The sun., 1919-03-23
HYLAN BANS BECK
AT CARUSO JUBILEE
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with this country. He was to have
been followed by James NJ. Beck but
for his Honor's censorship.
Gatti-Casazza. the director OF tho
Metropolitan Opera, paid his tribute to
Caruso. after which Commissioner En-
right In a brief speech delivered the
| flag OF the city into Caruso's hands,
gracefully emitting to explain how mar
rowly no had missed losing II. On the
stage with Gatti-Casazza were A d.
Juilliard. president of thu Metropolitan
Opera and Real Estate Company. and
L. L. Lemming Of the Brooklyn Academy
| Of Music
The gifts that were revealed at the
| reception were dazzling to behold. Every
opera organization in America had sent
| its tribute In silver or gold or stones,
and the Metropolitan Opera was repre-
sented by gifts from singers, orchestra
and administrative staff. Carusos fell
low artists presented a platinum watch
made by E. M. Cattle. with seventy
eight diamonds on the case, three cir
clets OF diamonds on the back of forty
| more. and q monogram done In sixty
one sapphires. Geraldine Farrar. who
appeared at the time OF Caruso's debut in
la Boheme' in Monte Carlo. sent a
| silver vase.
! Other notable gifts were from the
board Of directors OF the Metropolitan,
the directors Of tho Philadelphia Opera
Company, the directors of the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, the Victor Talking
Machine Company and Alfred f. Seligs-
| berg. Mr.. SeliHsbere's gift was folio
edition Of Dante, that of the Metropoli-
tan directors a parchment suitably In
scribed The managers medal. presented
| by Gatti-Casazza, was in gold, four
inches in diameter and one-ouarter Of
an inch thick, bearing an inscription.
F. c. Coppicus. who manased the singer
on concert tours. presented poker.
chess and checker set. the implication
evidently being that he offered in this
manner an opportunity for the tenor to
recoup past losses.
| The tenor appeared first as Una In the
third act from "LElisir d'Amore." then
| as Cdato in the first act of "Pagliacci."
and lastly as Jean OF Leydeat In lie
Prophetic" The last appearance was the
coronation scene. In which he achieved
a great personal triumph.
Hurts Mayor More Than heck.
After the jubilee Mr. Beck issued the
following statement:
when l was asked to make an ad-
dress tonight and learned that Mayor
Hylan intended to be present to avoid
any attempt to harass him asked that
the Mayor be requested to state whether
my presence as speaker would be dis
tasteful to him. I was informed that
the opera company was assured on be-
half of the Mayor that II would not be.
on the face OF that assurance l came to
pay a tribute to a great artist, nothing
being further from my mind that TO make
tain was about to rise the Mayor sent
me word that II I spoke the flag In
tended to be given to Mr. Caruso would
not be presented.
1T was then left to me to determine
whether OF not should speak. Rather
than interfere with the gift to Mr..
Caruso preferred TO remain silent. con-
scious that this atrocious exhibition of
bad manners. which is as much an In
suit to Mr.. Caruso and to the audience
as It was to me. would injure the Mayor
more than 1t would me.
ut must not be thought that the will
ingness OF the Mayor to mar a notable
occasion was due to my expression OF
opinion on Lincoln Day with reference
to certain phases OF our foreign policy
1t Is due to the fact in the most critical
, hour of the war directed the atten.
ton OF the public TO the activities OF
the Hearst press For this the Mayor
attempts to humilate me. He can't dc
1t, for no one can be Inundated by In.
justice. am glad stepped aside so as
not 10 mar the spirit OF an otherwise
happy occasion. II Mayor Hylan car
stand this violation OF the comman pro-
prieties OF life think can"
In the Audience.
In h. M
the regular subscribers of the opera
, Mrs. Ogden Goelet's guests were Mrs
Edmund l.. Baylies and Mr.. and Mrs
John Magee.
With Mrs. John E Parsons were Mr.
and Mrs Francis De r. wissmann. Mis-,
, Mary Pearsall Field, w. Rhinelandel
Stewart and Frederick H. Baldwin.
Nine. Enrico Carusos box party in.
| cluded Mr. and Mrs Seton Henry, Mr.
and Mrs. Park Benjamin. Jr. and Capt
Hope Her guests in the orchestra wer,
Mrs. Frederick w. Goddard. Miss How
land, Miss Vina Morgan" Dr. and Mrs
J. Herbert Claiborne a. Bruno Zirato
who were later guests at supper witt
Mr.. and Nine. Caruso at the Knicker
booker.
,, Mrs, J. Lenox Banks. Jr.. Miss Char
lotte Pell, Oliver Wagstaff and A Muller
Major-Gen. and Mrs. John F. O'Ryai
were in box and with them were Majo
and Mrs. j. Mayhem Wainwright
Mr. and Mrs. Albert r Gallatin ant
Lawrence s. Butler were with Mr.. an,
!. Mrs. John Aspegen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kahn's guests wer
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch. Mis-
: Madeleine Liebert and CASTOR Liebert
the French Consul General at New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman, Mrs
; II. Benjamin Pratt, Miss Gordon and 7
; Chesley Richardson were with Miss Els
: Maxwell,
Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius and Mis-
Isabel Stettinius were in the JuillIar,
box and the italian Consul G eneral an
,. Mrs. Romulo Tritonj were In the Bel
o mont box.
> Mr. and Mrs. w. Ross Proctor an
= Miss Vouletti Proctor were with NJ,
}. and Mrs. w. Ross Proctor.
0 Among others in the audience wer
n Gen. and Mrs. Charles F. Roe, Mr.. an
n Mrs Adam Gordon Norrie, Mr.. and Mr.,
o Albert Shattuck, Mrs. w williamso
Il Fuller, Mr.. md Mr.. Constant Sperc,
& Mrs. Harry Content. Mrs. J. w. Selip
g man, Mrs. Alexander Sleeper Clarke. NJ.
r, and Mrs. ]. Chauncey McKeever, Cap
l Gianni Bettini OF the Italian army. Nj