New-York tribune., 1872-06-21
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
THE BOSTON JUBILEE.
TIE FRENCH DAY.
ADMIRABLE JUBILEE ARRAEGEMENTs-MARvEL
OUs SUCCESS or THE FRENCH BAND.
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BosToN, June 2O.-To-day there was par
tal reduction Of prices tickets Of admission, without
reserved seats, being sold for g. The result an i'm
provement in the size OF The audience though tie Coli
scum was stll not full As on yesterday, tho floor was
nearly all occupied and there were many In the gal
leries. few hundreds OF wanderers tramped per
petualy mp and down the staiTWays and tlrough the
corridors trying whore they had no business TO De-
aud testing the utmost the patience OF tie police ana
ushers Tile arTan mens for tie government and the
comfort Of the crowd good that there very little
confusion Nothing seems 10 have been forgotten
every possible emergency finds it, appropriate cou-
mlttee-man to set thugs tight. and II the Coliseum
should be struck by lightning, believe committee On
thunder would turn UP, and take the catastrophe IN
charge The members OF the press are provided ior IN
the most elaborate They nave large comfort
able room, with ample accommodations for all who
want to write, and Messrs. James r. ossood' Miles, Dun
ham, Payson. and Others supply all their reasonape
with delightful courtesy. Telegraph wires are
brought into the r0Om aud large force Of the best op
orators Of the Western Union Telegraph Company is con
stanty duty. There postoiee IN the room, also,
which Is well managed all the rest Of the arrange
ments Icc-yater guishers. copies Of Ja5iee
Days fans pop the latest quotations Of the thermom-
eter and the gold market in NewYork, and the principal
New.YOrk and Boston daily papers can he had IN the
corridors around the auditorium The score OF doors
stand always open to admit the breezes from the Bay,
and in spite of the heat outside the Coliseum rather
pleasant place for afternoon lounge.
The miscellaneous portion OF the programme ths
afternoon calls for no extended criticism TIE Gloria
from Mozarts Twelfth Mass was but indfereny sung.
The Heavens are Telling" however much better.
Strauss gave two OF his waltzee Madame Peschka
Leutner appeared again. The Anvil Chorus was ratified
out twice. and an excellent festival overture by Leutner
was played by the whole orchestra The interest Of the
day. however centefed in the performance Of the band
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unt the second part When they came upon the stage
the demonstrations OF delight were, II anything more
enthusiastic than those which greeted the British aud
Prussan Grenadiers The chorus, especially seems to
have unlimited Of enthusiasm which tturns on,
Job Troter did his waterworks at moments notice
IL breaks out all with white handkerchiefs upon
the smallest provOcatiOn and conductors, artists,
remen and colored porers constantly going to the
front or coming away from IT, the chorus is never with
out opportunity for uproar. The FrencnmeD, Of
course, literally welcomed by this impressi0naoe
and excited throng OF singers tut they were hailed
with hardly less heartiness by the audience at large
They began their concert with Hail Columbia" They
got to yankee Doodle" and the "starSpanglod Ban
ner before they finished and they performed the over
lure to William Tell" in a manner that no less
than marvellous. 1 can have hesitation IN placing
them above their English and German rivals, ana II
am mistaken, the people generally formed similar
Judgment. The "Marsellaise" produced ly the
chorus and cannon, and aerward by the French Band
alone. The effect really glorious. Probably the
singing better than former occasions, Dat tn.
stirring hymn needs the mu tude OF voices the roar OF
cannon, the cIaDgOr Of bells, and the blare OF much
brass, and for the first time since the Jubilee opened
Mr. Gmores patent attachments were put to legitimate
uses and with result which ought 10 fully satisfy him
The foreign bands have proved the great attractions U
the week. and tremble 10 think what the JgDiec @oud
have been without them Doubtless they VIII be ~ con
slant demand for the rest OF the festival and shai not
be surprised II they knde and keep alive tue needed
enthusiasm which neither HandePs Chorus nor Mission
ary Hymns on gunpowder and anys, nor even the
cOnquests of artists, have Yet suiced TO excite
With cheaper admissions and plenty OF Englsntneh,
FrenchmeD, and Pruss8ns, and great deal OF the divine
Strauss. whose ungodly waltZcs Puritan New
England is ravng craZy the Jubilee may yet aNOhl
the financial disaster which Monday seemed inovl-
table. j. n. .. ~.