Since ticket distribution was out of Jenkins's control for the first time, mockers, scoffers, and critics could no longer be kept at bay. The following morning's newspapers were filled with scathing, sarcastic reviews that devastated Jenkins, according to Bayfield. "Jenkins has a great voice", wrote the "New York Sun" critic. "In fact, she can sing everything except notes ... Much of her singing was hopelessly lacking in a semblance of pitch, but the further a note was from its proper elevation the more the audience laughed and applauded." The "New York Post" was even less charitable: "Lady Florence ... indulged last night in one of the weirdest mass jokes New York has ever seen."