Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-14
AGAIN. POSTPONED.
Schumann. Heink Obliged BY illness to
Give Up Concert.

| While Madam Schumann- H eink
came to Maine last Saturday and filled
her engagement at Lewiston, she was
SO much worse on Sunday that it was
feared she would be unable to fill her
other engagements. Nevertheless, she
persevered and went to Bangor where
she remained over Sunday, and not
until the last minute did she give up.
But physicians whom she consulted
Sunday could not give her any en-
couragement for the balance of her
| trip until she should be able to re-
cover her voice, as she is very hoarse
yet. Consequently, she returned to
| Her home in New Jersey, going through
| Augusta Monday afternoon on train
| No. 1902
Madam Schumann- Heink assures the
Augusta people that she will return
to fill her engag cement here as soon as
she had time to recover from the
severe cold which she has, and will
announce the date as soon as she feels
sure of her voice While this second
cancellation is a great disappointment
to many who had planned to attend
the recital this evening, it is a much
greater disappointment to those nav
ing it in charge and greater yet to the
great prima donna who has tried SO
hard to keep her engagement.
After a careful examination OF Ma
dame Schumann-H eink at the Bangor
House Monday morning, DR.. B. l.. Bry-
ant reported that it would be unwlse
for the madame to appear in concert
Monday evening, and in order that the
,;r1> condition
prepared the following statement for
publication in the Bangor Commercial:
Ny Dear Mr.. Chapman:
1 find Madame Schumann- Heink IN
an extremely nervous condition, as the
result of a recent attack of grip ana
overwork.
l have advised her to take a COM
plete rest free from all care and bpsl-
ness engagements. for u few weeks. II
would be absolutely impossible for her
to sing tonight
BERTRAM L. BRYANT, NJ. d.
Bangor. April 10, 1908.
'rne management announces that the
Schumann- Heink concert Will not ne
given up entirely, but Will be postfol-
ed to some time in the near future the
exact date to be announced as soon as
the madame's condition will permit of
a Encouragement of dates with surety.
Tickets already issued for this recital
will be honored when the event actual
ly takes place, or if preferred, they
NAV be returned to Miss Holmes by
whom the purchase price will be re-
funded.
William R. Chapman, who is manag-
ing the Schumann- Heink tour in New
England, expressed his personal sor-
row at the disappointment that Au-
gusta people feel over her inability 10
sing Tuesday night.
II have managed them ALL he sald'
as he stopped off in Augusta Monday,
from Patti down and this is my first
disappointment, the first time that
have been unable to fill an engagement
have done all that l could. L nave
brought her here, but it is Impossible
for her to sing. You may say, how
ever, that Madame Schumann-H elnk
will make good her engagement mere
in the very, near future and the GATE
will be announced just as soon as pos
sible. More than that she is to begin
her postponed tour right here in Maine
and will be heard in Augusta on that
tour. Augusta people are not the only
ones who are disappointed for IN
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
over $4,000 of tickets have been al
ready sold.