The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22

convent, speaks French like a native. the ia
vorito tenor from the opera, Van Dyck, a Bel
rian, famous In his an CONGRESSIONAL days rs
htr, while n young actress who had vainly been
trying town her place In IA small suburban
cause she happened to DC fortunate enough to
have been born on the. banks OF the Seine.
lie Piano lie Berthe" VAS played, not be-
nor because Y is easily mounted, nor because
i was especially appropriate for the occasion,
Ing the leading tenor Of Vienna a fitting oppor.
unity OF introducing come ch1nS2us. OF which
evident gusto. ESperienccd as both lie and
Frau Hohentels are as artists. not oven their
stanchest, edherents would claim that they
They both were visibly nervous, and in conse'
anencc TEL into eSaggcrations OF which on or
binary occasions they are not guilty.
Ghe second number on the programme, or,
fehbach's pretty o%peretta, Monsieur and
sysn1nS Pc b.s, was so certainly tain th sne on s%gec MIt ~
the Fri. R6nard at their head, %outdo!ng them
selves, and making onelw"nder as one heard the
rive when The leRitimist king of French opera
bon fro wouldc ONE TO his oil time rights again.
the Vienna Opera House. Il was but natural
that a terpslchorcan advertisement sho Id
figure on the, programme. and as most lifting.
Josef Rayer's ''Tanzmarchen' was chosen. In
stead of the customary costumes worn ~ tho
gowns were unearthed and adapted "a. tho
evenings requirements. But Just as little as
everything that is genuine is necessarily beau.
tiful. Just so little is everything costly. and as.
however accurate n picture may have been
sdrdbdndc, bourne. and J%drottc. IT is doubtful
if any Of the fort ign guests carried away q very
lively impression of the number of really pref
ty girls in the Vienna corps de ballet.
The performance lasted nearly two hours
and G half, and though the gallery of princes
remained until the end, II seemed a somewha
severe tax on their patience. During the en-
tire evening tho young couple attracted, as
was natural, the most attentton-a scrutiny
which both bride and bridegroom bore With
good composure.
The Due d. Orleans is credited with a GER
tain aversion for the more rigid forms of cti-
quette. and to this was attributed the some
what dispassionate. not to say of-hand. man.
ner In which he stood with crossed arms at tho
altar rail during the wedding ceremony. In
in court circles OF how, at the first audience with
the Emperor, he entered the state apartment.
stepping over q footst3ol. and. shaking hands
in n pronounccdly ontrc mdncht fashion. ex-
claiming Bon jDuJ. .ndieStt :"
or tho bride one mot has thus far been
nifcant one. When the leputation OF noble
French ladies presented to her the magnif-
cent diamond crown that had been fashioned
for her in Paris. and conteins u solitaire as
large nearly rs the famous Regent, she is re-
ported to have said:
II hope that some day this crown will be
placed on the head of nv dear Philippe. When
this happy day arrives. | shall know how to, as
sist my husband and to do my full 6uty."
This royalis,ic. little speech, has been ofici-
might be. aud save for the initiated it will be
difficult to know whether it was really ever
made. Sc non Z zero ] ben trordto.
w. Won SACHS.