 At the Pavlowa concert, when Gooding engaged, at the last hour, the Russian dancer for two nights, the New York managers became dubious and anxiously rushed four special advance agents to assist her.On seeing the bookings for both nights they quietly slipped back to New York fully convinced of her ability to attract audiences in St. Louis, which had always, heretofore, been called "the worst show town" in the country.On the list for 1914 and 1915 there were also Mischa Elman, violinist, with Maggie Teyte, soprano, in joint recital; David Mannes, and his wife Clara Mannes (sister of Walter Damrosch), for many years concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra; Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy, lecturing on "The Heart and Hand", and the Kneisel Quartette, Fritz Kreisler, violinist, and Elizabeth Van Endert of the Royal Opera Company of Berlin, Sir Douglas Mawson, lecturer.