New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-27
TROUBLE IN THE CHOIR.
n,rrpRrNcEs IN TWO OPERA COMPANIES
p1' NO JEALOUSY AND BAD LUCK.

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s,..croerents in two opera companies came
- ~s,erdav \ disagreement In an opera
10 Hs''' -, roroarkable enough, anyway. but two
coNp""s ore believed to establish new record.
N o,' eve # was the Goth OF the month. and
40 " civ e twice thirteen. and that might ac-
w.. ,or Two such pieces or bad luck coming at
ooA"' .hi,os are getting into nice state If
once pu' 'hIr,eon are going TO be Just many
mui'p'e' ,,'crv as thirteen itself No month has
w. ooh in r-.hat Is one comfort
any '''N .ro disagreemcnts occurred IN Just
Ana t".,,,,elv TWO places that could have been
No -, one Of them was in the Rostonians.
picA'u .h,nk Of It, The BostonIans. company
On ~ ubo,e existence has been one grand sweet
VIZ c.okesneare says the man that hath no
SONG =, himself is as bad as n Spanard But
nuS'S ,d musicians. on the contrary being FUN
,, ore also full of harmony and kindness
',,, orarrel among them IS almost unknown
% - ,bsy are mild OF temper. forgiving and loving
o. degree that IS all hut grotesque.
.d ,be Quarrel among the Bostonians Is ,ncom-
.-nsrsihlc jealousy between two men or two
80, q, like age and pursuits might be under
s,ood But why should there he jealousy between
= simple XIII Ike Mss Alice Nielsen and kind
Ia gentleman Ike Ny Barnahee2 And why should
,oroe, Ike Jessie BAR. lstt Davis who draws
-o,,od her form awful circle OF devoted ad-
.-a-s be jealous OF ANYBODY afraid OF any
hoav, And then again. Miss Nielsen was soon to
,save Tho company and he a star. and ono would
,,,rk that the prospect OF losing her would have
S-,vn the heartstrngs % all more closely around
Aor md that their eyes would have hrimmed over
q. the thought: Years hence. when others admire
Nov we can say 10 them: we knew her when she
,roe in our own company; we watched the bud
o,sn,ng: YOU see only the fullbown rose"
Rut (, was not that way az all They got Jealous
~ around Mss Nielsen stood Il q good while.
and az last. fatal night. she flag
her gown Mrs. Davis had a nag. TOO, and thought
hat hers ought 20 be the only one: Mr.. Barnabeo
he'd big flag SO that Il obscured the audiences
view OF Miss Nielsen and Miss Nielsen resigned.
The other disagreement that has been referred
IN would he even harder 20 understand not
,he finger Of Fate so clear r. f. De Wolf Hopper
and his manager. b D. Stevens. are to part They
have been together for thirteen years. and there
Is the rub Mr.. Stevens the business manager
OF the McCaun Opera Company while MI Hopper
was g member OF x. and when Mr. Hopper be
came star Mr.. Stevens became his manager and
he has been so since. But ne will cease 10 be
6, q: The end &C this season. Nj Hopper said
yesterday. TROUBLE between Ben Stevens and me-
Pshaw, We shall come together again. We are to-
gether now in heart There isn't man in the
world whom love as do Ben. for he IS the finest
fellow in the world. We never quarrelled. we never
could quarrel"
And even while he spoke these words Mr.. Hop
per was wearing opal pin. 1t was a fine opal
and pretty pin, but fine opal is Just as un-
lucky as q cheap And they have been to-
gether for thirteen years. Nor is that the worst
Only the other day. as Mr.. Stevens came out OF
the 81, George Hotel. in Evansville. lnc, the first
thing in the morning. he met cross-eyed red
haired lie is brave man. bat Il startled
him when he tried 10 look into those eyes and
found that T. could not be done. The next instant
a drop Of paint fell upon his coat. and he looked
VI and saw that he was standing under ladder
And all this no longer ago than the 18th OF
last December The only wonder IS that the bad
luck did not come sooner. Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Hopper could not quarrel. by any human posi-
bilty but such a combination Of ill-omens as that
would make the S!amese twins quarrel over their
resnAcfivn highs I their ligature.