New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11
CAPOURS STORY or HIS AMERICAN TOOR

From PARIS Letter to The Nev- Orleans Pieay1sae.
At last we reach the end of long voya
New-YOrk bay is before This Is the most charm
ing the grandest bay which can he seen. The
activity and eolOrs of the whole scene are
marvellous Presently our wharf OF Decentralization
Is In sight. 1t is crowded by an enormous throng
Of relations friends, curious lookers-on.
formidable IIurrah ~ is raised. Handkerchefs,
hats. canes umbrellas are waved. The steamship
stops. We land. The next minute We are in the
arms of our manager, Maurice Grau. who presses
each of us IN turn affectionately to his heart
calling us all the time my dear artists p
The next thing he said TO US was Ais right
isn't it, my children Wen bring out La File
AngOt' the 18th ~ l replied for my two charm
ing comrades, who We're not yet initiated into the
delicacies of the English language Yes. Ais
right And this first performance OF AngoT took
place in New-York under circumstances which
assured success. @La File de Mime. AngotD Is
rather comedy opera than an 0peretta and bad
little reason 10 give too much Thought to the
criticisms made about resolution 10 sing operettas.
The part Of 4a0e Piion scarcely gave me chance
20 sing really and l wanted to make "a ten
strike the night OF my first appearance Therefore,
with the consent OF our manager, introduced into
the third act which gives the tenor the least to DO
a song composed especially for Mons. Capoul by
the author" the playbills said. | told Grau that
Iecocq had never thought of me in this situation,
and that il would be prudent, 20 avoid all pro-
testations (which were made as expected, 90 make
a different announcement Gran replied "GOOd
gracious | really can't any objection. We
say A song composed by the authoIF Well isn't
il composed by the auth0r-0f the s6ngF Could
you have heard Graus accent What reply could
! make Oar success complete and easy.
Lecocq has too much sense and talent 10 owe me
n grudge for having used indirectly the prestige
OF his name 10 aud the Of our first perform
ance, on which rested IN gIeat part the fortune
of cur whole season.
Then we went TO Philadelphia, Boston,
Cincinnati St. LOUIS, Chicago and all other large
and small Western towns. American railways are
not at all like ours Imagine immense vehicles IN
which people move 10 and fro as IL they
were in houses people promenade IN them.
cat in them, sleep in them. lou may easily
imagine the consequences OF tins system of
travelling. IL is impossible 10 tell how many
marriages are patched together IN these railways
which il quite natural in n country where every
thing is done at express speed.
Ii Is incredible how much work we have done
during the tour of eight months. You canno;
perceive what fatigue underwent and what
tourneys we made. You may call American hotels
real palaces but we literally died IF hunger IN
them for we could never get accustomed 10 boiled
meat and soup made of oxtaii ana highly peppervd.
Vine is exceedingly dear and detestable. One In
time, especially il one has 10 sing at night
gets tired of iee-watsr and milk with roast
meat and preserves but despite everything. here
| an home again and In good health. with a little
moro money at my bankers Which Is not ~ 20
disdniued nowadays.
You ask me what ! am going TO do. really do
not know. | pant for rest. j have not the least
expectation OF reappeaEing Oh the boards IN Psris