The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
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seasons moro like the Metropolitan the longer
he stays there. Noxt year there will be only
four performances o week, and Saturday natl
noes will probably be introduced. In tho past
there have been performances on every week
night during the season, and ut Mr.. Grnu's sug.
gestion tho plan Of less frequent rformance
will be tried next year. Tho Saturday matinee,
| which has never before been attempted at tho
| Covent Garden. will be tho most radically
American of all the changes introduced. 1t was
practically settled last winter that tho Metro
politan season will not in tho future include
more than three evening and one afternoon opera
a week, as the Saturday evening as VOL as all
popular performances have failed TO attract
large audiences. Mile. Calve, who is now on her
farm in France, has taken the trouble to deny
that she ever had any idea OF going TO Bcrgalno
to sing Lconore in l. Fnvorita at tho Doni-
zetti centenary. Nine. Patti says that shc has
no intention Of appearing there in "L'Elisir
d'Amore" or any other opera. and tho only
singer known in New York who is positively to
sing there + Nine. MeIoa, me performance of
puny of Italian singers which included Sig.
Cremonini, who Is not after all 10 come back
here next winter and sing in concert, and Nine.
Mantclii. New Workers will he Interested IN tho
news that Chevalier Scovel, who was a church
saTSd in stTudvinE he rdlc OF 7risian at Carlsbad.
Mr.. Scovol married n wealthy New York woman
SoS nis rP gy hls S@n !" fancy SPs!" rather nISS iG i6agn U SSS
stern necessity. But he was rather regularly
io aa ans In 'G hos seSGrfii in comic ono oper mo 'I liz ia no a
handsome man, and his attentions to the duty
Of Of, keeping ,;S5d his b r 5SSFSs ,S ssns Snv Ses SsSppy more iGS of
tho study OF new roles. Just why he should
study TRISTAN Is not apparent, but. as anybody
Scovel is undertaking something that lies wholly
within his rights. As there is no specially def
the part, nobody can really object to his alter.
mating the monotony Of mud baths with a little
May Fielding, who. before her marriage, was a
popular singer at Days.
One circumstance which must indicate a de-
cline in the amount OF business done by tho
bicycle shops is the closing OF these places at an
early hour ON Sundays. Two years ago they all
remained open until late on Sunday evenings,
Just as thcy did on other evenings. aud II was
practically unprecedented to find one OF them
closed before 10 o'clock. Now there are many
which do not open their doors Mt all on Sun.
days and there are very few that ever keep
them open after noon. Either the proprictors
have made money enough to be indie
pendent of tho Sunday trade or there
ia none TO DO relied on. A man stood
in front OF an uptown place ycster-
day morning at IL o'clock, staring dis
consolately through a locked glass door at his
bicycle inside. Tho place, which hitherto had
small consolation to learn from one OF the neigh
bors that OF The two men WHO kept the place
one lived at staten Island and tho other al Long
Branch. Nearly all OF the places arc as closely
shut now by 10 o'clock. II, indeed. thoy are open
for business at all. The peculiar nature OF tho
bicycle business makes rcproach under such cir
oumstances almost impossible. The worstthing
S VALID iH %w piyyS SIS 0 that you s can never SsS T'f IND fl It i in
your heart to kick as much you want IL. There
Is a certain fellowship between wheeImen; which
quality that is antagonist 10 strict business
dealings. Between the man who is repairing q
| NGhnnt an nd Elm MAJ chr rNlFa ~ thrrn 10 "a .Enf,.
mon interest that Is not likely to come into any
other dealings between them. and it saves a
great deal Of trouble TO one side II II may be 10
the advantage OF the other
The first Of the new musicians TO be heard
here this season will be Ole Theobaldi, who is
shortly to give a violin recital for the purpose
Of introducing himself TO the American public.
He is n compatriot OF Ole Bull and comes to
the United States after having played before
the customary number Of European monarchs
and received from them the usual decorations.
lie has played in al tho Continental countries
OF Europe and has postponed his London ap-
pcaranccs until after New York has heard him.
Mr.. Theobaldl, who has been a violinist, accord
ing to his own accounts, since he vas 1
years old. says that he was born within four
teen miles OF Ole Bulls birthplace AID re-
ceived his first instruction from him. With
Ysaye in this country, tho lot OF tho visit
Ing yiolinists is not likely to be easy.
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With 20 famous a performer as Ctsnr
Thompson in the country and he i likely, to
G9rardy, the 'cefhist who played will. Thhonp.
son. IS also to be here next winter and his pho.
tographs show that he has naturcd " greet
deal since as a handsome boy he played here
first, 10 the arcnnpanimcnt Of his dnrk'eyed;
Nine SiSSs' WAR MarHhs sii'SF visit tot 10 he IS r "eHti ' s,ate ..
She, i eppchrs, is perfectly willing 10 make tho
tour II $4,000 is gaerHntccd to her aal Is dc,
here. That is a point on which the famous
music teacher insists. Her plan Of giving les
sons in public and OF travelling over tho com.
try to iiupnrt instruction to American girls
while she was on the wing, was SO ridiculous that
she must have heard some, OF tho comments
that the suggestion Of the scheme aIouscd. But
she announced her perfect Willingness to under
take tho trip il the amount mentioned was as
safe for the aGnndonment, OF her classes In
turn tmri'h here and Perhaps it Is just a as We'll wei that 'G he
has not. According TO the latest reports from
Europ", he has had his ioGk, cut nnt.i they are
who may not happen to be hddlcrs. piano play
ers, or singers.
When Miss Blanche Walsh made her first
appearance before an English public several
years ago tho whole east sido. which once
upon a time counted Thomas Walsh, then War
den OF the Tombs, rs its most conspicuous citi-
zen, watched with interest the cables which
told Of this young woman's success. Most OF
tho old friends OF her father. who had known
| ~ ne y DHhA N''f $500 49, ~ ''
New York, and various were the opinions as to
her acting. Her gowns made the strongest i'm.
preston on the women. and tho fact that she
dared to get up and speak her lines on the stage
before a big audience impressed the men. Miss
Walsh WAS one of the few American actresses
who were not severely criticised by the Eng.
fish papers for what they arc pleased TO term
The American accent" Her first success in
this city four or Ave years ago called attention
To- her accent, and people who heard her in
varinbly asked, where aid she get it, 1t was
assumed. from the fact that she had spent her
traces OF what hns become known as east side
dialect would crop out. even though she were
sueakinR the lines of the play wright. AZ n mat,
tcs of fact, Miss Walsh proved very clearly that
she had been we'll equipped for society work on
the stage. and there was no question but that
her accent was good. To the English %critics
thiA seemed even more wonderful, because they
had fallen into tho habit OF saying about the
American actresses, when nothing better sug
Kcsted itself, that they were clever enough. hut
accent. II happened last year that two Ameri