The morning call., 1894-09-27
HIS FINE FURY.
UgO Talbo Makes a Big
Sensation
BY SAVAGERY AT A CONCERT.
Objected to a Young Lady's
Critical Smile
BY SAvAGERY AT A CONCERT,
AND ORDERED HER TO GET o,lr.
A Well. Known Local Musician Vents
Some Self-Irritation Upon an
innocent Head.

This city seems to be becoming famorQ
for new and startling developments on the
concert platform. Within the last wear
its long-suffering public has Witnessed a
prizefght between two esteem ed musicians
a hascO on the last occasion a military
band gave concert at the Grand Opera.
house, and last night at "soirse musi-
Gale" at the northeast corner of Sutter
street and Van Ness avenue the aston
ished audience heard tenor of some local
reputation brutally order a young girl
among the spectators to leave the room
because she was laughing at him..
A most fashionable audience had flocked
TO Ugo Talbo's 'sOiree musicale" and the
last thing. any one in the well-dressed
crowd dreamed of was scene. 1t was
found impossible to seat the 200 people
present in the salon, so they filed up other
rooms and few mora chairs were crowded
into the salon at the eleventh hour.
Among these were a few seats Immediately
facing the performers, and three of them
were occupied by party of pretty, we'll
dressed girls. the eldest of whom might
have been 20 and the youngest II.
A mum Der of vocaliStS came on, per-
formed their parts we'll. and retired,
covered with glory. Ugo Talbo seemed to
be nervous about getting any glory when
he appeared to sing BlumeuthaPs ''The
Message" He hemmed and hawed, glared
defantly round him, and then burst IN to
the words, l had message to send her."
in voice that was decidedly the worse
for business, He did not seem to attach
any blame TO himself, however, but rather
looked at the trent row of spectators as if
asking for an explanation. Then his eve
lii on gauzy fan, which the Youngest of
Jrtp f1xyN
out leaving off singing he took a step
angrly toward her, and laying his hand
on her fan, commanded her by a gesture
to desist. To say that his manner of do
lag this was lacking in courtesy is putting
The case gently.
and the one whom Mr.. Talbo had so un-
tremendously tackled looked M al him
from under her widp-brimmed hat with
big startled eyes, and then gave couple
of defiant waves to her fan. After that
she shut it. and with flushed face and
tears in her dark eyes-fOr she was very
young girl-she sat and toyed with the
bits of ivoTv and gauza.
Bur Ugo TalbO had his eagle eye on her.
While he was shouting the story of how he
got an angel to carry the message" he
always kept one optic riveted on the girl
with the fan, and he saw her smile COW
ertlv and rather TREMENDOUSLY at her two
companions. Just as the accnmpanist was
striking the closing chords of the song, the
whole audience was transiXed by hearing
the tenor shout fiercely:
Leave the room! | don't know who
you are, but you don't know how to be-
have Yourself, and you shall not stay
hereP'
Ii a thunderbolt had descended from the
ceiling people could not have been more
astonished. Tie girl herself flushed and
then turned pale, while tears rolled down
haPa
mark IN surprised silence.
This young woman in the front row
was looking me straight in the face and
laughing at mew shouted Ugo Talbo,
who seemed entirely to have lost his head.
you wers laughing at me. Leave the
room!"
At this point the audience recovered
from its surprise and began to hiss in a
way which showed the excited tenor very
plainly which way its sympathies lay.
"What can L do? don't,like to get up
and go out" sobbed the innocent cause of
the trouble to her sister.
Rev. GEORGE Edward Walk of Trinity
Church, however, who happened to be a
few seats way, came forward and, with a
few consoling words. offered her his
escort 1t was gladly accepted, and the
three girls left the scene of strife.
A number of people in the audience fol-
lowed their example. Indeed, there was
an exodus of about half the people pres
ent Those who remained endured an
awful pause 1t was evident that none OF
the performers weIE pining to come for
ward and distinguish themselves. At
last however, lille. TouailIon. whose turn
came next on the programme, pluckily
came in and sang French song charm
iDgly.
Walter c. Campbell followed with "My
Little Love. which he sang as unc0n-
cernedly as if he had resigned himself to
scenes" on the local platform and had de-
termined to pursue the even tenor of his
way regardless of them. Ugo Talbo was
down next for that t0nching love song.
'Salve Dimora," from GOuuod's Faust"
Under the circumst ances it was considered
Lest, however, TO suppress him, so tire
concert ended abruptly.
The performers who had before the I'M
rehearsed episode very ably taken art in
the programme were: Hugo Mansfeldt,
DR.. Arthur Regensburger, George Nc
Bride, Mile. Touaillon, Frank S. Mitchell,
Miss Ella Lawrie. Mrs. Cadenasso, Her
mann Brandt and Algernnn Aspland.