The evening world., 1921-01-31

Then, don't you think" suggested,
that a woman at the head Of grand
opera will be like woman on a
jury, less accessible than man to
the influence of emotion? l can't,
Miss Garden, imagine that any one
Will put anything over on you!"
No. she laughed, the blue eyes
swapping a challenge. Nobody will
put anything over on me. No mem
Der of my company need fear that
some other member may gain an I'M
fair advantage through making a
pleasing personal impression on me.
As woman, l shall practice justice,
instead Of letting my emotions sway
me in favor Of some and against
others.
Il can do something which so many
men seem to find difficult, yet which
is absolutely essential in the head Of
an organization such as this. 1 can
Keep my temperament and my com
mon sense in watertight compart-
ments. Temperament may be a great
help to ones notes, but it never
should be applied to figures. When |
am directing an affair l do not lose
my self-control or my head.
It's that-a head"-Mary's two
fingers. tapped the close fitc.ng blue
hat-''which a woman must have il
she Is to succeed in any important
position. Just brains. a man, needs
Them, too, of course, and the man
who is a leader has them But this
IS where the woman with brains may
nave the advantage of him: she also
may possess magnetism. Many Of
us are born with il: we have it in
our cradles. And ii is found but
rarely among the members of the
other sex.
at is because I have my public
and magnetism has helped me to
have my publiC--that | believe | can
succeed in directing grand opera
Here and there, little by little, l have
won my people. | would like to see
grand opera demOCratized. Why
should 1t be any longer the fad, the
diversion, Of Il little group of the
social elect? Why, in this great
country which has been trained mu-
Sically for years by concerts, SYM
phony organizations, musicians OF
every sort should not opera be taken
as simply, with as much enjoyment,
as other forms of art? I have been
delighted, here in New York, to no
tee how well filed is the upper part
Of our house. That is as it should
be.
"If opera will go to the people,
opera will pay. And l honestly be-
lieve that If anybody in the United
states can make il pay ! am the
woman!' declared Scotch Mary Gar
den,
IT'S such an opportunity" she
went on, with candid enthusiasm.
TITS challenge to all ones courage,
all ones loyalty. And the work agrees
with me enormously. l was saying
the other day that ever 50 many Of
the little brain cells in my head
again the white fingers tapped the
crown Of the Garden hat-"havc come
alive stopped being sluggish, since 1
became director.
"Of course, never concentrated
so intensely before on anything, al
though my work always has been the
most important thing in my life. Now
for the next six weeks l shall travel
from my hotel to tho opera house
here, from the opera house TO my ho-
tel, overseeing, consulting, listening
70 what the others have to say-that
Will be most Notwithstanding TO
the thousand and one details that
make these great performances run
smoothly, singing. There will be time
Tor nothing else, but then | care FOR
nothing else. And 1 suppose that Is
ahother advantage which / have over
men," smiled our Mary" They
seem rather unwilling, no matter
what their work, to get along with
out their little diversions.
There are only two sorts OF
women" she finished, tersely, "lha
do-nothngs and the woman with
power subjective might. Why should
not that woman ruler"
The tempest-tOssed soul whom nv
audience had dispossessed, was nut
tcring again on the threshold. SO I
put the mischievously malapropos
question, but the question ones edi-
tor always insists that one ask Mary
Garden.
When are you going to get mar
ried?"
"Oh-h-h!" Numbered the General
Director in ral-directorish tones,
albeit with a twinkle in her eye.
''Oh-h- h!"-she had come round the
table now, and was giving her indis-
Greet questioner a gentle shaking
how do you dare ask mo such a
question? But since you HAVE
asked it, You may say this:
There isn't a MAN between the
North and South Poles whom | would
marry now that have this wonder