The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
HEARD in THE GALLERY
UNANNOUNCED PERFORMANCE GIVEN
AT THE SYMPHONY CONCERT.
Four Feminine Enthusiasts, Also n
Pair of Hard-Hearted Males, Who
Had Paid to Hear the Music.

sCENE-The gallery Of Englishs Opera House.
TIME-Last Monday evening before the begin
DRAMATiS PERSONAE-A lady with a high
forehead and nose glasses. seated in the third
row. Three other ladies with nose glasses and
people about them. and especially young
man with spectacles and low brow seated
in the fourth row. directly behind
First Lady (apropos of nothing in par
ticular-Yes; Sara Anderson. You know she
is Joseph Baernstein's wife now; they were
married in Baden Baden or some such place
over there just a short time ago.
Second Lady twisting her head about TO
reply)-Yes! Doesn't her picture make her
seem just the type of those fine motherly
German women? Not at all like the con-
cert singer as one would imagine them.
First Lady with several layers of SYM
pathy in her voice)-Yes.
The Low-browed Young Man Ito a friend
next him)-Did IT ever occur to you, Willie,
that if the audience were to be gagged i'm
mediately upon entrance concert might
be a very fine thing indeed.
The Friend Gin a burlesqued falsetto that
is suspicious)-Yes.
First Lady (angrily, leaning toward her
friends in the second row)-My goodness!
the people one must endure UP here! That
is why 1 dislike to sit in the gallery even
at concerts, and only do it then because, as
every one knows
Second, Third and Fourth Ladies (chorus)
of course! AS every one knows.
First Lady-it is quite the only part OF
the opera house where one can get the
music Complementary.
Second, Third and Fourth Ladies (as be-
Of Ac NM knows
brief interval of quiet. Some members
of the orchestra appear on the stage and
take places. One or two violins are tun-
ing up.)
First Lady-Do you not sometimes wonder
why the double BASES never seem TO be-
come tired of standing throughout the con-
cert?
Second Lady (chorus)-Is II not strange?
Third Lady (chorus)-Is it not odd?
Fourth Lady (chorus)-Is it not wonder
full?
The Low-browed Young Man Ito friend
as one who has made a queer discovery
Do you not sometimes wonder, Willie, why
the futists never seem TO become tired of
blowing wind into their flutes?
The Friend (falsetto)-Is it not?
Suppressed snickering from vacant
eyed large-mouthed youth on the right
Unsurpassed and prolonged smuggling from
two very young women with elaborate
coiffures, ceasing only as the last musi-
clans file in The conductor enters. APP
plause)
First Lady (clapping enthusiastically
Why, think him a splendid leader, and yet
people do not entirely appreciate him here
in Indianapolis.
Second Lady (clapping)-Only let him go
away and you would see how they would
want him back again.
Third Lady (clapping)-Yes. indeed!
Fourth Lady (clapping)-Indeed. yesl
The Low-browed Young Man Ito friend)-
Alas! Wouldn't it move you 10 shed tears /?
The Friend (wearily)-Indeed, yes!
CThe conductor raises his baton. The
Tshaikowsky symphony, No. 4, is begun)
First Lady (pizzicato. in the middle OF
the scherzo)-Oh, just listen to that! How
FINE!
Second Third and Fourth Ladies ia
ecstatic whispered chorus)-Is il not?
The Low-browed Young Man to friend
as the movement ends)-How most lovely,
Wilhe
The Friend (dreamily)-AIN'T that the
truth?
One Of the Very Young Women with
Elaborate Coiffures Ito the other)-Those
two fellahsn be the death of me. Sadie.
The Other-Shl The music!
(The symphony continues. Ends. Inter
mission. Whispering ensues in the group Of
ladies before mentioned, inaudible, how
ever, to the L. B. Y. NJ. and his friend. On
the stage the soloist of the evening enters.
Applause, the four ladies apparently lead
ing, and certainly in at the death. The
orchestra begins the song accompaniment.
The singers voice is first heard. Visible
excitement among the four ladies with high
foreheads)
First Lady Cbefore the conclusion of the
song)-Don't you think she has perfectly
MARVELLOUS voice?
Second Third and Fourth Ladies equally
fervent)-Per-fect-ly MARVELLOUS
One of the deliberately Coiffured Young
Women (expectantly TO her companion)-
Listen! That fellah is going to say some
thing smart.
The Low-browed Young Man Ito friend
with apparent emotion)-Willie, did you
ever hear anything like that in your LIFE ?
The Friend Choking back what might
nave Dtcu d lli4SiAl nOll-AINHlDdlus
beg of you do not say another word 1t
was simply SWEET
Can appallingly loud snort from the va
cant-eyed youth on the right. Hysterical
smuggling from the deliberately coiffured
ones. Hurried consultation among the four
ladies with high foreheads- Then they
simultaneously rise. gather up their wraps
and depart TO seek a more congenial at
mosphere. casting upon the L. B. Y. NJ.
and his friend as they pass up the steps
glances calculated TO wither by their fine
eloquence of cOntemptuous scorn. A large
circle OF the grateful nod and bow their
thanks to the offenders, who remain calm
and unwithered. The still hysterical girls
bestow their kindest smiles in the same
direction. The orchestra begins the next
number.)