The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-18

course of entertainments of the Pipe
Organ association The price of admis-
sion has been placed at one dollar for
seats in any part of the building. The
profits will be applied to the fund for
the payment of the debt incurred in
installing the new pipe organ.
When New York takes up an artist
he is truly great Ysaye, the Belgian
violinist, has played in New York II
times in less than six weeks and he is
still at 1t. His first New York appear
ance with the Boston Symphony orches-
ira at Carnegie hall on December Is.
drew an audience which filled the house
from pit 30 dome On account Of the
Orchestra's subscription list $500 was
the utmost capacity. On January "a,
five weeks later, YSaye receipts at the
same hall at higher prices exceeded
$500: There is stil great demand for
him in New York city In Norwich. a
city Of $4,000 inhabitants, one out of
every 42 attended Ysaye's recital If
this average Of New YOrk'S population
should want to hear him, it would ne
cessitate the giving Of IS concerts in
New Fork to Carnegie halls capacity.
His manager, r. e. Johnston, has book
ed rs concerts for Ysaye which will take
him 10 the coast. Every city of this
country is interested in Ysaye.
Ysaye, who recently arrived in Amer
lea on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
comes here for tour of 70 concerts
under the management OF R. z. John
ston who brought him to this country
on two previous occasions.
Ysaye will be heard in every city in
the United States from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Concerts are already ar
ranged in the following cities:
Boston. five concerts.
New York, six concerts.
Philadelphia, two concerts.
Baltimore, two concerts.
San Francisco, four concerts.
One each in the following cities:
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Hartford, Provi-
denee. Portland, Maine. Albany. .Syra-
cuse. Toronto. Cleveland, Washington,
D C. Cincinnati, Detroit. Chicago.
Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Madison. st.
Paul. Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha,
Kansas City, Denver, St Louis. Indian
leans, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Ore
gon, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ysaye IS accompanied to this coun-
try by Mrs. Ysaye, Jules De Befve, his
head Of the piano department in the
ConservatOire of music at Iiege. Bel
gium) and two servants
Ezra Kendall is known as the prince
OF practical JokeFs, and scarcely a dav
passes that he does not have a good
laugh at the expense Of some one 1t
IS very seldom, indeed, that the tables
are turned on the sharp-witted come
dian, but il happened a short time ago
in a southern city, and all Ezra's ef-
forts to keep it quiet have been in vain
Kendall and his Weather beaten Ben
son company were about to begin a
long and cheerless journey to the next
stand, and, as the uncertainty of south
ern railroad schedules made it extreme
u unlikely that regularity of meals
would be possible. the star ordered SO
beef sandwiches from the nearest rest
aurant- Nothing was said about the
price, and when the bill for SO was
presented at the train, together with
a tray Of sandwiches that would make
the Raines law article blush. Ezra de-
cl1ned to pay The hour before leaving
time was sufficient for the sandwich
man to get out an attachment and
Just as the train was leaving. a portion
Of the company's baggage was seized