The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-30
PATTI TUESDAY EVENING.

1ast evening BIZ. 1'OS"t|SA N'"0
ooIved fer Patti tickets the sum OF
e. 5a2. the demand has been quite
rnnrecedented in the history of
ouussments in Utah, and the feel
inc everywhere seems 10 be proper
+;onafe with the Importance Of the
event. The programme decided on
NAV be seen in another part OF The
HERALD; it ia full Of elegant num-
hars by the foremost artists Of Her
Nsesty's Company, and the cele-
mated Adelina Patti herself has
bsen assigned number of places on
me bill, which is almost lavish III
+; ljberaiity. Her four appearances
ill of course be tantamount to
eiOht. and as many more as the au-
Sience can exact from her.
T0esd ~ evenings concert Will be
on event upon which the thousands
who assemble will look back as a
particular epoch in their existence.
We have encountered here and there
certain Yenerables who have an en-
We'd store Of dearly cherished remin-
igcences beginning in some such way
az "When | first heard Jenny
lind" "The night 1 vent to see
Mario" "TaIk about yolr tenors,
WIN Sims Reeves" "My father
saw Edwin Forrest in Oraloosa,
Virginius, SpartacDs-. ETC., etc.,
etc. The privileges of this proud
class will be- curtailed after Tuesday
night. Thousands will issue from
the Tabernacle on that evening,
who Will have heard and gazed upon
star, whose brilliancy eclipses that
of all her predecessors, and throws
into the shade the brightness Of all
her present competitors. Salt Lake
will mold for brief period the fore
most singer of the world, and the
woman who will in all probability
steo into her place when her voice
has filed IT'S measure of usefulness.
The nregence of both in our city
turns the eyes Of the musical world
ann us for thiriy-s six hours, and the
snectac,e of illiterate Utah q lcking
TO pay tribute to their art, Will DE
wonderfully commented upon by
the gazing world. With Patti and
Gerster In the west, and Nilsson
and ScsIchi in New York, America
may be said to have secured a mon
opoly Oh the worlds prima donnas,
and to have left the capitals OF
Europe in waiting expectancy with
out single lyric leader.
A HERALD Teprese0; at'y- ysSter>
day devoted a couple , f hours 10
hunting up the exac acts as ID she
Tabernscle's seating cepaci y, 4
question which the approaching
concert and the prObat lie numb Of
dollars it will carry rom the city,
have rendered of consi ierat 10 utter
est. From visit to the building, an
inspection of Mr.. Rossiter's plan and
3 conversation with Mr.. Henry
Grow, superintendent Of the i'm
provements now going on, and the
man who probably knows more
about the Tabernacle than any one
else, we learned the following inter-
esting items, which may be taken
as authentic. The number Of
benches shown on sale are 22s dewR
stairs, and 153 in the gallery, Q total
OF ISL; the average number Of per-
sons to bench will be Is, at once
result Of 6.85S people; this must not
ny any means. however, be taken as
the capacity OF the hou-e; both Mr..
Crow and Mr.. Calder state that the
benches easily hold twentg-ons or
twenty-five persons, and that that
number ls accommodated on each
at every conference. At this rate
sns capacity would be brought up
10 1888, and there is still to be sdded
10 THIS number 600 more Csccord~
Tag 70 MI. Crow as the capacity Of
NOSE rows Of benches in the gallery
reside and behird the stands, meme
oi which ara shown in the Patti
elagfamt this makes the actual saat-
ing capacity Of the building (wish
ous reckoning the benches on the
sRann or the choir seats( 1882; dur
ing conference, Mr.. Grow says,
100 more find standing pIaces In
tlte alSles, which bring Che total ap
20 Tue number We Sd often hear er-
foneouSly stated as the Tabernscls's
seallng eapseity-"Eleven or twelve
tnorSand; the statement HANG
circulated by certain parties vhinh
puts II st 5000 and 6 600 In much
more absurd than thai. onsiS.
hg1res, exaggerated as tber M
doubtedly are. It vas no d,nht q
belief in the highest figures onoasS
Judging from Gae expreesisn of
Herr Dittmans face lately-Vhich
mas Induced the Mapleson enthn.
sisSm On the Tabernacle venture.
the falling off-so it is whispered
mas caused some ominous growing
III the musical atmosphere.
CONFERENCE ATTRACTIONS EVERY.
WHERE.
after the absorbing event Of
tuesday evening, the amusem.pts
provided for ye county folk will be
as folio rs: 40 "
AT TIE THEATRE.
Wednesday evening, Ths Oeto.
loon, with Miss Adams a. 10
Dellie Cummings as Dora. Hr Nc No
Aenzie as Jacob McCloskev M
Vrahan az S'udder. Mr.. Nargetta