River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-16
AUNT SOPHROEIA TABER AT THE
OPERA.
III MARIE l.. MAcoMBER.

aunt. with little Jcts OF Gas INSIDE, 10
Give the effect Of real candles.
Il want to know! Well, / only wish
ihat your Uncle Peleg was here. You re
sure, Louisa, that this is perfectly
proper and respectable place.
..Why, aunt, You don't suppose that
father would consent to our attending
the opera if it were other than per-
fectly proper place, do you?'
NO. no, dear, | suppose not. But
somehow YOU city folks look upon such
things differently from what we DO who
live ia the country. Dear SUI, Louisa!
Do look way up there in the tip-top of
the house. Did YOU ever see such sight
Of people? Why. excursion trains must
have run from all over the state. Mas
sa, child. There a woman forgotten
her bunuct, DO just nudge her, Louisa,
and tell Ter Of it, Nv Eliza Ann cut
inst such capcr as that one Sunday last
summer Got clean into the meeting
house and half way down the middle
aisle before she discovered il, and the
vhul congregation a-riEg.ing and att
terino Woodman Harrison shook the
whul pew. aud / don't know but what
he q q haw-hawcd right out in meet
lEZ IL HIS lstttltl mum lfNA MN Ct4' va
his looks As twas, ! was afeared he d
bust a b.ood-yesSel just speak to that
poor creetur, Louisa; she IL feel aWfully
cut up when she finds it out, but still,
It's a christian duty to tell her
sWhv. aunt, don YOU know that
shes in full dress, and left her bonnet
at home Intentionally? See how beau
tiful her hair Is arranged. You don t
suppose she Il want to cover up all that
elegance. do yous'
Game bare-headed purpose, Well,
/ DO declare, But, Louisa. where's the
horSe-che-tuut2'
The hor~c-chc>tnut aunt2''
yes. child. You said something or
other about horSa-chcS;uut playing y
voluntary. or something of that sort,
before tHe uproar commenced.
"Ou tile orchestra. Yes. | rcmem-
Der Don't YOU see those gentlemen in
front ii the .tage?
Chose men with the tjdlcs and base
yioI-
Yes. Wen, they compose the or-
chestra. and the orchestral part Of ih's
opera is particularly fine.
~ want to know, Belong to the first
families. | suppose. They are an I'M
common good-lookinT set Of men. Is
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..Taays aunt there's the bell. and
ttr curtain Ig'T w ~iI'' r,s, in minute Yes,