Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-08

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~ .......and "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Saturday matinee. .. Don Pasquale
| Saturday night. ........ La Gloconda
There is provided for possible Fri
day matinee to be determined later
should business justify.
| The Ferris company, 1t may be stated
parenthetically, will lay off till the
latter half of next week, when prob
ably "The Holy City" will be given
for three nights and a matinee in San
Diego. The Ferris company will return
| in Theodore" a week from Monday
as usual.
AS regards ticket exchanges and the
| like-for every ticket sold in advance
for the rink will have to be exchanged,
owing to the different seating capacity
see above.
Now that the battle is over and calm
rests upon all concerned the parties
to the negotiations, without exception,
are glad that it is accomplished. Mr..
Russell, who has been we'll nigh dis
tracted since he's came here, what with
the illness of Mr.. Ullman, the trouble
at Ell Paso and the utter inadequacy
| of the rink smiled wanly but happily
| last night and expressed himself
thusly:
1.-THE united pressure and demand
from the newspapers was the prime
factor in the change. / felt from the
first that 1t should be made, but mas
much as it seemed impossible even to
play to our expenses on the first terms
quoted us, saw no way to bring it
about. However, the papers insisted
so strongy-and rightly-that when a
way was found I was prepared to do
almost anything. 1 am all for art; 1
now do not care whether or not we
make cent here, just so we can get
out of town; hence 1 sacrifice all the
work and expense here in the rink glad
| ly. I am delighted with the Auditor
ium; wait till you hear La Boheme'
there tomorrow night and you will
realize what the San Carlo company
is. No one knows it now; no one has
any conception of it's work in this
place."
Both Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Ferris were
equally pleased that things had worked
out satisfactorily.
"Ferris Did IT.
Ferris is the man who did it," said
Berry. Several times, 1t was all or,
and would have been impossible had he
not always found a way to smooth
over the trouble He did what no
other manager ever did in moving out.
1 never want to go through again
what I did today. The company be-
longed in here from the first and 1
realized it, so conceded their every
demand. Now that it is coming, de-
spite all the troubles hedging it about,
the Auditorium will do every possible
thing to make it's stay financial and
artistic success"
I'VE are the servants of the public"
said Ferris, land as the public and
press want the opera company here,
which is it's natural home we gladly
step out. That's what 1 told my au-
dience tonight from the stage. 1 was
at the negotiations yes. Did you ever
see a lot of tomcats on a back yard
fence yowling at the moon and one
another? That was us. 1t was awful.
Several times 1 thought it was all off.
But we couldn't afford, any of us, to
let the deal go by. 1t is made; now
for success. We bow out for ten
days; then we come back with 'Theo-
dora That's all for u.s."
Mr.. Consadine said never a word.
or all concerned, perhaps, Len Be-
hymer loses most and gains less. He Is
supposedly eliminated yet he had the
original contract on which the COM
pany came here, and at any time could
have enforced it in any court of law
in the land That in itself would have
for the Berry ultimatum was for the
elimination of Behymer-personal i'll
feeling. But Behymer has not pro-
NOTED musical affairs and interests
here for eighteen years to be small
potatoes now.
II am out of it; lose" said he, "and
I do 1t with good grace. The place for
the company is the Auditorium; the
only pity is that 1t could not have gone
there at the first. 1t is a great blow
to me; l prided myself greatly on Civ
ing Los Angeles the best opera II ever
heard, and I think / succeeded, even
under the adverse circumstances. When
II was up to the rink we did what was
possible with 1t; that was all that any
one could do. Now that is no more
my game, / send II forth with all good
wishes and every hope for its success
Game Len Behymer Russell says
he shall not regret 1t. And Russell has
the reputation OF keeping his word
If the gist of the matter Is wanted
land this is mot for publication" as
such things always are--the fine
Italian hand OF John w Consadine win
b be noted all through the change. Mr..
= Consadine stepped In TO safeguard and