New-York tribune., 1886-05-27
MAPLES0Y TlLhS ABoUr HIS SEASON.
HIS ACCOUNT or THE sUCCEssxs MET IN THE WEST
PLANS FOR NFYr YEAR


PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR.
Stout. sun burned, travel stained, but good
hnmorel and rrcproachale in attire usual that GAL
liant defender of her Britannia Majesy's dominlons
Colonel James II. Mapeson. yesterday made trumphal
ctry which partook Of strategic retreat into
city. Eleting his army o' Italian mercenaries in
various quarters Of the rty the operate generaissmo
mas tented himself at the Now Hotel until satur
day, when he sails Tor England.
Here am a-ain. my oy." sad he. "a old Grimaldi
used 10 say in the pantomme. Aud not only but all
my conn any with the exception OF that cobfonhued
fellow Ray,ili, whou we hal to send packing. 1t was
really he who began all my troutles, for have had
peck of EN- since ,Iw you last"
"a How I'D hs do it,
Why by quareliiug with Hank Threatened to stab
her you know ana hal TO he challenged by her husband
That curei that attack. told that Hauk husband
was regular devil OF ~wordsman, and poor Raveli
pracsed one, two, three MI day in his hotel bedroom
We'll kavei broke ont again and had to send him on
But he wasn't the only difficulty. IN san Francisco 1t
rained without cea-nz all the time there. In
Cincinnati On the day Of our arrival the Mayor mad Just
warned all gopl citizens o -tay 1t home after nightal
In II Louis things were about the same md IN Chicago
bDt n".h D'ter IN ne ter city IL was tat tue ioers
~ ne such oi themselves. Although
they ha taken MI Hendersons order on the treasury
iuI lei a''l-S i"oJ sillrl' adc up I"elI "inls ~
strike Yea, dear boy, give you my word that despite
al adverse fortune have brought ALI my people nome
well satisfied. ami not only that nut gave Mt from
Chicago 10 poor un'Ortun.e stranded italian Opera
company, the Nllan Company, whose members hhi
about made up tneir minds Co walk homo. Hang H.
SAID may be In hard luck myself, but can do that
at cast.
A 10 my rivals. the German Company seems To have
vanished into ain air We heard great deal Of what 1t
going 10 d. The American Company W. met IN
Chicago, INT am not afraid of that. My own complny
p even more American in all name than theirs
Nr~ ~ 10 + hr- ht future. Everything Is rosy.
Here" and he slapped his thigh with a weghty looking
uli ~oHalG legal document, here. sir. Il the Adeha
contract fHtu viii be with yOl again next season
under her Old manager. and others too whose names
an not at liberty 10 mention siye short London IL,
season az Her Mae-ty'5 get baca an the
grand festival 40 Lou bagin February 7. Another
Will le held IN Cincinnati In Nay and poh have been
pat under ny direction Tne greatest operate festival
given however will be managed by me AZ Chicago
A company IA going 10 bud an Immense nall to cost
-lOpOuOO, with Offices and apartment buildings sur
rounding II. ft IS to he called The Auditorium ana
the money for IL mas already been sub-crbed This am
rO Oicu with three weeks irstvai and have carte
blanche 10 -rcu-r company Pat. Lucea. Ni--on, no
expense " 30 be spared Then viii see II ftaIIan
oprl is iehl IN il childs Hay to carry conn any
tDrough such scas3n rs have and when man can 10
TIA bad times what he not do IN gDodf DO you
kiOY that since We let here we gave 100 operas anu
twenty concerts. eAtcnlei five weeks, nave
n,ck . and hearty anl yet some Of the papers
tS ~ rnc decea-e ot Italian opera Nonsense, aDsO-
/ luirly NONSENSE LAKE my WORD for H.
-haI SOU Dfi"n Your season In NHwforkF
That depends alto either the Inducements hed
ont lou knrw of course. that all the stun was
reported hay ~ t,ised anOlt New York my desps'
lug IT, and 50 fOr.h the verle-t icti0n."s