The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-09
.GUARANTORS INVITED
FOR CENTURY OPERA
City Club Committee Seeks A.
suranccs Of Financial Sup
port II Needed.
ATTENDANCE NOW LARGER

The committee on popular opera Of the
City Club will to-day send out the follow
ing letter to the stockholders and sub
scribers to the Century Opera Company:
1.-THE Century Opera fulnls worthy
and important cultural and public spirited
function in the community by fostering
opera in English, giving employment 20
American artists and enabling masses OF
music loving people who cannot AFFORD
To pay grand opera prices to listen to the
great works Of operate art and undergo
their stimulating and uplifting influence.
In pursuance Of Its aim to he also an
educational institution for students of
music IT sells students tickets at half
price. privilege also extended to tho
pupils In the public schools II IL also
proposed to open operate classes, applica-
lions for which have been vastly in excess
OF their expectations.
Tho experiment OF giving opera IN
English In an artisticaly worthy manner
| at prices easily within the reach Of the
masses of people is being watched with
| sympathetic and hopeful Interest by many
| thousands of opera lovers from Maine 10
| California and many OF our cities have
already indicated their desire to receive
visit from the Century Opera Company.
| THE Century opera may Justly claim
| that within the short space OF one year
1t has amply Justified Its existence and
| has demonstrated it's title to the support
|
that It has brought Joy and inspiration
| into the lives of thousands OF people OF
| moderate or small means who have here
| tofore been denied the opportunity OF
| visiting the opera and to whom the dis
| continuance OF the Century performances
| would mean a great disappointment ana
| deprivation.
The existence OF the Century Opera
| has up to now been made possible by the
| financial contributions Of very few
public spirited men, To continue In sole
| reliance on these few men would be
! neither fair TO them nor In accord with
| the democratic spirit OF what aims to
| lie house of and for the people. nor
| Is II at all certain that these men would
| go on indefinitely providing the requisite
| funds An urgent appeal Is, therefore,
| made herewith to a wider circle OF friends
OF the movement for which the Century
Opera stands. You are respectfully in
vited to either become a stakeholder or
to join "A guarantee fund to meet any
deficit which may arise in the season OF
lyl4-l6.
Stockholders have all the usual rights
n the conduct and control OF the affairs
OF the institution and are entitled to
dividends If earned. not exceeding per
cent. per annum Participants in the
guarantee fund are not to be called upon
until one-th!rd OF the share capital shall
have been lost. II is hoped that 1t may
| nOt ne necessary 20 call OH tne gudraHlois
at all and II Is our aim TO make the
guarantee fund large one. 50 that II
any assessment has to he called the in
dvidual contribution requisite may fall
lightly on each Euarantor.
The attendance SO far has been bet
ter than last year. But 1t Is too early
to judge just how the attendance has
been affected by the war and II Is deemed
advisable to provide against contingent
Cies"
The letter Will be signed also by the
directors of the company.