The morning call., 1894-01-25
EIASCO AT A CONCERT.
The Iowa State Band Makes a
Bad Beginning.
ITS SOPRANO WAS UNBALANCED
A. Remarkable Scene at the Opera
House Ascribed TO a PLY
StimuIant.

.There was fasco at the Grand Opera
house last night real, genuine fasco; not
: the colo, dignfied frosts of which the
Blanche Washes of the theatrical world
accuse this Jay town, but rousing noisy
fasco in which the gallery played lead
=: ing part, and during the most exciting
= part of which peaceable citizens asked pa
.tietically, why don't they send for the
police?"
: Sad to relate, it was a woman who was
:,tAe object Of this demonstration, no less a
person than Miss Effie Stewart, the prima
:. donna soprano OF the Iowa State Band,
bO has come here with a whole scrap
hook Of tlaterng criticisms culled from
Eastern and European papers. But it was
not the fault of San Francisco this time, as
- the following plain. unvarniShed tale will
; show; indeed, had the crowded house
:" been little less indulgent in the first in
stance the fascO might not have been
secured.
- livery one was anxious to hear the much
praised prlma donna soprano, and when
The seventh number on the programme was
reached an 'aTia from Herodiade, by Mas
:. Senet" sung by Miss Eftie Stewart, there was
: a lille PAUSE OF anxiety as Conductor Phinney
- stepped forward Instead Of the prima donDa
In. "a lew we'll chosen words lie announced that
she had risen from sick bed In order Dot TO
= QlSsapp0nt the audience, and would substitute
=. For lie Sake of The Past" as being less exact
Ing Than the aria
AS his showed great consideration on the
+b[ima donna'S part. there was a round of ap-
pause. Which grew warmer the conductor
= gailau1Iy led forward young and pretty wOman
N5O bowed and smiled with fAe unmlstakable
ar OF one used 10 appearing IN public Senior
% Martinez played the prelude aud Miss Stewart
= commenced TO sing For line Sake of the Past"
zoe II soon became evident that those SIX words
= comprised the song. Miss Stewart acclaimed
: item IN high notes. She assembled and de-
- seconded Tie scale on them. She sang them In
CHG
-aGeaudered away from the refrain entirely, and
SIGuOr Martinez wisely refrained from showing
how entirely of The original key she was by
SuppreNSing his accompaniment, while tbR
prlma donna soprano. with all The strength of
her lungs, repeated with persistence worthy
OF "A better cause For the Sake OF the Past"
- Probably because IL was the first time they
had met Miss Stewart the gallery refused 10 be
maillhed by the recollection OF other days and
began TO show signs OF impatence.
Il can't sing. , exclaimed The young soprano,
: suddenly breaking OF her refrain and retiring
tuthe side OF The stage.
There was considerable kindly applause
mingled with few jeers and then suddenly
bearing herself up, aud standing by tile plano,
. Miss Stewart once again began, "For the Sake
III the Past" aud succeeded in rendering il a
=: little more satisfactorily. Again the good
..natured house applauded, and, encouraged by
: {his mark Of favor, The prima donna soprano
insisted on giving an encore amid boots and
misses and cries Ell bush
.. Il am doing my best she declared in the
. Intervals Of her vocal effort, and. fascinated
watched their prima donna convincing the
audience more at every no. that she was yerv
very much under strong influence. The gal
IelY Tined 10 drown ntr song with cat-caiiS aud
spirited limitations OF her vocal peculiarar1iies,
but she was not 10 b suppressed IN hls way
When Sgnor Martinez discieetly retired from
p: HE piano MISS Stewart tore of her gloves and
: :pl aged her own accompaniment amid cries of
Garry her out"
More IN sorrow than in anger Conductor
chimney Tried TO lure the young woman from the
scene OF action, while amid The Undesirable
:DoiSe ara confusion that reigned in the house
many people rose TO leave. Ii was not, how
ever, till she felt like going that the pIima
dpnna. with glance of scOrn at the gallery
bounced OF The stag. Then Conductor PhIn-
:-ney said: 81 assure you she Is suffering from
severe cold Pardon me II there is anything
wrong on my parI,' and the gallery unauI-
m0usly declared, You are all righu,'
In justice to Miss Stewart il must be stated
mat Der condition was aScilbed by the manage
e ment q lie doctors efforts 10 stimulate" her
10 sing when physically unfit to do so.
With regard 10 the Iowa State band, its per-
folmance last night was Il very unequal one,
ahd certainly dld not establish lis reputation as
musical missionaries 10 the wild and wooly
West The overture to "Senramide' was
very much cut Of tune in places. and the time
MAS bad AS an encore II rendered tile "Amerl.
can Republican March, wherein the pfccolo
toloist broke down. WebeI's "Invitatiou TO
lie Dance" hte The overture 10 William
Tell, was taken at a dragging tempo, about
Uue-ihud slower than usual. In the andante
. movement OF thr "lnviIation," moreover, the
bas>OOn went astray entirely.
The fantasia on My Old Kentucky Home"
was calculated 10 show the strength of the solo
lis. for he drums were about the only Instru-
: ments that had not little flourish on their own
account
80. The barytOne solo was painfully Nat.
= Twenty Minutes in the Midway Plaisance."
by Daily from popular point OF view was an
exceedingly taking performance. The realism
: was perfect, even 10 tile ringing OF The railroad
hill or The Illinois Central. and all the other
:Hipe numbers OF The PlaiSance series wrut
with sMIng and dash, but the music was not of
stamp that taxes tie artistic abilities Of a
band.
HE encore to the Midway Plaisance, ia
: Belle Creole" WAS about the happiest effort of
'=the Iowa band. The pleasing rhythmic music
Was interpreted with color aud precision and
with more animation than the more classical
:. numbers.
=. The claronet solo from LA Sonnambula'' was
eAcellently played by Charles Hubbard; indeed
he showed himself To be a real artist Selec-
tions from Robin Hood" and "reminiscences
"oT scotland concluded the programme
. The popular TENOR" AOnZu Hatch was
- kindly received, although his music was nor of
q high order, his voice being small and disfig-
uGed by painful vlbrato His high not[s
TOO were taken IN a pure unauthorized fall
setlo.