The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11
It's the hing to Do
BY THE GIRL IN BROWN.

When graud opera comes 10 town,
IS you wish TO be known as true
lover of 1rt and music YOU will rent
box Or stall and fiji il with friends
who, perhaps. do not know note Of
music but, like you, realize III : ''thc
thing 10 do. Don't thing for Il mo
cnccs are composed wholly of such pco.
pie; hardly; far from it, but very often
the true music lovers viii lie peTchcd
up in The galleries craning their nocks
to hear every word, while the pit and
the boxes viii be flIcd with people
whose tastes would he far better salts.
lied with the eternal problem play. a
icH wears ago grand opera came to
visit US for nearly q week. and all the
muSicians, would bc musicians and pat
roGs of art and music hurried 10 the
. boz Office 10 secure tickets, "Tauu+
hauScr' was ihc offering for the mat
lncc performance and the house was
=" sold out. - The audience Was in gala
4, attlrc, as, of course, was 'tthc thing
Ter grand opera, Two women occupied
rather prominent seats III the dress
circle, and il was noticed during the
performance that they listened to the
music with certain amount of stolld
Indifference. Between acts they smoth-
cred yaWRs and digested chocolates. At
last the curtain fell on the last act and
the audience rose. \ woman sitting in
'front.' Of the pair heard The following
conversation:
swell, Maud, ] wish you'd tell me
which one of the men was TaDphauser;
We listened and looked, and can t
MAKE head nor tail to the thing
Sure, my dear, ! II tell YOU. Tam.
hauser was thc fellow who bad the
longest beard
oh, was that him7 Thanks And
They hurried into the lobby. You won
der why such people 90 to the opera.
aen youP Not because they really
soioy 1t or derive a benefit thcrefrom.
hut because it's "'tbc thing" 10 do.
IN an probability someone asked one
OF The women of The dress circle -
now she enjoyed The opera: and be
snre she would summon up sll her en-.
tnusiasm. for one must be enthusiastic
aoont the opera, aud reply, 'FGrcat;
WIS 5imrlT superb. and the man who
Sang Tam hansen, he is true artist
mcpsely'
IT has always been "the thing" TO
60 TO Europe. if possible. Never mind
ment. II Dad can dig up the price
oI passage and a certain amount 10
Snend hurry up. Hthe waters 6uc -
ihc story is told of the young girl
FRESH from a mining camp who joined
party of tourists and spent several
monthS touring the Old World. On her
return she visited an aunt IN New York
sDd ono afternoon d luncheon was given
IN her honor. One of the guests turned
10 the maid and said. "'Wcll, Miss
brown. what did YOU think Of the Ac.
iopchs?' She paused q moment-tbe
;fcropolis-' oh. yes. why I thought
~ was simply great. Mrs. Lane. and
talk about bargains, we'll, it, surely beat
HnEthlng ever saw; ! bought ostrich
~ nrIuines there much cheaper than In
Fsris. The woman WAS rather taken
aoack, but decided tn take another
,nnnee. And what operas did YOU
near In Paris7 You were there at the
"eight Of the season
Well Was the reply. "Miss Cook
ssaid we should all go 10 La Boheme. but
Just hated the idea: won know think
., person gets dead tired Of sitting
eorougl three or four hours of singing
~ ~, then to sec the hero or eadinr lady
re,u'en' So ] went 10 the vaudeville in
. ss.al' hat WAS worth going TO see.
trah,es Cook. the chaperon, doubtless
'uought II the thing for the girls TO hear