New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
yBE cAREER or A NANAGER.

porters cannot penetrate, Will be received with gen
eral satisfaction. For more than quarter OF CEN
fury he has been one OF the familiar hgures Oh '"c
metropolis and when at last he is summoned away
I'VE hope the time 10 far off, the public will feel a.
II il had lost an old friend The veteran has been
knocked about great deal in his lively career and
has been the victim of much hard CRITICISM anu
not a little abuse; but for some reason we nave III
kept little corner for him IN our regard anu VIC
should all be glad to know that fortune hau o'o"
kind to HIM after his long abors Ii MS Ia'ei in'
steal enterprises have not been brilllaht' MS "'n
ia nevertheless associated with some great opcia'
triumphs in the past; and those OF us "no ',.
remember Bosio. stefanone Salvi, Marini, Badi''i'
and tbe fanous nights of music at Castle Garden,
where the airs of Beln mingled 50 dchghtiui,y
with the breezes of the bay, will recall with khuiy
sentiments the energetic and confident maestro "no
presided over the excellent performances.
lis about thirty years since Max Maretzek hrs'
arrived IN New-York from London. having been eh-
gagged To conduct a series OF performances III 'he
Astor Place Opera House under tue managemeh' Vi
Mr. T.. p Fry, and very soon after this-"e pe'o'o
il was the next seasoD-he assumed the direc,on VI
the establishment on his own account IL po'
hans unnecessary to add that he became Involve"
almost immediately in fights that he carried on ID
pumerabe controversies with artists, Win critics,
with editors. with stockholders. with agents anu
with ryals-al Of which the puo olc rather ehJose"'
end that in the midst Of the din his baton kept
pounding away. and the mnsic somehow ho"eu o,''
He mad a tremendous battle, OF pen ahu 'nA'
with n. p. Willis. and later he piungeu ,i'v
q furious fray with The Herald III notorie'y "'O
been the secret of success he would soon have been
rich But almost from the start he accnstohleu niiu
self TO annual bankruptcy and the habit OF being
ri
this day. In an amusing volume OF remihisoe"Io''
puisbed nearly twenty-five years ago. he describes
himself as having from boyhOOd shaped MS cfeou'
his politics and his taste 10 please every oody. lie
was not averse to amusing the pubic WIN d "'''o
fiction, when his patrons crayed eN'ilenen' "'"
he tells with a relish the arts by which ne per
shaded New-York 10 accept Teresa Parodi as ar''"
of Jenny Lind. When he was confronted Dy enoi
mana liabilities and small subscription, he Iound
s.rep,tv in the consolng reflection that he had
nothing TO lose except a few theatrical properties
These confessions give tine KEY TO his happy-go-
lucky career.
There are new fashions in management no"
but many an impresario who has uhoertaAen
n season here with ample resources mas
foilod upon the whole. to collect 20 good
n company as Max Maretzek sometimes got
too,her in his best days. with 10 resources at all
,vhola the adventures of the unfortunate emeritus
fovorite who il now hiding from his dlstresses III
fr;o,d,s h,use have not been more trying than
,,osa of opera managers generally. We nave
,,limpses behind the curtain, now and then' where
tbe singers are squabbling. the orchestra Is on
strike. prlma donna is indlspOsed because rlVa'
has had too much applause, and a tenor succuhps
IN sore throat because ne does not ike MS part
Meanwhile the miserable manager ainic'eu oy
every possible mischance is badgercd oy cteu''ors'
norsecuted by interviewers, and denounced by the
pubbc for the offences of the whole troupe We
rather wonder that he does not always run away
Tho renort comes from London that Chill, clated
nv military success, has made certain propositions
70 the holders Of Peruvian bonds looking toward
tho breakinp ND of the guano monopoly. lt
IA moro probable that If any proposition
hos been made it has been advanced by
the bondhoders the selves, since representa-
tive of these unfortunates has already been
N Chill for some months. When Peru bor-
r,vel her hundreds of millions of English
and French money she pledged her guano de-
no.its as security In fact the bonds purport TO be
NOR, g,oes rpon these deposits. But when the ID
terest hecan 10 drbbc slowly. and finally ceased to
come altogether the bondhoders began to realize
the ficultes OF foreclosing and collecting. OF
course tine English Government did not feel called
unon 10 enforce the claims of too confidiDg sub
iects. Lord Palmerston had long ago assured Eng
hsh CAPITALISTS that the Government could
not prosecute every delinquent debtor TO
whom they had recklessly lent their money
Nevertheless the .bondholders feel they have
moral clam to the guano beds. and their agent
has proposed to Chill that they shoud take possess
sion of the deposits and work them, paying a roy
l,v IN Chill for the privilege. IL is highly probable
however. that il Chill comes out of this struggle
clean victor she may conclude that she
this commerce in fertilizers without any assistance
A valued friend Of THE TRIBUNE addressed an
earnest private note to its Editor on Saturday ex
pressing his regret at the decision to issue paper
on Sunday. Yesterday there came another note
from him. He had been reading Sundays and
Mouday's TRIBUNEs, aud this is his con-
clus,on /: 81 still don't like the idea but |
see can't gel on without the paper and this one
thing will say: On the score OF reading suitable
for the family and for the day, nobody can find
f,ult. Pye been making a little comparison. and
absolutely in Yesterday and tO-day's TRBUNEs
there il more religious than in four out OF five
of the professedly religious newspaper! Another
note reached MS the same subJect,-a postal card
from lady whose name We are sorely tempted to
print She had read The TRIBUNE all her lie, but
since its wicked issue Of a paper on Sunday. she
would read it no more, either on Sunday or on week
days. The letter was dated Monday morning. But
the remorseless Post Office had printed its post
mark with unusual legibility and the date was De-
cember7 The woman who was too good to toler-
ate a Sunday paper. wished us to understand that
she was also too good to write her note ON Sunday,
but she mad not stopped to reflect that. although she
might try to deceive with n false date the Post
IL. ~ A. rnFII
Randall says he is a Tilden man. The momeutous
fact had been suspected.