The herald., 1897-05-22

kaleidoscope that one was holding still
for fear the next combination in the col.
ored bits wouldn't be as beautiful.
Hats were conspicuous by their pres.
ence-that is, there were so very few
in the house that the wearers were no.
ticeable, and although the women were
none of them in full evening dress, an6
the men for the most part had eschewe6
it. the colors were light and bright an6
gay in abundance; In accord, indeed
with the effervescent music that bub.
bled merrily along through three hours
with never a dull measure and thai
wound in and out around the lines, which
were cheerfully idiotic and deliciously
humorous by turn.
OF course at the end Of the second act
there was speech. De Wolf Hopper
ie never allowed to escape without max.
ing speech the opening night, unless
OF course, they can get him to say Ca
sey-but Mr.. Hopper has evoluted be-
yond Casey, and so last night he had 9
little sociable chat with the audience
in which he confided to them things
that he told an audience in Fresno the
night before and in San Francisco last
week and so on. But 1t was all de-
lightful and everybody enjoyed every
minute, and. altogether 1t Is seldom thai
actor and audience are more thoroughly
en- rapport than were Mr.. Hopper anG
his fascinating sprite of wife and those
in front" last night. In boxes A and E
were Mr.. and Mre. John Bradbury an6
their party, consisting Of Mr.. and Mrs
James Winston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ozro w
Childs. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Blaisdell
Miss Mary Banning and Mr.. VIII Norris
In boxes c and D were Mr.. and Mrs
Ferd K. Rule and a party consisting OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis ]. Thomas, Mrs.
Dan Mcfarland. Miss Francisco Alex
ander; Messrs. w. J. Cox and Frank
Rule In loge A were Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Wiltshire and party; in loge B were Mr.
and Mrs. ]. E. Platter and as their guests
Judge and Mrs. Erskine NJ. Ross. With
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt in loge c were Mrs
Rose Hogan and DR.. Hogan; loge D was
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Herman He'll
man. Miss Freda Hellman and Mr.
Adolph Fleishman. With Mr.. and Mrs
c. Modini-Wood in their box were Mr.
and Mrs. E. P. johnson, jr., and scat
tered through the audience, which was
extremely fashionable upstairs and
down, were the following well-known
people: Count and Mrs. Won Schmidt
Lieut.. and Mrs. J. c. Drake, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Randolph Miner, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Carlos
Jones, Major and Mrs. e. T. C. Klokke
Miss Klokke, Major and Mrs. Ben c.
Truman, Miss Truman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed c. Tufts, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin 7.
Earl, Judge and Mrs. Chapman. Mr.. an,l
Mrs ]. S. Salkey, Mr.. and rms. II. Jevne,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mullen, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Lacy, H. Siegel and party.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Nordlinger, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. H. Halliday, Mr.. and Mrs. John 7.
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra T. Stimson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 8. Walton, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Cline. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. W. King; Mines. Jennie Kempton.
Othman Stevens, Victoria Harrell,
George G. Mullens, Wotkyns Of Pasade-
ra, VIM. Conant Misses Harriet Chap
man, Sada johnson, Mary Mullens.
Greenleaf Of Pasadena, Alice Owen of
San Francisco, Mae Owen; Messrs.
Louis vetter, Robert Adams, George
Easton, Seymour Locke, Cauaghan
Byrne, Dickinson, Louis Nordlinger,
John Schumacher. Walter Dinmore,
Capt. Bolton, DR.. Manning.