The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-15

tpots on their ribs to rub as they count
heir winnings this morning The police
couldn't do much with them. hut when
ever a policeman got a chanc" he gave one
Of them the elbow. a good hard dig or a
kick in the shins II wasn't strictly legal
hut /, helped a lot toward keeping IN"
sidewalk clear.
The Metropolitan people were pretty
we'll satisfied with las, nights opening
The opera house was packed from the
tiptop gallery. where the Bis Ills
people live. Ia the orchestra. where jewels
and starched shirtfrnnts CLEAN under
ths el-ctrics. The audience numbered
perhaps t5Oo. which meant anywhere
around sl5.Ho in cash receipts, and "
came hungry for music. The house was
sold ont days ago Of courSr. hut there
were SOO admissions left at tNe box office
when the windows Opened. and AZ $50
T. NJ a line had formed from the Broad
way -ntranc. which ran away around
the corner IL Thirty ninth street toward
Seventh avenue. And thar lin. was
ueasIr. Uf the co,mopolitanlsm OF the
audience. for in IL women and men IN
evening dress stood patiently with Italian
laborrrs who wore red hnndanna hand
kcrchiefs around their n.cks and whose
hair smellrd Of odorous oils.
The police. under Inspector McS' husky
and Capt Mctlroy u! the Tendcrioin:
drew IA lin" around the opera hous" and
closed ThirtynInth street and furiieth
street To- all ordinary traffiC Will. the
crowd was coming and going. Carriages
and automobiles deposited their pas
sengers at the Broadway. the Thirty
ninth and tn. Forti-th street entrances.
and in calling for them were allowed to
drive up To the Thirty ninth and fOrtieth
street entrances only.
Across from the stage door in Thirty
ninth str-.t n crowd 81 Signor Carusos
countrymsn waited to cheer the tenor.
They glimps him rs he stepped from
his auto and knew him without his mus
aCh. Div. Frenstad and Louis" Homer
wer" quickly recognized 10y ,hc-' spec
tatorS and they left "a medley of Italian
compliments behind ~ they slipped IN
toward their dressing rooms.
ON seventh aVenu" and III FnrtIeth
street crnwds lined TN" sidewalks opposite
Z" ~" nl"-a house. displaying keen
interest IN TN. identity and CLOTHES OF we'll
known folks Ther. was constant
Ealhl- OF oh lookit Mrs 80 and SO
Won know who she is. Maggie Mui.
whadda yuh think OF that thing for "A
hat. Wouldn't wear 1t to wake oh.
any more h. II fall On his ey.glas- Gee
Wish | had a set OF furs like that
And in the entrance 20 the CALLER
poured by the dozens and The hundred
folk To whom life holds nothing 80 dc
lghtful IA opera tn. Italians Of the
little cafes and pensions. who had saved
their cents and nlckels for caruso's first
appearance. Some OF them went IN
humming bars OF the opera as tn"y
hummed il at their days work, getting
their lungs in tune for the salute they were
preparing for the tenor
And some Of them make as much rs
$40 a week working in a ditch. said Otto
We'll
| n was the frs, opening night for several
years with the Metropolitan standing
alone in the opera field, and very many
/ OF Oscars consistent patrons we're among
the crowd that swarned through the doors.
The management Of the Metropolitan
were delighted
Put IT down. said they. as one Of the
most successful openings We ever had
Everything lovely but the spectators