The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01

to him. but he begged me TO listen to him. lie
biggest business that, any concert company
ever has done here slnco you were here with
put out any paper You viii XIII my business. for
the reason that all the managers here. and the
commercial people. as soon as the, see your big
viii spena that money advertising in the
and save me from ruin. And now l will tell
you what ] will do for you At my own expense.
street, there is building the Nevada Bank, and
have = big board there. 10 feet long ana 20
for fSs' , Rts sn,ll I T ..a. GIVE and "a i Ssi yGO on fri Il % vi GsSSsr
advertisements you give mel you give me some
OF course, 1 pitied the fellow and accepted
sheet posters. which ! changed every othfr
for which he. thanked me very much. SO got
the best OF him. having given Hun a lesson that
lesson that had given to the bill p%ostere.
At the first concert De Mur-ka created n sen.
Ia. WA, A tnr,ns s,ng'p an 1he dssrH WITH brs sSs'cS nil
over the hall and six calls; In the second part, OF
the programme she sang the rondo finale vt q
~SonnAmbula' and the duo of Elixir d'Amore"
with Muncusi. receiving another thunder Of ap.
glause and several calls Nine. Csrreno,
cess. The press was unanimous In stating that
she was wonderful, phenomenal. and the grent-
est cantatricet that ever visited California.
The excitement was such that | gave thore
nine concerts, three matlnees. one oratorio tthe
c rSTfat1Ga ri Theatre %na f at 81 ssnd 81. eS Snd 50 e ssn ane
crowding the house from orchestra to gallery.
gave the %orntorio with = vocal society, with
whom ! played on sharing terms, viz, l took
the FIRST 81 900 OF the gross receipts, and after
that 40 per cent Tbs house was S2,7oo. We
Generally the supporting artists of a great star,
when they see full or crowded houses, think that
ceive great applause. According to my long
, experience they do not draw 10 per cent Of the
Parspa Rosa in "EiS English opera a. the crosby
Opera House. ! was coming out from the theatre
and | met outside William Castle and Sherry
Campbell. who were great favorites Of tho pub
lie, looking at tho billboard and laughing. l
imagined. and It was true. that they laughed on
large type, occupying the space OF the frs, sheet,
while their names were on. tho third sheet In
III am sure said. why you are laughing"
Yes" they said, we laugh AZ tho Parep1's
mani p 9sSe oeeap phs SHEET thee ih Hnd s a, cur names In
Look here" said to them, should take
of that first sheet from the board. all OF You
would not draw enough money TO pny the rent
of the theatre and gas. Notwithstanding your
success. And BY this time you ought know it.
the house IL crowded and when you sing with
Rose ,Hersee the house is half empty. This
s sro%t% s and no one s OF y s@a' now ESss tSin dF" over it, IT,
and laugh as much as you wish"
That settled them.
During the season in San Francisco there was
an incident almost similar which is worth tell
ing; Ny treasurer; Dittman, one day told me
hearing so much about DE Murska. as they both
received as much applause as De Murska- And
by the public in their lice as assistants. On
hearing that l laughed loud. and in an instant I
said: N dear friends, do you know that you
people and musicians would like very much to
hear both of you in a piano and violin %recitalT
/ miil s.sF a y week. ( from yon w nsn. to so g Ios a Tn0 hs1. on n
big advertisement for seven days"
will see what we can do."
An riEht;"I replied. Tomorrow l will ad-
SO / did. and ad vertised the sale of ticket for
the Tuesday following. at popular prices. IN give
chance to thousands OF people that the two
day. the first day of the sale. seventeen
on the diagram twenty seats for the press and
sixty more. so that on the day after IL would
make q good show to eneournEe the people to
buy. Before the sale opened ! marked sixty
more seats, but the trick die not help the sale.
as only fifteen seats more were sold on Wednes-
day. did that So A. not 10 brighten Sauret. who
used 10 go to Sherman q Co.'S music store to see
how many seats were sold. AZ wanted them
they would draw to listen to their recital. on
Thursday I marked one hundred seats more.
bel stars; No doubt they smelleI rats. as is
e eom. to X, said. ,.6r, for spd about sogara II |. O'clock TX. S Ss1 n.S
a:"oh. mon cher ami De Hivo." he exclaimed.
i hn so sOrry tnht 1 nave bucn pain IN my
wrist MS to be unable TO play at the recital"
"All right | said. and l am so glad. for
your own sake; not to give 1T, as you would play
are sold. The other seats marked are mere
stools TO call the birds to the snare. Arc you
who draws the crowds. and no other artist in
the company. D. Notwithstanding the success you
have made and the encores you have received ?
Wennowsky. the king of p~ianists. came here
two years ago with a good company and created
a furorc. but did not draw enough money TO pay
TIM Inrnl aNnansRg md 1naf mn hla fnnr ahaTf
$4,000. After him. how could you expect TO
draw a single good house? know 1t, and I did
time TO give you a good Lesson. This recital cost
me Sl25 for ad rertise
This settled them two.
During the season I was thinking where TO 60
after SaI. Francisco, as my contract was for
PLY, OH May 20 / received a visit from Mr..
Williams. an Englishman. who had come from
English pianist. He said: MIR. De Vivo. am
informed that yon are a prominent manager in
this country. and wish that yon would take
The eminent pianist just arrived from Aus
tralia after n series OF triumphs. We have
played there to the average OF $500 per concert,
Dear MIR. wiliams."I replied. II am very
sorry TO refuse Your offer. for the reason that |
have a contract of two years with De Murska;
hut viii be GLAD to give you n letter OF intro
for next season, and no doubt he will engage her
as the pianist of the Titiens concert troupe"
I'm ~ we thH NV WI
much, and said: De Murska has been a great
success IN London. and the people of the Eng
llsh colonies. through the papers. know her. II
you bring her to Australia you win do a big
business
And with a good-by ho departed. After he
left ! thought for an hour over his suggestion
and said to myself: IT a pianist had flO0 per
concert, DE MUrska, the greatest songstress. /
am sure. that they ever found there. will draw
more than Nine. Goddard. ] shall go there"
And | went TO sec Do Murska. ] told her
what MIR. Williams had told me; and asked
swered: VI c~drtssfmo De Vivo, 1 shall go
wherever you take me-"
This happened the day before the boat left for
Sandwich Islands and Australia. think 1t was
May 22 or 20. As ! intended TO leave on the
next steamer. June 81. | wrote first to King
Kalakaua. whom I had had the pleasure TO
know here at the opera at the Academy OF
Music. As he could not attend a De Murska
concert, he had said TO me that II ever I should
come to the islands TO write him q month be-
fore. and he would give De Murekn a grand re-
cep!'on. ! wrote a letter to ,signor Gloria, q
well.known music teacher there. who was at
famous basso SusinG advising them of
my coming with lima, do Murska by
a short advertisement. and some notices.