The Washington times., 1925-02-10
OPERA ADVENT
BRILLIANT
SCENE
Audience Moved to Spon-
taneous Bursts of
Enthusiasm
Bv JEAN ELIOT.
THE chicago civic opera c,

Of ma jor importance socially as well
as artistically and proved an au.
spicious opening for the season
OF four operas to which Washing
ton is to he treated.
The audience. although not SO
impressive either from cumulative
or qualitative analysis as the one
which turned out for the Washing
ton Opera company's production of
sFaust." was both large and rep
resentative and the assemblage was
moved to waves OF spontaneous en-
thusiasm rare among Washington
audiences. at certain thrilling mo-
ments in the production.
New York may dress its golden
horse shoe deliberately than Wash
ington and certainly its show OF
Jewels is more imposing. But Whal
other city can assemble such
group of personages OF NATIONAL
yes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
Washington?
HoOvers Season Box Holders
For Chicago Opera Productions.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Hoover. who are season oeK
holders had Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Winter. of Minneapolis. as their
greats last evening. The Score
tarv of War. Mr., Weeks. was with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brett Moves,
who also had with them. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer and Mr.. ana MIS-.
AdoIph Caspar Miller.
The Minister Of Uruguay ana
Nine Harela were among the
s,,ests in the box of Mrs. Austin,
g,o also entertained Captain r.
Tombar1i. of the french embassy
-faff. Senator Kenneth MckeIlars
Frederick stephens. Miss MADE.
Iai,e Austin. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
TViIiia mson and Mrs. Ollie James
NE Austin had her guests for
dinner before the opera.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norment,
40 are giving a series of small
and early' dinners before the
onera. for which they are box
holders. had with them last night
the Minister of Panama and Nine.
Alfaro and the Charge dAffalres
Of Austria and Nine Procnnlk.
Tbe Minister OF Greece aTlds Nine.
s;noonoulos were guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest g. Walker, VINO
also entertained Major General ana
Mrs. George Barnett.
with Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. MeIgs
we're the Minister OF the Neither
lands and Nine. de Graeff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Warren and Lyncn
princess Margaret Boncompagni
had among her guests MIR. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond and
Miss Natalie Hammond. WITH
C,aptain and Mrs. John II. Gibbons
were Senator and Mrs. David A.
Reed and Mr.. and Mrs. waiter
Bruce Howe. Another interesting
box party included Mr.. and MIS-.
G. C.. McChord, Mr.. and Mrs. orme
wilson Mrs. Horace Macfarland
and William Price.
Mre I,ha.tts BoIgIlton Wood and
her brother william Phelps Eno'
were Joint hosts in a box, among
the.r guests being Miss Mary Nor
aan. Mrs. Bagley. of Minneapolis;
Mrs William Barrett Ridgely, Mrs.
Frederick Wood Meeker, of New
York. AMI Colonel Theodore Davis
RoaI of Eoaisburg, Pa. Mrs. WI
son.6Sreene had with her Mr.. ana
Mrs. Walter Wilcox and Edwin u.
Wilson
Mrs. B. Parker Brueggeman en-
tertained in her box at the opera
and later at supper at the Willard,
having i'm her company MIR. and
Mrs. Edwin Fuller. Major and Mrs.
William Wolf Smith, and MAJOR
Leland Wind,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard B. Jones
entertained at dinner, taking their
quests later 10 the opera They had
in their marty Mr.. an6 Mrs. Louis
Hertle and Judge and Mrs charles
Apnes. If New York, guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Jones.
Mrs William F. Dennis and Mrs.
II QnfRFf4inpH
guests iE IneIr box
Mr.. and Mrs. -. S. Corby had
their children. little Miss Justine
and Miss Eleanor Corby with them
In their box.
NOtables Among Those in
Brilliant Audience.
The Minister of Denmark, Mr..
Brun, was in the audience with
Mrs. Richard Townsend. Others
noted were Commissioner and Mrs.
Cuno Rudolph, Mrs. Stephen B.
EIkins. Mrs. Robert Hinckley. Mrs.
Mabel Walker wilIebrandt, Assist
ant Attorney General: Interstate
Commerce Commissioner and Mrs.
Frederick Irving Cox. Mrs. Robert
n. Stanfield and Miss Barbara
Stanfield, Mrs. John c. Fremont,
Mrs. Charles Graves Matthews,
Nine. Hauge Miss Laura Harlan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hutchins. Mrs.
Ridley Mclean and Miss Beatrice
Mclean. Mrs. Samuel Winslow. Mrs
Victor Kaufman. Mrs. Robert
Dove. Mrs. s. F.. Neil. Mrs. Henry
Riggs Rathbone. a music lover and
herself an accomplished musician;
Reverend Doctor r. Ward Denys,
Mrs. Sanford Bissell. Judge and
Mrs Samuel Jordan Graham, Miss
Katherine Judge. Miss Mona Gill;
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic McKenney
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Barse. Miss
Bess Davis Schreiner. Mrs. Emory
Sands. Mr.. and Mrs. McCeney Wer-
Itch, Doctor and Mrs. John Crayke
Simpson. l.. Mccormick Goodhart.
of the British embassy, Sir A.
Maurice Low and George Williams.
The Spa nish Amba ssador and
Nine. Riano will entertain at dinner
this evening in honor of the Sec.
rotary Of State and Mrs. Hughes.
The Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
will be the guests in whose honor
Mrs. Henry F.. Dimock will enter
tain a company of thirty-fOur al
dinner on Saturday evening.
NINE RAEsCHNER is
LUNCHEON GUEST.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer enter,
taiuad few quests informally al