The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-23
The Great CaIve, Received with Up
rOariOus Cheers and Applause,
Chary with Her Favors.
LITTLE FOLK SONG ENCORE
BIGGEST CONCERT AUDIENCE EVER
IN ToMLINsON HALL.
ChiIdren's Chorus i'm the Afternoon a
Beautiful Affair-NuDbers of Miss
walker and Mr.. Pierce.

The ninth Indianapolis Music Festival
closed last night IN a blaze of glory. 1t
was the most artistic festival by far ever
given in indianapolis ard the attendance
was sufficient to make it practically
financial success for the defici. will be so
small that a few hundred dollars will cover
it. Only once in the history of this great
enterprise has the receipts exceeded the ex-
penditures and on this occasion the sur
plus was but a few dollars. Last year the
deficit was about $500. This year it will
rot exceed $500. and even this small amount
may be wiped away after the bills au-
dited. The expenses CT The present festival
have been larger than during any previous
year, and the directors feel more. than graf
flied at the success. .....
The audience that heard the famous Calve
was probably the most brilliant ever gath
cred in Tomlinso1 Hail. and it was easily
the largest that ever gathered there 10 hear
the sweet strains of music. The worldwide
reputation of The French woman and her
remarkable powers of fascination packed
the huge hall till there were rows of people
standing up around the balcony rail. The
demonstration in her favor was uproarious,
ard when she concluded her last number,
MAD Scene from Hamlet" there was
temp Gus clamor for her to sing just one
more song and poor Mr.. Van der Stucken
hung over his. desk, with his baton poised,
till he grew tired waiting for the noise to
cease. Shouts plain American yells, more
aristocratic braves and handclapping
pleaded in vain, for the magnificent woman
was most economical with her favors,
though she was prodigal with her smiles,
and some of the audience seemed to think
audience truly went wild over this singer,
and well might it do so after being under ner
spell 1t has been a current phrase of
critics in those cities over the land where
Calve has appeared to say that words are
too poor to describe her charms, and it is
well enough to let a criticism go at that,
for, to enter into her praises with full jus
tice, would require a most extravagant
use of the language and put the critic I'M
der the suspicion of being hilariously full
some. Calve is a mistress of the arts of
her sex, her face is marvellous mirror for
emotions and her smiles are fetching be-
yond compare. She Is en- rapport with her
audience the moment she turns to it, with
her comical little expression which almost
says, please, be good to me- Her lus-
trous eyes are a joy to behold, her form
is voluDtuous and her voice has the quality
to entrance as well as to be marveled at.
"Oh, Calve is an actress and not so much
a singer" is a criticism that has been heard
This is born of the fact that Calve is such
a mistress in the art of acting that peo-
pie rank it with her powers as q singer
Her voice alone is glorious. and to those
who satisfied with the beauties of tone
production alone her dramatic art is
lagniappe-thrown in 'gratuitously.
Calve had a. little cold last night, at least
she said as much by her gestures, when the
people clamored for a full $1,000 worth of
song. AS an encore for her first number
The Pearl of Brazil" she made a few
remarks in French, which the audience ap-
preciated very much, and then fulfilled her
promise to sing a song without accom-
pan1ment, in the patois OF my native prov
1nce. 1t was folk song. She would not
respond to an encore for the mad scene,
although the. people Stormed and brought
her back to the stage several times. To
prove that she had a cold which she could
not do in good English words, she returned
the last time with gorgeous cloak thrown
around her shoulders, pointing to her
throat as she bowed and smiled. Her very
last note in the mad scene she cut short
on account of the cold-also demonstrated
by the same indeXing of that wonderful
/ vocal organ which produces so many high
priced musical pearls. Odd, indeed. that
that bewitching woman didn't see all the
beautiful ladies of Indianapolis before her.
for she only said, in leaving-to be literal
'Misters, many thanks ana goodbye
Barron Bertnald, the tenor, whose work
has been so satisfactory, was eclipsed last
night by the great star, although he was
given an ovation for his number. The or
chestra further confirmed the reputation it
has made here, and the chorus in its num-
bers again covered itself with glory the
Unfold, We Portals number being one of
the grandest renditionS ever heard in In
dianapois. 1t was fitting climax TO the
festival. 1t has been the universal teSti-
monial of the audiences at the festival that
the chorus is easily the greatest ever Or
ganized here and one that will form a fine
nucleus for future festivals Mr.. Ernestin-
off conducted the orchestra and chorus for
the ''Massaniello' and the thousands of
people in the hall gave him an ovation. too.
the directors of the festival will hold an
informal meeting this afternoon and bid
goodbye to Mr.. Van der Stucken. There
has been some talk among business men of
attempting to persuade Mr. Van der
Stucken TO come TO Indianapolis and be-
come the head of an Indianapolis orchestra
TO be organized in conjunction with the
festival undertaking, but it is doubtful if
he could be coaXed away from Cincinnati,
with $40 900 guarantee fund.- which Indian
plicate
Some statistics as to the receipts last
night may be interesting. Besides the sea-
son tickets, the sale amounted to $4,000.
The total receipts for the festival amounted
to about 81, so, with expenses not exceed
ing $1,000.