New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
MEDAL struck by the
I'VE Sa0edish royal mint in
1891. From the collection of
LeomidGs WesterUeIt

instance she gave $4,000 to swed..
ish friend"
The last gift was made in Boston.
Jenny received q note from Swed-
ish girl and at once looked her up.
She found q poor working girl, a
stranger and without friends in
America. Jenny took the girl up,
carried her around with her, made
her friend and when she left Bos-
ton gave the girl $4,000.
Another time, on entering the the
alter at Boston, she heard a poor girl
at the box Office say:
otis my last So, but I am going
to hear Jenny Lind sing" Jenny
took the girl back to her dressing
room, learned her little story and
gave her $100 and her seat for the
concert.
One Of the stipulations of her con-
tract with Barnum was that she was
to give all the charity concerts she
wanted to, the oh9y condition being
that the first concert in any city was
not to he for charity. Rarely did she
visit city on her tour where at
least one concert was not given the
entire proceeds of which went to
charity, and it should be added that
in these cases Barnum did not allow
the expenses of the concert to be
taken out of the proceeds. The whole
thing went for the charity selected
by Jenny, and Barnum paid the ex-
penses.l
Paid Her 1000 a Concert
Not only was it unusually mu-
nifcent for that time-it was for
$1,000 a concert, With all her per-
sonal expenses and the salaries and
expenses Of her company aud per-
sonal entourage-but it offered the
opportunity for the final break with
opera.
Jenny accepted Barnum's offer
and arrived here September 1, 1850,
on the sidewheeler Atlantic, with
Julius Benedict as her musical d.
rector and Signor Belletti, a barry
tone. Her first concert was in
Castle Garden, September II, 1850,
while she gave total of ninety
three concerts under Barnum's man
agement.
Sold Tickets by Auction
The demand to hear Jenny sing
was SO great during her tour of this
country that it was the practice to
sell by auction the tickets to her
concerts. Barnum says of the prices
paid:
"The highest prices paid for tick
cts were at auction, as follows: John
n. Genin in New York, 1925; Ossian
E. Dodge in Boston, 1925; Colonel
William c. Ross in Providence, 1858;
VI. A. Root in Philadelphia, 1925;
Mr.. Darcy in New Orleans, $240;,
keeper of a refreshment saloon in
St. Louis, $50; a daguerreotypist
in Baltimore, 500. After the sale
Of the first ticket the premium
usually fell to $50, and so downward
in tie scale of figures. The fixed
price of tickets ranged from 81 to SO.
Promenade tickets were from 50 to
81 each"
In the concert at the Aquarium,
which will be the principal feature
of the centenary celebration in this
city, an effort will be made to re-
produce the scene of Jenny's first
concert in America in 1850. The
tickets will be reproductions of the
old tickets; the seating arrange
ments will be the same and the ush-
ers will wear rosettes and carry
little banners of colored paper dis
tinguishing the sections. The pro-
gram will be the same and the singer
will be Nine. Frieda Hempel, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. A
replica of the dress denny wore is
now being made for Nine. Hempel.
who says:
"The more intipate glimpses /
have Of Jenny Lind the more real
ize the marvellous hold she had on
the hearts Of the people. She was
SO simple, so sweet, so humanity
good. She didn't spreach or pose;
she just did things when people
needed them. She liked animals, too
she liked everything that was help
less and needed her. You know, I
never like other peoples 'mantles'
and 'halos,' but any woman should
be proud if she fell heir to Jenny
Lind's-and they fitted"