Show UNDER COWBOYS BATONS The Adventure of the Theodore Thomas Company With the mexico Kns tlcr The Theodore Thomas Concert Company Com-pany arrived in this city yesterday afternoon after-noon by special train Besides the orchestra or-chestra there are in the company Frau Materna Madame FurschMadi Miss Emma Juch soprano Miss Hattie T Clapper contralto William J AVineh tenor and Max Heinrich basso There are seventyfive altogether in the party including Charles Locke the manager A concert was given at Kansas City where a delay of six hours occurred on I account of a broken axle One incident which broke in on the monotony of the trip with startling effect occurred last I Monday at Coolidge New Mexico The train had stopped and Mr Thomas and I some of the other gentlemen had left the cars for the purpose of making some purchases pur-chases There was a crowd of some twenty or so cowboys in the full regalia I of the plains at the station and when I they found out that the train was a I special and that the passengers were musicians they determined to have some I music Charles Locke says I THE CHIEF COWBOY Yelled for the head man of the party and when Mr Thomas was pointed out to him faced him with the remark We have not had even a circus this year and we want some music All right said Mr Thomas The man who told you that we were musicians shall play for you The man started for his instrument Then the cowboys had a discussion as to what the tune should be They were all much amused by the affair First they favored Home Sweet Home but the greater number wanted The Arkansaw Traveler So they had that in good j shape Finally the ladies in the special car were spied and the leader demanded Now give us some singing j I The leader first asked Miss Juch who I answered that her contract with the manager I man-ager prevented her from singing unless at his instruction i i Look here said the cowboy that < wont do Ve dont care for your contract con-tract Now if the men outside should begin to shoot dont you think that you would sing lIe drew out his pistol as a joke I Then Miss Juch put her Read I out of the i car window and sang to the cowboys who nodded approval But she had only j fairly begun to sing when the train started I i out cTIIE ARKANSAW TRAVELER i j Madame FurshMadi insists that Theodore Theo-dore Thomas himself was the one who delighted the cowboys by his skillful rendition I ren-dition of the Arkansaw Traveler Frau Materna although she now laughs very I heartily over the adventure was sufficiently I suffi-ciently alarmed at the time to seek a II hasty retirement to her stateroom and I double lock the door Mr Thomas says I the season of concerts has so far been financially successful In his opinion the musical taste of the people is improving American musicians are equal to those of foreign countries if they have the same I opportunities for development He himself him-self he said did not expect to see any great musical creation by an American I writer i I FRAU MAlERNA As indicated by her pictures is a lady of generous proportions and a commanding II presence Her hair and eyes are brown and her voice in conversation very plea j sant The Madame said she was sorry not to be able to appear here in an entire Dpera i Madame FurschMadi is delighted to i return to Pan Francisco Emma Juch who visits this city now I for the first time is a pretty and petite blonde In describing the cowboy affair 1 she said Madame Materna had advised ad-vised us to all sing in concert but when the cowboys began to draw their pistols she screamed threw up her hands and rushed to her apartments followed by Heinrich and locked the door Youve got to sing if she dont yelled the big cowboy and he began to handle that pistol in a manner that made my blood run cold C Come all ready Sing or we will I distribute some leaden pills around herein here-in short order and some one will get hurt Well said I if I must sing I suppose sup-pose I may as well begin By this time the violinists had taken out their instruments instru-ments and with trembling hands tried to play The cowboys danced and swung their pistols and called out for me to sing Well I had nothing else to do but to sing and sing I did but just then the train began be-gan to move and the cowboys retired with whoops and yells You dont know how we were relieved when we saw that awful band left behind I know we shall none of us grow for a whole yearSau Francisco Alta |