The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
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Gala Night at Covent Garden Opera
House.

London, June 23.-Tonight was a gala
night at Covent Garden opera house
where the whole programme and perform
arce rejected the greatest credit or
Maurice Grau
- The event fairly rivalled the procession
: Ms an attraction to LOndoners Fol
miles around Covent Garden the streets
were crowded; and the crush of car
rlages was so dense that many men wear
ing GORGEOUS uniforms and covered with
Z jewels had 10 walk for long distances
and the varying comments of the crowd
Many Others. like the Duke of Marl-
s borough and the Duke of Devonshire
uroNe 10 the oDera house in state car
lldstS WIN coachmen and footmen re-
splendent IN state lfve-y
IN front of the opera house was a
mounted guard of honor inside. the ia
OF Latham. with lot of goldsticks
awaited the arrival of the ROYAL party.
Mnlie -Deeieaters lined the stairway and
mounted guard outside the royal box.
meantime the house filled, and the
scene was most gorgeous. The women
oiazed with jewelry. nearly every man
indian princes dressed in native costume.
occupied prominent boxes and were
curious spectators of the glittering dis
AT length the royal personages began
20 arrive. the Princess of Wales coming
hIst- Her costume was white embrOid-
efSu Win silver; upon her head she wore
a beautiful diamond tiara pearls aroma
ier neck and long row of orders across
her bodice. As she entered the '' ro vi
oex the audience rose and the band PLAYED
the national anthero-
The rest of the party then filed into rho
poX; each preceded by the Earl of Latham
walking backward Amoner them v-ora
isa me Isl princes and all the men,
Oers OF re English royal family exceDt
me queen: Empress Frederick of Ger
many and Princess Beatrice
~ soon as they were seated the cur
tam rose. disclosing the entire cast of
among
and Nm De Peske. grouped upon the
stage. ''' 'iie
Then followed such a rendering of the
national anthem as it never had before
after which was carried our Mir Gran,s
cxare1uly arranged programme. including
the second act of ..Tannhauser' third
a st 81 G0unod Romeo and Juliet" and
the fourth act of The Huguenots
The efforts of the singers and the or
cAestra We're received with the greatest
enthusiasm. and the performance sur
passed N every way the famous gala per-
Torrance given at Covent Garden for the
Empress of Germany.
ae scene was one of uncomfortable love-
i>aeSs- The whole interior Of the sfr,lc--
tnre was hidden by freshly-cuts flowers.
principally roses. The upper tier OF boxes
was mass of Marechal Mel roses the
next. TIER a mass of pink roses and the
bottom tier of rich dark red roses
w mite flowers adorned the roval box
which was surmounted by an enormous
noral crown of crimson roses and golden
orchids. The box was decorated in the
Louis ANl style. the chairs and settees
being covered by white and yellow SIX.
The same material. fiuted and patterned
into diamonds. formed the ceiling. The
box was a beautiful picture The Prince
of Wales wore the red uniform of a field
marshal. and among all the other princes
there We're no two uniforms alike The
royal group seemed collection of gilt
tering orders and beautiful Jewels. The
Princess of Naples wore some wonderful
diamonds and the Grand Duchess Sergius
displayed the largest emerald in the
world.
Ii was noticeable. however. that the
royals were less lavish in jewelry than
many ladies' in the other boxes. who were
fairly 1lastered with gems. The audience
included all the leaders of Official and
social England and all the ambassadors.
Hay and Mrs. Hay and
Spencer Eddy occupied his own box.
After the performance in Covent Gar
der. the Prince and Princess of Wales
and the royal party were entertained at
sumner nv Lord Rothschild at his house
in Picadilly. a dance followed. There
were 500 guests.