Show I i S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS f r r S S PATTI o c j n t1 ti Ha tYnerlcanTotirig 1a tlzie J Ont l Chicago 8New York specials give agloomy view of Pattis prospectfor success suc-cess in her tour One says The Frenchmen whom Mme Patti brought over from Paris to manage her concert business have blundered atrociously and the result has been that up to noon today not over thirty seats were sold for Wednesdays concert All the first floor including the bide chairs against the walls and five rows in the first balcony bal-cony were announced for sale bt 10 per seat a price at which the public have not shown any alacrity in paying The management this noon became alarmed and reduced the number 10 seats from 1286 to 825 fixing the price of the others at 55 Even at the reduced price s if all the seats dare sold the entire receipts exclusive of general admission would reach tb0 somewhat extravagant sum of 12788 for each concert During the atternoon the sale of tickets was more active The management does not think it uecessary to advertise Patti to any extent Not a lithograph or bill board pjter is anywhere to be seen People who know they can hear opera f ri3 and have a good seat at that price will hesitate before paying 810 to hear even Patti who is not to be accompanied by an orcb jtra and whose brief vocal efforts kfo t rtrt1 supplemented by singers and ijruinentalutp without reputation here Pets ms who have had experience I in taking concert companies about the country say the tour marked out for Pattis corapsny indicates bad judgment and that it will be impossible for her to obtain the New York prices and have full houses in any one of the cities named She proposes visiting Brooklyn Boston Providence New Haven Hartford Hart-ford Philadelphia Indianapolis Louisville Louis-ville New Orleans St Louis Uhicago Detroit Cleveland Buffalo Syracuse and Albany Opera managers who have tried their fortunes in all these cities know they invariably lost money on several of them and that there is in most of them but a limited circle of people who will patronize Patti if she cannot be heard at the lowest figure charged for a seat in Steinway Hall rt |