The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

huffa.' grand opera comic opera
opera comique.- -Operetta- and opera
houffe' and ne intends 20 preserve his
acceptance even IL the authority Of the
Erening Pos, and OF those columns OF
/ III SUN which he does not write are
quoted against him.
Many persons have recently written
letters 70 newspa p~rs TO complain OF the
annovanCes 10 which they are subjected
10y ticket sDeculators in front Of the Met
ropohtan opera House. Complaints OF
this kind rarely receive consideration till
they h.Come too numerous TO he ignored
The public does not realize its own power.
II II did letters would food newspaper
mails No institution can long withstand
the steady pressure 81 public criticism.
The present reviewer Of musical dongs
for TINE STS has been a habitlIal att endant
Uf the performances az the Metropolitan
Opera House ever since the house was
opened to IN" public. At no other time
in its history except on such extraordinary
occasions an the gala performance in
honor Of Prince Henry of Prussia has he
seen so many ticket spectators before the
doors or so many seats in the hands Of
the sDeculators as on Monday. On the
OPENING nj ht Of this season some specu-
larors had bundles Of tickets apparently
more than fifty.
Furth.rmore this state OF Affairs is
not confirnd to the Metropolitan. Ticket
have entered the concert 1
field L j. incumbent on some one 20
explain how il IL that these spectators
"a lwuys know far in advance just when
any particular concert is going 10 sell
nut No one ever finds a Spectator
near Msndelssohn Hall when an unknown
singer OF pianist is about to make debut,
but when a public run on the concert
box Office starts rhe Spectator is always
IN the lead
A. To- the conduct OF spectators the
COMPLAINT that it IL frequently offensive
j. well grounded The present writer
goes To- about twenty musical perform
ance- a week and has rather more oppor-
tunity for observation in this matter
than the Citizen who goes only occasion
ally The majority 81 the ticket specu-
Iators conduct themselves as well n the
nature Of their business. which to speak
plainly. il offensive In itself. will permit
hem A prominent minority acts As il
ir were equipped with special license
20 10 rude This attitude is encouraged
10y the legal conditions surrounding the
business \ Spectator holds a city license
- 60 To box Offices and buy up as many
good seats a. he can get and then 20 sell
them to the public at advanced prices.
Just why thes.. same men have not been
licensed 20 buy up all the parlor car seats
On popular trains and dispose OF them in
The same way no one has told us. Ger
tainlv th.. one process IL just az defeu
-ibl. by the principles OF the common
law ~ the other. Neither theatre nor
pnr.ur car seats are Necessities Of life.
hey are Injuries and therefore il NAV be-
a-Euai that people who have money
could ~" mad. - paw for them. That
seems 10 b- tn" radical theory on which
rhra'r- ticket speculation rests There
b. absolutely no. other excuse for IL
Nov - hnm speculator annovs n ouId-
he ihaatr"g0er I'LL the theatregO.r's
rari.noa j. exhausted tho sufferer has
no redress whatsssr IT ne has the specu
lator arrested the NagisTra'. vii! in
nineteen cases DGr 81 twenty b. obliged
rn Gi-charg. han And redress "a not
al foo winch the CltI7-n - entitled lie
81, "nttl.-i 10 protection
ID III. prIyat" "rInIOn ~ on" obssr' or
~ pubilc affairs that no man mas right
20 a lIc"n-.. - engage IN % business which
- Il NOT public nuisance ~ any rat.
"A public ANNOYANCE T. has never been
-n,a n and thus wr,'..T docs not b.-lisv-
that ~ can I've shown. thar ticket sp-cu-
iaiur serves anv public purpose what
ever ~. - IA plain fact legslized
,.rn.r.r 81 the theatre iicit"r market
lnt 'hr- ;pn d"5pit. the ts'i iha' cor
u-rtug 'h" stock market +. punishable
u".uc-
~ N..ud"--Dhn Hall Ola ThJI -hay night
-u.. Ah.l.. NargIlies Trio performed for
rt" hr~t Tine on any stage" the first trio
e Erich Korngold. a boy 81 - years. who
Ua- i..n acclaimed in Germany a- a
....u- IHF SvNs observer listened to
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