New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-12

the opera for "Manon Lescaut" IT like
/ wise rose for the 1912-13 season of New
| York society, which as usual gathered in
force for the premiere of the Metropolitan.
The opening night at the opera is always
red letter feature of the programme of
the activities of the world of fashion for
the winter, and most of the We'll known
| families We're represented in the parterre
row of boxes, which has sometimes been
nicknamed the Diamond Horseshoe; in
the grand tier loges and in the orchestra
stalls.
| That there IS no diminution in the popu-
| larty Of the opera, not alone as an ar
tistic treat. but also as a social diversion
| and passetemps is best shown by the fact
| that the public has subscribed in advance
more than 81 100000, a larger amount than
/ ever before, while the spectacle which the
| house presented last night surpassed in
briIliancy all the opening nights that
have gone before within the memory Of a
generation,
II was an interesting spectacle in more
respects than one. 1t afforded to the OBJ
servant and intelligent visitor from
abroad an unrivalled opportunity OF see
ing all that is most smart and ultra-fash-
ionable of New York society gathered to-
Gether under one roof, while It enabled
the members of the modish world to take
in at a glance those who will he 10 the
fore in the activities of the coming season
and to note the absence this year of the
relatively few whose houses are likely TO
remain closed through mourning or alb
senCe.
One box alone Of the parterre remained
dark and untenanted throughout the even
ing, namely, that Of Vincent Astor. in
memory Of the tragic death Of his father
on board the Titanic last spring. II
served to recall the brave ending Of his
life and likewise evoked memories OF his
mother the late Mrs. William Aston who
for some forty years was the acllnowl-
edged leader of New York society, and
who up to within a year or so before her
death rarely missed a performance during
the season. her presence in Box 7 shortly
after o'clock being a familiar feature
that was looked for by all. Colonel AS
tors death kept several away besides his
son Vincent, and although the box of his
sister Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson, was filled
by her young people, yet she herself was
absent.
In the boxes were
No. Mr.. and Mrs Robert Goelet and
the German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff.
No. 3-Mr. and Mrs Orme Wilson, jrp
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt jro
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Pcll.
No 9-Mrs Charles =. Barneys box
was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter :.
Gurnee. Miss Bell Gurnee and Albert
Eugene Gallatin.
No. 13-Mr. and Mrs. Frank S Wither-
bee, Miss Evelyn Witherbee and the
American Minister TO Holland and Mrs.
Lloyd S. Bryce.
No. 15-Mr. and Mrs Ernest lselin, Mr..
ana Mrs. Lewis Iselin.
No, l7-Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas
Sloane. Miss Ruth Twombly, Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Hammond.
No. 19-Nr and Mrs. Henry &. Frick
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trimble, j. Bowers
Lee and John p. Grier.
No 23-Mr. and Mrs. ElhridEe T. Gerry,
Miss Mabel Gerry, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Payne Thompson, Clement Nash and Rob-
ert Wrenn.
No. 2j-Mr. and Mrs. John f. Parsons,
Prince Brancaccio. of Rome. Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery Hare, Mrs. David y. Morgan.
No. 27-Charles Lanier, Mrs. +. n. Pot
ter. Miss Lawrence, Miss Irene Bigelow,
Reginald Lanier. Gerry Chadwick and
Perry Osborn.
No. 29-Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Mr.. and
Stewart Barney.
No. 3l-Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Horace
Gallatin, Mrs. Nelson O'Shannessy, Rhine
lander Stewart and Creighton Webb.
No. 33-Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt, Mr.
ana Mrs. John G. Milburn and Or. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Potter
No. 81. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. and
Mrs. w. Pierson Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert L. Satterlee and Miss Anne Nor
gan.
No. Mrs. C. c. Cuylor, the Hon. and
Mrs. Alfred Arson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry S. Redmond.
No. 4-Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bacon and Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Robinson.
No. 6-.dr and Mrs. w K Vanderbilt
and Miss Barbara Rutherford.
No. s-Mr. and IIrs. Ebert II. Gary,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon and Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Grant, Of atlanta, Ga.
No. 1O-Mr and Mrs. George f. Baker,
Mr.. and Mrs w. Goadby Loew and Mr..
and Mrs George +. Baker, ST.
No. l2-Mr. and Mrs. George j. Gould,
MIR. and Mrs Henry Clcws and Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Parsons.
No. Mrs w. *. Vanderbilt, ir., Mr..
and Mrs. James 4. Burden, ST., and Raw
Inns L. Cottenet.
No. 16-Mr and Mrs. Walter p Bliss
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Morgan, Archibald
Leroy.
No. lS-Mrs. Charles B. Alexander. Mr.
and Mr5 Malcolm Whitman, MISS Janetta
Alexan Ter
No. fJ-Mrs. ogden Mills Mr.. and Mrs.