The Portland daily press., 1866-12-28

.+;-,,-a Ar matter for the interference ., 'n
noice The nuisance Is most Gonspt ha com
the fternoon performances Woes Whe-
ductors think proper to call ma.si sit ;s which
e, ~ ahsenc of male companions u 10 1I,as
Iaads Young women to misconuuoe ~. hnt we |
II, this unseemly manner we KNOW no ;,nnos-
know that it has now pecon more espec-
;any az musical character, at any snua ost in
ta-,, because of the insutferaple an! e n,~oar
S,T;nate noise made by those VINO, pp,rslr
oell o ore to be trusted, ougnt surrey
ances 1earned better manners at nom"
W 2 Ia, 11;tb the giggling, the scream 30 sna
and "a" the hustle Of these fair 1.,sturbers the
auditorium is made more IKE a village school in
an uproar than temple of art where ladies
and gentlemen srco supposed to assemble to
enjoy us works of famous masters; and, what lst
is amusing ss well as irritating, the shgntes'
mark of Impotence or reproval of tneir LII III
reasonable antics is apt to be receiver 49,
mmch as insulting proposals may DC iuppo'0O
to be by an indignant spinster. =, +ho IN.
J dications of rood sn}TIits. and the laughter OF
girls has been celebrated by Byron, as wen as
! BY older poets, as among the most meloolousiy
delightful of sounds 1uI baetr Is not to lis
To tIe audience but to the players. Habits
t such as these grow rapidly worse through be-
: inc unchecked; and we are not surprised to
T hear that ieteligent foreigners are invariably
o doubtful of the character of ladies who commit
i themselves in manner which, to their eyes, Is
t so equivocal. 1t is quite as inconsistent with
good breeding to spoil the pleasure of ones
company in a large OF public place as 1t is In {
small or private one, and it is surprising tina
6 so many who would be outraged by man.
walking into their drawing-rooms with ciga
in his mouth and his hat on, should so repeat
eddy be guilty of infringements which are in M
degree less improper. We have heard q who'll
:, act of favorite opera positively spoiled by tn
racket of bevy Of pretty girls, while the poo
j, patient men sat silently under the infiiction
u u unable or unwilling to venture word OF re
y monstrance.
70 Surely this absurd and unlady-like habi
= should be peremptorily abated. 1t is not onl
y disagreeable to all of the audience who do no
y yield to its temptations, but disrespectful an
=. peculiarly annoying to the artists The latte
70 have right to expect that those VINO
y not care to listen to them will stay away iron
3, their performance; and the contrary practic'
70 as we have frequently seen, has the effect 7
u make them careless, slovenly, and even lmpel
tinently familiar with the audience. Thus tn
ys character of the representations steadily &c
III terorates, and art is in consequence the suffer
~ err We know of no petty evil or abuse inc
nc dent to our growing metropolitan society whlc
a is in its way more preposterous and discredits
10 BILE than the one we cite 1t is altogether III
ae worthy of the city, and of what are or shoul
" be the standards of its Intelligence and goo
i, breeding; and we should be glad to see som
y signs of reformation which should promise a
!, entire cessation of such childish dscourtesy fe
s' the future. Round Table.