But, very often, even at the theatres, the managers satisfy their own tastes under the pretence of satisfying that of the public.

That is, of course, intensely human.

We judge others by ourselves.
A famous manager once said to me, as he pointed to an empty house, "The public is amazing.

Give them what they like, and they don't come!" One day I was walking in a garden.

There was a bandstand and musicians were playing some sort of music.