The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-14

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abbreviates it. gets $50 extra every
time he scratches a SOLO" But he
didn't wish to appear too anxious.
why, yes, will play" he said half
reluctantly
IAN right Johnston will have a At.
He'll tear his hair and shout, Ihere
goes another fifty It'll be q great
joke on him."
r. E. Johnston is the manager whom
Duss pays $50 a week Johnston tries
to act as though it is his own money
he is disbursing and roars long ana
Io{1d at unnecessary expense. So Duss
put Frankie on at the concert just 10
hear Johnston yell about expenses.
AGillionaires can play that KIND OF
jokes. 30,
pealed Franko when some OF the play
ma. you're the hardest working man
in this crowd except myself And you
can be depended on You know Just
what to do. I never had man before
that made me feel as secure as you 40
If a light would fan down you know
what is to be done You can Jump up
and wave the baton if can't. Ma
you're all right and there is load OF
worry off my mind to know you re Win
me-"
Franlzo threw his arms around the
! conductor ana 0uEBeQ IllIA LII f1AI 49,
The whole tour seems to be sort OF
! love feast There is no worry about
whether the bunch can move to the
next .-stand." There are many advan-
tages to touring with multlmliion-
W. S. Kale arrived and Duss greeted
his old friend warmly and went WIN
him.
draw theirs2" was asked Of Hirsch as
Frankie was parcelling out the money
Hirsch had given him for the players T.
The daily dividend to these singers
It was stated none of the instrument
talists gets less than $50 a week Most
Of them get more. 1t depends on their
standing.
In Kansas City there was an audience
of perhaps 1000 persons, and the local
manager lost considerable money
Duss had only one private secretary
with him here, besides typewrltlsts $.
messengers and 9orters. He has two
private secretaries and an accountant.
besides many managers and overseers
for his properties. His real estate in
veStments are in the hands OF special
man named Wagner.
ANY talk about my INDUCING my
whims for music at my own expense IS
all nonsense % said DusS yesterday. This
tour is a straight business proposition
Ny music must stand on its own feet.
I won't stand for losers of any kind.
The reason I quit bands was because
musical people profess to believe bands
can't accomplish what symphony or
chestras can. They don't know what
bands can do. but they always say.
/ Yes, it is very good, but if it was only
an orchestra I made up my mind 1
wasn't going to spend ten years edu-
eating musical people down. as they
/ call il. to band music. The symphony
orchestra is regarded as more dignified
and better. and it has already arrived.
orchestra was the thing for me and. of
! course. have my own ideas about an
! orchestra, too. as we'll as about a band"
! Kansas City critic said Duss with
with new toy drum. Duss laughed at
this. He said my baton was a toy
said Duss and he laughed again.
To the people in the seats at the Audi
! forum Duss seemed the embodiment of
good fellowship But out in the dress
( ing room he showed his teeth and grum-
! bled over the fact that his orchestra
was not given the Whole stage to it.
self.
Major I. J. Anderson, who is the pow
er behind the throne in the Musical fes-
tival, was in the dressing room.
If you don't like that arrangement"
said he, you can pack up your bag
gage and take your train If you think
the management of this concern is go
ing TO pay $4,000 to get you and then
give the members of the Choral society
81 seats in the house. you're dead wrong.
This audience has been listening to an
orchestra for the last two or three days
and has heard enough of that kind of
music It is here to see the singers -
Major Anderson was somewhat mis-
taken as the ovation given the orchestra
proves
Nothing more was said on the subject.
Edouard De Reszke was in the dressing
room with his hands in his pockets
waiting for his turn He grinned While
the bandmaster and the power fused.
But down under Mr.. Duss' placid sur
face his feelings continued troubled. La
ter in the evening Major Anderson ask
ed him for medley of patriotic airs.
Duss demurred- Major Anderson re-
torted:
An right. I'll tell the audience that
you have declined to give them num-
Der of patriotic music
"Oh. don't do that" And the medley
was forthcoming but it was noticeably
brief. When the audience was on IT'S
feet, after picking UP its umbrellas,
fans and spilled programme sheets, ana
was ready to f1utter it's handker chiefs
and become emotional the medley end
ed and the audience ungracefully and
abruptly sat down.
Duss is to be commended for making
the number brief Patriotism is all
right in the proper place but it is not
1 the place for every brass band and or
4 chestra that comes along to try and SIT :
up a little cheap enthusiasm for itself
I by playing a national air and expecting
/ the audience to stand Duss doesn't be-
People object to the flag being used for
advertising purposes. The same senti-