The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-23

nave described them TO me, having had
abundant experience OF concert rushes,
but / had never been in one before. II
was at the Oudin Memorial concert,
which was very fine affair, and at
which so many of the wonderful sing
ers We're to appear, you remember. In
these concerts over here, as l said be-
fore, there are always sold a number
Of unreserVed seats. In the gallery
| there are about two hundred and fifty
| unreserved, which are the cheapest
ones in the hOuse-a shilling-and in
the rear balcony are as many more,
usually half crown, while the seats in
| the rest Of the house are reserved.
In the case of the gallery and rear
balcony seats they not being reserved,
the first to come get the best places and
50 on, While the last TO come are put
away in the corners. AT concerts where
| any noted artist is playing or singing,
there is, Of course a great rush for the
unreserVed seats, by students and other
musical people Of economical tenden-
cies. In the case of the Oudin concert
last week, the house was 50 completely
sold out, even the guinea stalls being
all bought up, that the gallery price
| was advanced to half crown, and the
hear balcony TO five shillings.
In Indian File.
| I had one Of the latter tickets, and
| left the academy at twelve, and, taking
hurried lunch, went down to st.
| James hall, where the concert was 10
| be, and waited in the vestibule until .
O'Clock, when the doors We're opened.
happened to be the second one there
| my predecessor being another young
/ lady student, and we stood there at the
/ glass doors while the other concert
| gOers, ambitious for a good seat, filed
/ in and crowded behind US, until by 2
/ O'Clock, when the doors opened, there
was perfect jam Of US, most all wo-
men, from close up against the inside
/ doors to way out to the sidewalks, the
! large vestibule having over1owed. It
was a very patient crowd, and a very
! good-natured one as well, many quiet
little joke from some poor squeezed
mortal in the middle Of the chain often
/ making us all smile and even provoking
| an occasional laugh.
| At last the stiff old porter came
| down the stairs from the hall and un-
! locked the doors, which were immedi-
ately pushed open by the crush behind
them, and we fairly flew up the stairs,
through the corridors and into the hall,
at pace that was perfectly mad, and
tired, hot and breathless, dropped into
| the best and most desirable seats we
| could capture. The one lady who had
been there before me got the best seat,
and I was rewarded for my long and
patient standing by her side at the doors
by securing the next best. II was very
exciting, l assure you. One would
think it was a matter of life and death,
! to see ladies racing into the hall and
bouncing triumphantly down into the
first seat they came TO. They said that
the crush at the gallery door was even
greater and much more unruly, there
being a large number Of the so-called
lords of creation in the crowd.
The Overture.
We We're now safely in our seats, and
there being still almost an hour TO wait
before the concert. everybody proceed
cd\to make herself comfortable. Some
who had come minus their lunch now
took surreptitious little bites Of sand
wiches and others stealthily munched at
crackers and cakes, while still others
attempted to stay the panSs Of hunger
by indulging freely and openly in choc-
olates and other candies, Then most
of them took a book or paper, which
they had brought with them, and read,
and some took out their harmony and
worked at that, while they waited for
the opening of the concert. l had sew
eral American newspapers with me,
and read them all through during the
wait.
BY this time the fortunate possessors
of reserved seats began to arrive,
some of them in very elegant street
and carriage costume and most glorious
bonnets, and with beautiful bouquets,
and | watched them with great pleas
ure. The stage was most beautifully
decorated with flowers. 1t being a me-
mortal to Oudin, you know. / had the
pleasure of hearing both Edward Lloyd
and Ben Davies very near together on
the programme, and Mr.. Davies came
out much the stronger. He was great
hit The old Duchess of Teck and one
of the princesses We're there and We're
pointed out to me. and Mr.. Davies GER
tainly did exert himself more than he
usually does, and | am sure it was be-
cause royalty was present He just
smiled and smiled, and really put on
side" as the English have it, for their
sakes. watched them and heaved a
sigh of relief when he was done, to see
them clapping very hard with their
royal hands, for | knew that that was
] inst Mr. Davies wanted.
Ben Davies Singing.
He sang "Tll Sing Thee Songs of Ara
by" beautifully for an encore. l have
heard him very often indeed, and |
really like him much. one does not
tire of him ut all, as is the case in some
other instances, and I always love to
listen to him. He is so very artistic,
too.
Last Thursday we went to the eighth
Symphony concert, chiefly for my sake,
as | was very anxious to hear the SYM
phony of Dvorak's Prom the New
| World" which was to be performed.
1t is built upon a great many of the
very old negro melodies, you remember,
and Is a most interesting work. n
number of the subjects were recogniza-
Bile. even by me, though I cannot say
that | am very familiar with any but
the best known negro songs, and my
pleasure in it was unbounded. 1t was
beautifully done Mrs. Henschel was
the sololst of the evening and sang
two of Wagner's songs beautifully, eN-
cept that she has a tremolo which |
was most astounded to hear from one
who ia supposed to be so fine.
Defining u Trcmoo.
Apropos of the tremolo, here Is a deh-
milton of that article which | came
across In musical paper the other day,
1t Is rather apt, and 80 shall pass II on:
! Tremolo.-An orchegtral deVloe used