The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-16
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The demand for seats for this evenings
performances OF "a Trip to Africa by the
Duff Opera Company at the Opera House
has been the greatest known in the past
two or three seasons, Scarcely a score
Of seats are upsold in the lower part Of
tine theatre, and Yesterday desirable seats
commanded q premium Of 81 80, several
offers OF five for two seats having been
made,
The indications are that the audience
will be us fashionable and stylish us It Is
large; It will be one made up apparently
OF ladies' and gentlemen who know how
TO behave in public, yet the chances are
ten TO one that before the opera is over
there viii DO several, who, by their nc.
tons, will demonstrate conclusiVely that
they have no regard for the comfort or
enjoyment OF others, and that II is the
equivalent Of not knowing how to be-
have, II such do not develop them,
selves in to-night's audience Il will be
an exceptional one-ah audience such
as has not been known here for some
time,
Reference is made to those very rude
people who, rs soon as they realize that
the finale OF an opera has commentator
that a play Is about to end, commence to
get ready to go out, They stand up in
their seats, pull on their oyerC6ats,
crowd out OF their seats into the aisles
aud make for the door; they obstruct
the view OF those behind them, often
disturb the headdresses OF ladies about
them, annoy every one IN the audience
lin u word make general nuisances Of
themselves they arc US objectionable
and often times more SO, as the class who
find 1t necessary to 20 out between every
act to get u breath OF fresh air or some
thing else,
No matter how enjoyable may be the
music OF the ensemble that marks the
finale OF the opera or musical comedy,
how pretty or spirited may be the
grouping that forms the last stage pic.
ture, how graceful the dancing or how
thrilling may be the situation that
marks the close Of an interesting drama
1t Is all the same TO these hurry-up
people; once they get the idea that the
curtain is about TO 60 down for the last
time, their one desire Is TO get out no
matter what annoyance their unreason-
able huste may cost the balance OF the
audience. With majority Of them,
as soon as they arc outside
their haste ends; they apparently forget
what 1t was they wanted and proceed
to block up the pavement at the exits
and watch and comment on the people
coming out. As before stated, these PEG,
pie are unmitigated nuisanCes, and
Shouldn't possible, besuppressed, They
are probably more numerous here than
anywhere else In the country, state
ment that Is based on the observation OIL
travellers who have been annoyed here
by this class, and the number seems To
1 be increasing. At first 1t was confined
to some callow young men who didn't
know any better, but older ones, and
even those having the appearance oil
ladies, have joined the ranks this season
Last Saturday night this disturbing
element made quite n demonstration III
the conclusion of Kate Castleton's play
There are some very clever operate
Choruses in the finale, but the hurry-ups
did not care for them. One young gen.
tlenan in section A, whose conduct had
been very exemplary during the even,
ing, stood up, put on his overcoat and
stalked out; couple, man and woman
in the same section did the same. One
in section B, two in Il and two in /
and eight or ten In the orchestra made
similar shows Of themselves. They dis
turbed every one and were cordially
abused by those who wanted to see and
hear.
1t is to DO hoped that there will be
none OF this class attend the Duff opera
company engagement. They can be
easily Spottedifthcre should DO any.