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


have listened last night to the silver
throated, divinely artistic Sembrieh 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 ailTaenl may be occa-
sion by the veriest tribe? But-wel1, the
stoppage Of a train lEtth a tiny jolt and
a consequent two hours delay in com
Portable private car seem not quite sufff-
cientsto put even the nerves of genius out
of joint, especially genius that is: used to
taking trips across tQutinents. ,-,..,s-..,.t
The large and fashionable audience?
The public shakes it head and smiles
sadly Fashienable ?E-~ 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, indeeda
Was it the light sale :ef seats that caus-
ed the attack &of aetves? The G l b e
put the question yesterday, to Mr.. Graft
Nine. Sembrich'S 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,
were not so reserved, and the G l o b e
has it on 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 obscures
itself for the geniuses of stageland A
very Frencby 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
reproachful look at the G / o 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:
II can readily appreciate that the di--
appointment has been great to large
number of the mnsic-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
1T is 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, L regard it as 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 tie
public for any such reason as this
Now as to the ace.dent," continued
Mr.. Graft, 'it is true that it was of
trifling character and no harm resulted.
Had it occurred aklnlle further on, how
ever, there would probably have been
a catastrophe. was not on the train,
but so far as I 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 standstiII almost instant v.
Had the accident occurred further on,
when the train was travelling at full
speed serious accident would have been
the result. There. was, understand,
wait Of over two hours until 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, small
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