The age-herald., 1902-02-02
The Mobbine of Jan kubeiik.

From the Kansas City Star
 Certain women of Greater New York
 have worked themselves into fine frenzy over the young Bohemian violin
 ist Jan Kubelik. As an object of femin- inc hysteria this youthful virtuoso. with a girlish face and dreamy eyes, seems destined to be the logical successor of Ignace Jan Paderewski and Richard Pear son Hobson. At the conclusion of his re- cital at the Brooklyn Academy of Music yesterday, the handsome young player, whose striking beauty and youthful inn uetuosity seem to count more than artis- tic attainements, was "mobbed." say the dispatches Women scrambled and fought to get into his presence, and those in the van kissed the beleagured boy franticaly, and even strove to snatch locks Of his hair. His clothes were stripped of but
 tons and when he finally reached the se- curity of his carriage and ventured to wave a goodbye, the extended hand was almost blistered with the feverish oscula- tion of the impassioned 'mob."
 The genuineness of this demonstration might not be doubted but for the fact that the scene was laid in Greater New York.
 which advance agents like to call "the Mecca of all things and people dramatic and musical The primacy of Gotham as an amusement center has often led managers to bring about strange things for advertising purposes. Last season Olga Nethersole's manager had his star courtmartialed, so to speak, in order that the country might get an exaggerated idea of the immortality of "Sapho." This season Miss Nethersoles brother, who is managing his wife, Sadie Martinot, in
 "The Marriage Game" tried to have war
 waged on his production, but failed. In
 the days when long New York runs counted for something in what the critics of that city call "the provinces" 1t was not unusual for stars and managers to keep their houses filled for weeks, and sometimes months. by distributing free admissions-an expensive Aractice, but supposed to be a good investment as
 means to advertise the attractions lon the road"
 This is called "papering the house." If the term were applied literally instead of figuratively, most of the Broadway
 theaters might be adorned with gold foil
 an inch deep by this time. Even at this late date when New York runs are very generally discredited in other cities. there are still some who pay dearly for what they call metropolitan prestige" Last season and this one young star has kept himself surrounded by lavish scenery and A costly cast and has kept his theater filled by using the large earnings of his wife, WnO IS one Ul tle ihOol pophidl stars in the country, and contents her self by playing only brief New York en- gagements.
 Is 1t not quite possible therefore, that the managers of young Jan Kubelik who have bookings for their star in many oth- CT cities and are desirous to make fame for their importation, have packed the convention" It Is said that one can hire anything done in New York. One can imagine with what alacrity a bunch of extras" from the local theaters would
 respond to an offer to impersonate hy- sterical admirers of Kubeik. They would at once get free entertainment. fair remuneration and bit of novel dram atic experience. Many of them are &C., customed to mob frenzy. for they are frequently employed to represent angry or joyous citizens in the plays.
 It would be regrettable, of course, to rob young Jan of any credit that may be due to his artistic hypnotism, but one is bound to look with suspicion on these New York demonstrations. Let us wait and see what happens to Kubelik when he plays Springfield. Mass, or St. Joe, Mo. ss-s