Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-02

Of that or nothing. Finally. ! complet.
ed this delightful meal and began to
wonder how much II would cost. This
was quite an important question as
/ could not tell from the strange HER
o~glyphics on the menu how much /
was indebted. Not wishing TO give
the waiter too little and thus get into
a wordle8s ION my part at least argu-
ment with him, ! gave D Of the larg
est pieces that had. He soon return.
va with the change and gave me about
fifty pieces of silver Of all sizes, As
he had been very pleasant to me |
thought that he deserved a good tip
50 | very generously picked out two
pieces that looked about the same as
American quarters and gave them To
him and walked out thinking that per-
haps | had been too e~xtrayagant In
hltiHE MN ~ hNMHY M3 AhAhI WID
put 10 rest on this score, however.
as | learned that the sun total Of what
/ had given him was iiye cents. !
could think III no better way Of passing
the evening by myself than by going
10 the opera. where / could understand
the music II not the language ! had
not the least idea where the opera
house was. but ! walked up n street
and down another until | finally saw
d theatre. | did not know whether /
had found the opera or not, but was
afraid TO run the risk Of not finding
another theatre. so went In and
walked up to the window with some.
thing about the price marked on II.
As In the dining room. | merely handed
the man one of the largest pieces of
gold that | had, for which he gave
me q ticket and another handful OF
change. 1t wouldn't have done any
good for me To have counted Il, so !
merely stuck IL In my pocket, which
by this time. was nearly full. gave
the ticket To the mar at the door and
he marched me all the way down to
the front row. where. after crowding
my way along In front Of d number
Of ladies. | finally reached my seat
and sat down 10 my first performance
IN Germany.
The curtain soo rose, but from the
way the show started ! could tell that
| had not drawn an opera. had now
been In Germany long enough to rec,
ognize the fact that the stage language
waa German, but as 70 what they were
saying ] had not the rcmotest idea.
They must have said some very funny
things. for frequently the audience
laughed In a most appreclative sort
~ way or course. | did not want 10
appear as entirely without a sense Of
humor. SO | too laughed AZ best /
could under The circumstances. Soon
The heroine II the play appeared. /
judged sfie was the heroine merely by8
the fact thai she received great APP
From her appearance 1
thought she might have been taking
the same part for az least forty years
Or so. Of course, she did not appeal
70 me ~ much al d younger heroine
might have done. Soon after she made
her debut upon the stage she came
forward and started II song. sat
It'll and endured two verses OF II, but
Rhen she began u third verse II was
more than | could stand, SO | grabbed
ny hat, gritted my teeth. ana made
dash for the door On my way Us
.he aisle dropped about twenty pieces
u change from my over burdened
rocket. a misfortune which. because
i the intense silence. sounded to me
Ike 50 many tin pans falling upon Il
,are floor | picked up the pieces IN
light and hurried out for fear 81 in.
errnptlng that beautiful % song.
After a search Of about an hour |
ound the hotel and FASTENED 10 bed
With the hope Of getting hack 70 Amer.
ca q least during the short interval Of
dream
souTHARD 7. WARNER
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