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First came the statement that established his own position???a letter from Otto H. Kahn, in behalf of the Metropolitan Board of Directors, extending his contract until May 31, 1931, in appreciation of "his brilliancy of artistic achievement and resourcefulness of management." So was Signor Gatti-Casazza honored at the close of his 18th season. Many knew that his old contract extended to 1929, saw that its extension was to insure his direction for at least three seasons in the new home, to squelch the rumor that a change of home means a change of organization...
...pays $25,000 a year. Moreover it is a responsible position???Mayor of a great municipality. Its greatness can be measured in a number of ways: in area 314.75 square miles; in population 5,873,356 inhabitants, 2,000,000 of them foreign born; in Italians, larger than Rome; in Irishmen, larger than Dublin; in Germans, larger than Bremen; in Jews, 10% of all those in the world; in telephones, more than in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome and Leningrad combined; in annual pork consumption, 450,000,000 lb.; in annual banana consumption, 435,000,000 lb.; in annual onion consumption...
...appearance of a new pupil of Mr. Auer is in itself the signal for alert ears. So a discriminating audience gathered in Aeolian Hall, Manhattan, for the first recital of Miss Ruth Breton, his most recent product. The old master himself sat in his favored position???a box on the left side of the hall...