The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-28
LOST IN rHs OPERA HOUSE.


Startling Uvrrrirucc Of Two Young Women
1u Cutinm's Vast Building.
Two YOUNG women living on tho west
side had au experience Ia the Metropolitan
Opera HOUSE 10 few nights ago that they /
8rr mot likn'F o. forget Like n great .
many other music lovers in the city the %
times the me-. sa.ty of keeping a careful
watch ovcrcV liturcs had induced them
tu furoro the opera. tu their regret, and
when % friend sent them family circle
tickets for or' OIL, the best performances
the gilt WINS 'ccltcd with unusual pleas
urc
Armngamo Is we're made with an older
" gentleman vi was an old friend If
their family, , o. cct the young women no
the close of a oi IRA NJ the Forticth strc't
entrance and IN enjoyed the entertain
mcnt secure m the thought that they
would have "a al escort home.
When the ,1crl was over however, the
young womci turned in the wrong dircc-
tion on leaving the gallery, and when they
reached the e. trance they found they were
on the Thirtv-n'nth street side of the
building A hea " rainstorm had set in
during the cv,nii 2, they had no umbrella
and to "ruin their hats and dresses by
running around t. Fortieth street was not
to be thought Of
Taking counsel together, they decided
to go back to the gallery and down the
other way They did so and found the
Forticth street en- rance closed Pounding
on the door brought no response, and the
young ladies started back to the gallery to
go to the other exit. just as they reached
the family circle again the lights were sud
denly turned of, and the frightened wom-
/ en- were left in utter darkness alone in the
| deserted opera house.
| That they were scared nearly out of their
wits goes without saying, and when one
Of them saw the dim light Of lantern
carried by some one walking across the
stage away down below she was too merry
Gus to even call out for help Her com
panion, however, managed to scream loud
ly enough to he heard on the stage, and
the Waterman who carried the lantern was
finally made to understand that there
were two distressed females in the gallery
who wanted very much to get out.
He shouted directions to feel along the
walls until they reached certain door,
through which they could go down stairs
to the stage. Cropping their way along,
| the young women entered passageway.
| They crept along, an inch at IA time, feel
! ing for stairway. One of them came to
| a door and turned the knob. The door
| opened, and the two found themselves
| looking in upon a party of half dozen
| gentlemen sitting around table enjoying
"a midnight lunch
1t is hard to say whether the diners or
/ the intruders were the more astonished,
| but the latter were certainly more scared.
They were trying to say something to
explain their situation when door on the
| other side of the room opened, and in step
ped the friend they had tried to meet. He
| had waited until the FOrtieth street doors
were closed, had FASTENED to the other en-
trance, found that also closed, and fearing
something had happened had induced the
stage doorkecpCr to let him go into che
house in search of his friends. He was on
his way to the gallery when he stepped
into the room and met the young women
] he was searching .Or.
Explanations followed, and the women
and their escort were soon safely out of the
building but the opera house has less at
traction for two music lovers than it once
had.-Now York Herald.