The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-10
REAL LOVERS OF OPERA.
Types of People To BE Seen In the First
Gallery at the Metropolitan.

From the New York sun.
Did you ever watch the faces OF the
people in the first gallery when grand
opera was in progress % said Mrs. Just
value To a friend at breakfast the other
morning. The box holders and their
guests. all in full dress, are interesting.
of course, and so are those wearers of
carefully gotten up toilets and care
fully sustained head effects who re-
joice I'm orchestra chairs. But the folks
in the first gallery who are there purely
for the operas sake are of a kind and
type distinctly interesting.
1.-TWO well-bred-looking young women
who sat in the second row of balcony
seats last night were a telling ribute
to the skill of the artists. and they got
every bit of enjoyment there was to
be n out OF the performance. Their
dress was neat. but plain n unstud-
led enough TO be topped OF with fresh
linen collars. and they wore their hair
brushed back in rational. everyday
fashion from foreheads that betokened
intelligence. They had librettos. opera
glasses. N all the appliances for n
thorough n d~ispassionate doing Of
the function, and during the intermis-
sion they left their seats and walked
about serenely i'm that especial gallery.
inspecting the audience with an inter-
est that showed them quite human.
These women were taking the opera
as a treat To the senses, unlifting, edu-
cational. and We're as unembarrassed
of m personal relation To the social
side Of the affair as though they were
OF another nation and genus from its
sponsors. subscribers and boxholders.
Now and again they gushed as
women will when an especial aria or
situation appealed TO them: but not
often. and throughout there were i'm
their manner and bearing a sophlstica-
tion and an ~at-homeness with the con
A.. - - H. -. I'll
Gated somewhat regular attendance. l
took them 20 be students. maybe pro-
fessional women. or capable wage
rne with the pluck and common
sense to snatch the chance Of enjoyment
and crafty their aesthetic tastes and
impulses Independent Of either luxur
ious appointments or masculine favor
and attendance. Outside. after the
opera was over. I observed the taller NJ
these two women deVotees. her face
fresh and unwearied. giving her cab
number ticket To n street urchin who
darted OF into the melee to Dissolve II
possible, that very necessary vehicle.
THE new woman thought. 'hav-
ing a sober-going good time 81 her
own making. independent of masculils
favor or = enhance. N regardless OF
the trouble involved
"A plainly attired. elderly couple.
who never lost "A phase ~ the plots
development and occasionally gave lit
tie gasps and EXPLANATIONS OF pleGyure
and approval. also intcrss.ci me. the
mans face was 81 the rounJrv stddCnt
type. with the ahnor n1liy DEVELOPED
forehead and Puritan cast ~ feature.
The wife was a m~tli-fcaturci. gray
haired woman with a moth srly. look
ing-out-for-things expression % face.
The husband enjoyed the music - the
utmost and In between Zines rna ,Co
bent heads together and exchanged
opinions I'm animated hoy and girl fash
ion. More than once. when some ar
fetching strains appealed a. MIN. the
husbands hand reached out almost un-
consciously for the wife's as I'm assur-
arce OF sympathy. ar. | know that