New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21

temporarv stabbed in the long line of sheds that
DURING the autumn sheltered the exhibition cattle
Not only was the huge hall packed TO It's utmost
caDacitv but hundreds who could not gain adrn1S-
sion were grouped patiently round the building 10
hear whatever of melody came through the open
windows even though they nnlghI hOC SeL SSn' Vi
the performers. >,
said the Rev Mr. Goodrich to his guest, and really
don't know at this moment how wealthy are
until the counting is finished - and Madam Sombra
all excitement laughed jOyously that this should
be So In spite of the new church, the town had
changed little from her remembrance OF It, and she
entered upon this concert with greater JOY than
she had ever felt in approaching audience before
The clergyman said few words at the beginning,
dwelling on the great pride they all felt in who,
leaving this small town. had justly challenged the
attention of the world through her genius He
spoke of her generosity in coming thus before them
when so many more important places had Clamored
in vain When he sat down, Fraulein Vogel APP
peared followed by the long haired man who was to
play her accompaniment There was rather more
applause than the frauein had evidently expected,
and the clergyman smiled, for he knew that many
of the audience unacCuStOmed to programs, had
made the mistake of supposing this woman to be the
star of the evening. The fraulein sang sweety a
song in German then retired and now Herr Schwartz
himself came forward, leading Madam Sombra by
the hand and the roar of welcome echoed to the roof
as the happy woman bowed and smiled before them
Her ewes rested lovingly for more than moment
on the solid phalanx of enthusiastic men IN blue
coats; this section of the Grand Army OF the
Republic now, alasl all grayhaired, who, or others
like them had been her first audience. Then she
turned and sat down at the piano. and the carnOr
ceased as abruptly as it began. Her n1mble, Capa-
be expressive fingers loated up and down the key
board, and the grand instrument responded with
the fireworks of Chopin's "Scherzo in B Minor.
No audience could be more attentive: not a sound
came from it. Then followed the sweet
notes of the Motto pin Le1tO' section
HR of this selection, and after pause the
artistic played the simple melody of
"Trois Nouveles Etudes."
Before she had finished the
knew with the sensitive intuition of
IN an artistic, that her audience was be-
T. wi1dered rather than delighted. Was
this, she almost heard them
say to themselves, this
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1isss.sss5:s.aA the sort of thing that kings
= - : ID and emperors showered IA
81 vors for? If there any
|44S EA method meaning in the
III IT, sssA a performance it had eluded
ssssssss79 4SgI9sY them. Madam Sonbra rose
7e 81 kEEA from the piano with a sink
- fgsSssJ #R ZJ ing sense of failure. The
ssats1 AH& S1SE Grand Army, like the c1aque
- in the center of the Paris
- Opera House, aPplauded
~ - riotously but the rest held
harciIla Experi- back and expressed their
enced the First feelings with ginger1y per-
Ovation of Her Iu1CIOrllleSS
Life Signor Spaghetti came on,
and sang with much ges-
ture imprisoned Italian
1ove-song. The audience did not know what
make of it at first, but when the famous tenor came
to the grand finale, leaned forward rolled his eyes
upward, and shudderingly clinched his open palms
against his manly breast, his hearers to the
clusion that this was a comic effort, and the final