Daily globe., 1878-08-06
THE LUCK OF G1LMoRE's BAND.
4 Total Failure IN Paris and the Nc
Writing Home for Money.


Il Total Failure in Parts and the Men
Writing Home for Money.
New York World
The return from Paris of the fragments
of Gilmore's Band is looked for daily by
the musicians here, the bands foreign tour
having turned out complete failure. From
letters received by friends and relatives of
the sixty odd members of the band, it
seems taat the concerts in England were
fairly encouraging and left margin above
expenses. This was especially the case in
London, where the band gave exhibitions at
Alexandra Palace to paying audiences. In the
very slim, and the success of the London
season was almost swept away. At Dublin
the band succeeded very well, drawing large
crowds to the Exhibition Palace. Mr.. Grove,
the advance agent, left with 5000 francs to
prepare for an opening in Paris, but failed
to do his work properly and subsequently
disappeared. The reception in Paris was
very tame; but little notice was taken of
the American band by the French journals,
and the members of the band, in their pc
culiar uniforms, were stared at by the Paris
ians as they passed through the streets, but
to the concerts, with the high price Of admis-
sion, the Frenchmen carefully refrained
from going. picnic gotten up by the con-
sul-general to introduce the band to the
public, and held in the Bois de Boulogne,
failed to create any enthusiasm, and the ap-
pearance of lady vocalist at one of the con-
certs was further commented on unfavorably.
When Gilmore was striving for popular rec
ognition, the celebrated maestro Franco
Faccio was playing with the band of 120
pieces from La Sacla at Milan. Carl Pedi-
otte had similar orchestra from Turin and
the military bands were giving free concerts
in the parks. The fact that most of the
members of the American band were Ger
mans, and the few exceptions Englishmen,
it is thought. may have something to do with
the unfavorable reception.
No attempt was made to push the series
of concerts to Germany, and from Paris the
band scattered. Many were compelled to
depend upon the aid of the American consul
to secure return passage. Most of them
were paid no salary after leaving New York.
There are charges of bad management and
unfair treatment by the men who have writ
ten home for passage money. A part of the
| band are pow in England, while another sec
| ton remains in Paris. Some will not re-
| turn to the United States for some time, but
others with families here are making every
endeavor to get home quickly.
| At the rooms of the Aschenbrodel Verei1
the fate of the Gilmore men is warmly de.
bated. Not one of the voyagers has yet re-
turned, SO far as is known there, anC
according to the few letters received there
was reason to doubt the real condition O.
affairs abroad. An officer of the society
said: sit is not so bad, I guess, as it is sale
in the papers. The men are without mon
ey, no doubt. Surely their families are here
One family know of-fve children-hav
not got a loaf of bread in the house. I
was all nonsense for them to go, anyhow t,
Germany. where every little town has bet
ter band than that. One thing is sure, tina
Gilmore had better not come back to New
York; he can do nothing here any more.''