James M. Wehli Matinee: 2nd

     “Mr. Wehli appears to be a great favorite with the ladies of the metropolis, to judge from the large audience, consisting principally of the fair sex, that greeted him yesterday at Wallack’s theatre. The clapping of tiny hands and the waving of embroidered handkerchiefs peremptorily insisted on ‘a little more of the same kind of music, if you please,’ after each arduous piece. It mattered not whether it was after one of those extraordinary left hand feats of his, in which his wrist must experience pretty much the same sensations as that of a tyro with the Indian club, or those rapid scintillations which he casts around some popular melody—the relentless fair ones would have an encore each time….It is a pity that Mr. Wehli does not introduce Liszt’s works in his concerts, and forbear expending his wonderful powers on nursery ballads.”

     Brief mention.  “Mr. Wehli’s second matinee at Wallack’s Theatre on Saturday was liberally attended by the ladies.”

     “[A] thorough and brilliant success. . . . crowded by an audience including many of the most fashionable and accomplished ladies of the city.”