The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

with baskets Of flowers. Signors Brignoll and
Forranti received a great share Of applause
and md e me- Ts. as t shs old sS SstyO[ites Of The p piSIiS,
On FeS. il il, and 10 Miss Abbott sung il,
the matinee on the I,7tl, she sang In Lincoln
Hall. Washington; The critics there were d,s.
Philadelphia. Before /, started for Baltimore
and Washingt n ! had arranged with Max
S MHrf Rsss,I to produce y, the ogers la Eislis
IRA" and present Miss ,Ib SsStOf in her favor.
Tonic, and Ferranti as ,Suplisio, tho sergoent;
IN which characters both the above artists, hal
M SiGn % RGSo saeS %s sSts'i bc on aG the NIGHT ~ hss Of F nnS re- re-
n% ssaS%e ' fse. ?sSaE 81. Sss achieved at i ! Sog s ! s"S.
of both performances were $4,000. The
f genera ! to MIS- AS s. tf but 7 RF %s, n Sr SATISFIED sst'i.
fs,ssSs,sSf r PstsI IKE So xi6s sa5 P p{SIFs. G pssIss;
the per ormanco Of Friday. at which I assisted,
Mr. Wethercll asked me- several times what
liked her, no ought to be satisfied. But he in.
sisted Snt is on h GintaininE my opinion hS Which ! %o sId
anger him. The day after, at the matinee, he re-
peated to me the same question md told
R MbI,s sh TSe my ey, 99RiniSSn aa did Er,, mot amount mSsi tu to mSSR.
This ended our talk on the subject. As wo were
going the following week to give concerts in Al.
and then in tho Western elites ulSs he told me to
mako up the accounts OF the benefit concert Of
Or. Chapin's church. While was at this work
Now. my dear De vivo, I want you to mark
down tho services OF Brignoli for that concert
OF Mr.; Case al $50, and those of Mr.. Seifert at
$40. Please do that for my own benefit. rs the
| h etrustecs viii he satisfied with their share"
Looked at him and said:
.Mr. Wetherell, you requested me to ask the
artists to sing Grntis al the benefit concert for
DIR. .Chapin's church and I succeeded in per.
suading them to do so. I think that your pres.
me. to tn. artists. and to the church, which has
done a great deal for your, wife. You are not the
Kind OF q @nn for whom would work " day
Then I got up from my chair. took from my
rocket the contract had with him. tore 1t in
Pay me- $500 for my two weeks salary and
the percentage on the profit and get another
He handed me $500 and asked me what l
,nss REGARDING a nereentnse o. the profit l
@oal a'm set 1 wa Mi,s m Slo oo M bS HT'~ Ss cSis thsr he
Hill, W ich he did. But before left the ofice
he begged me TO remain with him at q higher
that | would not remain with him for $1,000 a
month. This ended my relation as manager OF
to cali her. He not only backed her iav ishiy
but invested her earnings well. In the
fSilo o week. week the he company started on nh the
SAt~SA sShAs ~ AbS A"NN WI ANN
man as treasurer. He told me at the end OF the
tour in May that very little money had been
made on account of bad management. The
season after Miss Abbott was under the man.
agement OF n lecture and concert bureau. which
sold her services for 800 Or more per concert
and made her well known al over the country.
Forthe season of lS79-S SO Mr.. Wetherell entered
into a CONTRACT Of partnership with G. d. Hess.
manager OF English opers. who introduced Miss
Abbott TO the PUBLIC with a fairly good company
and made g snccesstnl season. Asth" end q the
Sc lson CT Hess sold his right o. partnership to
Emma Abbotts husband for $4,000 and the fol.
lowing season Charles II. Pratt became the part
ner of MI. Wetherell, who received, as I heard,
$500 or 81 200 per week for his wifr's services.
! After paying all the expenses Wetherell and
Pratt were to divide the profits. Asthc company
was tho CHI apest English opera company that
ever went on the road. and Miss Abbott had
become a favorite with the general public. they
succeeded in making a good profit on every sea.
son until they Giod some years ago.
Poor. honest little Emma. she died. no doubt.
of hard work. Her success was due to very
hard work. She WAS indefatigable, a clever
and talented woman. very ambitious. and very
cunning. She knew very well the power OF the
press. In every city in which she appeared she
used 10 take a cab and call on every city editor
soliciting his good will. which he invariably
gave. Her early connection with tho church, sc
much advertised H. all The newspapers in the
country. also helped her immensely. Finally
Miss Abbott may be classch ms one OF the good
singers OF America. hut not in the rank OF the
great American singers past or present. Peace
to her ashes! DIEGO DE vIvo.