The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

That is so. madame" laid Abilities.
"Pshawl Pshawl What can dc Vivo do
He does not know the English language nor the
country, 1t win be a nesco, and then my hus.
band will get the blame"
Abilities said to her:
"Gazzeniga, as you know very well, Is n very
much and thinks that de yivo IL very lucky.
and she wants no one cleo. II Is u pleasure trip
for her, and we want to see the country, whether
and dc vivo Will DO the best 10 can under the
circumstances and we will be satisfied with his
work. 1t will DO the first step OF de Nivo in
this profession without any responsibility, and
aionsl manager as he was n successful amateur
manager with us last summer. Gn2zaniga has
q great reputation everywhere. aud | have no
the little experience that de Vivo has, but it will
be a good beginning for him, and soine day he
may be n great manager"
Amen" replied my wife, and he went away
satisfied, the understanding being that ! would
left us l went to my smoking room. and there |
stood alone, thinking what q fool was to
not succeed. / would be the laughing stock Of
all my friends. But after u few minutes re-
mer, with no experience whatever, l had man
aged with financial success the Gazzaniga,
bsit ,ss. c "af tss'G ISo , SS%Ss5'' WHY E,'A CAL AZ;
me as manager. Relying upon my youth;
to myself: COURAGE, 60 ahc9d, de yivo! Try
really did. l must state here that / accepted
the management with no. compensation except
as / was a great smoker for nearly forty years.
On Feb. II, 1850, started for Baltimore, and
on my arrival there at the Gilmor House | got
acquainted with the brother OF Henry jarrett,
the old theatrical manager. who was n theatre
cal agent. He sympathized with me at once,
the concert for Feb. IL The concert was a sue
cess. erttstieally and financially. the receipts
marc, tsnor; siTnor Zardinii q xylGphons
chansonettes and accompanist. On the 10Th I
gave the next concert at Wizards Hall, Wash-
ington. and to my great satisfaction 1t
S77b. all that the hall could contain. Thenf
exclaimed after the concert "Chltd comm
cessful that | gave u return concert after being
IN Richmond. where | met Harry Sanderson,
the young and famous octave piano player. who
was in debt and unable to get out Of the town.
l engaged him at once atS50a week. A. he knew
newspaper men, who wrote columns Of praise
about the great Gazzatiga. ! advertised two
concerts, and at three days notice we had two
full houses. But, mind, 1t was my strategic work
bail Ballard Hd'' House sns f 7 %st lf F. c %y SrF 1ES famous at eas
some very fine schools in the city. Then | went To
see the principals. and offered them, 100 tickets
n school at 20 per cent. discount and two COM
plimentary tickets to each principal. | sue
ceeded In getting about 400 girls at both CON
CertS. For TINS DIT OF work / got much praise
from Gazzaniga and u new bnx of Henry Clays.
After the second concert in Washington, which
was also successful, we went to Cincinnati. and
gave there two concerts at Pixies Opera House,
both fairly successful considering that ! had no
advance agent TO prepare for the concert, but
each place, although we stopped, at most.
only three or four. days. / was at once
commodation Of the artists. carriage hire. bag
gage express. and railroad tickets. That was a
little too much for a green manager; but l
learned nnnnnh in that arfutin trim which Inv
hard work and good luck, was made to end sue
cessfuliy, giving an impetus TO my career. The
there we went to St. Louis. There I was present
at the first concert in the Mercantile Library
l started for Louisville and Memphis to prepare
there the concerts. having five days in which
Vile. by telegraph. the sad news that Hardini.
room after his solo. He had paralysis Of the
who rushed away from the hall as fast as posi-
BILE. so that no one demanded his money back.
GazzaniRa. who was the most superstitious
woman ever knew. wanted, to give up the tour
artists. by smooth talking Gained her ncrves,
and her husband telegraphed me to go ahead.
three days in n which TO recover SUne from 70 the at SHOCK ner
In Memphis l advertised only one concert.
which brought a full house. and started for
Jacob Grau. who was there as the agent Of Nine.
Colson. who had been engaged there for twenty
nights from the manager of the French Opera
Company; He was glad to see me. having heard
that had done well SO far with Gazzaniga. l
was the more contented man of the two. as he
that Il. would go to New Orleans. and he
should be there. he would help me to make the
him of this promise. he said: Come with
me now and will introduce you to the
music store and to the gentlemen Of the press
He also helped me engage the hall at $40 lees
than the regular price. | got well acquainted
with the city editor OF the Picduune. tho Times.
m nd fhA y "a mol IA NNE mn N tN-bn .ftA So. a.
call whenever | wished TO and bring them some
New York notices. which they would publish so
much Of the great GazzaniRa. | advertised with
great eclat four concerts on the off nights Of the
by request a fifth concert. After this con-
cert. Jacob Grau came to see me at the
St, Louis Hotel and advised me to give at the
IN costumes. viz. the second act OF "Lucrezia
Borgia'' and the fourth act OF LA Favorita,'
suocess wherever she had sung. engaged a
French basso to complete the trio. Artistically
the performance was a triumph for GazzaniRa,
who was well supported by the tenor Tamaro.
but the receipts did not meet my expectations
on account OF the competition Of the French
first week of April. But Gazzaniga was satisfied
with her immense success, and she had not lost
gave concerts in Natchez. Vicksburg, Hunts
Vile. Savannah; and Charleston. and then
always ahead of the company. leaving Albites
to take good care Of the business. On arriving
NJ SnhTleston III @ +. VI. 1 round the city over
run with delegates from all over the country to
the memorable Democratic Convention held
there In April, 1860. / had already reserved q
room, by wire. and as the proprietor Of the
Charleston. Hotel was the lessee of H.ber-
nian Hall. in which | proposed to give the CON
certs. after a late supper | suggested to him the
az visability OF visiting the hall for the
purpose OF making a diagram for tho
lind some cots In tho hall. as he had
to- use It when the hotel was overcrowdcd.
He sent n man with me to examine the hall
and help me. We entered tho hall and my first
impression was that We had mistaken the place,
for there were at least one hundred cots. an
equal number OF men In various stages of un-
dress, from Father Adams costume up. some on
the beds. some passing tap and down, and some
dancing and ResticulatinR in the most furious
manner. 1t reminded me or an insane ward.
| recognized the familiar face and figure OF
Mayer Wood OF New York, apparently acting
as Chairman of tho impromptn mass meeting.
What I had seen and heard during my travels
in the South, and especially in New Orleans.
from the journalists. convinced me that we
would have a war pretty soon. ! gave my two
concerts there tn full houses. and left the day
after for Richmond and New York.
When we arrived in New York, on May Is.
Mime. Gazzanigl WAS S4. 900 richer. and. being