The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
IT MR.. SCHEBL IS
ALLOWED TO GO !
HORRORS UPON HORRORS THIS
CITY WOULD HAVE TO Con-
TESS It's JAYNESS.
MUSICIANS SHY AT US NOW.
ONE MORE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH
HIGH-CLAss Music ON
FIRM FOOTING.

There is a great fear stalking among the
real music lovers of San Francisco that
has a tendency to drive them, as indi-
viduals, to seek the vicinity of some busy
boiler yard where they may be unable to
think.
/ To think is to unbridle this fear, and the
fear brings chills and the headache, Just
like case of grip. The fear is that Fritz
Scheel Will be buying ticket for the East
one of these early spring days, and to the
Chicago newspaper man and him of New
York, also, will repeat the awful saying
San Francisco is jay town."
OH OIL That to this extremity we
we should come at last. Eft tn, Scheel!
But it is exactly this extremity that con-
fronts us, and if Music herself shall be
heard running disconsolately into discord,
this thing shall plead her excuse. She is
diStraught.
Mr.. Scheel, with all the art and charm
and magic of his baton, has failed in San
Francisco.
Why?
When the terribly inquisitive newspaper
man of those unfeehng Eastern newspapers
shall put the question Mr.. Scheel can do
no less than shrug his shoulders, and then
the reporter will do no less than write
down by way of Interpretation, "San Fran
cisco is a Jay town, " for Mr.. Scheel speaks
no English, whereby he might possibly ex-
plain that he meant no such thing. But
If Mr. Scheel goes East he will probably be
willing to let his shrug stand unexplained,
even if he spoke the English, for against
any explanation that anybody might I'M
dertake stands the fact that Mr.. Scheel,
backed financially as it is not often the
| fortune of men to be backed, failed of pub
lie support in San Francisco.
Ten thousand dollars have been sunk in
| the four weeks of symphony concerts. The
| rent of the Auditorium has been paid up
to the 1st of April, but the series of con-
certs which were to continue through eight
weeks will conclude at the end of the fourth
for lack of patronage.
1.-The reason is not because the music has
not been all that was expected" said
| James II. Love in talk about it last night.
''Mr. Scheel is giving music equal to that
! given by any orchestra in the country. He
| is a better conductor than is the head OF
| the famous Boston symphony orchestra,
and he has soloists that have played as
| stars in the great orchestras of the world.
The prices that have prevailed during these
concerts under the auspices of the Metro
poltan Musical Society-75 cents for re-
served seats-are ridiculously low, and
! yet nobody attends.
These concerts have been fathered in
such form as makes their failure nothing
less than wonder. The sum of money
necessary to carry them through was sub
scribed at the start, and every body sup
posed they would be the social craze. Just
| look at this"
Hanging at desk near the entrance Of
Sherman, Clay & IS, where this CONVEX
satlon took place, is the following appea
! for aid and hist of subscribers to the funo
and it was to this that Mr. Love referred:
earnestly appeal to the public to contribute
| toward q Guarantee Fund, now in process O
/ collection, to enable Mr.. Fritz Scheel to con
| tinue his Auditorium concerts. Subscription
will not be collected unless a sufficient sum il
! assured.
l will receive all contributions and admins
| tor thaf ,,,,A TorrN- ID