The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-17

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tnere was Iuzt ths sppss-sncs Of change II
the t-ll-aE n01es csrolsd forta b. the song
bird Patti fears age and the loss Of her
Z prestige. 50 she made 3 bod bid and insisted
On beng paid $1,000 for TIE concerts She
received sae FElcs. but the co1csrtx, Eeseless
70 say were not . great fns-c-ai SUCCESS
EAAAssO's PAY.
Signor Tsmagno. the great tenor. who in
| Is present t1ur annouocss for the third
time that Il IS his farewell appearance il
I Ans-1cz. Is another singer who, to believe
I ne newspapers, receives e small fortune
I fer his mighty work On the sage. The vera
c3ous chroniclers Of such matter have spread
al over the country the statement that Mr..
Ismegno IS paid 5000 per night None
would envy the good loo king. though some
[ what rasss felloN his good LUCK were be IN
receipt Of such E sum. but the truth Is that
Z he Is given just half that SUI a7d considers
himself fortunate in having secured It. lie
IS dong better In this tour Il his
I through the United States tean he did
8 few years ego when be visited
/ Brazil He had been engaged tor ten
I performances a moath. during an Operatic
season which was 70 last four months, and
as salary was put az q, 600 a night. Il
was the biggest money Tamagno had ever
seen for his work, and he was correspond
ingiy elated. OF course. the receipts Of the
opera were expected 70 b. larger than usual
| IN order % cover the UNUSUAL salary Of the
tenor. Well. they were not only not
larger, but they were considerably smaller,
and at the end Of the first month the mana
ger was at his wits end as well as at his
purses end in the struggle 20 make MS re-
ceipss cover his expenditares He fiaally
asked Tamagno 70 re nit $50 8 perform
ance, and the tenor CONSENTED. Sdn the
box office receipts failed 70 come up % the
sum required for the expenses OF the opera,
and another appeal was made to TamagDo
70 reduce the price The singer asked for
| time 70 consider the Ia Z request and the way
| ne answered II was quite ike the maD.
| There was steamer departing the next day
l Tor London, aud TamagnO, with his ser
want, went on board Just as the moo-ings
were beiug cast of, and sailed away from
/ the Brazilian shores never TO revisit them
again Ibe manager Of the opera was dis
tracted, the public angry and wrathful, and
! the season came TO q quick and unsucceSs-
full end. Still the good people of Rio ia
metro laughed at the tenor When, on arriy-
ing IN England, ne wrote and rad pub
| hshed letter in which he declared he
would never sing for less than 5000 q
night He is getting less than that now,
and If be tries another farewell tour be will
| doubtless be content with much smaller
wages.
The story of the salaries Of actors and
| actressss-those who are prominent and
/ popular and good names 10 draw big houses
would be difficult 70 write Only after
the seasons have gone glimmeringly away
| can the truth as to the alleged fabulous
salaries ever be found out. There is never
| new troupe organized in these late days
wherein there are not half dozen members
| whose combined salaries, 10 judge from the
| advertised accounts, would more than cover
all the gross receipts that it wolld be posi-
Die for the entire company 70 secure, yet the
public right along believe that every
statement made about the truly phenome-
nal payments 70 these people is absolutely
the truth.
| CoQUELIN AND HADING.
Nor is it surprising that they do believe
those things when COquelin and his son
| came to this country not lOcg ago in COM
paDy with Nine. Hading aud made what toe
| joviel Frenchman said was his --latest fare
| well" he carried back 70 France as the re-
| suit Of his venture over 500 900 in good,
| SOLID American cash, and then he wasn't
satisfied. Jane Hading, who had only one
fifth interest in the receipts. bought her
pleasant villa near Argenteuil il the out
| skirts Of Paris since her return, and she
paid 400, 900 francs-sS1, 0OJ-for it, and she
paid ii in cash out Of her savings in America.
These look like extraordinary figures,
yet, compared with some Of earlier times,
they are not so phenomenal. Fannie Ellsler,
the jauuty, beautiful aud enhancing
| dancer, who raised more trouble in staid
family circles throughout the land than
any woman Of her time, took back with
| Ler after her tour of Fl teen months in this
country just Sl41, 600 N gold, for which she
had check from the Bslmonts to cover
her deposits. Put down $4,000 of that
under the heading Of presents, ETC., for
| Fannie was economical to the last degree
and you have a total of sl20, 600 made sim
ply out of fine form and a magnificent
appreciation Of the Rstheticism OF dancing
BERSHARDT's soUANDERED MILLIONS.
There is Sara Bernhard Who knows
/ the millions she has made and spent and
| why should she notl Only the other day,
down on the swelling shores of the Meiiter-
ranean, an American Cr1sus wanted her TO
eniiven the score of guests be had invited
| to his yacht, and be sent a special train TO
| await her pleasure. She went, played some
little thing in the cabin and another bit on
the deck, and when she started back to
| Paris in her palatial boudoir car she CIR
ried a check for % 900 francs-S5, 600
The man who would write about the sti-
ponds paid mos. of our prominent American
actors and actresses would be Drawer than
the ordinary journalist The discrepancy
| between the stated amounts and the real
ones are too glaring and remarkable, and
| vet granting that the stars OF to-day are
paid only half the salary that they allege
they receive, how magnificent are the
strides that have been made in our times
since the days when Moliere was satisfied
with $50 month for managing the COM
edies at the little Bourbon palace, and con-
sidered himself well paid.