New-York tribune., 1922-12-17
pv A. E Krehbiel

~ one o. the e'e''' '''
.,h, d.y With accounts OF the
80 !, oar shsa,,rs concerning the
.,.,,. Na ,,h,es, rssbetiss Of signs o.
-, Gi..pproysl 10 sAs playhouse
=. ,D,r, house and sone'rs,rOO'n, '.,
H., ). 40 possible. probable Kind o.
80 Z" 40 vossibl, chance "h'i''eI' TO
s..s,,, vhsthsr a performer OF 2
..o.,,,on hss pleased OF di'plsaaeo
'.s,,,s. The noise whish follows
..n, ,sS,sr. or rapture 10 nod'r'
'- ..,,, 81 sDausiihed disappo'h'-
$50 :. I,,s,ni Il seems to Be oe-
80. -. "a make an outward demon
ls,,,Ios Of gratitude, no matts' ho~
N. v,,b indignation your heart may be
1 A,vinr paid good money Tor what
-, ant. ss yoD think, worthless.
r,drs given g'fd you are not sup
- 20 Be- entitled 70 your quo OF 10
ir,va sudibly at the treatment re-
I.ls,d Nov. Il isn't liksly that an
.s,, audience Il always pleased at
Ir,rthlng offered 20 II in a musical
H., bet Il ffty OF a hundred per
-, sui o. . thousand choose 70 make
n has Of enthusiasm their voice be-
l.-u the unanimous utterance Of the
il,v,sful and there Is nothing left fOr
ID, Bic majority 70 DO but 70 keep 2
I-Hinr face. II they boil within Il Is
Ia becoming 70 show t.
rs,.srs are different In some Euro
"a, countries. like Italy. France and
Ils,sfo. Hungsry---to eonhne o elves
II eountriss Of which we can speak
rv eIperlenee or authentic report
N, there a reasonable equilibium ia
Maintained By an ancient and we'll
Irtsrsd system Of professional sue
w.ush,rs-ths elSqus. Here our
I.,e,rt.roOm elAques are bodies Of dil-
ANTI who haven't the faintrst n
s,,lon OF their business, and our
I,,rs elsqas Is q small body Of ILL
hammered persons who generally stand
,ar the stage on the Thirty-ninth
stree, slds Of the house and make
.ol,e, whenever their employers ap-
osar on the stage, no matter what they
.o The employers are individual
singers We DO no. know Y they have
.ver Joined their forces in a union or
yndicate Perhaps their jealou y Of
each other tas acted as deterrent
from this obdously practical scheme.
We do not want them TO. but II they
ssrs 10 Be taught % act as intelli-
Gently o. the Partisan elaqus they
rould Be more tolersble than they
v nov, when the lll-timed noise OF
few must make up for the well-timed
~ polite plsudits Of a few score
10, have never heard OF master OF
A, slsaus going to the composer Of
n omrn there II would have TO o'
1. sonduetor) to study the score 90
y 70 know Just what numbers were
Ihb 10 deserve appreciation and u
rsa degree whether a mere recall Of
4, durer 20 the stage or a demand
1n q repetition Of the air. Last
ITInuday evening we thought u
IaAn humiliating 70 so extraordinary
Iiraius a. Mr. Chalispin that he had
larSpt o "bis" from a single yo.ee anc
l Isor round Of applause which wa'
It,sus and came chiefly from people
W obviously had no desire to disrupt
II dramatic scene, to crafty bis de-
~ 70 repeat an air.
Es have an impression that We save
sk ielktalss in which cruel monarehs
hn commanded amusement makers
tIns and the like-to make them
agh. under penalty Of deeapltation OF
usn lingering death II they didn't
J va By dint OF telling a good story
M nigh, 10 King Shshriar that the
evnltus scheherazsds kept her head
e iN shoulders and rot herself e1-
vlilsly set to music by Rimsky-Kor-
a,s No dooht Schehervzade has
~ prototypes in literature, but We
"nt tine to look them up All that
ah tssion. but the authentic his
Mt tie professional people who
~ Airsd to applaud artists Is GER
Gl 200 years old We recall that
"si-'td Ysiri ago q story made the
n'Aas Il The newspapers which told Of
- a'.swT Q, papyrus document st
Il .s.Pm shisA, IN an account Of the
sn''" kssaa heaters, described the
..n'u h vhiA different degrees Of
w'''"''a vvs proclaimed by the
'0a Moderate satisfaction was
T.'." ey saspping the fugers-liks
1soss 'choOlboy desiring 70 at
W attention Of the teacher;
49, D striking the fingers Of the
nag against those Of the right.
,'''iiAsi noise was said 10 be like
,'Auhe together Of eGrthenware
s,., .h 'ad this kind Of applause was
\ ~ ts'R IA potsberd). A erssesndo
su.'l was marked by clapping With
~ asd Cat, and. when It was de-
IN ntks a greater demonstration.
"u'Ned palms But the sign Of
~" snthutiasm was a waving Of .
"a o. the toga Il is said that the
3a-l'' Aurslian had bits Of cloth dis
80 ier this purpose among the
aaases, who we're not permitted
ne togA. The pspyrus gave no