, 1879-07-22
ADJUSTMENTS

Harry Palmer, 1nto partner In tic thvntrica
firm Of Jarrett Il Palmer, whose demise IN l4on-
don on Sunday was announced III Tng TRIBUNE
OF yesterday mprn!nEt WIS man Ut more than
conimon ability al theatrical caterer. As ho
was one who has been connected With great
many Of the mora Important opcratfc nnf1 ara-
matte enterprises OF the last thirty years In this
country, sketch Of h!a llto may not be without
interest.
Tho theatrical career Of Mfr. Palmer was con-
rncnccd at tic very foot Of the ladder. lie was
first employed bY Max Marctxck u sell booiss
of the opera at Cnstlc narlcn. New York, dur
ing the season there Of the great Havana troupc,
"a troupe the like Of which neither Europe nor
America has been ablr To reproduce. This was
about 1S4488-'40 Later on Pntmer found en-
ployment frcu the then great Snowman,
P. I. Barnum, and was one
Of the usLets during the great
Jenny Lind 1uroro Ia New York md the
provnces- Harry did n litt!e outside spccula-
tlon in Jenny Lind tickets. and nulo some
money. Naturally bright, he soon climbed I'D to
b. a tcket.seler, then M agent, anl ten. joininE
ulttnan, he became dramatic speculator on hts
own account. liz waz connected with alt
Utman's enterprises iu this country. piccoll-
miui. Sontag, aud MI tho singers Of the
generation just passing away. have
been under Pa1mcr's management. Tic
was also infinitely connected with the
Htrakosthcs, anu led t!ic first tour With A,1clna
Patti, matc through The urovinces as Il concert
New York. 1t was he WHO, about 18G:2., per
suadcd thu celebrated contralto, Vcstvaif, to
quit tho opcratie stage. study English aud ap-
travelled with Vcstvali fur two ycars, csuntoylng
Mr. Ashley. now on tile New York
| O!ipper, aa bis .nccnt. Tic poor English
q F:styali. howevcr, sonn fatigaca
| the public ear, and Palmer connected huacIr
with Jarrett III thc organization Of lllc Walack-
| Davenport combination. After TINT llo starred
Mntida llrrnn fur number Of seasons, wien,
IN conjunction with Jlrrett. he organ!zed u
| great ballet tr0stpu which was intended to ap-
pear In class ot works similar TO "La uisellc,"
at tile Academy Of Music. When Palmer re-
turned to america, l,t,wevcr, with hts troupe
on tits hnnds BoIno difficulty occurred about
renting. the Academy owing, as usual, to stock.
At thts Tine Ms. .yhcatlcy WAS lessee OF Nib.
los oarden, a,n had contrasted with Mr.; Barls
hs u nef & sasy aSpenas sa t.
le.rribn tho puy to Palmer, tho latter suggcst-
I'd the introduction therein Of the strong balnt
hc had OIL his hands. After some dickerlng
ss aFssd s tSe sHs 1ss Jans nsst : pamss, .s
ana Wlacatley 10 share md share alike
expensre and profits. "I7lc Black Crook F" was
prndurcs, will what sneccas everybody knows.
!
got Ills s1oo,Goo, ind Mr.. Whcatlcy retired
shortly after forever from acting md frou,
1nanaaemont, h.ml!Ug the lease OF Nlbo's over
TO Jarrett d Palmer. These gentlemen fol-
lowed 'fhe D!Hck Crookn with still more
expensive spectacle, called "rhe White Fawn,'.'
hut tho town, aud. Indeed, the country, Ind
been sarfcted With lrss and tinfotl, aud tho
riley then turned tho thcat.o once moro tnto
"leei.tn5aten houso, an and tlurIn:. their oeet1"
which have certainly not bcen surpassed IN this
country. "Jniua Cesar" anl ''As You Lru
lraccd such pcop'e as slrs. scott-stddons, Mr.
T. l.. Davenport, Mr.. Walter Montgomery. and,
u wo remenlogr rightly, Mr Bangs. Tllcy mAdg
T.Ss ss''ss ssas,y ws o'os er Rsasa f %ofH1fsa f
Guiding. all t!lo nrnor n,,d properties
tint hid been made after models in tho sleyracf
coltcciion, but when they brought all these
yaluable accessories they found thcy had. nc
Hichard. An English actor was imported, =
ono htr Bennett, no think, but ls fasioll to
satisfy tho Ameslcan public IL hEs performance
81 thc part; rhe foo was taken fra!n h,n and
GlYen to Count Joannes, whoac Richard wMf
really good performance. hut, a. lisull
tlls gallery glyed the Coun,, und t!,t
spscn'ation ended ~ loss Of soms
to Il 51rtsts ,r 4 psm9r Thsy k'ot o.
somewhere about is7l Or lS,s. sucI, IL was IL,
con!luonro OF sfr. a. ]. 5tuwart, tic proprietor
o. tue property, u t1,s ability of tt!c two 'nan
| @EVt@ sHAk III lcuutlt tHD uANkt !oF tHGIt& Hh
they rcopened It With new Bpcrtuclu entitled
"Ic0 md Lotos.h It WIS fur surccsx, M.
brought some u,ouoy to The treasury. jarrett 6
Palmer. un tite cessation OF It's run, revived 4! I'll.
Black CEook,'' Which did a fair business, hui
neither IN tf!c balet nor IL tic sesuery ti, tit
rcylYal equal thu original production. lhct
they presented series of plnys uf vi! kinds tn
business getting poorer nn.t pporer. The thea
tte, was too far down Town Tor the style Ut worl
presented TN the uno hand, and OH tl.n ollle
!l!cy Ind to encounter tho etrong rivalry q
Maosl,'4 tTlratre md the ,urana Opera
llousc. Tho lease was finally thrown IN
anu thc succeeding sraton they ra,
hootn'h Theatre ~ lfr winter, and, haviN!
MHght thu magnificent steamer Plymouth Nncl
Tram tic heirs II Jim Fisk, run II fh tho sum
tncr is IN cxcnrstoi.boat under tho command d
Cnmtntxlore Yta'4ef. During thi# time Palms
WAS nlsn e,,gagu! III silo speculation ol III
wn. tio tlaportcd tho ccleuyatctl uia.list, lIuu
'n'l Dui!w. ainl, pltu:n; thu maut;ct,,cnt ri iii
rt,taHrts III the hands of llenrl Wtsthc.luer
snlnu money was made, hut not n grsut teal
IN tho meantime Jurrett tInt t4,,l
in l!th':h's Theatre. Tx said liz hai piyun il /
lair trial, n.ttl t!,at thu 0nIY productions U
il.elts "hlrh lad given any adequate return 10
ihr rapitnI ,aYesftd wrrv flenry W." viii
tituras lltsuo!.l, and "aar1aranalus." Til
management duuhiett Tint cycn such work a
"sastanapa!na" wcu!si have nalsl habit IT.,