Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-16
AT THE PARIS GRAND OPERA.

AT THE PARIS GRAND OPERA.
Tho Fir-t Appearance 81 Young Lady
nefor" French Audience.
The vcstiLulc that leads to the box
Office Of the Grand Opcra House In
Paris Il admirably arranged for the re-
ccption II an impatient crowd Of thea
tcr-gocrs. AZ first sight il seems that
the long room Is cut up into n labyrinth
OF lanes by stout balustradcs about hin.
nigh, but ON attempting To- 90 To the
little ticket arthway at the further ctd
OF the room you will find that YOU have
To enter the lanes nc n particular point
nnd 20 back or forwards, up anil down
the room, until. after trayersing its
longth half dozen times, YOU are
landed In front Of the man, who looks
like Louis Napoleon, selling tickets. OF
course, matters can be simplihcd. II
there Is not n crowd. by leaping over
these balustradcs. but this j. not con-
sidcrcd good form Ia Paris. besides n
man In dress coat never shows 10 adj.
vantage jumping fence. When I
finally arrived mt the little ticket ari.h.
way 4 regretted 10 find that Louis Ma
polcon could not speak English. ITc
seemed TO deeply regret his lack. and
Judging from his expressive and politc
gestures | gathered that nothing would
have given him greater pleasure than a
lew minutes conversation with me. 1
stood back n moment, until n connie
Of ladies purchased loN. and when
wo were alone again IL was about clcv-
en- O'Clock In the morning and there
was hardly any person around the vast
building.
"BocksP Rocks? ScccctP NonP'' ne IN.
quircd, pointing to the model Of the
house framed In glass So that the buyer
could stand where the stage would be-
and pick out tho exact seat or box n,
wanted. Imado u lingual charge at
him.
"Box' We. Admitcz voos law
. fawP"
lIo pondcrcd ON this u moment. and
whom 10 dawnod ON him that / wanted
To get child into the Grand Opcra
House he elevated his eyebrows and
shoulders, and with an expression of
surprise and horror exclaimed.
"LinfantP Mon Dicu. nom"
Feeling that he had reached the limi,
OF his English requirements he hailed
with delight the arrival If another Na.
pOlcon, and said something to him.
This gentleman approached. rubbing
his hands over each other i'm tho
" What s-thc-ncNt-articlc?" fashion. and
said: ''''
"Can | have ~ pleasure Ia sell 10
monsieur n box this moruing?"
- guess so. What wanted Z, find
out IS whether could bring my little girl
with me, too"
What Is 20 agc Of ~ lcetlc grip"
IL don't just remember ON tho
moment. Her mother knows. Irstwo.
or three, or four. or thcrcabuuts. She's
n great deal Oldcr than she looks, you
know"
"Ah. IL would be impossccbl. Chill
drcn are never admit"
"But she is a very good child
she --"
"Thcy all are. my dear sir. All
know. IL is tmpossccbl." E
4 "Oh. but look hcrc-I guaran.
tee -----n
"lt--is imposscchl. All children are
forbid but American children particu-
lar. American childrcn-ah. tbev arc
uncontrollablc.'
+" Yes, but was just going to say that
we have lived in England for some time
aud have trained mp the child after the
English fashion, and in the Paris OPP
era House she will not depart from H.
Let me bring her IN here. and You will
see for yourself that she is quite young
lady"
went out To- the square where the
Young woman in question was waiting
with her mother in the carriayc'
Come. chick, said 20 tho Tourist.
lifting her out.
" Are we going in. papaP"
We're just going to see about that.
You u have to look big. and You mustn't
cry II man speaks 90 YOU" ...t
! carried her up the steps and set her
down at the top, Taking her chubby
baud we walked in 10 Napoleon very
braycly, while her mother gave the COS.
tune pull here and thcrc 90 make II
lcok Just right.
An said tho Frenchman. pulling
his imperial. "what n pretty baby =
"rm not n baby SAID the insulted
Tourist, "Tm little girl"
ooh. you lcetlc girl, .chP All, you DO
young lady soon. 8" -
"WoI?H / asked.
"My dear sir Il is imposseebl. Why
can not madame leave the madamoiselle
at your hotelP They will take charge
Of her and take good care. too"
Leave my pet alone half the night
Ia PARISH The idea!' said the madame
referred TO.
Tho Frenchman did not understand
tho significance of the information of the
last phrase as we'll as did. so he rubbed
his hands and said
F" All, you consent? Good. That is
the way all ladies here do IL would
astonish them 10 see child at the
Grand Opera. II is never done. 4"
"Oh, see here" | said. taking him
aside; Let us come down TO business.
We want the little girl with US. See"'
lie saw. 10 was In my open palm
and he could not help but see. He
emiled, transferred Il To bis pocket. and
ina few moments had the tickets-a
clerk taking down in "A book some in
formation about us. and n synopsis Of
our past history, the particulars of
which / forget The only box he could
let US have was high up and seated six
persons, but by paying for the six we
three were IN have monopoly OF IL.
He again and again impressed on me
that the moment the child began TO cry
was TO take her out, which solrnenly
promised to do.
"ft's all right.rI said. az | came to
my family waiting nc the door. ''He II
convincti now that she Il older than