The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-06-30
AUNT SOPHRONIA TABER Al
THE OPERA
MARIE /. NAGOMfEk.

Ills Il master DIS hultGihs ana that
enanuleeT. lis get thousand candles
Il !, has one, Ii must have taken a sight
81 ,allow Ia have run them all
hey are only make believe candles,
aunt. with little ie.s OF gas inside 10 give
me effect of reai candles.
want to know Well. only wish
that your Uncle Icleg was here. You're
sure. Louisa, that this Is a perfectly pro-
per and respectable place =
Why. aunt. you don't suppose tina,
father would consent 10 our attending the
opera ii 1t were other than perfectly
proper place, do YOU.
No, no. dear, suppose not Bu,
somehow you city folks look upon such
things differently from what we do who
i've IN the country. Dear sus, Louisa .
DO look way up there in the tip-,op of
the house. bid you ever see such sigh,
OF people: Why. excursion trans must
have run from all over the state. Massa
ehiid Iheres woman forgotten her
bunnit DO Just nudge her, Louisa, and
tell her OF II. My Eliza Ann cut Just such
caper is that one Sunday last summer
Cot clean INTO the meeting house and
halfway down the middle aisle before
She discovered ii, and the whul congre-
CATION a-giggling and a-iitienng. Wood
man Harrison shook the whul pew, and
! don't know but what he d a haw-hawed
ilshi out in meeting If his father hadn't
gwen him one of his looks. As twas.
vas aieared ned bust a blood.vessei
los; speak 10 that poor ereetur. louisa ::
she ! feel awfuIly cut up when she finds Ii
OF; bat sill. is christian duty 10 tell
heF.
Why, aunt, don; you know that she's
IN ia.. dress. and .ei, hef bonnie, Al home
Intentionally: see how beautiful her
halr Is arranged you don't suppose she
wanted 20 cover up ali ,ha, elegance. 30
yo:
Came bare-headed purpose. Neil.
DO declare But. Louisa. where's the
hoTe-ches;nut :"
" The horse-chestnut. aunt:
es. hid. You said something or
ether about u horse chestnut playing i
voluntary. or something OF that sort, be-
fore The aproar commenced"
Oh. The orchestra Yes. remember
Don; you see those gentlemen in front OF
the stage =
Those men with the adde's and base
vols
Yes. Well, they compose the orohes-
ira, and the orchestral part OF this opera Is
particularly fine.
" want 10 know. Belang 10 the first
families, suppose. They are IN un-
common good-looking sc, OF men. Is
Mrs. Patti furrcner
Yes; shes a mixture OF Spanish and
Italian. She was born in Madrid, bu,
came 20 the United States when only FIVE
years OF age and remained here until she
was nearly seventeen. She lnhcrits her
musical talents from both sides of the
house. Her mother had quite fepu,a-
ton IN the d!IelifHIs word. under The
name OF Madame Barill.. and Salvador
Patti. her father. WAS i musician OF con-
siderable note " hen Adeina was i
mere mite OF a thing She was such i
NUS ehatteibaA that even her lndul-
gent mother would sometimes ehlde her
for Ter constant singing, bu, her only re-
ply To these reprmands was rs charming
as Il MAS naive:
Wha, can do. dear mamma
Whenever open my mouth and II, To
talk. A li,tle bird inside Vt me turns all
my words 10 song. and so / have 10
sing. :"
We'll. declare fort. II this ain,
my Woodman Harrison all over again.
He used 10 whistle from morning till
night. TIL sometimes II seemed If he
would drive me crazy. Still, il sounded
so iight-hearted and CHEEKY like. that |
couldn't bear 10 scold him. though often
used 10 send him on out OF doors
suppose that's lust about the way Add,e 5
mother felt Children average about the
same the world over. whether furren or
domestic. II they have any kind OF in
heu,ence
There. aunt, there the hell. and the
curtain wall rise N minute. Yes, see
there j, goes.
I.-o-u-i-s-a
Sh listen want yoa 20 hear S.eno,
Monu he Is considered 4 very inc bass
Bat. Louisa. oushtn,i We 10 s,ano
during prayer Tune:
lou forget, aun; this is only i play
not irAly temple"
Dear suz only WISH you, Cnele
peleg WAS here. Somehow il seems kin
der an-ehristian 10 be play-aetins wor.
ship"
Why. aunt, there's no need of You
feeling so conscious stricken lots o
church people come TO the opera. II ism
like the theatre, you know. lis more
more -er-well, | can't jus, express i,
but anyway. people who discoun,enane,
the theatre, especially through Lent, ap
prove the opera"
That's wha, Parson Allen calls dis
tinc.ion withou, difference. guess. :
sor; OF wolf in Sleeps clothing. But
Louisa, what's the matter, La sakes
child. lets &c, out as spry As ever We can
The theatres all on ire. Massa. Louisa
which is the way out: Oh, dear, dear.
wish that you Dacle Feleg--r
Sh, aunt: DO SIT down Il isnta ire
It's only the people clappins and ~.