New-York tribune., 1872-06-22


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRBUHR.i
BosroN. June 2i.-There has been no very !
great difference between to-day ana yesterday ID tne
sise Of the Jubilee audience Perhaps, npon the whoe
the attendance this afternoon has fallen of little
This result might have been expected from the intense
heat Of the weather, which has even driven away at
least half Of the patient crowd that oasts itself daily
on the peighborng streets and bridges for the sake OF
hearing the masc gratis and hooking at the uutslde
spectacle. Nothing, however, can sholy dspei ue
army OF deadheads They win bear nat ana dast' 'no
canes Of policemen and the trampiins OF horses II SO
they only hear for nothing what is advertised 70 cost o
The Yankee passion everything thatmay be got free
strengthens them to stand for hours every fore
noon in che burning streets 70 zee the menagerie
wagons 90 by, and even drlTs tnem INTO
drinking quarts Of ice-water in the Shed just
outside the Coliseum, because the Yount Mems chsuah
Association there dips 1t out gratis hrge eireustent
was put up on vacant lot near the Coliseum last weeE
and day and all day long crowds gathered near II
waiting for the riders to make their humphal appear
anoe After three days OF expectation the show came
alone and turned ont to be delegation OF the Young
Mems Christian Association, fully equipped for dahy
prayermeeting. To the crowd, howeyG, IL seemed 10
make very little difference what was, 10 long as was
free, and the tent tronged pretty constantly vita an
audience apparently more curious han pious, out
nevertheless deeply grateful for shade and chair
Tho only excitement in the performance, to-day, has
been theeeeOnd appearance ofthe Birth Band 1hey
,vero percfulv allowed TO leave aside their bearskin
hats ard wear fatigue-caps instead. In o'ner
respects they presented the same magnificent aspect
which Impressed the audience so strongly on Tuesday
Their reception was even cordial than before, ana
their nlavno seemed 10 NE decidedly better The over
ture TO "semramide" and pot pourr OF airs by hey
eracer were executed with richness, refinement ana
bieh finish that Amerien military band can ap-
nPoaeh and the Manner In which the caronets ana the
four superb gave the parts that in an orchestra
vould have been rendered by the violin, TO DC
studied By some Of own bandmasters. There were
on course and then followed the customary IN
terehanCS OF national airs "God Save the Queen and
the Star spanged Banner being chanted IN turD w'th
all the tels and the cannon and The rest OF the oil
morean clangor. The whole concluded with Auid
Lang SINE sung to the same supendous accompani-
ment 1t was fun Of hearty feeling and enthusiasm ana
| all that sort OF thing.
But las not the reception OF these British Grenaners
been tst little 0uesri Boston received them on the
anniversary Of the Battle Of Bunker Hill and tooh pains
to remind them Of it, too and now shouts In their ears
that esd acquaintance should not be forgot But ID Ju
etmes we must overlook alterations of all kinds
Tbe rest OF the exeres to-day OF the miscelan
eous concert order, Strauss rs usual, taxing lead III
popular flavor, and Madame PeschkaLeutner coming
next The lady fully setsAes the requirements of col
but so cannot make us forget The great
singer who used TO called in 1852 the Jubilee soprano
Her yeiee lacks the sweetness and uniform beauty oil
Madame Parepa Rosas and am inclined to think that
In theater or concerroom the public would detoctn IL
many faults which unnOticed in this huge place
Still ahont the excellence OF her ART and the purity OF
her intonatons, there can be no mistake.
Madame Arabella Goddard made Ter second appear
ance but 1t must be subject OF gesera regret that so
eminent an artist consented to play where her talents
could MOI be discerned and her best eforts would have
been entirely wasted. AL the piano p rformanees have
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| ears.
| The chorus gave remarkably good voice to Kehers
National Hymn and did some other things not so Vel
but 1t be creeping out Ofs place IN the Juoee
and taking subordinate position, with wieh the socie-
ties composing 10 not well pleased Ihey nave
come at their expense, mary OF therl from great
distances have worked hard and LONG, sa ritced time
and money either for enthusiasm il art, or fr the sake
of glory or fun and they find themselves baulked OF
nearly all their rossst antiepatOns. They have Few
opportunities to sing good music and when they nave
| them they do themselves no greatcredit Their con-
ductors are changed several times day; now they are
| led by Zerrabn, nowly Gilmore, now ~ Abt' row py
Keller now by Paine. The organ played in baa time'
and with rough bold voice putt them out, the dsel-
pline is srct the free tickets few thee Is abundant
discomfort though must say there is no disorder
From the front the chorus to be always fu ana
the long COWS Of faces piled In sohd order SHOW
no change from day to day. One is amazed
at the patience OF and women who are supposed 70
spend the whole of these brong days on their hard
benches rehearsng all the morning and performing all
the aft ernoon. Many bring their dinners with them
and It Is perhaps by this we must explain
the appalling fact that they leave mountains OF dlrt
among the seats when they 60 away, ana u taxes
hundred men two hours every naming TO sweep aitef
them But in reality the chorus not regular, either at
practice performance custom prevails especially
among the ladies' OF lending their tickets TO friends VINO
want to try the sensation Of sitting among the singers
without singing Here again the Bston passion Tor free
shows comes into play and there hundreds and nund
reds OF young girls STOPPING 10 all manner OF subterfuges
IN putting society badges that MT belong 70 then
and borrowing musiebooks whichthey can't read any
more than Hebrew. for the sake OF getting into the
Coliseum without paying. The chsus is consequently
half filed with dead wood. Eyeryefort has been made
TO abolish the unchrisan practice of giving away ones
ticket but the mania for going in Tee coupled with the
natural propensity Of to whatever Is forbid
den has proved too strong for committees and their
rules. This is reason WIN the volume OF voice
coming from those 1900 men and women 80 oiten
proves disappointing There always many hundreds
perhaps some thousands-of dummies on the stage,
and even in the orchestra there are nearly 400
who play except in tie very simplest pieces,
There singers who when tho come TO the Coliseum,
are always faithful to their worl but there great
numbers the back benches who can hardly see the con-
duetor, and never hear his verbal directions In d
cult passages and quick passages they are generally
SILENT Scattered through the rest OF the body there are
hundreds Of others who never lst Themselves TO sing
except in the most familiar hymns. When the Anvil
Chorus is given multitude OF singers leave their seats
and run doors 10 the guns fred The cavernous
spaces underneath the chorus benches the resort OF
ladies and gentlemen with taste for sandwiches and
nrtatons and there, while "tbe heavens are telling"
and Luher's choral laundering over head you may
see picnic parties Of truant vOeasts eating bread and
butter in the corners and bases and sopranos. teno
and altos pacing of sweetly for promenade trying
private and duets OF their in the remoer