Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-10

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His bill averaged $50 day and he paid
it with an air Of grand Indifference, as
if money counted for naught in his
reckoning Of affairs"
ABBEY'S MANAGER.
He Tells of PATHS south American
Tour.
| Marcus Mayer, the acting manager for
Henry f. Abbey, arrived in this city
yesterday in the interests of the great
French artists, M. Constant Coquelin
and Nine. Jane Hading. Mr.. Mayer
probably travels more miles in a year
than any other man in America. Since
leaving here in June, 1887, with Sarah
Bernhardt, he went to New York, from
there he journeyed across the Atlantic
and presented Nine. Bernhardt to the
people of Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
and London. Nine. Bernhardt then took
rest for two months and Mayer returned
to New York, and on November %. 1887,
presented Nine. Etelka Gerster in con-
cert at the Metropolitan Opera House,
under Mr.. Abbey's management. The
Chronicle has already informed its read
ers OF the loss of the prima donna's
voice. Mr.. Mayer in speaking of this
expressed much regret.
ga few days after this" said Mr..
Mayer, "Mr Abbey presented to the
New York public Josef Holman, the
boy pianist, and l continued to pay my
attention to this enterprise until he
broke his contract in February"
Mr.. Mayer crossed again to Europe
and joined Nine. Bernhardt, who was
under the direction OF Mr.. Abbey, on a
tour of Europe, visiting Madrid, BARGE
Iona, Lisbon, Seville, Marseilles, Bor-
deaux, and from there departed for Rio
Janeiro to pave the way for M. Coquelin
and Nine. Jane Hading for their tour in
South America, who were to commence
their engagement in that section on May
2Sth at Rio Janeiro. He remained in
that capital until the Coquelin- Hading
company arrived and then started for
Buenos Ayres to join Adelina Patti. The
diva gave twenty-four performances in
Buenos Ayres in grand opera, and eight
at Montevideo, between April 4th and
July Goth. The average receipts were
$4,000 a performance. 1t was the in
tention to give a few perform
ances at Rio Janeiro, but the
artists of the company revolted
and refused peremptorily to go to
Rio on account of the yellow fever epi-
demic still being prevalent there, although
Nine. Patti urged them to accom- pany her
as she was not frightened. Nine. Patti
and Mayer left Montevideo on August Sth
for England on the steamer Tagus, but
had 10 stop at Rio for two days to await
the English steamer Ionic, on which they
had engaged passages. The Princess and
several of the Ministers waited on Nine.
Patti and asked her to give a concert by
herself, and guaranteed 100000 as the
receipts. They intended to make the
price forty milreis, which is equivalent to
twenty dollars American money. The
price charged at Buenos Ayres was twenty
only sixteen dollars gold. 1t was impos-
sible to give concert in Rio, and Nine.
Patti, after promising to return, departed
and arrived there on September Sd where
from London, and departed that day for
her castle at Craig-y-Nos. Nine. Patti is
now playing in opera in Paris, appearing
in Romeo and Juliet at the Grand Opera
Honse. Marcus thinks it probable Nine.
Patti will return to the United States the
season of 1889-90, in which case she will
certainly visit San Francisco.
The Coquelin Hading Company ap-
peared in Rio Janeiro twenty-five times,
in San Paolo, Brazil, six times, at
Buenos Ayres thirty times, and at Mon.
tevideo eight times, and again at Rio, on
the return, three times-in all sixty-nine
performances were given in South
America to an average Of $3 500 per-
fornance. The prices were $6 seat
They departed on September 18th for
New York direct. and opened there for
three weeks on October 5th, and despite
the election excitement, played to sue
cession OF crowded houses, aiving Iwen-
ty-fve performances in the three weeks,
the success being that they had to give
extra matinees. During the last week
they gave ten performances. The prices
were y. 80 seat. The company then
visited Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia,
Washington and Chicago, where the New
York success was repeated, both finan-
cially and artistically. Coquelin and
Hading are this week at st. Louis. Thence
they were to 60 to Kansas City for two
weeks, and from there come direct to
San Francisco. The com pany comprises
twenty-seven artists and have repertory
of twenty-four pieces. The prices here
will be 50 for season of sixteen per-
formances, and $3.50 seat for single
performances. The repertory being so
large it will be impossible to repeat any
of the plays.-[S. F. Chronicle.
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