The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07


which cane from within indicated that
preparations were making Tor soruething
very different from tie swan OF bussetos
NELL fiuous setting of the woes OF demi-
mondaIne.
What this obtrusive young man SOW
was this: lie couch robe IN wEite samite)
on which ViokHd dies Of vocal consu1hp-
ton in the last act WAS drawn down close
TO the iootL gtts Upon II in an attitude
OF comfort sat the Dresden tenor, NJ
Antilles. In the oaverLous dopths before
him was the entire opera orchestra, con-
Quoted by Alfred Hertz. And .lcy were
rehearsins portion OF "agners Tristan
Then the horrible thought dawned OIL
the young man What if viotaa should
run away with Tristan and leave Isolde
only Alfredo and his laces' The next
thing after that would be for Faust to strike
up Irritation with Brunnhiidc and Scorpic
to start out in chase Of 81 MA. But there is
no telling where that sor' Of thing would
end.
Signor Andrew Boyd. impresario Of
doors. windows, carpets. hinges and other
essentials at the opera house, lie veteran
OF the C.yil War and con tell with mov.lg
eloquence how he SAT on the beach al Hamp-
ton Roads and saw the great mill between
the Monitor and the MelTirlac. he is a
person OF dignity end is selCC m moved
TO light Laughter. Eu;-to introduce the
dialect of the Iaiideyiilss into grand opera
society--he almost threw fit one day
toward the end Of the week when one OF
his assistants handed HIM tie following
poem picked up in tho dress circle and
evidently called out by the continued liz
ness Of one Of the mos, beautiful members
of the company:
Oh, Carrie Bridcwen,
lou DO hide we'll:
Oh. CarirS Bridewcli,
For you, sweet thinz.
A story cones from tie delectable lard Of
Britain vlGe tl,y oclble ntsc on Il.
Handel l'st, tlat 81 & recent Cr'.n's Foil
concert fSye was playing tie Beethoven
concerto for tie violin and I nil Pr UT was
conducting. wien tie latter ma &C al eIrcr.
1heieuIon w. " TUNED and publicly
rebuked him
This is right good story ard i. may
have foundation Of ruth nit. There are
Uany persons in this country WHO will
readily conpre lend how il could harr'n
that SO distinguish d an artist as the Bel
gian ,ioli it could so far forget himself
as to be diso ourteous to conductor before
an and ente Mr.. Ysi y s little periods OF
forcetfuness used to G.tark him when lie
was in America. In fact If Nr K.pl np's
poem he'd been known then. Mr. Ysaye
would probably lave been dubbed the
absent -r1lnd'd rCcIer
One Of the glories Of feminine costunrry
this winter is the B hops sleeve. Now.
just when Is shops began To wear such
sleeves no one has yet come forward TO
explain. but il NAV be assumed that they
are of considerable age. Bishops them
selves date back pretty well. and although
there is room for suspicion that nj one time
thew did not wear any sleeves, either on
their arms or their other limbs. II is equally
certain thtt the date at which they began
10 wear them could he found hv the rerson
who would look for il in the right place.
Those who attended the opening perform
ance OF the opera and who hid not given
this subject serious consideration must
have come 10 the conc lu"ion that such
sleeves rs We now call bishops Slaves
were first worn about the time when CtteHo
began TO swallow cunning tales OF idso
about Mrs. Othcllo and her "fazsoletto"
or Anglce handkerchief. This was nho",t
the middle Of the summer of 1870, for OHeHo
returned home victorious in Nav.
On Monday e,rning OtheUD appeared in
the second act of Verdi's opera in "A most
gorgeous. bath rob", or house gown, or
lounging wrap. There Is no telling what
the Venetians called such things. This
one was brilliant scarlet, deliberately orna-
mented with rich trimmings. j bad a
cowl and the bishops sleeves. The latter
had evidently Just come into fashion and
OtheNo's tailor WIS not familiar with their
cut, for he had mad" them about two
inches too long.
The result was that all through that try
ing period Of his life. when he was couceiv-
inc tho idea that hi. wife was too fond of
Cdssio that she had given him the fetal
-fIz2oletto,' and that on the whole OthcHo 8
occupation was gone. he could not sc; his
hands out Of those bishops sleeves so as
70 make gesture. And he wished to make
such lot II was really quite touching TO
SEQ him desperately turning up his cuffs
which wouldn't stay turned up. Betting
Is even that the gown has gone back to the
tailor for alterations.