New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-22
uR. JARRETrS THE4TRICAL Plans.

| UNCERTAINTY As TO THE LATE MR.. PALMERS RE-
PORTED ENGAGEMENT WITH SARAH BERNHARDr
| PROBABILITY OF HER SUCCESS IN AMERICA
| NO SPECIAL NOVELTY IN PREPARATION.
| Henry C.. Jarrett, the theatrical manager whose
| partner in business died in London, on Saturday,
| passed Sunday at Newport, and returned to this
| city yesterday morning on the steamer Elm City.
| He arrived early in the forenoon, and purchasing
] newspaper. opened it at once, and the first item
that fell under his eyes produced great shock. 1t
was his first ntimatOn of the serious sickness and
death OF the man who has been 30 intimately asso-
| ciated with him in business
" Ii seems very sad to me-, he said last evening
at his residence, No. - West Fifly-thlrd-st. " l
bought newspaper at the pier, and the first thing
saw was the death of Harry Palmer. Then |
found two letters from him which arrived during
my absence; and to-day received dispatch from
his wife, by cable saying that she and the children
would come with the remains by the steamship
! Celtic, which sails Thursday. shall have the
remains brought here to my house, and the funeral
will probably take place here"
docs he say anything in his letters about the
engagement Of Sarah Bcrnhardt for an American
tour"
Nothing very definite, and | thought it strange
that he did not. l don't know how the public got
hold of the rumor that any such sum as 100000
had been offered for 200 nights don't think that
Mr. Palmer made any such arrangement, or any
such offer, in fact shoud scarcely think of doing
so. II anything 90 definite had been done or SUCH
an offer had been made doubtless would have had
some intimatiOn IN these letters. But don't know
how he died or in what shape our affairs were left
don't believe any living man could engage Sarah
Bcrnhardt for 200 nights at $1,000 night and
get the money back. An engagement for fifty
nights az the same rate might be a
safe undertaking; for during u part Of this
time she could probably play IN NewGOrk
to $1,000 houses, and the enterprise would succeed
IN Boston Philadelphia and, perhaps, two or three
other large cities for "A limited number OF nights
"Who originated the idea of bringing her TO this
country p
America sometime, out hardly thought II wOuld be
just yet However, when | saw what hit she
had been making in London, j wrote to Mr..
Palmer in reference 70 our securing an engagement
for an American tour. regretted afterwaTd that
I did not consult with him by cable"
I" DO you think she would impress the American
public so favOrabiy as she has the English ~
"lOu might say that the American public which
ha, been educated to appreciate such high and re-
fined acting IS comparatively small still think
she would be appreciated here and be equally sue
cr,Sful. Her fame as painter and sculptor would
produce the same favorable effect here also
Are you going at once to Europe to look after
these negotiations which have been 50 unexpectedly
broken of 2"
II went down TO engage passage to-day, chiefly
on Mrs. Pdlmers account. When L received the
cable message from his wife saying that she was to
sail for home on Thursday, thought there was no
reason for my going AT once"
"What companies have you now under travelling
engagements in EmOpeT
There are now only about sixty persons in the
firms employ mostly cOlOrcd. Ii is our one remain
ing Uncle iOms CABIN Company. They are now
at FrankfOrt-On-the-N Main. They will open in Paris
early IN August, and expect to be present To
them well under way No, can't say that they will
be brought home as a company. Ii Is probable that
their connection with me will terminate, and that
many of them Will organize company among them
selves and remain over there. They can make more
money over there than ut home"
Did yOu hnd the Uncle Toms Cabin enterprise
successful y
Remarkably so. We made great deal of money
by our colorcd companies. In such places as Lon
don, Birmingham aud Liverpool the success was
immense"
Have You any important theatrical engage
ments IN view for the coming season, besides, per-
hans that of Sarah Bernhardt T.
No. II was Slr PalmeI's opinion, as 10 was my
own that II would be judlcIOuS 10 rest year, take
note of the drift of the theatrical business OF this
country. and then come out another season with
some great novelty. OF course Bernhardt would
have been such attraction, II she could have
been secured No, you mistaken about the close
of our business at Booths Theatre The last year
was not paying one, but we lost no money.
Our first season al Booths with Charlotte Cushman
was very successful. Her farewell nGtted us &c.,
900. Then came Henry w." and the third
season, Julius Cesar" perhaps the best of all. and
the season before the last "SarianapuS,D the
weakest artistcally, probably, but in other
respects great success. expect one more letter
from Mr.. Palmer winch may bring me news of some
definite or nj least preliminary negotiations with
twice week, and may have written last Wednes-