The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
IlOWTHIS P.P.RAISED MONEY.
NO ONE DARE sAY THE CONCERT
WAS A FAILURE

The Hun orist broke His Arm, Mise Thornp-
son Couian't Ftua the Hall, snd the Or
ehes,ra Had No Leader, but the Audi
ence was There, and u PAID 10 Get In.
The Peoples party is cutting quite a figure
in the cam paign over In Brooklyn. There is
no doubt about that fact although there 10 o
difference Of opinion MS to the figure. The
party comprises not few women in lite mem
bership. and Il is offlcered In part BY women.
Some careless persons are confusing the
Peoples Party with the Women's Health Pro-
tective Association. which Is wrong. for tho
latter is Just an auxiliaryswhlle the former Ia
party. and ia deeply conscious OF It's dignity.
But tho p P.'s methods partake largely OF the
nature OF the delightful afternoon functions OF
the W. II. p A..with perhaps fewor chrysauthe-
NUNS and less violet tea. The women OF tho
p. P. declare that politics 10 Just charming and
campaigning In real exciting.
The P. p lie rich in enthusiasm but poor In
cash. Fat frying Is heresy. but money the L.
p. must have An afternoon tea was hardly
dignined enough. so some Of the lady man
ayers conceived the happy idea OF giving
concert the gate money to 90 into the cam
paign treasury.
A hall was hired on Court street. wealth Of
talent engaged. and the ladies doomed the
show and badRered their friends to buy tiok-
There was to be an orchestra. second only to
seidrs:" Miss Dell Thompson was to be the
star reciter. q noted humorlst was to trot out
some humor. and there was long programme
Of mild events The tickets OF admission were
"only twenty-five cents"
The event WAS scheduled for Tuesday even
ing. and the audience was on hand In crafty
ing force. The hall was we'll filled with fem
ininity. or courae no one expected the affair
to get started on time. but after ffteen minutes
Of waiting beyond the appointed hour there
was some nervousness. especially rs the Or
chestra didn't show up.
Then It was announced that the leader OF
tho orchestra had defaulted and wouldn't be
on hand. There was q chorus Of "o-h-hs." for
the music second only to seidl's" was to be
the feature. Those OF the orchestra present
volunteered to do their best. and the audience
accepted the offer; They tried to withdraw
thsiT NE! ns later would
have done IL the audience could have heard
was expected any minute. but along toward II
O'Clock the audience gave up hoping.
Miss Thompson. meantime. was reciting an
had forgotten, to tell her whore the concert
seemed to Know. She hunted 'T the town Over
but failed 70 ind the hall or the PIP.
wen. out the humorlst. YES, the MANAGE
ment was sure OF him. They admitted 1t them-
selves. But he broke his arm, and was out OF
humor. The lady managers didn't like to
chill the audience with this news. but they had
to after q while.
Finally some one in the audience volun-
tered tee to speak piece to break the gloom and
The offer was accepted with acclaim by audi
ence and management. The piece was spoken.
but the gloom wasn't broken. Then one OF the
?. p submitted a half-hour speech about the
greatness and goodness OF the ?. p. and the
audience gave signs OF weariness.
The volunteer volunteered again and the
leaderless orchestra performed q few bars
more. Without dou bt 1t was q glorious meet
ing and any one. who says things about 1t is
mean and horrid. Besides the p. L. lady
are not to blame because unexpect-
ed thing happened and they will undoubtedly
make m effort to redeem themselves II il
takes all the chrysanthemums and church
choirs in BROOKLYN