The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-25
TO TRAVEL IN STYLE
INNEs' BAND COMING WEST IN
TWO PRIVATE
CARS
HoFMANN AS AN INVENTOR
Famous Young Pianist Has Pat
ented Attachment for Auto
mObiles-He Will Visit
This City.

r. N. Innes, the famous bandmaster.
mas just placed an order for two private
cars, IN which he and his band will
travel on their forthcoming tour. This
train will consist of g. general sleeper.
longer than the usual one for his mu-
s1cians, and specially designed car for
himself and his singers. This latter win
be sumptuously fitted up as a sort of
hotel on wheels. 1t will have a private
room or two, a series of state rooms.
with bertns, an office, dining room and
Kitchen. and an observation room in the
rear. The train will have a full corps
of cooks, walters and porters, and the
band the singers and the great lines
himself will live in it for the months
they are on the road. This is the first
instance where a bandmaster has carried
his organization in this way. One or two
of the larger musical organizations have
used special trains at special times, but
none has ever toured in it's own equip
ment, owned by its leader himself But
then, 1nnes' differs in so many respects
from an ordinary band that it is not sur
prtsing to find him out of the ordinary
in this. The band will be he here, in its
special train later on. Adele Borgh. the
young italian prima donna, is with the
band.
Miss Estelle Liebling, the young prima
donna soprano, who enjoyed remark
able success in the royal opera at Ores
den, Germany, last winter, and was later
heard in a number Of operate concerts
in Berlin, arrived last week from Ham
burg on the steamer Columbia She
comes to this country to sing under the
management of Mr.. Henry Wolfsohn,
who has been following her career for
the past two years. He is arranging for
her series of fifty concerts which will
be given in the principal cities through
out the country and in Canada. Nego-
tiations are also pending for her to APP
pear with the Maurice Grau Opera com
pany in the beginning of the season, as
well as in series of concerts with
Josef Holman.
Josef Hoffman,, who comes to this
country in November next for his first
extended tour is now in Sweden, prepar-
ing himself for his coming visit, and in
cidentally experimenting with new
motor for his automobile. The latter he
intends bringing with him to this coun-
try. For his motor patent ne has
already made application to the patent
office In Washington. After Holman
makes his first appearance with the New
York Philharmonic society, Nov. 16 he
will be heard in two piano recttals after
which he will tour through Canada,
west as far as the Pacific coast, into
Mexico and thence through the South.
He will remain in this country until late
in April.
Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist,
who made such a remarkable success in
this country last season, will return
again in January next, under the man
agement of Mr.. Henry Wolfsohn. He
will open his season on Jan 10, in Chi
cago, with the Thomas orchestra, after
which he will be heard in the larger
cities including San Francisco and the
Pacific coast. Kreisler is now in Paris
where he is giving most of his tine to
the working up of a new repertoire for
his forthcoming tour.
Prince Charming is the newest lines
two-step march to find favor. 1t has
taken like wild fire. too all the park
bands in New York city are playing it.
and the gamins are whistling it on every
corner. Innes and mis- band will play it
when they come here, but it will be
the fad long before then, with all lovers
of a good two-step.