There's Magic In Opening
New York's Opera Season
But the Majjie"- in tin- \ntlienee mill Not 011 the Slave, the
Grand Moment Heinz W hen Lights Come
(in M Mud <lf First Aet
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New Yoi; Xov. Ylivie is stimethint; >|Uite maKieal aljout
the opening of the i>|?- . ovus-.m in New York. The itiiiicil* lies in
the audience ;uk1 i ut upon llie :-t.>Ke. It seems almost as if the
, singers were acting merely as accompanists to the real players
in the jjreat spectacle.
The euit.'.in :.t J 1 mi:i
utes after X. A fi iv iiu'incnts
before that the lights have been
dimmed. Eyt before the "house"
becomes dark it seems half emp
ty. This is because the parterre
boxes forming the diamond
horse shoe, have no occupants.
Balcony and gallery are filled
with the "true lovers" of music,
but they are so far away as to
be unnoticeable from the or
chestra pit. The vacancy of the
horse shoe is the most striking
impression left upon the ob
server.
The flrSFacl oT tin* pttt
ceeds. TJfe stars appear. Thov set
a vociferous vcreetlnu from the true
lovers perched up near the roof. In
the quieter moments of the music,
one Ih consclouM of mo%*ement In the
house. In the darkness the real
stage Is belnu set. Am the curtain
of the flrst act descends and the daz
xllng lights are turned full on once
more, the spectacle hursts upon you.
The boxes are filled. Society's be
wildering display is on. Another op
era seaHon has been ushered In; an
other ureal success has been
?achieved. It in a wonderfully dra
matic effect, this late arrival of the
box holders. If they were all In
their places at the hour set for the
beginning of ' the performance it
would all be so common-place.
The holding of a parterre box at
the opera is tantamount to holding
a sceptre In New York society. Oi?
boxes are Inherited nowadays.
Tbey pass from one generation to
another. "Outsiders" may lease cer
tain nights, for "odd Mondays" or
' "strange Wednesdays," or "unoccu
pied Fridays," and all that sort of
thing, but to own a box outright, ah.
there Is the test of true blue-blood
lsm and the circle of owners Is far,
less than 400, because there are no,
400 cells in the famed diamond cres
cent.
Something of a sonsat Ion was
caused In oi>^ra circles this year by
the announcement that there were;
three changes In the parterre circle.
Think of that. Three changes. It
teems that Mr. James H. Clews has
purchased from the estate of his late
uncle. Henry Clews, one half of box
Number 2. The late uncle had
owned the box for years. There
Wma also another drastic change of
this sort. All ow-iioi-who inl.uriUU
% box from his father, has given one
half of it to his daughter. Another
owner who held a box by the inher
itance route, has parted with a half
interest to one of his oldest and
dearest friend*. This friend has
long been Just a mere lessee. Hlx
friend could not stand any longer to
him placed In such aW akward
position. Now the friend Is admit
ted to the inner circle. All is well
with the social world.
Rain had ;>een predicted for (he
opening night, but Jupiter I'iuvius
could not find It in his heart to
break up the show.
The threatened downpour did not
appenr. So society appeared In all
Its ruffles and finery.
There was a noticeable contrast to
the old-time Jewel displays. The
biasing tiara thag once Hashed lis
brilliance through metropolitan halls
la no more. Once It was the crown
of the reigning members of New
"*cr!r ar^lety. th" dowagers of the
Vanderbilt. the Astor. the Moruan
n.nd tho oth?r fsmllfcs of the liton
linhllll i ?Nowadam 44m
ar<; Just as expensive, if not more ho
than they were a decade ago.
But today they take quieter and
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urion )oil too tlamf7iioytntl>, or a
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than one of mere display.
Some of the casual observers at
the opera Monday night attempted
to figure the wealth represented in
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DOUGLAS
Scenario byTomGeragfrtv
Story by Harold MacGratn
Directed by\^ctor Fleming
Six Reels of FairbanksHumor
Thrills - Love - Speed - Action
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picture ? itfc " Doug*
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