The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28

have listened last night to the silver
throated divineIy artistic Sembrich at
the Peoples church ~
The public is wondering. Not that it
doubts the story of the nerves" The
public is always gallant and it has the
word of a lady. If the lady says
NERVES" it is nerves" And doesn't
the feminine public know that that pc
culiarly feminine ailnaent may be occa-
sion by the veriest trife? But-wen, the
stoppage Of a train yrith tiny jolt and
a consequent two hours delay in COM
Portable private car seem not quite suff1-
ciert to put even the nerves of genius out
of joint, especially genius that is used to
taking trips across stontinents. ,,.....,s,.t
The large and fashionable audience?
The public shakes, it head and smiles
sadly Fashionable p Without doubt!
Yes! But even with the greatest of
prima donnas quantity is sordidly rated
above quality, and ,rbmor says that the
sale of seats for last nights concert was
very small, indeedJ
Was it the light sale of seats that caus-
ed the attack 5of @nefNes?' The G o b e
put the question yesterday to Mr.. Graft
Nine. Sembrichs manager, who valves
it airily, dwelling with almost painful in
sistence on the railroad accident which
might have been serious if it had hap
pened two miles further down"
The question was put to Dr. Smith, who
irascibly condemned the shocking in
Quisitiveness Of the press and answered
not. The question was put to a member
of the firm of Dyer & Bro, who refused
any definite statement Light, but not
discouragingly SO, -. was the only infor-
nation elected. =
Other people, more OF less Interested
We're not so reserved, and the Clio b e
has it OH very good authority that only
about $500 worth of 5seats was sold for
the concert For a Sembrich, of course
that would have been mere bagatelle.
Nine. Sembrich would not see anybody
at the hotel The divine light which
shines so relentlessly on royalty obscuIe5
itself for the geniuses of stageland. A
very Frenchy little maid peered out of
madame's room, a warning finger on
pair of rosy lips.
Nerves." murmured the little maid,
with a mournful shake of her head and a
reproachfuI look at the Clio b repre-
sentative, and the door that guarded the
sacred precinct was closed.
MANAGER CRAFTS VERSION.
The following is Manager CRAFTS YER
sion of the affair:
Il can readily appreciate that the di--
appointment has been great to a large
number of the music-loving public of ST.
Paul but it was really unavoidable,
and to me has been a source of con-
siderable expense, for in addition to the
loss of the receipts of the concert, l have
reimbursed Rev. DR.. Smith for any ex-
pense for which he has been put.
ut is a curious thing that when great
artist finds it necessary to cancel an en-
gagement, the public almost invariably
jumps to the conclusion that the advance
sale has been light. In this particular
case the box office sales were completely
satisfactory and even if they had been
slim, regard it as a poor business pol
icy to throw up an engagement for this
reason. 1t always costs more to cancel
an engagement than to fill it, however
small the receipts may be, and Sembrich
is too great an artist to throw down the
public for any such reason as this.
Now as to the, accident" continued
Mr.. Graft, sit is true that it was of a
trifing character, and no harm resulted
ever, there would probably have been
catastrophe. was not on the train,
but so far as 1 understand it, what is
called the driving rod of the locomotive
became disconnected and flying back
smashed the cab. The wheels of the
engine spread out and the train was
brought to a standstiu almost instant Y.
Had the accident occurred further on,
when the train was travelling at full
speed, a serious accident would have been
the result There was, I understand, a
wait OF over two hours until a wrecking
train and another engine arrived, and
in the meantime the talk about the ac-
cident made Nine. Sembrich very nerv-
Gus. To make matters worse a small
COnffnued nm SocNnd Pare