The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-24

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Your notices of performances by the Havana opera
company have appeared to just and sensible and in
done and some which ought not to be done, trust
that the Of the will take In good kndnes.
the suggestions make and that also the fathers Of
the CITY will profit by the hint intend to give to them
In the first place have nothing to say In regard to the
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IN 1873 Of which the great .bran the Prma bon
ma and also the company In 1922 and do not hesitate
to saw that present company the most complete in
all parts and the New Workers. seem to appreciate Its
III have ono hint to give to the energetic manager and
that is, let him bring out Don Giovanni" full and
then it may well be said that there musical taste
in New York but there isl know 1t, and run OF
some aSas1 TIM % pardan s flor
know they all have much Of the milk Of human kind
messy when suggest to them, and also to the gentle
men, that 1t is great rudeness to rise from their seats
between the acts, and turn their backs upon the
dience. In Europe such conduct would be visited by
insult to the audience, and unladylks. ! know our
bellies don't know this else they would not be guilty OF
the peccadillo
To the ladies also would refer to the improperly Of
hanging their shawls, howsoever magnificent they be
over the front Of the boxes It destroys the unity
would materially affect the reverberaton perbum sat
ON this matter.
And now for the gentlemen to them bunty say that
humping with cane, or stamping with the feet, not
only produces sound dsagreeabe but ia decidedly pie
bian and only pracssd in third theatres of
Europe Clapping Of the hands, bravo brapissimo and
"Uipan occasionally 10 CONNIE IL faut.
And now for bouquets. Alas how many handsome
flowers crushed in the fa-a this be remedied
by appendng to the bouquet small piece Of lead this
will enable the enthusiastic to cast their offering with
precision the feet of their enchantres and also
to prevent the destruction Of many lovely rose
And now the outside of the opera-why this rush
of carragesthis melee this danger of life and limb!
Let the police charge the public ways AS the car
rages arrive let them each take their place In line ana
when the opera over let the first carriage In line be
caledonce twice. and thrice and the owners do not
appear let 1t be ordered of to come up In the rear
This arrangement Ia for private carriages and for car
risgss engaged-st hackney coaches waiting for JOB
stand In line the opposite side Of the street This
arrangement would prevent deal Of confusion, and
certainly would be advantageous to the opera goers
These suggestions made In kindness to all parties
and If acted upon will certainly be beneficial to all
AN OLD OPERA GOER
An cold opera goer'' is perfectly right in his
suggestions; but we will add, that because they
are followed in Europe is no reason why 1t
should be adopted here. Our correspondent says,
that humping with cane, Sc, is decidedly
"plebeian." We recognize no such term in this
country but for the sake of obliging our cores
pondent, we now use it for the purpose of ex-
pressing our opinion that it is no more 'ple-
beian'' to thump with a cane," than to cry
"brara bravissimo! 20 What is CONNIE ii taut
with the aristocracy of Europe, may not harmo-
nize with the simplicity of American republic
cans,