The times., 1897-11-07

a concert Et the Metropolitan. but they
struck for more pay, which was not forth
Comirg, ana gave no concert. Sousa heard
Of il aud sent down for the red-breasts
TO come near his band. They accepted the
invitation. Later in the week the Red
Bands troubles with their manager were
patched up. and they are continuing their
tour.
The trouble with inpoI ting foreign brass
bands 10 this country" SAYS S0usa, is
that there arc no conductors in that line
attracting any attention abroad. Carlo
and Godfrey were the last; aud we have
plenty Of first-class musicians right here in
New York. It's merely in the inteTpreta
tibn OF music that there is novelty nova
daysinthC performance of bands, and the in
depreciation Is due to the conductor. A.
make my living, to q great extent, through
a band d my own, I have devoted con
siderable amount OF attention to the sub
jact.
You see, when Americans 60 abroad
and sit in the beer gardens OF Berlin ana
tie public resorts in other continental
cities, where the band plays on while they
are drinking and watching the promenadeTs
ana obsei wing the incidental flirtations, the
music has a piquancy that is not neces
sarily duplicated when any one Of those
bands Comes out on the stage and makes n
bid for critical approval without any cos
tunes and ccrdials, as it Were. mixed with
| the clarinet
Sothern's lord Chumley," built for him
upon obviously popular and taking lines,
seems always to have been favorite with
the purlic. and the fact that he restores il
to his repertoire indicates that the play stu
| has attractive as well as drawing power,
| aud that his impersynation is greatly ike d:
| but iC cannot be deprecated too seriously
that a necessity seems TO urge this charm
ing actor 20 roles CT this eccentric type
when ne has given such excellent evi-
| dence or ris artistic progress since The
| first production Of Lord Cbumley.''
Mr.. sothern s engagement at the LyceuIn
/ is drawing 70 a close. Next Monday he
| Will revive An Enemy TO the King au-
other play by an American author, and
| then viii 60 ON his annual tour to make
way for the Lyeeum's stock company, when
| T'inerc's drama OF modern society, entitled
| The Princess and the Butterfly" VIII be
given.
Feydeau's cleverfarce, "A Night Session, y
aud the Chinese play, The First Born, =
| close tonight at the Manhattan. This was
also the last week OF Maud Adams in The
| Little Minister" " at the Empire. where she
viii be succeeded by John Drew in a
Marriage OF Convenience" Miss Adams
| goes with THE Little Minister to the
Garricg, from which theater "A Stranger
in New York viii then be transferred tc
Eoyt's. "A Proper Caper" viii be con-
| iinued al Hoyt's for this week only
The Liliputians leave the Star tonight,
and this y eek is the last Of "The Circus
| Girl, at DaIy's, where it viii be succeeded
! by revival Of The Geisha,'' which is ex-
pected to run until Miss Rehan and the regu-
lar DAILY company return in December.
Plays tl'at seem sure to stay where they
| are for some time TO come are: IAN Ameri-
can Citizen, at the Knickerbocker; The
Idol 5 Eye" at the Broadway; the blithe
| little French Maid, at the Herald square,
Cumberland. '6I." at the Fourteenth
| street, and the old, but thoroughly reno
waited, '.old Homestead" /" at the Academy
OF Music