with II tor the chenpest tickets. He
explained that he and Mr. Berlin had
V decided when the revun opened that
M soon as the unusually costly pro
duction had paid for Itself the scale
of admission would be lowered. He
added that the cast of the revun will
remain the same and that it will con
tinue during the Bummer.
aglBt DRAPER'S LAST RECITAL.
Miss Ruth Draper will appear In her
final recital of the season at the Sei
wyn Theater this afternoon. .It will
bo her last appearance In New Tork
until January of next year. Her fare
well program will consist of seven of
fcor most popular character sketches
8h* will sail on May 1 fnr Europe, jiv
ing performances In Paris, London,
Edinburgh, Glasgow and other cities
whiq^i aha has not hitherto visited.
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METROPOLITAN OPERA CLAQUE
AN OLD STORY, SXKS HABITUE
Regards Paniroseh Revelation
as Joke?Like Trying to
Stop Bootlegging.
When Walter Damrosch, In a speech
at the dinner to Wlllem Mengelberg.
guest conductor of the Philharmonic So
ciety. said that an organized claque, or
body of hired applauders, operates at
the Metropolitan Opera House, he
stated something that has been evident
to those familiar with the Metropolitan
almost ever since It was an opera house.
Mr. Damrosch introduced the subject In
referring to the new fad that certain
visiting conductors whom he did not
name had recently introduced manufac
tured applause into the concert halla.
Mr. Mengelberg was the guest at din
ner Wednesday night at the St. Regia
of the Netherlands-America Society.
The dinner was in the nature of a
farewell ar-d apreclation of his ser
vices to music here. Mr. Damrosch In
explaining his statement as to the j
Metropolitan claque hastily exonerated
Mr. Gatti-Casazza and Otto H. Kahn.
