, 1877-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE ABBOTT CONCERT

The hrst OF Miss Emma A5bott's concerts ,ens
given last evening ut the New Chicago Theatre,
| which was densely crowded, notwithstanding the
| storm No singer In our recollection has ever re-
ce'7ed so cordial and even enthusiastic greeting
Inc audience Was made up of The Leading people
OF the city, and their reception of the little singer
| was not so much that of people wbose curiositv
had been sratidcd and satisfied, as it was Of true
friendly feeling although probably scarcely one in
the audience had ever heard her sing before. There
was, Of course, feeling OF lccal pride in one who
has made sucn stir in the musical world and set
American and European critics by the ears, which
induced the audience to warmly welcome tcr back
to her birthplace; but after a1 we arr /. :. dis
posed to attribute it toa feeling Of kindly sympa-
thy and OF admiration for her energy and
sst for "estee one gs lat,,. It is not DIM
in physique to commend hertelf to the aH he,rir ~
mr. mr. a1lience ~; and perhaps to disarm criticism and
10: there were many old *tagers in the audience
who went uaiie bc>itlc themselves over her sing
l ome AMI ,sx pf%ese s a*e4 themselves ali the
3 iIlss Abootts late elsewhere, atc has the un-
doubted @ right to claim great popular success at
10 her ety. and sue M
We!couic, which WAS spontaneous, cordiai. avn.
I;r,dus. ptnetlc md enthusiastic. An audience Of
friends. Her first number was ior;r d1t;ist- ~ ~
Gomez, we'll adapted for displaying the To;cc fol ~
w performance or Which she received two
encorcs. replying in the first instance
witt, - Auld Lang Sync,r which was 70 anront,s
70 tte occasion that it resulted in a tcmpestnnns
rs, Isca!! which she answered with *sMolle Bawn'.
nte IN! humber IN the second part wus SulIyan's
:, Looking Back, which was sing with exuuisits
Iee!'ns. For the encore she san. The MiTnHn" :"
kon1anza, knowst Thou the Landv' II th;s |
PIT she also sang in the Raaplan duo from t.d'hr
laughter u the Regiment =" with Fcrranti. The I
enthusiasm which her singing aroused wus infec.
tious anu spread to the other artists Fcrranti |
Ws heartily encorcd at each appearance for his *
uosfant hu1o singing, and the old fayorite. Rrivx
noii, entered into active competition with Miss
Aooott and, after singing the Sullivan hai1ad
Love Once Again - lin English, received
most enthusiastic double encore giving for the rst
ilatons Good Ey, Sweetheart " and for thc
eeGonu, MS old war-horsc, the serenodt frn,n |
i, Don Pasqualc.H Mr.. Case the nien;st ,vhn
mas o'tt recently returned from bis Eurore"n |
sltnn;es' also met with most kindly recention
y Mh1cn US the evening wore on, relieved nim ~ |
Lhe excessive nervousness that characterized bis |
|, performance oi the opening number the Chonin
f,nlonalse, op -. Ic is young pianist of vrrnt !
promise: wftA vc1y clean execution, and with n |
lecty OF touch and graceful finish that will mai"
IN iAvor1te after lis nervousness from confnct
With audiences wears oR ~oD|Aes
as whole, the concert was one OF the ,oost ro
!, Ll1kaplc popular successes ever known here and
ut ittlc artfst mas reason to be proud or her "a |
ept!on. Our opinion Of Allss Abbott A. sirpe, |
- r. reserve until the next issue Of TuE TEIx1-xr
= present notice is only intended as rccornit;,n
: !: nGr appearance. The second and 1asf rnncart |
I'LL be given this afternoon. 4 '"S' eoneeft