The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-22
MUS IC Hath CHARMS.
Highly Appreciated BY Jer-
seY City Femininity.
A LIST OF LOCAL OPERA GOERS'
The Style of Entertainment They
Most Atfect-patti's Last Fare
well-Incidents and
Gossip.
A LIST OF LOCAL OPERA GOERS'

Specially Written for The jersey City Nercs.
There is a fascination about the Metro
politan Opera House of New York city
that is peculiar TO itself. Jersey City
people found that out long ago. Let no
scoffer from the n~eighboring villages of
Brooklyn and Newark say that Jersey
City women do not appreciate good music
let him watch the crowds of our
%womenkind that flock through the Opera
House doors every Saturday afternoon.
The following catalogue of a few opera
goers has been complied by one who has
surveyed the throng from a lofty perch
mex the roof for seasons past, and can be
vouched for as accurate.
Miss katharine Speir must head the
list, for these many seasons a large num-
Der of ladies have through her, bought
season tickets after the manner of clubs.
But Miss Speir has forwarded SO
many delightful schemes for others
benefit that we have grown to expect
such things from her. Mrs. Robert &.
Lyle, whose musicales at her residence
on Suydam avenue have taken their
place among Jersey City's most precious
'eveuts," and who has done for the cause
of music and young musicians what few
women in this or any other city have
at least every two weeks. Miss Jen-
ME NJ. Lewis, whom we all recognize as Il
light in educational circles, has been Il
weekly visitor at the Metropolitan for
seasons past. Surely at some future day
d crowd of young women will rise up and
call her blessed. for she seldom appears
in her place without some young music
lover beside her.
When Mrs. Henry Goodwin Smith was
yet Miss Helen Forman, of the Heights,
every Saturday found her with Mrs. SAM
uel Froman in her place before the big
brown curtain, and there was at least one
woman in the adjacent audience who
found almost as much pleasure in the
music reflected in her face as that from
the orchestra, but now that her home is
in Freehold. the place thereof knows her
no more. Miss AunieA driance of Lafay-
cite attends the opera every week, ana
has done so for several seasons. Miss
Jean Cameron McBride's allegiance was
10 German opera, and while that
held sway she was a devoted attendant.
Now that the Italian school holds the
boards, she may often be seen in the
stalls. but not with such regularity as
before. The Misses Florence and Clara
De Hart are also frequent attendants.
OF course Miss Celie Gaines is a dele
QaGe from J6TScy ivy, Ii lew oPSho
goers, IL may be said, bring with then a
perception and a more delicate
appreciation. Miss Chesley and Mrs. w.
Hunter Brown are. of course, attendants,
as might be expected from musicians of
their class.
THE MUSIC THEY PREFER.
AS all the above mentioned LADIES have
attended the opera during the Wagner
DYNASTY as well as the present Italian
rule, it is interesting to hear low they
stand on the subject of German versus
Italian opera. There is a surprising unan-
unity of opiuiou-iu fact, nine out of ten
have held to last years music and Seidl.
AS Mrs. Lyle was saying a few d VS. since
in conversation with the writer:-"When
I 90 to the opera now l am always expect
something that doesn't come. l think
is very pretty. but there must be
something more coming soon.' But 1t
never comes"
AT PATHS LATEST FAREWELL.
At the Wednesday afternoon concert
wbere Patti added another to her list of
fareweIls, the writer noticed Misses Mar
garet. Jennie and Susie Mcknight and
Several other Jersey City young ladies ap-
plauding with all the vigor of Patti
enthusiasts. And there wis one young
lady from Jersey, who shall be nameless.
whom the writer last saw on that day
wildly hopping up and down and
calling. "Oh. why won't she come out
again! Oo-ee-ee! Isn't she lovely" 1t is
TO be supposed that this was the first
time Patti and the young lady had met.