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Opera'sopening BRILLIANT ARRAY OF TOILETS. HOW IT ..~ 'j '. APPEARED TO "CHOLLY." Tulle a Danseuse's Sleeves, Resembling First OPERA'S Fluffy Petticoats, a Striking Night of Cp:ra Offers an OPENING, ot with a Novelty. Study Society InterestingBig S, as Seen on Farade. Every other woman wore tulle at thi opera last night. Not tulle gowus, to bt ; 'I t ' > All society Is divided into three parts. SOCIETY'S PARADE. LS^ * sure, for these have long been relegateil tc i \ the centre, the circumference and the oblivion, but tulle sleeves, a sort of ballet fringe. At least it is so skirt arrangement 011 their shoulders | at the opera. There The was Metropolitan out like the a time when the exact position of th3 sticking fluffy petticoats of a premiere danseuse. centre was absolutely certain, and the the length of the radius was definitely Sitl, by "First-Crowded Mrs. Prescott Lawrence had very mucl j But that was when the fine world knelt at inflated ones on her maize satin gown the feet of Mrs. Astor and th* made with one accepted Nighters." of those new, stretched measurements of Ward McAllister. on which takes the bodices, drapery place Since then the times have and of of the fulness in changed darts, disposing witch we have changed with them. To-day the ing folds, caught up w 1th jewels. In hei Melba and the Two De centre has shifted and there is a case it was a large diamond brooch. A suspicion that it wobbles aboutwellgrounded lliirh Princess of Wales eollnr of nonria nmni in the to such a degree that nobody will dare to Reszkes, "Faust," around her throat, and a pair of tulle say just where it is. In this respect it Is Musical Attraction, Psyche wings were poised in her hair, like the North Pole; we can get In its fastened there by a diamond pin. neighborhood, but we can't touch it. The In Mrs. Levi P. Morton's box were two ol ^_ circumference, however, is just about as her with These Artists in Fine Voice, but daughters, provided these airy Inelastic as formerly, and the fringe is not - 4 arm clothes, and double mercury of silver a whit less abundant or tentative. the Audience, Just as Last gauze on top of their high coiffures. Miss In the hun£ for the centre in the Edith and Mis Lena Morton were dressed Opera House last night, someMetropolitan Year, Mild in Applause. in shell pink satin, with pink tulle sleeves, of the more old-fashioned swells still and had huge bunches of violets pinned on their lorgnettes on the Astor box,focussed Brillant of Costumes in the their bodices. Mrs. Morton was very where the beautiful young wife of John Array Boxes, gowned In cardinal satin, set offeffectivelyby a Jacob sat and smiled at the homage paid but Some Well-Known Faces point lace garniture on the waist, and her, while her mother-in-law and husband diamond ornaments. Instead ofnumerousa nodded approvingly. Others, with a thirst Missing. necklace, she wore a black velvet band for new sensations and a longing tor new around her throat. conditions, looked long and earnestly at NO VANDERBILT THERE, OF COURSE Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, in pale blue eu~nrsiiu^ r* TS'V,K,-.*- satin, was one of the handsomest women were no signs of a coronation there. Mills in the Opera House. Her sleeves were of In the Ogden Box. But the Ogden MiUses, the Whitneys and tulle, of course, but made in round puffs And still others fixed their gaze upon the Numberless Other Candidates, for instead of standing out iike almost Ogden Mills box. and there they found at in the World else. Two bows stood guardeverybody's least one woman who has no doubt as to Supremacy where the throne of the social world is, or of Fashion. thorn, nnrl spompd to ho n onntlnno-befnro tion of the drapery which answered the who sits upon It and wields the sceptre of The Cr.stj double purpose of a bertha and a the queen. But around Marguerite Mme. Melba for jewels. A very wonderfulbackgroundblue the wabbling social centre Marthe Mile. Bauermeister feather arrangement loomed up on her there are many proud and rebellious spirits; SiebelMme. Mautelli and if one is she can be Mephistophele M. E<i. De Reszke head, a concentrated pompour. as It were, any queen only Valentin M. Lasealle made up of ostrich tips and aigrettes. certain that she is queen to herself. Wagner Sig. Viviani of around her When the was on, Faust M. Jean De Iteszke String* after string pearls performance Conductor, Sig. Maneinelli. neck almost filled up the "decolletage," the women in the opera house forgothowever, and served as a kind of yoke. ineir rivalries ana meir jealousies. v\ neu Mrs Calvin S. Brice, accompanied by her x Jean de Reszke sang, the maidens went THE opera season opened last night " two daughters, occupied her box. She was ^ into raptures and could scarcely contain of "Faust." with the production in which seemed to // themselves, and when Edouard bellowed seat in the Metropolitan gowned ruby velvet, ^ Every be let in in panels on her skirt, and make I out his Brobdinguagian bass the matrons Opera House was occupied, and every all of her not taken with lace crowded. On the corsage up and the widows split their gloves. It's available vantage point and diamonds. I an run odd how maidens to tenors men and women stood ten SCENE IN A BOX AT THE IAETROPO L1TAN OPERA thing main floor deep, Miss Helen Brice sat In shadow of the MOUSE LAST EVENING. and women of matrimonial behind the last row of experience tightly jammed box most of the evening, looking like a prefer bassos. chairs. cameo cut all in white against its deep And when you had passed the Saered Gateman, you heaved a sigh of mellow Close by the Astor box sat Mr. and Mrs. The boxes were filled with the swell folks At the Alan Dale. red velvet hangings. Miss Kate Brice was Metropolitan..By relief, and turned just one contemptuous, pitying glance at the ones R. T. both with hair of snowy New the orchestra assembly was struggling Wilson, of York; in yellow satin, and had a bunch of scarlet outside. You drank in heavily perfumed air (which was very bad for whiteness and both attention made of the genteel element sesame!" crierl Maurice Grau at the your paying rapt up principally flowers on her left shoulder. "Open, Impresario Metropolitan Opera lungs), and as you snatched a pink pro gramme from the pink mound, you to the opera. In all the dazzling, and the balconies were thronged with as House last and behold it was even and so. The In the Frenchiest of gowns, usual, night, unequivocally lovely, began to feel that you were "in it" once again. People are not in a hurry to money-marked horseshoe of tradespeople and poor musicians. feathers lnrff« nnrt c/.arlot- mnmont li.il «.!ro^ of Inrf' TI,o T..l scintillating, clerks, combining lace, satin, jewels, and get zo meir seats at the Metropolitan, because anticipation is always boxes there were no truer devotees came to hear the some came ian be said to "touch the of this suave and parterre Borne opera, fur. Mrs. Whitney Warren sat in Mrs. opera may spot" sympathetic so much more titillant than realization. One of these days Mr. Grau to music than this handsome old couple. see the rich and some came had come. The alarum had been set for November and off it to people Goelet's box, No. 24, wearing whiteRobert 16, community will know this, and wisely decide that on the opening night of the The familiar face of their youngest It was the first night. These various' went, with a ting-a-ling-a-ling, followed by a pompous v'lan, and a becausesatin, with shoulder straps of sable. Below bang! Italian opera season there shall be no opera. It is quite superfluous, only however, was She is now made a audience, All Forty-second street because such an for missing. daughter, elements up responsive them some exquisite lace was tucked away pulsated, opportunity pulsation nobody dares to admit it. The ideal Italian opera "first would be an Mrs. Cornelius and is and occurs but once a year. You could sniff at the elevated railroad night" Vanderbilt, Jr., keenly appreciative thoroughly in the drapery on the waist, in which opera stations, upon which, when all were seated, Mr. Grau could come to the occasionabroad. The box didn't look where gamins roared In ears. You looked in quite right enthusiastic.glistened. A green Paradise aigrettediamonds unkempt "booksothopera" your and explain things to the plebs. footlightswithout her. were the De contempt at such unhallowed as the Upon the stage Reszkes, was arrayed in her hair. playhouses adjacent Empire,unmitigated "There," he could exclaim. "In box No. 7, Is Mrs. C. W. Astor. She will be So Vnnderbilts Tliere. and one or two other recipients of Mrs. Iteid's Casino and Broadway, where not a diamond would be displayed, or a bosom. Melba Wbitelaw gown was also of with us, wearing all her diamonds, on odd nights and even matinees. Mr. J. J. No Vanderbilt, nor any connection of tfcs salaries, who sang divinely, and the white and had a naked yet unashamed.glitter in the luminous electricity. In fact, you felt fabulous satin, garniture which, Astor.look at him, ladies and gentlemen.has chosen even nights and odd family, was there, of course.
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