El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
La Goniaconda to Open the
Metropolitan Opera Sea
son Monday, Manin to
Follow Later.
a. EMoRY CAIVERT.

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actors viii retire from the lime
\ light this week and give way to
the two star attractions of society
the opening Of the Metropolitan opera
house and the annual horse show at
Madison Square Garden. OF course 1
realize that a horse shOW should have
no place IN a review of the drama and
the opera and I don't propose to re
view the horse show 1 merely mention
II as rival attraction, together with
the opera 70 the Broadway theatersL
On Monday night Broadway before
the Metropolitan opera house will be
blocked with motors The lobby will
be filled with men in sOrnber evenir7D
clothes and brilliantly gowned women.
Later viii be the famous Diamond
horseshoe glitter with the seasons
first public exhibition of Jewels. the
bare shoulders. Never mind the Gowns
at the show. It is the Jewels and
shoulders that must be seen At the
horse show the gowns are the aftrac-
ton The horses. Of course, are sec
ondary-
LagfaeOnda to start Season.
Laglaconda VIII start the season at
the metropolitan on Monday evening
with Mines. Destinn. MatzeOnauer and
Duchene and Messers CarusO, Amoto
Audisio.
Miss Geraldine Farrar and Siguor
EnrlciO Caruso viii occupy the title
roles Of MANN to be produced at the
metropolitan later in the season. This
was 10 have been opening attraction
but owing to the indispOSition Of Miss
t'arrar, Lag1acOnda was substituted in
its stead
On Thursday evening New York will
nave the opportunity Of hearing the
tenor NTlOVan Martlnelli- who will make
his DO wfOr the first time on this side
or the water as BOdOlfe in Ia. BOhemes
Nile BOr1 will appear as Mimi with
MISS Bella Alien, Scott, Didurs PM
CorSl and De SeEurola. ASSISTING
For the debut Of the new conrtalto.
9ame- margaret Ober the management
has arranged a production Of ''Lohen-
grin for Friday night. Nine. Frem-
stad VIII sing as Elsa, Urius as Lohen-
grin, Well as Frederick, Braun as the
king. and Carl SchlegeI. a new singer
as the Herald Alive Hertz will yield
the baton.
In homage TO the centenary Of the
verdi that composers I'm BaIIO in
Maschero' VIII appear on the Metropol-
1tan boards, having been laid aside for
nine seasons at the Saturday matinee
New m1se-en-See and costumes have
been provided for the event Toscsu-
I'M VIII conduct and Mines. Destinn and
HempeL and CaruSO AmatO ROthier
and other stars viii sing sSPa7-sifaI''
VIII be givn es ausUal for the Thanks
giving matinee, with Hertz as conduc-
Tor ana Nine Fremstad, Jorn, We'll
GOFlIz ana Schlegel IN the cast. Man
ager Garri-Casazza, has engaged a con-
cert master for the new season Gino
NasrrucOo for years IN a similar posi-
ton at La SaIica- Milan.
This is the sixth season for the Met
Topoltan under the direction of Giulio
Gatti-CasazZa- In addition to the usual
performance 70 be given Monday,
wednesday, Thursday and Friday ev-
enlngs and the Saturday matinee, there
viii be the usual series Of Saturday
evening performance at half prfce DIR
ing the second half Of the season which
lasts until april 25. In addition to the
performance Of the Metropolitan com
pany- performance viii be given by
the Chicago Opera company on Tues
day evenings.
The over worked and underpaid girl
employe OF a department store seems
an unending theme for playrightS The
trouble with most of these productions
IS that each is exactly like the other
Perhaps some Of them teach a moral
lesson to the really underpaid girl
who longs Tor the gay life" and pref
" things and is half in doubt as
whether or not she ought to paw the
penalty to obtain them. PERHAPS these
plays have some effect on the proven
bially hardened hearts according to
play wrlters) Of the department store
proprietors.
In some OF the department store
girl plays the heroine has a sick mother
occasionally her whole family is i'll.
or diving or her brother. a more or less
worthless vagabond, has stolen some
money and must replace it or go to
Jail However. it is the denartmant
have II at once. There is. of course
always a smiling vii1ian-the wealthy
man, Who IS over anxious TO work the
ruin OF department store girl WHY
the wealthy man should hang around
a 0epdrtment store TO Derpetrare his
Vlllianies when there are so many
more fertile fields. is a trifIe difficult
TO understand But they ALWAYS do
N the department store Girl nlav
sometimes the william isn't exactly
wealthy man who frequents department
stores but DEGENERATE agent Of 2
band of White Savers" But when we
get away from the department store
girl production and come to the white
slave drama there IS however. a
close link between the two. One
might imagine that the department
store girl playWrite and the white
Slave" MAY copy. producer coonerate.
have bureau for the exchange Of ideas
so to sneak
@By Produetss Given fB~ Test.
Daurerte Taylor. star of peg n Nv
Heart" anneared in a special perform
once Of ~Bv Products" a one act pIav
bv joseph Mediu Patterson. for tbe ap-
nrovai ~ the Stage society Of New
YORK TIE rlav was produced on a
sunday. and in order not to ruff1e the
Pilgrim like feelings of the ATetropoli-
tan police. was called a dress rehear- !
sal" Later the play was eiven for the !
beD0fir IF the Actors Fund
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