parts
We're OF MS o~a seeci,nA AL tie vefy sf-i part
waisn asisned 10 ann DC refused. lie pretended
thar ne had Tue rght - glay part iis le ch0~e.n
That ooks Nae what mlStt 90 e.iia breach Of
discipline, anu suppose fou - REGARDED ~"
"0i course. wnat oece.ues ~ taea're when
man has a part % i1Ae anu can q ciihe a or not
lie piessest for him 70 DO tiat and take us 800
week = Ridiculous. As " uls posilion, / male ~
by lowering msnci hut concession On my part dia
not establish right Tor nm. Tue direct cause Of
the disturbance was has refusal Of Tie part OF
Don sailusts. Aiger hls 10 Ter l alsensrgea
HIM and showed him was 20 he manager
have not seen hin slnce. ne meant Va come aud
Kick up a row. lie came ~ here anu intended 10
20 on AS the Ghost witn Dir, Daiy, but I'D not
allow hi1 10 come IN. lie had Ho rghi - do 80, 0c
cause ms name nas not on the hs. Hal ke been
announced tie promise % The public would hase
been nilale :. When ne got nv leiter'-
by the war, were AL your acts tins connection
submit ell 10 Mr. Cheney lof his Oplnlunfv
"rnat letter was submitted . ar. chcneY. An act
has not becn doIic nor letter wilicn WI holt the
fun knowiedge, sanction aud entire approval OF A..
thur cheney. That letter 10 Mr.. Mailacg was w.t.
ten under Mr.. CheneS's eyes, and sir. Cheney hia-
self took the letter 10 toe theatre aud had Il Sent
Mr. WallacS.'
Notwithstanding that fact. Mr.. Cheney sun con.
tinues TO pay aim hls 500 "a week. does he mott"
''lcs; the next daY, after Aaask's Imperilncnt
reply simply handed Il TO Mr. Cncacy and s8lid
That h whit have received nom Waliack, Gnu Of
course a he does not mean o. have any otuer cor
rcspondence, aud as hoid discharged MN. YOU
WI nave 70 40 what you IKE, aud 10 write hun upon
the SUBJECT Tic made COPY OF lcaer,
which ne proposed 10 SEM 10 him, and
| SAID II was al right lie told INN, -
he would have no otger correspondence VITA
any but himself, nc must say his services were 40
longer required. Before he had written a letler
from that copy he met wallack al parkers aud
Wal.ack wanted to know If he was gnlzaatol me
letter ne mad received Irop Mir. tecntefs
Mr.. Cheney replied thai he wa.
Mr.. Naiiack SAID, '.Do you endorse Il ~
Az. Cheney replied "ics, every word OF H."
Mr.. Mailack-'rhat Is ali wanted 10 Know
Mr.. Cneney-"Now YOU know II.
Tnat was the END Oh the conversation. heard no
more OF Wailack. AT the end OF the next week he
ga not even come IN Tor his salary. IL VA sent 10
''Mr. Fechter is 1t no, fact that Mr.. Cheney con.
tinueo 10 pay him his salary ~ ..sss
yes 1t IL. That was q kind OF half and hali
policy which ! saw would not DO, and told ar.
Cheney THAT II he continued 1t must 3o,n &.
II should Judge, hr. techter, by tue correspond.
ence which Mrs. ohanirau mas caused % be pub
ishcd tnat you could not nave had much To do with
DO with IL. hrs Chanflau refused part vlicA wa
assumed 70 hsr IN cast made 10y wailscS himself
/ fourth act OF 'Aamiet.''
'srhcu you did not discharge her. after all, bn
Simply seat her declination OF The part assigned he
! TO hr. Cheney, and he dismissed hdr n.msellfr
'fes, that IS the fact. After sending refusal
lWouiu nave noLnlIg more 10 90 with the matter
tircd.n
..Ibeu IL would appear that at that time Mr.. wal
lack could not nave endorsed her conduct
as he cast the parD for herY'
mo; Mr.. Wailack said she was wrong; that he
could not understand her conduct that III he was
asked to do anything unless it was something that
would mar his position he would do IL at once. an
or al! 10 work FOR the theaIie.h
by the way, Mr.. Fechter, how about that gross
insult you are SAID to have offered TO Mrs. Cnan.
''rhere was truth In that statement II would
be rather funny that lazy should have been I'm.
suited, as she alleges, and then ask favor OF the
same man for u weeks absence, IA she did fro a
Inc. out o, respect 10 herself sne could not have
received favor from man who had lnsultcd her
SO grossly
"iou and Mr.. Cheney, suppose. are still on good
termssn
"Jn certainly. We are the same az broihers
Their attempts 10 make MIN party to their own
plot would seem to indicate the contrary. They seek
TO put nlm forward AZ II he opposed to me, but
as | have told YOU, everything done by Inc was Win
his entire sanction and APPROVAL
"You nave said, Alr. Fechter, that you found
things very loose when you took hold OF the man
ageent or the theatre. DO you mean that the bust
ness department. was conducted looselyfo
Yes; that Is precisely what mean. There were
great many leaks, aud when undertook to stop
them OF course those affected by reform were ar
rayed against me-
II suppose. now Mr. Fechter we nave gone over
about all the ground concerning the difficulties,
have We Hot.n
yes have given you pretty correct idea OF
'.And Tor all Of which am much obliged Good
day, sir"
..Cood day.
Will add by way OF public information tina, at
the conclusion Of Mr.. FechIer's services here in
auout three weeks, he viii proceed TO New York but
1t is not certain he viii accept an engagement there
at present. His successor in the management OF
the Globe mas not yet been determined upon.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MIR. wALLACk.
found Mr. Wallack and his accomplished lady at
their apartments IN Buldnch place. Like Fechter,
he was glad to see the HERALD correspondent and
NOW M tfarss IN taru
able. was sensible that Wallack shared the public
sympathy In these troubles to perhaps greater ex.
tent than Fechter, and knowing too that Wallack
must be aware OF this fact Confess that the little
bit or vanity which all human nature possesses
might be displayed with the gentleman whom 1 was
about 10 interview. / was, however, disappointed,
for Mr.. Wa!lack, considering the circumstances was
very mud III his illusions, and II he did believe that
Fecnter mad faiied In his corts TO out-Shakspeare
Shakespeare he did not say So
Alter The customary "now do you do" and the
"pretty well, thank you,' the conversation na.u-