The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

strugglinE,, the ,priyations, the sufcrings, and
through for over a quarter OF a century to succeed
In our mission. you would be greatly astonished
thank our God, wo have succeeded, notwith.
standing the savage crusade against u.s."
and money it had cost to complete the ffty miles
otirrigmtion works that tho Territory had at that
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going to, Cheyenne and thence directly. 10
Chicago. he gave mo q cordial hendshake, bid.
Nov, Signor dc, ,vivo, having been 60 much
pleased with our city, you will not forget to
your great sT artists. 'G You S1'W Will int be W saro Ss q the @i re-,
Seption my people will siyo Nine. parepa Rosa
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liked him. as l considered him a man OF great
sndowmonts and q grand organizer. Ho was
their King and Patriarch. ~
Cheyenne, and WAC lucky In getting an Inside
scat with seven other men, The trip to Green
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Rocky Mountains. We stopped at Sherman
s mssI 81 for sro an hour ,n, where We enjoyed 2 good
bling aronnd, sfterWard we found several
man commands the most magnificent long
distance view that, I ever saw. At last we
Union Pacific Halfway v.' and / felt myself a
happy man and a lucky one. too, for not having
When | departed from San Francisco he tried
his best to influence me, with tears. in his eyes,
Mot %Su "a F1 81 R RiYYle t,i' a sy dF0 sesiS SySrlSS S indians Hs said |
laughed at him. Then he gave me a beautiful
."Mio carissiro AMIGO. de vivo. take this
dagger to defend yourself in case you should be
After a most affeetionato embrace and a kiss.
ne . saiai so90. ass;dio, Non ii rfredro mtpfo."
Thank God / saw him again after ten
months when 1 went back by rail to San Fran
cisco to arrange the Brignoli opera season at the
Cheyenne at that time, as we'll as all the sta
tons ON the overland, was infested with rob;
every station there were two or three dozen huts
rough small cottages. Now the same places are
towns and cities OF 5000 to 5000 inhabitants.
cious hotels, an opera house, and other fne
buildings. Ogden and Laramie are next, think.
days l arrived in Chicago. contcnted and. / may
say, delighted with my uncventfnl first journey
friends. and particularly the newspaper men.
who were anxious TO know some details of my
journey. which gave them. and which they pub.
lished. together with accounts OF the great sue.
cesseso of Parepa Rosa in San Francisco: In less
than a week l had advertised a concert, TO take
Rosa and her party arrived on Nov. % and
stopped at the Sherman House in a magnificent
apartment that l had chosen for her. Two days
later she gave a reception to her many friends.
On that day Jules Levy. the cornet player,
81, 900 n month rs an additional attraction, ar
rived in time for the reception. The guests who
fOnr of PlrpnnS concerts Welcomed him
heartily and requested him to play just one solo.
He consented, and played not only one. but two
or three pieces. receiving q storm OF applause.
This incident made the reception a delightful
affair all around.
Mr.. Brookhouse Bowler. tenor; Signor Pietro
Ferranti, baritone butro; Herr Carl Rosa. violin
Colby, accompanist. Naturally the arrival OF
Parepa Rosa from San Francisco and her
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the divine singer and the most popu.
all the artists were successful, all being encored,
After Parepa Rosa. Jules Levy. who undoubt,
reaped the greatest honors. The receipts were
s. Zoo. The demand for another concert was
e one at t the c iSs sH 3pe a1si House SO U on s fsEG q f terms
and the receipts were SO, 600. then the largest
Rosas enormous success. artisticaiiy and imam
cially, was chroniclcd all over the United State,
Chicago concerts, which / did not fail to have
teleRraphed far and wide.
AS had had no assistant during the Califor
mia season. and had worked us manager anC
, treasurer there and as advance agent on tn,
overland. felt the need s OF an agent to assis,
or five cities. The concert tour Of one-nigh
, stands Is not easily made a financial success
without n good. experienced advance agent ant
a second agent besides; as I had learned
when with GottschnIk. met at II,
; who begged me to engage him. which 1 did. a
$50 per week. with the understanding that h'
!, conversation l found out that he thought HI
knew all about concert management. Not hay
ing confidence in his ability as an ad vance agent
decided to go ahead to boom the concerts ant
let him follow me to execute my instructions.
Besides attending TO the details OF concerts w
old advance agents and managers had to do tn,
press work, too. and we did it most satisfactorily,
, to the city editors and critics. sending in no fak'
paragraphs. such as have read since the man
ayers have employed press agents. So during
mytwo weeks in Chicago I had the hardest worl
ent Try c rosse OF Is $50 6h eon e@s; ~ rh aaTfnf aesv zen
and my own energetic work; as well as my gooc
memory for all the best halls OF each place ant
its agents. in less than a week / engaged by telc
graph the halls in st. Louis, Terre Hautc. Indian
natl, Dayton. Detroit. cleveland. Erie. Buffalo
Troy; Albany, New York, and Brooklyn Nh'
The concert in st. Louis. at Library Hall. wa
an immense success. The receipts were abou
p-.Dob. Nlll thtiS III WI wv iohtp = ~ "a
bany they averaged over 81 500 nightly. When
arrived here i made out the route to Boston AM
Portland. Me-. and TO all the New England cities
and thence to Philadelphia, Baltimore, AM
Washington.
Parepa Rosa crowded the Academy OF Must
the first time she sang in opera there, in tn
spring OF 1866. under the management OF Ma,
Marctzek and Batcman. but in concerts at Try
ing Hall and at Steinway Hall, while her artist
success was great. the financial success wa
doubtful. Bateman had told me he lost none
and even had advised me not to give con
certs in New York or In Brooklyn, where h
never had a paying house. He also wrote I
Parepa Rosa not to sing in concerts in New Yorl
r and Brooklyn. Poor Parepa Rosa was scared b.
{ the a advice OF Papa Bateman, as she used to cal
him. and Carl Rosa wrote me from. Cleyelanu
/ not to advertise concerts in New York or Brook
Ign. j sent back the following telegram:
"DEAR CARL: ] am your manager, not Bate
man. You both have had confidence in IN
management and judgment. So far you hav
, been successful financially beyond your expct
tation in every concert that ] have arranged
: According to my Judgment, for the short time
3 have been here. Iam convinced that the pros
t poets for one concert in New York and one !
a nrooklvn arg excellent. Belipye me. and TO