The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-24
THE AUDIENCE
BY Miss Beaumont.

BY Miss Beaumont.
Society was out in full force last
| night to hear the poetic masterpiece of
Wagner, the sacred music drama given
only within the last year outside of
Bayreuth. The audience last night was
brilliant one, even though the early
hours of beginning precluded the posi-
bility of wearing evening dress. But
| St. Paul women do not need decollete
gowns to set off their beauty. The-au-
| dience was very large. socially distin-
guished, and respectful. 1t had never
seen "Parsifaf' in st. Paul, as this was
| Its first presentation here, but many of
those who were present have witnessed
| IL in Bayreuth or in New York and
they were thoroughly conversant with
the theme and realized the sacred char
| acter of the drama. Then, too, last
night 1T was given in English, which
was great advantage even to those
who had seen ii before. 1t brought the
! great idea nearer to an English speak
ing people, and added UNNECESSARILY to
| the pleasure of the occasion.
Society has been preparing to hear
"Parsifaf' for some time. Several in
| formal affairs have been given at which
| someone who had heard il in Germany
| explained the theme, and musician
| played the motifs. So that there were
very few in the audience last night
who We're not able to keep in touch
| with each act. Society was sobered
and took the drama seriously. There
was no talking; one could have heard
| pin drop. Intense, breathless interest
was shown from the rise of the curtain
| at s.: 80 until its final fall.
But during the interval-the inter-
mission between the first act and the
| later ones-society made itself gay, and
wined, dined and toasted. The Mime
sofa club, Carvings, the Commercial
club, the Ryan and all smaller cafes
were full of gaily dressed women and
men enjoying the novelty of dining
between the acts" But when the cur
tain rose again at $3.50 every seat was
| filled as before dinner, showing the
| deep interest the audience felt in the
| performance. To be sure there was
| much disappointment at the nonap-
pearance of Nine. Lund, owing to sud-
den Illness; however, Nine. Mara was
an acceptable substitute.
To give full roster of those present
would be to mention practically all OF
| st. Paul society. Among those in the
boxes were:
| Mrs Gotham
| Mrs. Archibald Driscoll
| Mrs. Ambrose Tighe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Van SAINT
| Mrs. l.. n. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs A. p. wallick.
| Mrs. ]. +. Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p Briggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M Stevens
Miss Bessie Mead.
Miss Alice Meier of Minneapolis.
Mrs. F. ii. Snyder.
In the audience were:
| Gov. and Mrs Johnson.
Mrs. Kenneth Clark.
Mrs. Gichrest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jules NJ. Hannaford.
Foster Hsannaford.
Mrs. j. G. Pyle.
Miss Pollock
| Mrs. William Rhodes.
Miss Rhodes.
Mrs. Mary Lee Scott.
Miss Finch.
Miss Cornelia Saunders.
: Mr.. Julian Kirby.
Mrs. Jane Huntingdon Yale
Miss Louise Cochran.
Mrs. William Collins.
| Mrs. Henry G. James.
Mrs. w. S. Briggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Barnes.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. /. II. Field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ether Shepley
DIR. and Mrs. Burnside Foster.
Mrs. p. r. L. Hardenbergh.
| Mrs.-AleXander Catncart
The Misses Maxfield
| A. A. McKechnie.
Condo Hamlin.
|
Mrs. Seymour of Duluth.
| Judge and Mrs. z. A. Jaggard
MI and Mrs. Joel Heatwole of North
| field.
Mrs. John Washburn of Duluth.
Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Ramaley.
Mrs. B. !. Stanton.
| Miss Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Guiterman.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Guiterman
Mr.. and Mrs. N. p Langford. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver ]. Tong.
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. -Donnelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.
Mrs. 4. q. Rogers.
| Miss Julia Rogers
Mrs. w. H. Vittum.
Mrs. Herbert Davis.
DIR. and Mrs. Goodrich.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Titcomb
| Miss Snawe.
| Miss Stella Shave.
| Mr.. Lewis Shave
| Miss N b. Hope
| Mr.. Harry f. Phillips
\ Mrs. Marchand.
! Fraulein Hartman.
| Mrs Stone.
Mrs Rothschild
Mrs. A. w. Ritzinger.
Mrs. r. F. Hersey
Mrs. d. A. Nudge.
| DR.. and Mrs. Charles L. Green
l. Mr.. and Mrs Frederick IngersoIl.
DIR. and Mrs. Abbott
The Misses Abbott.
|. Mrs. Curry.
| Mrs. Haas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giesen
| Mr.. and Mrs. Bergmier
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thompson
DR. and Mrs. Lancaster
Mrs A. S. Pope
Miss Pope
Mrs. Harold Bend.
Miss De Coster
| Lieut.. Bugge
Mr.. and Mrs. John Caulfield.
DIR. and Mrs. c. Z. Bean
Mrs. A. A White.
Miss Carpenter.
Mrs. ]. p. Larkin.
Mrs Braden.
Miss Davis.
Mrs. L. Robinson.
| Mrs. F. s. Bryant
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick
/ Mrs. William Constants
! Miss Constants
Mrs. w. z. Dixon
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Scholle
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Olds
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ingersoll
Mrs. Sahlgaard.
Miss Edith Forepaugh
| Mrs. z. H. Cutler
J. Miss Cutler
| Mr.. Winthrop G. Noyes
| Capt. Glidden.
| Mr.. and Mrs J. c. Geraghty.
| Judge Lusk
Mrs. Holman.
| Miss Lusk
Mr. and Mrs w T Dean