New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
On the Creation and Distribution
OF Spontaneous Enthusiasm
ANCIENT and Modern Publicity Methods; Nero and
His Own Press Agentry; The Glory Which
Came TO Dressing Maid i'm Venice
By II. E. Krehbiel


...ssepe player, Of whose "audition"
INA Yale Bowl some [but INSULT
...r., nantien was made in this news
..rs,v last Sunday, came TO New York
-, x.ek and fcr the first time saw
s.. ,sserier Of Carnegie Hall and
x..,a . concert OF the Philharmonic
S,,,.ty. Again she met the musical
s,srs ii the metropolitan press, those
,sr,ieusa who attend "suditions" at
i, 1,asra House and have only words
a ssiadiy depreciation" for youthful
esn.us, but are regular Macaulays
whsn Ii comes TO telling about who's
who in the opera boxes and what kind
% gown and jewels Mrs. What's-Her-
Ssmc we're. Miss Sacbut bubbled over
with enthusiasm in talking to these
sntics about the concert and so far
ssfgst what she owed to her patrons
ii the Naugatuck Valley, who have
,sssed $4,000 TO make a star of her, as
say that Carnegie Hall is bigger
sneert room than the opera house in
Aymour and that she never heard
sch beautiful concert as that given
! the Philharmonic Society.
she was bit disappointed in Mr.
d aransky. He didn't bring out his
rambone players as Mr. Sousa does,
Inc them up in front Of the other
assicians and let them blew their
l.sds of in whxt they call unison. In
s,ss, she had to hunt all over the band
isr them, and when she found them
tssy were sitting quite unobtrusively
ia one Of the hiudmost rows of the
players, where there were other men
nowing on brass things, also quite
ipecnspicuous. OF course, it was nice
read next day that when she went
% speak to some nice friends OF the
riss gentleman who had given her free
tickets TO the concert people nudged
N. smother and a murmur went
shsough the multitude, "That's the
yeaserful girl who is going to play at
esne.rts in New York in few years.;
Sa., after all, there was "hy in the
cistrent,ns lThe phrase is not exactly
tA.sans used by little Miss Sacbut, but
Aats, the way literary folk express
ssas she meant.)
nspnt is that when Miss Sacbut's
Ascssss selected the trombone as
10 ESsSM instrument with which the
NsAg was to iliume the musical
agusaent she thought of what an eff
isctfvs show her arms would make
wishing the slide into its various posi-
tiens, provided the sleeveless gown
nth sits over the shoulders and un-
der ths arms remained in fashion. And
hov could that be IL she were to sit
back in the orchestra among other
people who were just plain, ordinary
musicians, who had had to practice
away for years and learn notes and
study technique like anything and play
only one part out Of many that 60 into
musical composition?
And would you believe it? The very
same day that The Tribune printed the
mee article about her saying that Sey-
mour, Conn, didn't have such splendid
concerts as that given by the Philhar-
nonlc Society an enthusiastic Nauga-
luck Valieyian had a piece (but it was
signed piece and, of course, didn't
eouAt much) in the paper in which he
said that Seymour heard everything
gcod IN the musical line that New York
neara. Uf course, New York heard
Aaofe things, but all the good artists
VINO played or sang here went straight
way to, Seymour and gave concerts
here.
sst Sophronia is a brave girl She
going to stay in New York for ever
% long, quit playing in public, pack all
asr arpeggios, and appogiaturas, and
senilunes, and caracoles and fantasias.
and things and things in an old kit
Gag and just plain study music and
lots Of other mtters that her teacher
says are necessary If one wants to be
Al artist So the critics who tell US SO
much about the people who sit in the
0oxes at the opera and what they wear
aud the Associated Guild Of Naugatuck
alley Boosters will have nothing more
say about her for a long time. Then
taree or four years, rnayhap, It shall
Osthe duty of the reporters whose par
scaiar business is go write about music,
wat it is like and how 1t is performed
= relieve the critics Of their joyful
ishs,