New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-03
-, WON AND SEIDL HoNORED'
TUE GUESTS AT A JOLLY DINNER.
--,r.rArrNe THE TRIuMpns OF GERMAN
OPERA IN NETWORK.

r.rAr1Ne THE TRIuMpns OF GERMAN
OPERA IN NETWORK.
~. triumphs Of German opera in New-fcrk were
,ss..sa last evening in tribute to two men whose
ceaeo'" ,n,,us,,ly associated with then1-Edmund c.
S.pton and Anton sedl Inc director anu inc orches
s'S s'~sar ~ the Metropolitan Opera House tho
:, honor at a dinner given for them in the
em' N ., the Liederkranz by a committee OF repre-.
n''. German citizens, aud attended by many Of
ss.n wbo have BEEN the stage, in the audience
,hroush newspaper criticism, contributory to the
~.coi,on OF wagner's works In this city. On the
w.,tce who made arrangements for the dinner,
,h vas in every respect successful, were the follow
~..mhers: Richard II. Adams. Hubert ellis. Frank
rbr,t. otto NJ. Edlitz. William Forster, Joseph
IN Julius Hoffman,. Robert C. Kammerer Richard
,s..snmaver william IL. Klenke. Percival Kuehne.
30 Iiebmann Edward May, Julius A. May, Fred
- Nohr John B. Pannes Jacob Rupert, ir., Will
80 stairway, william vgelus and Oscar B. Weber,
chairman.
ys,yam stelnway was the POSTMASTER, and occupied
Al. middle seat at the raised table At his immediate
rht sat Mr.. Stanton, at his left Mr. Sedl otiers at
40, table were General II. G.. King John P. Jackson,
.shheI p. Fitch. Henry I. Finck Colonel Robert G.
,no.rsol. H. f. Krehbel. W. ]. Henderson, Franz
pummel Walter Damrosch and William Van Sachs.
Theo other tables placed at right angles to the table
!, honor were presided over by William Vgiselius,
resident Of the Liederkrsnz and by Julius Hoffman,
"a Richard Adams, two of its cx-presidents. Among
,he Jolly and enthusiastic company who sat around
,hese tables were Dr. III. A. c. Anderson Samuel ID.
pshcock John W. ,Bleeckcr Peter Bucket, E. NJ. Burg
1srdt l. Campanini, Henry Clausen, George
r Clsnsen, Heinrich Conreid Andreas DIPPED,
frank Ehret, J. E. Enrich. Marc Eldltz,
smsr S. Ellison, Emil Fischer, Louis Feischmann, John
w Ging c. dc Grimm, Alexander E. Hoffman,, Theo-
sors Habelmann, G. L. Jaeger, Robert c. Kammerer.
m Xt1nH
psreyal Kuehne, Edward May, Julius May, Charles
Never, Joseph obermeyer. John c. Orr, William OFT
man Louis Parisette. Theodore Reichmann, Herman
bidder Charles Runk, Jacob Rupert Jacob Rup-
nett IT., Edward Schaefe Emil Schaefel, Julius
schirmer Jacob II. Schif, Max Spickers, Theo-
dore G. Stein, George II. Stonebridge, Albert Tag,
Ralph Trautmsnn, John Won Claim Frederick Wagner,
Adam Weber, Charles Weber Edward Weber, John
weber. oscar B. Weber, Thomas G. White. Simon
yormser, Isldor Wormser and Heinrich zoellner.
The menu card eminently wagnerian and
atractiveIy odd and clever piece Of work. prepared
by oscar B. Weber The speaking was begun be-
tvee1- courses, in German style, Mr. stenway said.
Inst before spring lamb no made his Introductory re-
marks IN which he said that exactly forty years ago
the nederksnNN oIS msScan ne con 55 NTH he
names Of the guests Of the evening he associated In
fSeoddrc Habelmann the stage manager of the Metro
po,iah Opera House. Julius HOFFMAN, eloquently
pn1es If Music and Art" The toast was hOnored with
much enthusiasm. Colonel Ingorsoll made a noble
speech about The NobleSt OF the Arts1MuslcD
m E. Krehbel, in an able speech on Richard Wag-
n.r the Reforner," drew parallel between Wagner
And Luther Mr.. stantons subject was one with
Ro s,co and Mr. sedi was on equally familiar
ground when he talked OF The Audience as Seen from
vac Mr. Fitch Fitch discussed "The Influence of German
Music Art upon AMERICAN Progrss5' and short aS-
dresses also made by Dr. joseph H. eehhef' hici
ara Katzenmeycr and others.