The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-03-26
mrs. SNYDER IS MAD
FORMER MANKATO LADY SORE
AT SOME ST. PAUL PEOPLE.
They Attended What They Thought
Was to Be an Emma Eames Re-
cital and on Learning That the
Famous Singer Was Not Going to
MARBLE, Demanded Their Money
Back; Management Finds Fault.

The Emma Eames recital at the
Auditorium Sunday afternoon was not
Gogorza concert. because Nine. Games
had a severe attack of laryn9itis and
couldn't sing, says The st. Paul Dis
patch There would have been $4,000
in the house, but money returned and
prospective purchasers who didn't buy
tickets after hearing the news, re-
duced the amount to $1,000.
The management didn't put sign
in the lobby announcing Nine. Eames'
indispositiOn, because it was figured
that such a sign might turn a lot OF
money away from the box office, and
if people were permitted to 90 right
in and get the announcement from
the stage a great many of them would
be satisfied with the barytone one
man recital, who otherwise would not
have bought tickets at ALL
This is the frank admission made
by Mrs. F. Fl. Snyder, business man.
aeer of the Symphony orchestra, and
formerly of Mankato. III,
Mrs. Snyder Explains.
eve worked mp to the last min
utes," she said, ito get Nine. Eames in
condition to sing, and it ..wast two
o'clock yesterday afternoon before
was sure she could not appear. Then
I telephoned Mr.. ROthwell, director of
the orchestra, that she would not be
there. | tried then to get Mrs. Roth
well to sing a few numbers, but she
was not prepared, so we had to 90
on with the recital, de Gogorza sing
ing the entire prOoram--and it was
a magnificent concert. As to the ethics
of the case, here is the situation:
"The orchestra has Just ended its
third year. 1t is 4 great public insti-
tuition, which on9ht to receive the sup
port of everyone in st. Paul This
year, with the assistance of our guar
antors, we will just abOnt come out
even. We needed every penny we could
get. 1t was positively a ease where
every dollar counted. Now, we didn't
have time, after | was sure Nine
Eames couldn't sing. properly to an
nOunce it, even by signs i'm the lobby
You know it takes some time to make
: and put mp a sign, and then nobody
reads it. But even if we had been able
to get the signs up they would have
turned away many people who other
wise would have bought tickets, and
being in, would have stayed in after
the announcement from the stage, en-
tirelv satisfied with the change. We
didn't want to tell the people to stay
out, by such a sign, but before a note
was sung it was announced from the
stage that Nine. Eames could not sine
and that all who wished to do so could
get their money back at the box office
"Went Out in Oroves.
"They went out in droves, and among
them were some very wealthy people
who could easily afford to contribute
the small amount they had invested
in seats downstairs, for the benefit of
people upstairs who wanted to stay
and for the benefit of the orchestra.
Rather than stay and hear splendid
concert without Eames, by great
! barytone, they stood some them in
line more than two hours. waiting to
get their pitiful pieces of money back !
81 walked down the line and told
some of them hoped they would
earn their dollar. standing in crush
line two hours. ! don't hesitate at all
to say that we hoped they would have
enough generous spirit to stay after
they were in and give us the benefit
of a successful concert If they got
any pleasure from reducing our re-
cepts, | hope they enjoyed it,"
Mrs. Gogorza Not Blamable.
! 1t was suggested to Mrs. Snyder
that perhaps Nine Eames and De
Gogorza had, on account >of the differ
ences between Gogorza and his wife. in
which Nine. Eames was mentioned
agreed not to sing together again dur
ing the remainder of the tour. Color
was given this story by the fact that
after Chicago, where the domestic
trouble story began, De Goeorza quit
in the middle of song at Minneapolis
and the date at Duluth was cancelled
while in st. Paul, Nine Eames did
not sing.
! There is positively nothing in that,
said Mrs. Snyder. "The facts are ex-
actly as | have given them The pro-
ceeding brought by Mrs. De Gogorza
has not for a moment troubled either
Nine. Eames or Mr.. DE Gorgorza.
Policeman Tried Bunco Game.
"To some of Them" she said. 'thc
money might have meant much. but
to most of them it was drop in the
bucket. Several people came up with
f, stubs of tickets for which they de.
manded so cents more than tine face
,yalue.
1 "A policeman picked up stub from
the foor. that some one had bought
and tried to oct money IN IL an fhe