New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-05
THE RIVAL OPERA MANAGERS.

u,p1YsoN SAYS he HAS BEEN STRUCK BELOW TIE
pEIT-wHAT OTHERS sAY-ALL ABOUT PATTI
9J have received another blow, dear boy
said Mr. MaplesOn and this time 1t was below inc pei'
"A Won see however have come up smiling, as lney
say in the ring
Mr. Mapleson certainly did smile in his usual eAten-
awe fashion, andanextra rosebud added the butohho
bououet helped the general air Of cheerfulness.
-. Who gave YOU the blowi asked the reporter
q Can't Won imagined Why, the Hotel Dam syndicate
NJ course Henry +. Abbey and his lieutenant Napoleon
Uaines Not content with robbing me OF Del fuen'e'
abaohe and half Of my chorus they have actually Deen
Z, wing TO lure Patti away One OF Abbeys riends tou
Franch PATHS agent that II she would desert me ana go
IN the rival house she should have $4,000 night ana
they would pay any damages might obtain for preach
Of contract OF course she did not go but the cowaru
blow was dealt all the same l do not NINA IL rs IL
affects myself but 1t Is the baseness OF the attack on 'e
public which dstresses Both Abbey and mysef are
servants OF the public. l. my part have promised
the public Patti shall sing for thirty nights unoer
NV management. Now. If Abbey causes her TO DreaK
her contract with me- he derauds that portion OF the
nublio which has In good faith subscribed for my season.
There ia no doubt that the offer made TO Francm ana
though he will not mention any names feel sure GER
tain manufacturer of pianos was the go-between' -
Acting upon this hint the reporter set out TO eau on
Napoleon Hanes who intimate friend OF Mr ADpSS
AS ne left Mr.. Maplesons office, however MI frshcs
rushed hurredy In. When spoken to on the subject
Franch ntlmated that great friend of Mr. Abbey DHt
Ons g9 So o s T to wSc M MSpcGn
anne Patti is engaged to sing here he added ana mere
she will sing till the end of the season. unless the mousse
burns uOwn." - ,,,,.,. . o,d
Mr. Hanes was found at his office in Fifth-aye ana
eaId "I must deny most decidedly ever having maui
such an offer Franch Madame Patti sine thng is
absurd on the of it, and between and me DO not
for an instant believe that such offer was ever maze
by anybody" ,, ma, ,,,oson,
One OF Mr.. Abbeys personal friends who was present
added think such report betOkens mentaI Wsak-
mess on the part of the originator What on earh uoe
Abbey want with Patti nj this datel II he had WahEu
her so badly he would surely have approached her VIII
he was in Europe As It'll he could not make an 0ner
even IL he wanted to. The house holds some lOOO OF
Sc 600 when full and If he were to pay her S6OoO
might where would his profit bel Besides that ne No
RIM the risk of offending Nilsson and sembrch the lle
of whom is valuable artist whose popularity Is CON
| stantly Increasing only tell you that II Appr4
comes out at the end OF the with an utthsne
reputation and loss Of $4,000 he viii be doing very
we'll and may add that unless the directors are pre-,
pared TO subscribe handsomely next year they may loon
nt For another manager II has been SAID tat ApDey II
heavily backed He is rs heavily backed as man VINO 4
with capal OF half dollar starts peanut stlnu anu
invests az cents I'm stock. Patti is well enough on where
she IS; she has her 900 guaranteed ana ohy WISH
for her own sake that Gerster had hcf 9loVV Hen'
| guaranteed as safely