, 1875-01-17


tlcularly to its world, has not also III Chicago
> gardcd it Is Essential to adopt the regalia euiA.
T to such occasions. good many people ha,
h travelled abroad, and = good many more wou
: like the world at large to think they had. Go,
: : orally, when they have returned from a Eurr
! pean tour, they have brought back mar
fashions and customs which are peculiarly fo,
elGn. These they embroidcr upon their hom,
nude manners. and thus show the world th,
; they hnve travelled.
Some Of these wanderers talk 4 1tti
r very bad French, Itahsn, and German
which they have picked up partly fror
con11ors, partly from trades-peop1e, and yer
4ttio from the small proportion OF good foree1
society which they may have CHANGED to meet
:: One worthy lady fron.K Kentucky, who passed eey
eral months III PARIS, never got much beyond
certain facility in calling out after the vendor
vegetables, - Pomnae de te,7e ct haricot!" Thi
Tad the first sound which greeted her ears OF
awakening the morning after her arrival in Pari
the magnificent, and she had never forgotten it
Some, of COURSE. have gotten farther than this
and 1T least as far as they ean, have adopted for
eign customs and manners. j. .
This beng the case, it has always seemed
strange to people from other citios that Chicago
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at the opera. There seems always to haye bcou
q certain distinction drawn between English and
Italian entertainments. 1t is quite correct to
20 to English opera in your bcat carriage COS
tune and 3 light bonnet. Anything be-
iyond this would somewhat amack Of yerdancY,
and provo ono ''not to the manner born. There
fore, the young bride who walked down tho aisle
to her scat during tl,e Kellogg season in her
bridal eEray,-Veii, orango-blossoms. and all tho
wedding ginsignia,-commilteda great m,stako
She was evidently from st. Louis, Or some other
| country place, where people are not expected to
| comprehend those nice distinctions which gov
| crn society. She Ind undoubtedly read in The
| TRIBUNE that it Was proper to go to tho opera in
full dress, mud that abroad it was always CUSTOM
| nry to do 80, but did not know that to city peo-
| plu = the opors always meant a performance in
1talnn, while the other was simply English opera.
| For brief space, New York, trying to over
come its manifest destiny OF being close copy
list Of foreign fashious attempted to do away
with full dress at Italian OPERA aud it WAS left
optional Nth those who attended it whether
! they would so in grand array, or simply in car
riage-costunle. ltcould not last, however. Tho
music lost ata sweetness and the scene it's brill
iansy and 80 gradually New York has
dr1fted back to the regulation costume, and every
on9 uow goes to Italian opera in full dress
This does not mean merely without bonnets, but
in al tho elegance Of evening toilettes ready to
70 straight from tbs opera il necessary to 4 par
W Ut Vdu. huAttFe1 IlAy Ot 6NlQ pro OF con To-
gardiug tho expense. the elegant effect Of such
full dress cannot be denied. McVicker's. with
parquet. orchestra circle, mud balcony filled with
the fashion Of Chicago dressed as tue ladies in
Chicago eau dress, would present a scene as
brilliant as an Oriental dream. In regard to this
matter, > correspondent writing from New York
says:
The ladies are growing uore and more IN favor Of
fuu dress At te opera, Qua may judge BY the large
number who were decoilcto Wednesday evening.
thOSa who 4
their tolettss and ane parures Of diamonds wcrc Mrs
Frank Leslie and Mira Judge G.. the former in hlsck
White is the fashionable color for opera cloaks mud
shcn and diauoaa tie jeNslry worn palo roso-col-
orca gloves are much worn, in preference to white
That the same thing holds good in regard to
the class Of society who frequent Italian opera
in Chicago IS well as any other city. is proven
by the fact 'th1t no remark ia moro frequently |
heard than that respecting tho difference be- I!
tween TINT class and those who so to the theatre
or other places OF au1usemont, including the lec-
lures. From whatever cause the difference |
arises, the operargoora certain1y are generally !
another set Of pooplo, and usnaIy are what are
ano"n as soclety-people. Full dress for such |
usual expense. If the cost is to DO connted, and
certaiuly would add much to the general festal |
appearance Which always socms to connect it.
self naturally with this amusement.
It may be objected that. it this is made essen
tial as it certainly is in ali the leading captals
OF Europe, it would prevent many people from
going who would like to hear tie music. It. is
not At all likely that prices will be made very
much lower than they ever have been and this |
ooc item alone would prevent any one to whom
Tue question Of dress would be d matter Of much
Importance from going moro than once. There
IS probably not one such peraon-no young lady
has not d dlcss which she would
consider suitable to wear to q dancing party
some white muslin or light silk. Such bsiug the
:ase it only requires that she should don it once
more for the opera. Has sho been accustomed
o so club parties By the public conroyances 1t
Tll be no harder to go to tt8 opera ID the samc |
say, and she would add her little quota to the
,enornl bsit1aaco OF the scene. #, however, it |
aust still remain question OF full dress or
fIhiag COSTUMES, with towering boDuets and
Embrnus wraps, then there might be differ |
ncs naado IN tho seating of people. Let the
arquctte and orchestra circle be given up to
nose who wish to appear in full toilettes, and {
be balconies, q better plaoe to see and hear,- {
1o place in all foreign cities in which tho !
rivnte boxes arc plaeed-be given up to those
no do not care to take the trouble which abroad !
ube, fur instance, whore the ladies attend in | +
Ill dresr. To them 1t would be matte7 Of | 3
if they could go straight from
'e opern to the party: As the. matter stands, | L
lonld q club night and an opera night como to- d
.ther one or the other must bo given up. 1t y
" rate, leave OF this ycl7sts and hat. Thoao .
weriug structures are never 50 much Of nui-
nco as at the cpern, and it does scem as If I
me distinction ought to be made between an | n
dinary morning Btreet suit and full reception n
ess- So sandwiched together wero these last +
ar that, Hhile the street suit gained nothing,
. reception dress lost d great deal. Sc f.. as | r
y detraction from the brilunncy Of the ecena Il
'uld have resulted. sheet might have envel- R
ed the whole audience, and no .aenslbse dimi- NJ
tion in that respect have been felt. In fact, p
ere .7as rather sensation OF relief from tho
uden hiding from sight Of those unpleasant ae
:ongruities. It ia 4 society matter, anl it has | n
en- shown what the custom is in other cities. Al
ROMANS for Chicago to decide whether it is ns
rthy Of acceptance, OF it sha still prefers If
at seems to be decidedly crude and inelegant nj
thod OF making up her operatic hotcl-potch | in
the shape OF an audience. nc
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WEDDINGS. ia,
LEo7oID-CLATBUEGH. pr
lnong the weddings OF the past week, tho "<
opold-C -Cla.burgh took the lead. Both bride
/ groom being representatives Of leading
aelitish families in this city, nothing was
ittcd that could make it brilliant affair. =,
ceremony took place at Standard Hall, the ~ ~
se parlor being beautifully decorated for the ~
asion. A marriage-bell Of rare vhito flowers -
suspended over tho heads Of the bridal pair ~