The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-06
"pressy" Night in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis has an Auditorium. st.
Paul has the blues. The opening Of that
Auditorium makes Minneapolis, as the
Tribune Of that town says, the bright
star in grand musical armament; it
marks epoch in dramatic operatic and
harmonic history Of Northwest. 1t
lifts Minneapolis to high rank among
artistic centres of the world Tother
twin wears a penitential garb, the st.
Paul Dispatch whimpcrs. But lot us
leave that house Of mourning. enter the
house Of feasting and get "a picture of
one Of the greatest events to which the
people OF the metropolis Of the North
west can point with PRIDE:
The siI boxes nled with the elite and stretch
Ing wide md far was the mammoth parque,. with
It's thousand sEd ihsn OF humanity In gAn attire
and above. the fringeS OF human -5 occupying the
balconies no less drrssy. less glttering, less
representative OF metropolitan citizenship.
Imagine oil this lighted with thousands OF lights
and TO spare gllnilng the toilcteS OF the ladies'
nectlng the Jewels OF the flooding everything
with alrnos, calcium radiance. and rou have tho
total OF the effect produced the ntst performance
In tho new auditorium
Only six boxes Of 6iitei 1t is some COM
pensation TO see that even the fringes Of
humanity in the balconies were -dressy."
II was a grand -drcssy- occasion. The
glitter OF it, and the calcium radiance
of those thousands Of -sparklers' turn
night into day, even at this distance:
Crowded was the place. and yet not crowded. for
the broad a7les. the apple seats. tho lofty ceiling
gave ever hing a generous appearance. and there
was nothing oFAmped about anything in the new
venture. Add TO this the mammoth stage. almost
the ages, In the country. with rs chorus IN place.
rs great orchestra ready. the evening toiletcs. the
countless white bosoms OF iho men, the quivering
ssrcitcs she nutterinC fans. and above all that in
DEFINITE eosmopolllanlsn o. perfume that goes with
stylish audience, and you have the nrst general
impression OF the beginning OF the evening II
Ike a theatrical. operate festival. msgnined many
fold. II was the FIRST metropolitan step into music
made by Minneapolis. and every Minneapolis person
was proud OF being there, and fully satisfied
Was It Mr. BEECHER who asserted
that the best smell was no smell? Mr..
BEECHER was Of Brooklyn and mistook
the muImur of his rustic burg for the
great wave that eddies round the world.
The stylish and "dressy' audience
emitted an indefinite Minneapolitan cos
mopolitan perfume, tempered multi
fragrance, the exact composition and
aesthetic appeal Of which only Prof
HARRY THURsToS PECK, who has made all
Smell his province, can appreciate. Now
one more feast for nostrils eye and ear:
when finally the signal was given and the cur
tain rose 10 disclose row after row md tier after
ter OF men and women, Tho former with pink oarna-
tons as bouttoniers, and the women dressed uni
formly In white. the nBt realization OF the mhgnI.
tuds OF the performance struck the audience and
was answered By burs, OF Wild applause"
The poet whom we have been quoting
predicted that the attendance on the
second night would be sin every way as
stylish as on the first. Perhaps; but
can those frinees OF humanity keep their
cosmopolitanism OF perfume? Can per-
lection come twice?