Articles on smoking during concerts in Central Park Garden

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jun 1873
02 Jul 1873

Citations

1)
Article: New York Herald, 06 June 1873, 6.

Complicated question of giving preference to the ladies who oppose cigars or the moral heroism of banning nicotine, which the author of the article does not possess. 

2)
Article: New-York Times, 02 July 1873, 4.

Success of public gardens in New York; difference of opinion regarding smoking in the concert hall; recommendation that Theodore Thomas forbid it in the hall and confine it to the garden; need for a real garden with wholesome refreshments at reasonable prices.