The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

FEWER tnan III past years, anu among
them will be Mr.. and Mrs. Harry +
Sinclair. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Law,
Jr.; Mr.. Edward +. Dwight, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis G.. Kaufman. Mrs. Peter
Larson. Mr.. and Mrs. John n. WHY'S,
Mr.. Robert $. Brewster, Mr.. Charlie
"A. Stone and Mr.. and Mrs. Bernon s
Prentice.
An alliance between the Metropolitan
Opera and Real Estate Company, that
owns the opera house property, and the
Metropolitan Opera Company, that pro-
duces the operas, has been one OF the
factors that has brought the high ar
tistic standards that prevail at Broad
way and Fortieth street. Mr.. Otto II.
Kahn, chairman OF the board OF direc-
tors OF the Metropolitan Opera Com
pahy, also Is a stakeholder in the own
ing company. His box in the parterre
row is No. IA.
Cooperation of boards.
In the personnel OF the two boards
there are many other instances OF CO.
operation which has just been extended
IN a manner that will have an impor-
tant bearing upon the future Of opera
in the Metropolitan by the election to
the board of the Metropolitan Opera
Company OF Mr.. Frederic A. Juilliard.
who inherited the interests OF his uncle.
the late Mr.. Augustus ID. Juiliard, IN
the owning company. Mr.. Juiillard
also succeeded his uncle on the board
of the Metropolitan Opera and Real
Estate Company.
Mr.. Juilliard also is trustee of the
Juilliard Musical Foundation. estab-
iished through the munificence or his
uncle to further the musical arts N
this country and to cooperate with tho
Metropolitan Opera Company IL. the
production of operas.
Similarly the election 70 the board OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company OF
Mr. George Eastman OF Rochester. =
generous patron OF the musical arts,
has extended the vista OF great posi-
hilities in the future policy OF the com
many OF men who have made the Met
ropolitan the leading institution OF the
kind in the world.
now some Boxes Arc shared.
Mr.. and Mrs Sinclair were residents
OF Tulsa. Okla. before the development
Of the oil business brought him and his
family to New York. They live at 901
Fifth avenue. have a beautiful country
place in Greenwich. Conn. and have
been opera subscribers for several
years. They have leased from Mrs
William Bayard Cutting her box in the
parterre row, No. Is. for certain per.
formances. Mrs. Cutting also will
share her parterre loge with Mr.. Clar.
e.ice II Mackay and Mrs. John J. wy.
song. Mr.. and Mrs. Law, who live al
100 Park avenue, have leased from Mrs
Luther Eountze her loge, No. 32. for
some Of the Friday night performances
and their associates an lessees in that
box will be Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas r
BRADY Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Rutherford
Morris and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward $
Hardness Mr.. Dwight will have bon
No. fb for one performance n week. and
others who will view the performances
from the box will he members OF thc
IselIn family. Mr. and Mrs. Ebert II
Gary. Mr. and Mrs. John j. Watson, Jr.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Griswold A. Thomp-
son. Mr.. and Mrs, Watson were par
terre box holders last season for the
first time
Mr. and Mrs Kaufman viii be Of the
group which will occupy box No. 80
owned bv Commodore Elbridgo T. Gerry
because Of the recent death OF Mrs
Gerry members Of that family viii be
missing from the parterre row this