Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-10
THE BUSKINED STAGE
Music and the Drama Here
and There.
Liberati Concerts at the Los
Angeles This Week.
A Few Points on Plays and Players
from Many Lands.
How Patti Lives and Spends Her Money.
A Few Ideas About the Dancers.
George S. Knight.

Yesterday afternoon Signor Alessan-
dro Liberati, of New York, and his cele-
brated military band commenced a
series of four concerts at the Horticul-
tural pavilion. Owing doubtless to the
extreme heat only a SMALL audience as
sembied, but those present were thor
oughly appreciative, and by their en-
thusiastic applause endorsed the claim
of the organization as one of the finest
in the country.
The evening concert was pronounced
success. Signor Liberati displayed great
skill and facility as most accomplished
solo cornet-player, and was heartily en-
cored. Miss Ellen Parepa sang with
much power and artistic finish, and was
also enthusiastically recalled. The
most successful number, from popular
point of view, was the fantasie introduc-
ing selections from well-known English,
Scotch, Irish and Welsh melodies. In
response to storm of applause it was
repeated, and with such evident success
that it could very appropriately be re-
produced at one OF the performances to-
day. All the other numbers were re-
ceived with most fattering marks of
appreciation, and many of them were
encored.
At the close of the first performance
well-known musician in this city said,
II attended the concert given by Liber-
att and his band this afternoon. The
performance was excellent. No band
that has visited Toronto has played
with such careful attention to light and
shade as heard today. 1 was particu-
larly pleased with the overture to Renzi
and the movement from Haydn's SYM
phony. Both pieces were played to per-
lection. AS whole consider Liberati's
band the best we have heard in Toronto,
and am sure that if the public could
but know what musical treat it is, you
would have the hall packed for the rest
of the concerts. 1.-THE Mail, Toronto,
July II, 1890.
This combination will appear at the
Los Angeles theatre next Thursday and
for the rest of the week.
A New York paper says: 1t is doubt
full if any woman in this big town has a
more delightful mode of living than has
Adelina Patti. 1t can also be truthfully
SO much money in the course OF day
as she does.
She pays her bills for lodging and
board out of her own pocket. Manager
Marcus Mayer said yesterday that it
costs her nearly 5000 day to live at
the Hoffman house, says the New York
Sun. In one month in Chicago she paid
$1,000 for board and lodgings. 1t will
cost hermore in the city 1t will take $500
week to pay for her suite of rooms
alone. There are ten rooms altogether
on the second floor of the Oriental an
mex of the hotel-all looking out on
West Twenty-ffth street, upon Trinity
Chapel and the home of Rev. Morgan
Dix. Three of these rooms are gener-
ally reserved for Governor Hill, who al
ways puts up at the Hoffman when he
is in town.
There are two bedrooms, two dress
ing-rooms, parlor and asitting-room, a
kitchen, dining-room and rooms for
the diva's maids in the suite. The par
lors are exquisitely furnished. The day
after PATHS first appearance the par
iors were transformed into a garden.
All the floral gifts sent up to her over
the footlights of the Metropolitan opera
house were artistically grouped on the
tables and carpets. PATHS pet dog
played among the flowers, and her
songs. The mocking bird was gift
from an admirer in St. Louis. Its notes
are delightfully."- clear and musical.
1.-The bird is teaching me new things
about music" said Patti. II love to
listen to it,"
An additional item of expense the
first day of her stay in town was the fit
ting up of the best billiard table money
could buy. Madame Patti is known to
be an enthusiastic lover of the game.
She has played billiards with both
George Slosson and Jacob Schafer. A
grand piano was put up also. She plays
the piano whenever she exercises her
voice. 1t is great treat for the lucky
guests in the Oriental annex. A carriage
and a spanking pair of trotters is
another item of almost daily expense.
Madame Patti drives with Nicolini every
clear day that she does not have to sing
in opera. She drives in the upper part
of the city, with her throat muffled in a
creamy lace scarf to protect her from
the chance of catching cold, and when
far away from the roar and crowd of the
busy streets, she gets out OF the carriage
and walks mile or more. This IS a
regular constitutional, and IS taken be-
tween and O'Clock.
Her dinner occupies the hour pre-
ceding the drive. She eats very spar
ingly, and takes but little exercise on
the days when she is to sing. On these
singing days she talks as little as possi-
BILE, and receives no callers. She be-
comes veritable recluse in the interest
of her art. She says that she does not
like to disappoint the public. Neither
Mr.. Abbey nor Mr.. Grau nor Mr.. Mayer
goes near her at the hotel at such times.
Photographers bother her great
deal. She hadn't been in the city a day
on her return from Boston when agents
sent cards to her, begging the privilege
offetching camera to catch her face as
she lounged in an easy chair with her
pets about her. She sent back word
that she must decline to be photo
graphed this time. One of the agents