New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

inGesd that tic company woull rot leave New-No'K
Bu, I; went - Philadelphia and then 10 Boston. and
there it has closed rs career unless Inc resourceu
Colonel succeeds IN patching things together 80 aS 10
take the singers. or Of them. ID Mexico.
When ne Plans OF the New Imperial opera Com
plny were fir, promulgated 1t vas announced ihat
new opera house - he hui. :or II In London
on ihe ste Of the old lier Majcs,ys Theatre Hay
market That par: OF ;hc schemo vas ihe first 20 oe
given ~ AMI n0w that .poi H. to DE- occupied by
motel and theatre. the latter I've called again Her
Majcsiy's Theatre. and - b. occupied rs Beerbohm
Tree.
The plan FOR the opera company TO have a
season each year in London and Il season In Amer
lea. and. the theatre was not TO he ready so
soon az the company. it arranged that the
start should De made In Amcr,a When IL proved
that the opcri house never was 20 be ready the
American season became the chief object Inc
financial backing vested In an English cor
roraiion of supposedly untold wealth. But II now
appears that this corporation did not nave 'he
pluck which hJuld accompany uriold wealth. Col
one. MlDcson l. quoted as expressing surprise 'hat
the company got tired of little thing like
the loss Of from sl2~O or sl5.ooo week. II
surely seems as II any dignihed band or angels
ought to blush to confess snch lack of nerve
The remark il Characteristic Of the Colonel
He never showed any signs OF timdi'l at any
such trivial loss the company has suffered so
far. He Is . man of large ideas. and Trey are NOT
disturbed by any pecuniary loss whatever IL
shows the evil Of trying - have irarces manage"
by a rich corporation. 1t has no soul for ART ara
Il does hate lose money. II Colonel Mdpiesoh
had had in the first pac. the amount or money
which has been expended this venture and had
ieon allowed To .xpend ii at his own pleasure the
chances are that the company would be running
now on genuine salaries or l. q. Us or promises OF
faith or sonnet thing In the old days Colonel Maple
son could always got singers to sing Tor MN WiIeii
ho wanted them to- and money seldom stoou III ..'e
way, the love of art being IN" Inspiration Oh
tr1h | "a E,s
time, only he could not get tine musicians 10
MAY There is nobody yet born VINO can 90 any
hing with a musician. y violin that was as -ouI-
less as its player would be- thrown into t,.e .%sn- %
barrel of the maker. ne WOuld not nav" '"' i"N'
to tr- TO sell it,. ..,,.
Speaking of souls and the lack OF them suggests
tho corporation again. II IL had no soul IL must
surely have had a sense of humor. VINO without II
could have written that dispatch which said that
the English company reinluished all claim 10 'he
proafsp But the failure Of the opera company l. II
good Thing for m" lionel in one way IL gi.rs
him An opportunity TO come ont stIohE' an" ,n.
hc Is doing H. For there is = good deal on N&h.S &
'Taplcv "A bout the Colonel Nothing ever makes ii'i
lose his cheer Of mind. II Is safe 10 say tnat az
/ tbis moment his countcn1nce is bcaming as ra"l-
aniy as II ever b"amed on me hlEsrst i,,,ni ma %
tn. Academy % Music ever had Whrn ms mar
and his co,intcnancc cease to beam h. viii cease TO
/ be- Colonel Maprson. &. ,. J.,
f. h1s been suggested that a benefit might be
given to Colonel Mtpl"sOn quite iS appropriately ~
/ - sor,c persons to whom bcrefis are given a
good many peopl. would be glad to 90 10 II. ana "A
good many artists would be glad 10 sing IN H. 'olo-
mol Naplason boasts that in the last hity years ne
hle Introduced to the English ana American pupIic
,r mos, of tn. great singers that they have mad.
Wh.ih,r that is true or not. as an actual matter
Of statistics he has done enough TO earn some graf
iiudc and considerations