The San Francisco call., 1901-11-12


! the large theater.
Beautiful Gowns Displayed
/ The many hundreds of superbly gowned
women were the feature of the first night
| of the present opera season. one OF tn tn
| staff OF ImpresariO Grau in commehI-o
| on the audience said:
New York itself could not snow HViS
| beautiful women or more rich dresses.
| For an hour the procession OF aI,rIse, arrlSsl,s
continued, and when Director W~a WalsSa
DamroSch swung his baton ana the lai -
| orchestra broke into the glowing StrdtnS Stra
| of the ''Lohengrin" overture the theats'
was almost filled and presented sInA
ing appearance. The somber-hueo Sa1ID ~ "
the men served to accentuate the rlch Sol-
| orS of feminine dress. Outer wraps IildS S
| had hidden the gowns on entering IN
| theater had been removed, and the cIed-
tions of the modistes were displayed L'
| all their wealth.
Row upon row and tier upon tier showed
| every variety of color in silks ana satIn.
| by thousands of priceless gems that gilS-
tened on the arms and necks OF the Iair 1
| WearerS- In every direction In the DiS
theater the eye was daZzled by the kal1ed-
| OScOpic hueS of gowns and the haSnlng OF
| jewels, displayed as a tribute to the Vo-
taries of song, who last night made theH
| bow to San Francisco audience.
Triumph of Nine. Emma Eames.
The 'Lohengrin'' overture was lis
| tened to attentively. and there was but
little of conversation that usually is heard
at a fashionable gathering on grand
opera opening night.
Nine. Emma Eames won instant recog-
milton as Elsa, and she charmed her audi
heard last season. but Nine. Eames scored
triumph When the curtain went down
on the first act the entire cast was re-
called many times, and thunder OF ap.
plause greeted the singers. SHOUTS OF
''bravoi" filled the air, and men and
women wed in greeting the artists. u
rector Damrosch was called to the stage
and shared in the ovation
Between the acts the lobby and foyer
were crowded by hundreds of the mem
bers of the audience. Visits were paid to
friends in the boxes and the topic of dis
cussion was the success of the singers.
Each act of the opera was heard with
rapt attention, and when the last note had
sounded and the performance ended the
audience dispersed. Many suppers were
given at fashionable resorts, and at an
early hour this morning society was
whirled homeward to dream later on of
the gala opening of the grand opera sea-
son.
the opera-house by Chief Sullivan. and
with the police officers watched alertly
over the safety of the audience
San Francisco placed itself on record
last night and gave to the grand opera
company as distinguished and brilliant an
audience as it could desire.
The boxes were occupied by the follow
ing named:
towski. Richard NJ. Tobin. Miss McNutt. Mr..
| Holt Mr.. and Mrs Joseph s. Tobinz
Hamilton, Miss Mamie C. Barrett. Miss Geor-
gle Speaker, Miss Ruby Sessions, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Leake.
Dillon s. B. Mckee and H S. Frye.
Box 4-Left: Mrs. George w, Reed. Miss
Viola Jacobs. E. ]. Bowes and Harry Hall
Boy 5-Left: Mr.. and Mrs. L. H Bishop.
Proscenium box fright: Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Grau and NJ. Goldsmith.
Proscenium box Fright: Mr.. and Mrs. ].
L. Flood and party.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Knight, Mrs. j. A.
LewandowSki.
Box 5-Right: Mr.. and Mrs Joseph God
ehaux. Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan Solomon and
Those present in addition to the box
parties were:
A. Abrahams Mr. and Mrs. Charles Acker-
man. Slgmund Ackerman. S. Alderman, Leo
Alexander, Michael AieXandeT; Mr, and Mrs
Charles Brandenstein. Miss Linda H. Bryan.
MISS @ Bl9H MI - an1 Ms @ Ri 6arnaTu' NI
Linda H. Bryan, Miss Alice Bachman. Mr. and
Mrs. L.. S; Bachman. Miss Blanche Bachman.
T. Barnet. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Baur. Mr.. and
Mrs ]. Birmingham, Alfred Bower. Alfred
Wnm Braemer @sss Joseph Bren Mt and Mrs
G. Brodek, Milton Braemer.- Miss Dora Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Casey, Dr. Guido
S. Clayburgh. Miss Kate Clement, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert l.. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. c. j.
Dr. and Miss ME pssI gasS 65n c5n aHg M and
Robert D. Cohn, Armand Cailleau, Morton L
Cook Miss h Julie eotts Gooat Harry NC GCOsgrif. M, Mr.
Crawford. Mr.. and Mrs J. C. Crawford Miss
Ms Mabel Ga MI Ma6r ana MT Hs1Ey s S GEocEsT
laghan Miss Elizabeth Chapman, Mrs. Jeanne
D. Center, John Caffrey, G. E. Claxton, Mr..
and Mrs. Parker Currier, Paul Cowles. Mar
ion D. Cohn, Miss Maud Cluff, Miss Mabel
Cluff
Mr. and Mrs. Dana. Mrs George Davis. Ho-
mer Davenport, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H. de Young
Mrs. Emile Dinkeispiel John Donegan' Mr..
Mrs. F. W. Dohrmann, Mrs. W. E. Dargie,
W E. Dargie Jr;. Mr.; and Simon ponau.
Pearl Elkins. Joseph Eppinger, Miss Eppinger
Sanford Feigenbaum, Mr.. and Mrs r.
William P. Fuller Miss TilIie Feldman Mr
and Mrs. Gregor Grant Fraser.
Mrs. Louis Gassner. Miss j. Gailbraith Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Garrett. Porter Garnet AL
bert Getz. Mark Gerstle. Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Gottlob John P. Goyeneix. Mr.. and Mrs A.
Goodwin Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Greene
Charles Greenwald, Donald de ". Graham, En-
rico Grau, Mr.. and Mrs Greenwald, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nose Gunst, Frederick S. Greenlee Mr.
and Mrs. Girvin, DR.. A. H. Giannini, William
Sir Henry Heyman. Mr.. and Mrs Horace p
Howard. Olive Holbrook. Harry Holbrook, Miss
Georgia Hopkins, Mrs. Phebe Hearst E w
Hopkins. Mrs. Henry Of Cincinnati. william
D. Harrison, Joseph Howell, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter s. Hobart. Colonel and Mrs NJ H.
Hecht Miss Howell, Mr. and Mrs Herman
Heynemann Miss Dorothy Heynemann Mr.
and Mrs G. Held Of New York. Mr. and Mrs
Dan Honig Miss Ethel Hawker Miss HoI
brook Miss Herrin, MIR. and Mrs W. r Her
rim Mr.. and Mrs Hastings, s. Homer Hen
ley Mr. and Mrs. w. Hellman Jr. Mr. and
Mrs l. W. Hellman Sr., Mr.. and Mrs r w
Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hamilton Miss
Heynemann DR.. A ]. Henniker, Dr. s. Hertz
stein Mr. and Mrs Emanuel Heller O n
Hoag Jr. Jed ]. Hoag Charles c. Hoag
Miss E. Joseph, Miss Nellie Joseph Misses
Joseph, F. M Jones'
W. S. Keys Mr.. and Mrs. Kittle Mr. ana
Mrs j. c. kirkpatrick, Mrs. Charles Keenev
DR.. and Mrs. Keeney. Mr. and Mrs. Samnsi
knight Mr. and Mrs. W. Klinger Addisor
Day Kelley Of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs KeI1ocs
Louis Kleinhaus, Mr. and Mrs Leon KsfsSs,
man. Dr. Knorp. Mr.. and Mrs George A
| Knight Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Knight -
Mr. and Mrs Solomon Lichtenstein NJ -.
Mrs E. A Levy, Mr.. and Mrs. P H Iivine- Hsu
| ston Miss Marion Leventritt Benfamin r.
| throp Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Loewe H.-s, La
/ Lask, Miss Celia Lewson, Mr.. and Mrs T - -
Mr.. and Mrs L. Eugene Lee. Louis Lask Ms
| Frances Louise Lask. Miss Hermfone M - 7 -..Iss S
| Mr. and Mrs William Madden Dr II Task- - %