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More chapters of opera : being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from 1908 to 1918 . I—IH CO W Q MANAGER, BOXHOLDERS, AND PUBLIC 41 it also ought to be obvious to the reader: We are at ahistorical cross-ways, studying the beginning of a period inwhich the policies of the institution were dictated by thewishes and predilections of the gentlemen who controlledthe Opera, and the whims of the ladies whose wishes con-trolled them, and the conclusion when those wishes andpredilections were compelled to yield to a large considera-tion—the will of

More chapters of opera : being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from 1908 to 1918 . I—IH CO W Q MANAGER, BOXHOLDERS, AND PUBLIC 41 it also ought to be obvious to the reader: We are at ahistorical cross-ways, studying the beginning of a period inwhich the policies of the institution were dictated by thewishes and predilections of the gentlemen who controlledthe Opera, and the whims of the ladies whose wishes con-trolled them, and the conclusion when those wishes andpredilections were compelled to yield to a large considera-tion—the will of Stock Photo

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More chapters of opera : being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from 1908 to 1918 . I—IH CO W Q MANAGER, BOXHOLDERS, AND PUBLIC 41 it also ought to be obvious to the reader: We are at ahistorical cross-ways, studying the beginning of a period inwhich the policies of the institution were dictated by thewishes and predilections of the gentlemen who controlledthe Opera, and the whims of the ladies whose wishes con-trolled them, and the conclusion when those wishes andpredilections were compelled to yield to a large considera-tion—the will of the people fixed by the events of the warin the Eastern Hemisphere. When he came to New YorkMr. Gatti could consult the inclinations of the stockholdersand boxholders of the Opera even to the disregard of thetastes of the general public, knowing as he probably didthat those tastes were to a great extent subordinated to thedesire to follow the dictates of fad and fashion. When thefeelings aroused by the war—the righteous hatred of theGerman nation and the prejudice, natural if sometimesirrational, against all that nations insti

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