The evening times., 1896-11-17
LETTERS DO NOT ANSWER.
Facts and Figures Are Needed in Il
FanciuIli Benefit Accounting.

The demand Of Yesterdays Evening Times
for an accounting OF the Fanciulli testi-
munial benefit fund was strictly in line
Of Journalistic duty, and instead OF being
met with published apologies which do not
explain. IL should have elected prmOpt and
satisfactory statements OF the amounts re-
celved ana disbursed by the manager, Mr..
George F. Kinncar.
Alleged benefits and testimonial con-
Certs are to be encouraged when properly
conducted, but there are instances when
they were badly managed, and for that
reason u full accounting should he made
to tie public, inasmucb as the public
patrUniTes these affairs out of sympathy
for the beneficiary. The Times does not
Intentionally class the Fanciulli benefit with
this latter kind A Published report may
clear the muddle up and satisfy all de-
mandS.
From musical standpoint it was success
full. and according To the statements of
Prof. Fanciulli, ii should have nctted min a
neat sum. But thus far many of the bills
have not been paid. and 1t looks as il thry
would be left to languish as silent memory
of a great OCCASION to use the language
of the mercuriai Fanciulli.
Through the influence of weil-known citi-
zens. who allowed their names TO be used
as sponsors for the concert, a large number
of musicians donated their services, and
the general public attended the affair, eN-
pectipg the receipts would be promptly and
properly accounted for, and that none of
them would be diverted to wrongful pur-
poses. This has not been done. Until Ia st
evening no active effort was made to ac-
count for the funds. They lay in hiding. so
to speak, as will be seen by the following
appearing in the Post OF his morning:
Editor Post: An article appeared in an
evening paper Concerning my connection
with the Fanciulii testimonial concert.
ooh iC haGr rad IA tha IA nin., Al
letter, written spontaneously to me the
same afternoon by Prof. Fanciulli him
self A full account Of the receipts and
expenditures on behalf OF the concert can
be seen by any person at my office at any
time. The funds or receipts from the box
office and advance sale are still in the safe
OF l.. +. Droop's Sons, and the amounts
paid out are acknowledged by proper re-
GEORGE F. KINNEAR.
Now let Mr. Kinnear explain why he says
a full account of the receipts and cxpcndi-
lures can be seen, when no statement has
yet been rendered; also why he does not
pay the creditors from the funds, which
he also says are deposited in the safe of
Z. +. Droop's Sons. There are about 81 80
in said safe, which is supposed to repre-
sent the total funds on hand. The visible
Indebtedness not yet paid will amount to
nearly S40O, if the statement Of Prof. Fan
ciulli IS 10 lie credited. What created the
shortage?
As before stated, The Times casts no
reflection on the reputation OF Mr.. Kin
near. 1t only regrets that the fatigues in
cident to the mana nagement of the concert
should have required such 4 long recuper
ative sleep. From Thursday morning until
Monday is a long time to dream when
creditors are waiting, and the situation is
made worse by the fact that the rest was
uninterrupted until the demand of ycster-
DAYS Times in some way waited
into the blissful slumbers of the somnolent
kinnear.
1t would. perhaps, be an injustice not to
bring Prof. Fanciulli into the controversy
a little more prominently. The inforna-
ton published yesterday was obtained from
that gentleman. He had been searching
high and low for his manager, in order to