, 1879-06-22
been two piano recitals. two organ and 1our.
song recitals. !.
:. THE sspINAFoRE MUTINY.

CHICAGO, June 2f.-Any one WHO mas during
the past few davs read the articles Sonta1neu ~
the daily papers, facettousir termed the Church
Choir .Ptnafore' MutinV,' cannot fail to have
seen that the "nmateur" " managers, Messrs
FIuncy und Curry, have been Trying to maintain
false position as to. the relations existing be-
tween themselves aud the ladies anu u gent.encn me
sanitation OF q q. n. s. Pinafore " ut Haverly's
Theatre. a., i'm. +,,oeo
ladies' auu gentlemen have broken their con-
tracts TO show the fa1sity OF this statement !
which With one exception. are OF similar char.
acter, viz: that 'tSaid Finney and Curry shall
hayc the privilege of re-enEagIns said --lor
three to five weeks at - dollars per week, and
if either OF said weeks shall DC ont OF tue c.ty
Of Chicago the salary shall be - dollars and
actual travelling and living expenses"
The nerformers, when making their contracts
with Messrs. Finney aud Curry, were led to un-
derstaud that, in addition to the first week, they
controlled the theatre Tor three WEEKS from
weeks the company, if successful, should be
taken out of the city to St. Louis. Cincinnati
or elsewhere, reappearing on the 30th OF juno
at Haycrly's Theatre for the other three weeks,
From this it wii be seen that Messrs. finney M
and Curry had the option OF retaining the
services OF the performers for five additional
weeks. The translation Of these contracts
wsss ssssar n'cfiseFy ss first ms'n nseks '' sssTs
etiaactte Sn' u and usasc notification before the eoo
clu5Ion of the first weeks engagement was re-
onired. This option they entirely failed to avail
themselves OF, and Shen' at the end o. t1e nrss
the subject by all the leading. members OF the
company, thev distinctly refused the option,
and Stated that they had no definite plans for the
future. When again approached upon tie sub
ft4Tff fnAU
made tue same statement, and added to at least
one of the prominent members that they would
advise him 10 close with any profitable engage
ment that might be offered; from which 1t WILL
be plainly seen that the charge Ut having broken
contracts, II it may be placed anywhere, must
resi- upon the amateur managers, and not at all
upon the performers.
members of the com pany was held, a. which
one of their number was elected business man
arer for the whole, md instructed to see Mr.
Haverly, with view, il possible, OF making
some arrangements with him, and authorized
to make an engagement 1t satisfactory terms
could be agreed upon. Mr. Haver1y, when met,
stated that If our contract with MessEs: flnney
and Curry were at au end, he would be happy
to trent with us, and our contracts having been
terminated in the above manner, an agreement
was entered into. -
The "atnateur managers" learning later IN
the day that they could make = contract with
Mr.. McVicker, which by reason of their
yacillatIue management and lack OF enter
prise they had lost with Mr.. HaYerly,
endeayorcd covertly to renew with some of the
leading singers the contracts they had broken
or YItiatcd, and did obtain conditional renewals
with TWO OF the gentlemen, which conditions
they could not carry Out, and which renewals
arc therefore void.
The fact of the Hayerlv engagement came to
manner have already stated in The TRIBUNE,
and as Messrs. Fiuney and Curry had not ap-
preached me at all upon the subject OF re-
engagement, but on the contrary had endcavor-
half mY salary. after I had gone through the
labor Of preparing the chorus aud putting the
opera upon the stage successfully, I felt myself
at perfect liberty TO accept Mr. Haverly's en-
gagement with the rest.
As to the conspiracy to take the company
away from these amateur managers, it is
charge which has originated entirely IN their
own imagination, and like many OF their state
ments through the press has no foundation in
fact.
As to the past relations existing between Mr..
Kinney aud myself, which he states in his letter
Of yesterday to TIE TRIBUNE as OF too deli
cate nature for the public gaze, beg to state
that 10 such relations do or ever have existed
beyond those OF ordinary friendship, and I pro-
nouucc the allegations absolutely false. It is
surprising that two persons who pretend to call
themselves men of business sho1ld be so blind
as to rush into print and show themselves in
such an uncnTiable light as these met appear
Respectfully yours, !':ARTHUR ]. cRE5wo1.D. ,s
4 QUERY. ,:-:'
To the Editor of TIE 1r1Dun&-
LANSING, Mich. June 20.-Over week aeo wo
received notice thatthe Stewart Pinafore Troupc"
day evening, June H. Now wc nayc been waiting
tie time stated on the bills. and thus far our pa
thence has oeen nprewardcd. Knowing some Of
the members ?. the FoaDs az cnifa:q eperts
write to ask you to please publish Jour version Of
the affair: Can you inform US Why they failed to
the musical director, believe w=ite this in the
behalf Of party OF Chicago people staying in this
locality fora while, and who are anxious to know
GUY LIZ Ror. -
{Don't know anything about them. Never
heard Of the craft.
,e.- LOCAL MISCELLANY.
There will be no more mixed-vofce Apollo
Club rehearsals this season. Gentlemen of the
Club are particularly requested to be present on
Monday evening. .,t:-
Rosenteclzer's Orchestra will furnish the music
for tile Beloit College Commencement, and Mrs.
j. A. FarHe!i, Of this city, will sing at con-
cert in the evening.
Jenny Bnsk, so we'll known here as an artist,
IS singing in Pennsylvania with great success.
On tie 18th she appeared at Harrisburg for the
benefit Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
The public examinations OF the classes Ia mu-
steal theory and counterpoint will take place at
the Hershey School next Thursday morning at
II O'Clock. AS was the case last year, all per-
sons interested In the subject are invited
Mr.. Liebling, the pfanist, has resigned his
position as Director Of the Music Department in
the Park Institute, and also in the Chicago
Ladies' Seminary, and will remain at home all
summer preparing novelties aud composing, Is
it is his ntening to give series of recitas early
next season.
Mrs. Clara D. Stacy, the soprano Of Grace |
Church, sang With Mr. Gill IN performance Of |
"Thc Creation u at Mount Pleasant, Ia, on the |
18th inst, under the auspices Of the Conserva-
tory OF Music at that place, with great success |
Mrs. Stacy is now under engagement to accom-
pany the pianist Sherwood on trip to Mime |
sofa and Iowa for series Of concerts, the first |
Of which will take place 1t V1nton, Ia, on
Tuesdar next. |
Last Thursday evening the pupils Of Prof. t
Joseph Singer gave their nineteenth and last |
musical recital Of this season at the vestry OF |
the Church OF the Redeemer to large assem- |
bly,. The little folks had things to themselves /
pretty much,, and pleased both parents and /
friends with their progress on the violin and |
piano. Conspicuous among the performers was |
1iau tc1A Taha ,11 =,