Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17

During my Las, night ai the opera a.
Italian star TamI gu0 sang In Wilhelm
Til. but the house lriero sicd me evcl
, more than she singing. There were. 1
nhouid nay. al hast 1900 people pr sent
and every man ard woman in ths boxes
and In the orchestra was In full drass.
I There was n0t a man Ia a buaiueai ruii
except In the SOP galleries. Tho ladies
were without hounrfs ana NOR. 20 nom
/ had on low.ncck gowns .wgih arms bare,
! oNcept when cover u with i0nr whsa
riovcu rclch.rs us iir w as the biecuz.
! Tho drcfaca were Far better and NOR
cus-ly fhnn those yuu 90 90 a White
House reception. They were be.tcf
made and. l am told. mos. of the uol-
iumra uacd bv rich AFreuino iadaa
! cnme from Paris There were Jewels
/ everywhere. There was. venture. a
good half peck ~ diamonds on IN, To-
male pam VI the audience. Diamonds
40 biz as aic cri VI my hHlc finger
hung from a. llblr ~ pink cars. cius-
iers OF diamond nowcrE nestled 10 beds
~ lace upon vuiuuiu JUS b1snms. and
combs go With diamonds fastened ihr
underground irraafa ~ Argentine
bciI,ltH On me crowns VI thclr sdnpsly
! hc1dt There were pearls gs big "a
m1rruwfai peas. ncckehcns ~ thom
joined ut The center with great ruby
or an emerald. There wfVc sapphire
ana orAh and rold EiloiV.
HOW THE GIRLS LOOK.
Many Of the women were pfcs,y. rep.
rrfCriluE as many cumrIeNllaa aud
| Kinds ~ features a. you VIII see ai tha
Metropolitan upctn In New YORK.
could noi notice a pr,iominance ~ iho
spanish type. ~ many ~ the rich
Argentine mmlluH have lrccrmlrrI "A
with fho foreigners ghnt their women
are ds cosmopolitan IN their app .tfancc
as our own. Some of then We're hume
I IS, and not a few. I regret 90 sIy. owed
much - their good looks 90 their make
up. Powder und paint ore ariif;icaily
tiae1 IN HuCnoH AyrDH. ana eherc 10 100
capital of the world whore the profess
alonnl htlrircHaer and face chandler
has u b-sfcr custom. I have been told
thdi she Parlrlln halrdrrsaers aud cn-
ufneicra have shcir regular clientele oi
rich women. WIN conn o. b. made up
before they utari f"r their drive IN the
park or Tor an opera or evening party.
ON opera nights You have o. engage
your cnamrier beforehand. or walt ln
the arie-luom for hours before he Will
Nnll Out next" However this may be.
he cncct at The opcra u excellent. The
house u q very large Oue. the largest.
believe. IN South America. Il has i've
rulleric.' the lover thru u which are
boxes. When the curtain ~ up The men
nrhiud the women 81 the boxes are
practically out Of siFhs. and from she
pit whore ! AT. IN my nlyican-d1liar
place. ! could sec above me the breasts
ana heads " the adicF standing. ~ 0,
were. on the red plush railing OF the
ElllcriCs. There were hundreds % those
hustf running tier above tier. making
a ncsh ana blood beauty show Ear ~.
pfrlor 90 che wax works ~ Madame
Tusand and well worth coming 50 the
Argentine 10 Gee. In addition 20 the
ordinary boxes tiierc ID a special Eai-
lary In this thratcr called the clEueil.
whore ladies can come without escorts.
afi IN which mon are not allowed.
sca's cnn from fwo 10 hyr dollars uad
. N well pa,ronlEcd.
QUEER ANTICS ny MEN At THE
OPERA.
Tho opom az BucnoA Ayres h con-
sldorld much moro 4a social event
than a. muElcn entertainment.
cant describe the Importance with
which drcas 4 REGARDED. In my plain
American way ! hrst ihnuFE OF wear
Ing back aui., hu. tui going w full
evening dress. I put on. however, my
isecl-pun coat. hut Hrglru.ed 20 wear
G.oNcs. on ontcrlnE the house l found
every man IN the orchestra except my
SELF wearing while KIDS. una every man
hut me hld -lll six hlt. Between
she acts the men roae 60 their feet,
clappod on shclr hats and tArn Haun-
gerrd 20 and FRO through ;he
house. Some stood at their seas with
their opoia Fiasrea So their eyes ana
ai.rid at III women regardless whether
iaey knew them @ not. bul the greater
part walked 10 the entrances OF the
a!sltH ana stood there In knots wAh
their heis uu ana fOiA,ed their eyes
upan fhf Wufuau. u WAS a soTt OF a
csnflbal felii, but the It.at or enamel
on mos. of he flctl was so'thck that
u bFoughi no blood % the surface.
ON THE cALLE FLORIDA.
And this brings me 90 n Buenoa Ayres
custom 90 the young dudes of ;he Ar
rentlne capital, who make u business
of standing upon the street ana greed
lly staring at ladies nH they 30 by,
There ln no city IN the world where
this prevails 10 such an extent. II ii
most common ON the Gale Florida.
which ~ the broadway or Regent
street OF Buenos Ayrea. it IN the fash.
lpnablc shopping street, ana its stores
are those VI che swell jewellers. con-
fcctloacrs, milliners, tailora and fash
ionablc restaurantcurH 81 the city. The
street has not more than twenty feet
uf roadway between lts narrow pave
ments. Every afternoon from 4 To Z
o'clock q line ~ carriages moves M ono
side OF the street ana down the other.
IL may grow dark, but up to o the
limo Ii solid. and You may here see a
thousand pranclng horses moving u
and fro, The carriages are open. as a
rule. and In them DIT the fashionable
ladies' Of tho capital They drive horc
every evening merely because n IN the
fashion. and the young men have the
fashion of standing on the street aud
staring NJ them ms they pass. Every
afternoon the Gale Florida IN thronged
with knots OF young men who are there
for ghs purpose. They are well dressed
and well groomed. They carry canes,
wear gloves and smoke cigarettes M
they look. From time to time they
make rcmurks ON the women who 20 by.
and not unirequently say things which
prs absolutely Indecent. Not long aro
one OF them said something 20 an Amer
ican girl who wuA passing along the
street. what he said was an insult, and
the young American rewarded him with
"A SLAP across the mouth which almost
Enncked him 10 the ground. The ordl-
nary Argentine girl would have mere.
IN pouted ana passed on, Within the
mast year or 80 the Argentine police
have been trying % stop this inaultint,
~ women. and now any woman who
makes complaint can have her insult
Tor at once taken To the city aulhorl-
ties FOR uial, ..
THE YOUNG ARGENTINE.
we heal good deal said OF Young
America and his impudence The boys
M the Argentine are even more pre-
,.acloiis than those OF the United States
An Arrentino father seldom whlps hir
son. ANA children have much more llh-
erty youth Of the equator than north
Of IL The sunday school 10 almost IN,