It was reported in Paris that Geraldine Farrar had tried to get lucrative engagements from German impresarios and failed, perhaps because of the small value of a million paper marks, and in consequence has tried France, asking offers of French managers for appearances. The French, who are ready to grow angry about anything, grew angry at this. On a previous occasion when it was said that Farrar was to sing in France, there was talk of a boycott against her.
The reason of the bellicose gestures appears to lie in the fact that in
France...
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