, 1885-01-10
PATTI CONQUERED.


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There are many amusing stories told OF
the San Francisco "trip OF last season-proba-
bly, many Of which arr not tu-s, but ara
nevertheless amusing enough. II Is unnoces-
sary TO recall this fact that a great deal Of
ctonay was lost IN New York, but the
Philadelphia season was only fairly good,
and Chicago but little bettor, while the
flood put an effective damper upon
any chances of money making at Cincinnati
The rucnlt was that the colonel found him
self in St Louis booked for Kansas City, Salt
Lake and San Francisco, but without money
enough to start the company Even his own
mercurial temperament was dashed, and he
frankly admitted to a friend that ho would
10 blest II be could see how be was going 10
get even 10 Kansas City, much less to San
Francisco. The friend. quite ns much OF a
diplomatic as Col Mnpleson himself, had an
idea
It was then after midnight. He bstook
himself to PATHS npartments-he must see
Patti. The indignant reply came that IL WA
TOO late, that sho could not be seen; but hia
business was imperative, and she
must 10 seen. Finally her head was
stuck out OF tho door. and the
untimrly visitor was sharply asked the
nature OF his business. He was fully equal
20 the occasion. He told her In a most
solemn and impressive manner that Col
Mhpleson was ruined; that he had not only
lost all the money that he had, but was
seriously involved In his efforts to carry
through the season OF italian opera. Mime.
Patti intimated that there wasn't anything
IL this rumor that would seem 10 warrant
hnr being routed out Of bod at ! O'Clock IN
the morning TO hear IL The visitor thought
tE-sro was: for. 1T IL not 10 much that Col
Mapleaon IS ruined, for he can recover him
self, but IL is Nine. Patti who has ruined her
self In running her Manager
Tho expression OF blank amazemcnt was
rapidly giving way to one of anger, and the
diva demanded 10 know what was meant bv
this. At Is very simple; Mmn. Patti Is
ruined because Nine Patti has been unable
TO draw enough to pay her own salary; and
II Mme. Patti has been getting s., 900 a night,
whom the total receipts we're sometimes less
than 5000, 1t is plain that Mr.. Mapleson e
ruined because Patti has ceased to draw oven
against the inferior ducks and singers Of the
Metropolitan" II was n bold strohe aud con-
quercd Patti Indignantly exclaimed that
this was not true, and that the company
must go on arhen you must advance $1,000
70 Col Mapleson at once, In order to pay his
expenses and get the people out TO Kansas
City" and the willy beggar knew very well
that she always carried anywhere from
$oYVVV 70 t1ufVuJ IN ner tfunk- cno promptly
unlocked IL and produced the currency.
b diplomatic returned 10 the colonel, who
was gioomily walking up and down his room,
and said, IL have got it." And his surprise
was oven greater when told from whom and
how II had been obtained. As the story goes,
this proved sufficient to discharge all current
indebtedness, and the party set out ON their
5000 miles jaunt, and Mapleson chesrfly jim
gled S127 in his pocket, as II IL had besn
thousands instead Of the entiro eavailabls
capital Of Her Majesty's Opera company.
But fate was not unkind, A pleasant little
game OF poker resulted In the transfer OF te8
in cold cash from the pocket OF one reporter
and s14.50 from another TO that Of the colo
mel.
Tho house in Kansas City just about paid
expenses 1t was not until after ioaving
Omaha that Patti was again appealed 10 and
81. 900 more transferred to the manager.
Tn skies wore bright whom they cached the
golde Gate. More than ga, 900 bad already
been received, and the arrival Of the com-
pany gave a fresh stimulus to the interest OF
the public. Tho gross receipts for the season
did not fall far short Of se00, 900. Patti was
reimbursed ON the day after her arrival, and
money transmitted to New York to pay
salaries due to people who were left behind