New-York tribune., 1884-11-14
ACADEMY OF MUSIC CoMPLICAnoNS
NO SETTLEMENT OF THE ThoUBLfs-N EAPLANA-
TIoN FROM PATHS AGENT.
.ololilitiaS 10 nOlnt 10 q

xo srT1IrMFNT OF The TROUBLFs-AN ENPLANA-
TIoN FROM PATHS AGENT.
Tho nrobabities now seem TO point to a
.needy ending of Madame PATHS season al the Acau!
of Music unless Mr. MaplesOn can procure Ill some man
nor the nn necessary place To her credit according 10
hs contract This sum is $4,000 and the present az
,,,rde of the directors affords little hope oi MI
Mapieson obtaining the advance Hom tno'"'
In fact ~ they have more than once stated 'ie
ARE as a body powereSs TO advance u" lo' al! JIM
sum from the amount raiscd by assessment on he 'o'"
boders More than this. they have expressed no u''
unnguess TO take Mr. MapeSon al his word ana return
the checks to the stockholders in accordance Win '
written request One of the prominent directors sSi
yesterday
That letter was a foolish exhibition OF temper on
Mapleson's part, but do not see that we would pct'
blame were we To ourselves and the s'ochho"eIS
that amount of money by taking him at his woo 40
moi however believe that he has any intention "f VIII
drawing Madame Patti. II would mean his own "lih-
drawa to certainty, for the subscribers have uhoonnt
odlv maid for their seats upon the distinct understandings
a. expressed M his agent. Dittman. that there would be
M least ten Paiti nights in the Should she not
sing often. they NO ma nave lir srouus io' sun '
Madame Patti was seen yesterday at the Windsor
cellent spirits despite the u0cr,alny IN ,oT y" We %
future She politely hut hrmy declined 10 iaR abont the
onir and referred her visitor To NJ LaVcl hci agent
Al the New York Hotel NJ. Lavell said T., .
The situation is very simple. as you VIII see II yon
M Iavelh showed n long document cou' hrd III lr|a
French. and called particular attention 10 Cidl5
Kill the matter N manu-
This clause provides that In addition 10 the S'o0O az
ready paid. 10000 was to bc pald To Mdaamc I9tu
through August Belmont Co. as soon rs she alIlFeu III
New-l Ork
q You viii see from that" said NJ LSvelli THAT as
Madame PATHS agent. have only one course TO pursue
II the money Is paid Madame Ptu VIII nave 10
retire from Oh, Academy. IL appears 10 me that j -
mere matter The money hiss been raised 10y as-
sessmen aud only waiting to be paid over Mapleson
wants il In lump The directors prefer Ia deal II ont
~, degrees or course. have nothing 10 10 with The
directors our business Is with Maplc~on alone
I Madame Patti should retire, would She 20 to Paris al
once. has been reported T.
"That cannot say We have not thought of what
the viii do I'm such juncturo We prefer to hope that
matters will be arranged here one thing l. certain
Madame Patti has need Ia OOk for engagements lhey
simply roll IN"
"Nha, does Madame Patti herself think about It 2"
"she Knows nothing of the detail or she would become
positively ill., am she is very nervous and even
the knowledge that there is some difficulty has affected
her health"
The ihrl party the triangular DISAGREEMENT James
II. MaplcsA. said " have not heard word rom Tie
directors aad do not know what they incud to do Ny
mind Is fully made up. but hope that the masked
oonspiratOfs will not attain their felt purpose