The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05

ing ceremonies and sxcitsHaont q . great
public holiday and Barnum did NOS have
In hia pocket the price Of dinner.
Never before had there been snch On:
thuaiasm In the city Of New York OF indood
in America. Within ten minutes Of our
arrival az the Irving House. wrote bar
mum afterWArd, mot Ices than twenty
thousand persons had congre9nted
around the entrance In Broadway. nor
was the number diminished before
O'Clock in tho evening This was not
only a holiday excitement. For Weeks
after the excitement was unaoeted'
I Her rooms were thrOnged with visitors'
including the mAgnatea o. tho land m
both Church and State, The Carriages
OF the weahhiest could b. seen IN front
Of her hotel AZ ali houra Of the day
Presents were ehoWered upon her.
nearly everything manufactured IN the
city was named after her. paradea %
hands. singing societies. 40 hremen IN
their red shirts' marched by her hotel
cheering.
Even Barnum was satisfied with the
result % hia master press agenoy work.
He announced the first Jenny Lind concert
nc Castle Garden Septembef ", ana
hopefVilly awaited results The mrs. t.cEel'
bought BY q halter named 5onn ~ tenn,
modest disciple Of harnum m the
advertising way. aold a t27s. NeS Hors
vas proud II ito halter and guessed
that no other city would prodnce such a
deuce Of a munger. Tickets we're cold IN
other cities Tor Two and nearly three times
the amOuF'.
II ia interesting 10 read the delirious
deeaila Of that unapproached triumph,
the battling crowds Of Would-he auditors.
the hyuterical critics. the WOrehipping
multitudea. the star overcome BY ench
succeaG a. even Adortng Europe had not
awarded 10 her But space REQUIRES that
these thinas be merely limited a.. The
rece;pta nt the fret concert we're 81. So
Of the asoond. Sli.7 m but the last Of the
FIRST New York series brought the nieht's
receipts zap 10 tie.02s. Then Boston was
visited. and there the flrvt night ne
receipts were tis,t7o D-to hear one
woman sing!
This sensational success produced the
natural result with which contemporary
Managers 0f song stars are painfully
TsmiIlsr. Miss Lind vas SURROUNDED 81
advisrra who urged her 70 break her
contract in such a way ~ would give her
. greater share Of the profits This In
spite of the fact that RaEnum had volun-
tarjly changed the contract - ~ 10 nve
his star an Interest in net prOhts beyond
her 400 a concert and that ahe was
greatly profiting thereby, barnum says
that he does not believe Miaa land was q
party 20 the acheming that began 10 annoy
him ard embarraaa his management, but
the trouble grew 70 such an extent that
after ninety-hve concerts he released hia
star 10 the management Of his rivals
aud she made lea money
The total receipts Of the ninsty-hve
concerts under the great 9hcWmhn's
management were S7l7.isi.sA That odd
four cents IL the result Of figuring some
spanish money taken m Cube into United
states Inbney For those ninety-fv
concerts Rarnum paid Jenny Lind net
free from all expenses. rebates under
the contract. &c ti1o.67j.
Here are some figures which are cal
culated 10 make the modern managers
81 single star musical ATTRACTIONS envious
or fearful: Total receipts for thirty-6ve