Litchfield enquirer., 1870-07-14

SOME OF THE SCENES BEHIND THE SCENES" AT THE NEW YORK MUSICAL. FEsTI- vAL.-ANe York letter says that just pri- or to the last performance at the great mu- ? lsical festival failure, the performance be- hind the scenes was infinitely more amus- ing than the one presented to the audi ence.f, There were strikes in all the Ian. guages of the continent of Europe. All strikers were talking and gesticulating at once, appealing to anybody who by any possibility had the least authority. Here was prima donna whose turn 1t was to go on the stage, but she refused to move an inch until the money was in her hands or the hands of her agent.
 54 Parepa sent word from her dressing room to the manager, the message being sing. ssShe no sing" said the agent, ssun- less she have 70 money" Sing she would not, and the manager was obliged to come down with the stamps. Then the stately Parepa appeared, went to the front, and smiled as sweetly and as charmingly as . though there had never been the slightest trouble of any kind about the cash returns Then Miss Kellogg followed Parepa's ex- ample, and with her arms folded she stood silent until her agent delivered her ultima tunn. A check of $500 was handed to her and she demurred, owing to doubt about its correctness. But she went on the stage while her agent jumped into carriage and drove to the bank to see if all was right. The check was correct, and there was no more trouble with Clara Louise until she was to go on the stage again.
 The stately Brignoli. in a mingled patois, of English, French, and Italian, said he could not move till the money was in his hands. Kellogg had gone forward and was to sing the Miserere from s'Trovatore'' with the assistance of Briguoi. Of what use is one in the Miserere without the oth- CT? The management thought they could persuade him, and very reluctantly they handed him his cash, when he smilingly joined the smiling Kellogg, and together they went through their part of the per- formance. Miss Richins, Mrs. Seguin ,and one after another all the solo singers, re- fused to move step without their money; and thus the row went on, delaying every body, and putting audience, managers, singers. orchestra, and chorus into bad hu- nor. .,.e+
 A great feature of the entertainment was the performance of the Star Spangled Ban- ner by battery of artillery and Madame Parepa, with the assistance of the orches- G0 1AO OAOIucs 4A0 d1bAtl0Ey USu6V0u well enough until the last day, when it re- fused to fire another gun unless it had the money that was due. The captain of the battery was good natured but firm Ger man, and as he was persistent in his refu- sal to shoot, the managers shelled out, and came down with check for $500 But it was Saturday after banking hours, and the German, like Kellogg was little dubious. He wanted the money, and as Gilmore was to conduct the "Staf Spangled Banner, 3 the Germans naturally applied to him. Gilmore explained that it was all right, that the check was good; but the Germans would not consent to receive it. The au- dience was noisy. Parepa was waiting, Gilmore was waiting, the chorus was wait ing, the orchestra was waiting, but the ar tillery was not quite ready to shoot. Final ly, the Captain said he would shoot if Gil more would pay him $1OO. '.AH right, 5 said Gilmore, and he took $1O0 from his pocket, handed it to the captain, rushed to the stage, and in moment Parepa, cho- rus, orchestra, Gilmore and guns were thundering away at the ''Star Spangled Banner."'