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SAMSONETDAULA SUNG AT OPERA Caruso, as for Last Eight Seasons, Charms on Opening Night. MATZENAUER SINGS ROLE AS DALILA Record Cast Included Amato, Schlegel. Rothier, Bloch, Au - disco and Reschigliar*. Bt II. H KTtEHBI-X. Cpe-ir? i if-iti at ??e Metropolitan Opera Ho-?e are as alike in appear uct Mpeai la a Bed, They baas been M for ;,,? - Rad -re ??kely to remain so a* lor? as Signor Caruso Is a mem? ber of the eesRpaay. an ? hlch ge to make a firs*, alfhl ? ??* ?sal snd triumphant and ?uspicious a:.?! a harbinger of ?.uecess tn<j all that sort of thing cluster around the r.:?me of Caruso. Only once since the great B-flfW came to New York has a rnana-gcr ventured to begin a ??sascn witho'.t hin?. That wag eleven years ?go, when Mr. Conned humor?s?l a prima donna, wilful from the start, who did rot want to share the honors of her d?but with anybody likely to jet between her and the sunlight of pab.'c favor. It was G?raldine Farrar. She was fresh from Berlin, where dur? ing four years of an operatic novitiate she bad ?aaqaltad strange notions about endowing 7-hakespoare's Juliet and Goethe's (1 retchen with attribute! which would add to their sex appeal. She tried them on, but was speedily made to feel that tho opera f?oers of New York were quite content with tho moral conceptions of Shakespeare and Goethe plus Hcilhac, Hel.vy and Gounod as fixed by French tradition. Miss Fairar returned to Berlin after the close of the season and vowel would never come back to her nutive land because of Its luck of musical culture and It? devotion to money-get She did como back, of course, and having established herself as a favorito second only to Caru?o In thv ..-ition of our public she is now propagating the artistic culture In which her countrymen arc deficient through the medium of moving pict? ures. Bal having opened the BOBBOB of ? ? -'07 at th.. Metroeeutaa with Mr. Rousseli?re, a Unor, who threw no shadow on h<*r In "Y. ,u ?ta St Juliette," Mi.?s Fsrri.r BOVOt ar* uin took part in n ? Bight Not that she would not I welcome, but that Mr. Con rt to repeat the experi the cn?t ;i>mi?re, and Mr. Gatt: have lieori tern; I I I.. shorn po'itan season's open it it had m the throe years pre 'ure with '? Ml i'.ru'o been BS times ha? he ? night. ? any difference to the public what oners ? with Mme. Sembrich in 1903 in "Kigoletto"; in 1904 with Mme. Bans? with Nordics in "! n 1??'>7 with Cavaiicri ?n"Adriana Lecouvreur"; in 1901 1908 n in "La Gioconda"; in l&in ??::!, 1911 w.th Destina in "Aida" airain-, in 1912 with Hori in "Manon Lescaut": In 1913 seals - "?S l?a'.io ?71 Machera" In *h - Hot there were thr? I I_c .v. ..-." "An do" and ' I Leset!.!*." und the second of th< ?ur.? - . That fact hroaght the . into sempaatonship with laat Bight'i periom.ar the opera vv i . St. -? m eon ? - I 'a'.i'.a." "Ara de" srai a novelty in New I MS et Dalila" waa not, hav d a single representation at the Metr i nim? ber of ner.'ormances I hatten Opera fl?>u-e when (>?car H was ? (?ce as a rival to the Metro? ? apis of Frenen opera, ar.d r. .-. ng been one of the works which ; and spattered in the recer I ? ??t the New . -.eatre. It ? reforn ? tits I -i*.ic wa? more familiar to orator.o aud.? I exclu? sive patrons o? the opera. In Englaad it * .? long confined to the concer I h the . slave which pro ? - ? play; The tradi ?? ay be a foolisl ? losa would "?net's opera ? Los ani/ed I -,rna wa? Blblicsl srass ami ? ? ? ' great trs Had they ereated ? ? would still be with us. But. they are ??es. maori S et the ' ' of S groaad an. a pleasanl rassle, al? lere d , ??. room, i a ? y ' b S last fcr"? ? ' i**.-* ? made of it i rhinif . ar.d, so far M ? ?ame ? ? i ? .rnatic ' ut to savo It from r it Bes d be Bis? . -?..'. Dalila ? ?,... |. - oat ? " " " RhllS " . dar,r# is in {"?"??"' .??;.-. ,,", te h?v . P* - ??<. ar.'l ??ek to ra?t over lurn in the Pi?...,. ,,# .,, ou, ,,l<f erowjj ?f J1M ?soiBf ? litjr 1? -lo.il.it,.- or "'" ' . erOOS ????r?" ' '. y of MrniBBts Bait?... t,, i,,,, , ravlflhraoal Is "*' '-; ? j.'o,.ier. .olee, aad ? **'?"?' t chai *i'h which J**> loads ? ? the doe? that ?ga-hle. -?. werke the Radataf ai the hut? lo the second act, but there la bo ? corresponding witchery in her ap anee or aotio.n. The mu?!c Is tht here, not th? produeor of it. That the tnste for ballet, which, mij pace with that for plctur***, yot crowd the dramatic and lyrica menta el opor? into tho backgrou:' ' Peraape, not uniiuallfledly tu b? s'rei; bat it mu?t bo conf'jsseJ Btasle which Sui!it-Sa??ns has ten for hu oai elag priestesses an I>a!ila and her fem?is companions Blahei the major part of the joal ttofl for calling? "Samson et Dallll opera. It come.? at th? close ol first act to relieve a lor.g stretc dramatis aridity and Alls the lu* harm. Hut to .rive it a com pictorial setting the .-?r has had to resort to operati.; convention? and east te ?arlada al! attempt? to ?rive it drat VerisimUltade, No doubt it is n ssry. an*.', no doubt, th? composer, til his seriousness of purpose, M lisas '> the iLj/nity with which he invested the choral portion of ?*0*fJL submitted knowing!;,- to the t But it might have boen worth whi attompt to improve the action bj venting 8orr:<*'.h'*.n' new in place oi r.:hl;c ???luctior. scei.e in the Snl i?nd the piling up of a multitud?; i: templo scene Is petrified pose and nutting th???! to be awakened by . first ?SS*area 0f the music sites j tableau hed mail? its eyostroke. ? th? ponulac? fallen asleep in pi< | BSOBt attitudes while waiting for ? religious funfction to begin? Si looked last night, and so it will cont | to look until the curtain i;s mnd I open on some 'action ??*hich can I brought into consoaaaee with the i The halle! which follows is exqui Salts '1 ?? best that we can re?**]l at ?ilitan in costuming, posiBf iptatloa bf gesta rs to theexojoi , music. Hut it is aigatfleaat that one touch of emotion awakened in BOBS Bras the ?tppar'?nt!y unconsc pathos of Signor (laru.io, BOVOl : ed of BOSaasalag telling histrionic y , ers, when he measured with his arms I eiteoiB?ersBSe of tho pillar b ts ; which ha hud been plae?d hy hi.i c guide. lli?re an?l in the preosdlag sc at the mill were tho high !.,-? drama. A 1 of the rest which irai mcrc sp??i?ta?le w.-i3 oratorio and < : tor,o marred l.y the at*>cted teas in which the sboroaea were ?une. It w.ll be a pity if the ambition the conductors a*, the Metropolitan Ittei ' ' the chorus tahsi : .??amatlc v:n!itv out of the choral ?! Bg, 7V i aged B ibrewa in th?* i ? cat chant?-?! their unisonal song I night as it it were, a synagog-a! hy la B 1 :fth Avenue templo sung by hi priced Shortsters. Such a performs ; may bring out th? beauty of M. Sai Soiaa'a nob!.? music, but when it? p puse is too obvious the question rec whether, after all, the place for t mu'ic is not the encert room. It is ?it to the music that it drops often into th" learned forms. 1 ? ImltatioB? in tho ritual d n the High Priest of DsgOB I scene, are i only ?iagolarlj sffsetlTs, bu gularly appropriate, and Saint-Sal - that a fugue m h:?v, ? 'A.*-**; i- " failed tu achieve suce? . ? ' inir Cal ? ' cipntion in II omewhat bett partly because the heroic roll B better adapted to Sigaoi Caruso's po !? gars ample a] , him to exhibit the ?relame, ti.? In hu and the t.ne emotional timbre of 1 veies. It made little demand f .- of eharaeterisatiofl in the wi ring "f passioas. It aaablsd him praetiea restraint a? well as to op the floodtzatea of impassioned uttt anee; at.d, a.s has bees latimated, gave 1 :n SB opportunitl, which 1 used with aaexpocted efTertiveBeaa? as well ns a hero figure and to iriv? voice to pathos. F< the c?matie triumph of the represe t? tion. which came with the linal ca ustrophe, a splendid f?-at in mechanic stagecraft, he deserved credit by ti BBOer in which ho dtve ic situation. H singing, that of Mme. Mat/.enauer, tl noble and puissant impe of the High Priest ! ?, Amat - of the ballet an,l tin* e of the stage deeoratiooa ma? mice a notable occasio one almost entitled to be called hi ??.rie. ii!..! for the locceaa of the mi ?ical element? groat credit is deserv? by Bigaor Polaeeo, the composer. Tl cast ooght ? ? be psaeervod for tl rd: Ms-gin*?? *?' I . ' ?m |h -: ,-. is . ' ? .J/ ?? 1 ? ?- t - 1 . ? ? Vlnotnxo i. Brilliant Society Marks Opening at Mctropolitai Nothing ever interferes with th brilliaocy of the premi?re at the Me' ropolitan Opera IIou?e. At last night' opet;. - ' * he ah i ? he proniaeai bei elders ?. account of mourning and the ftbsOBC of members of the diplomatic corps an rs of dlstiaetion wh BSBally grnce the first night with thei there whs a notable gatherin . no! only from this c:ty, bu from Wasoiagtoa, Boston, Phlladelphl ??ago. For the first time in many year m.-mbers of the Vanderbilt family wer ? g from the part.-rrp. row, owin? to mourning for Alfred G. Vanderbilt who l.-i-t year attended the openini Mn Alfred Vaaderbll! ns th. ti of hi? mother in l?ox R. Thi Harry Payne WhitBOgS, the W. K. Van derbilta, r, and Mr?. William Doogla Sloane, all of whom leldom miss at ?fht, wert* looked for in vair Their bones were all taken however, either for the evening or foi th?? satire seasoa. Mr. ami Mr?. Wiil iam C Rockefeller sad Mr. and Mrs Percy Rwhefeller Brers Is the Harn '.'. > tai ;? bes. There was not i vacant bo?; ifl the parterre or granr tier row, Bad the house, with its beau* i tally gOWaed an?! jewel bc'lecked worn ,.n, pri brilliant a scene as il ever had In th?' past. ?i.- ?eason aro nevel iit the premi?re, bul a number wsrs noticed in ? r ?? aaaisaee, many of them coming on from dinners given in their honor previo performance. This - small dinners before - makes It late when , der? arrive. Hy 9 o'clock ?ht not more than half the boxei . eapled. In the Parterre Row. i. Mr?. Ogdes Geeist Cossts?Mr. and Mrs. William Payne Thompson, Mr. Bad Mrs, William Woodward, Mr. and Ml n.i.ry W. Ball 2, I ! Mrs Philip M. Lydie. Mr. and Mrs Fgerton L. rop, jr.. Mr. ?.rid Mr-. Thomas ?? i, Mereea? ? d? Aco?ta, Al h.r''? Colletti, Francis W. Crownin ihi? I lr. and Mr? M. Orme Wilson. Mr. and Mr?. M. (irme Wil 4 Mr. and Mr?. August ?lmont. Mr and Mri Whitney, Mis? re Hlrd, I'.'iger 1'oor. frt ( emeliBa C. Cagler. (?ue?t?t Mr sad Mr? Jamal Browa Potter, Mr?. Peter ( sob? r Hewitt, Mr?. Hamilton ?''????ell ?nil -lam?? Ds Wolfe ?"utfmg. Kiss Barbara Botherford, Mr?. Joseph llmr.m.ib, Cyril ilatcl* and T. Marko? K'ibi I 7 Mr?. Vir.rent A?tor. (?iieitst Kirhar?) P?t?r?, Maurice and France? MadeU ine ? ?r> Mlaa Llsali P in,?.?.. ?,ne?f?: Geseral and Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mr. .,r,,f .Mr? Ceraelloa N Ulis?, jr., I?r Wheelwrifjfhi and George Hlag aea. '.*. Mr? E. H Harriman. Gue?t?: Mr aid Mr? Willard D, Straight, Mi?? lai-atf lies ??'nd and li'.bort Perktin?. 10. G?org? S', ?akar, (iue?ta: Mr. CARUSO OPENS OPERA SEASON IN "SAMSON ET DALILA.*' On the left, Caruso and Georg.o Barrett; right, Mme. Margaret Matzenauer as Dalila. and Mrs. W. Goa.lby Loew and Mr. an Mr?. Kniest lselin. 11. Mr. and Mr?. Archer M. Iluntir.f toi,. '.;.? 7s: Mr. and Mrs. W. I5.uirk Cockran r.nd Mr. and Mrs. ThoodOl ? .t, jr. ?_'. ?ir. and Mrs. Henry < 1. w Guests: Mr. and Mrs. George Ji. 1 !. Genoral and Mrs. Lloyd S. Rryri : Mr. sad Mrs. P. Gray Griswol an.i Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant 'ram. 14. Mr. and Mrs. George Henry War ren. Guests: Mrs. Robert s. Mel "t mick, <,f Washington; Mr. and Mrs. I I.e K?.v Emmet and Frederick Bs IB. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gary, i the Brasilien Ami.assador an.! Mme. d ; and Mr. and Mis. Eloy Martine? of Cuba. 1G. Mr. and Mrs. James Speyei Ou? *-: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rrewst.i \ istnfl C. Qarnoo and Barriaoi ! : i .. I e ?. .Mrs. H. McK. Twom!.!y. Mis Ruth Twombly arid Mrs. Williams A M. Hur.l.'n. '-. Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Paeon. Guests . Mr?. ( bar?es B, Alexander. 19. Henry Clay Frick and Mis Helen < lay Frick. Guests: Mrs. Law retice Dilwonh, Miss Louise Freeman Dr. Fordyee B. St John and Johl ?' Grier. Og lea Mills, Miss Evelyi II r.len. 21. Dr. and Mrs. J. II. French, wh( occupieil the box of Mr. aad Mrs Charles Stoole. Gas ts Mlai Moreoi French, Miss Irem Oibson, Rayar.. Hives and Arthur GRBimoll. ?::. Mrs. Henry M. Plagier. (? Il Mr. and Mr?. Pembroke Jones, Harr* Y. Eldridga, John 1). Kiddle and Judge :: ? Bingham. Mr. aad Mrs. Klbrid,'e T. (ierry Mils Angelica Oerry, Miss Ma Gerry, w. Douglas Campbell 11 Siidell and Charles Hanf..rd. 25. Mr. and Mrs. I-'orsyth W'icke? Mi . Georgs McFsdden ami Mr. nnd Ml R K OiaaaaU, of Philadelphia. Mr, and Mrs. William Rosa I'roe tor. (. i". an,i Mr?.. Robert Mil ? Proctor. .7. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fratt Gtioata Mr. and Mra Charles C. Anch? is, Miss Marion Ponno, (?eorpe L, Wrenn. _S. ' iarence II. Mackay. Gue?t? Commissioner aid Mrs. George Cahot Ward. Mr. arm Mi- Leonard M. Thomas, Dr. Jam?-? Russell, Alfoi ?o .1. Navarre, Charlei B. Uosmsr, of Mont? real. ? Mrs. Richard Gambill. Gaeata Mr. ar.d Mr?. .1. Stewart Barney, Arthnt ? ton, Riehard itiiMlni!, Egertea I.. ??i ami I ?r. J. Belling Lee. ." Mr. end Mrs William G. Rocke ? and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rocke II, Mr. ami Mr?. C. Oliver lselin <', '? Mr. and Mr? John San ford and Mr. aad Mrs. Qlfford Cochran. IS. Mr. Rad Mr?. Nicholas F. Brady. Gnsste Mr. and Mr?. John I). Ryan, Dr at i Mrs. John Alexander Jackson. :',:. Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hoyt. Gi est? Mr. and Mrs. I haries D Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. J. Horace Hard? ing. 14 Mr. and Mrs John Markle. Quests -Mr. and Mrs. John ConynKham, Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler Mouro. ."i. Mr. and Mr... Jnniui Spencer Mor? gan, Mlai Jane MorgBR and Miss Fran? ces Morgan. Grsnd Tier. o7. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edward Smith. Guests Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis. M. Mrs. Rertram G. V?ur>_. Guests Mr. ?ml Mrs. Joseph Frtilirif-huyscn and Mr. and Mrs. Charles NSSVS. 10. Robert c dowry. Cuesta?Mr. snd Mrs. Finley J. Snepard, Mr. snd Mrs. Henry D. Bstabrooh and Mr. and Mra. Karl G. Rod.ling. 41, Miss Jul'a Chester Wells. Guests Mr. as ?1 Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Migg Hazel Mills Dolph, of Portland, Ore., and Williaai Braes Broten, ... Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson Cromwell. Guests?Don and Dsaas Poraltna. 43. Mr. ami Mrs. Adam Gordon Nor? rio. Gu.s'.h Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Br?ese and K. Vail St.bbins. It, Mr aad Mrs George R. Hurd. Guests Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax I.and street and Mr ami Mrs. F.mil Stehll Mrs Peter Doelger, Mr. and Mrs. Pr.,-r Doelger, jr., Mrs. A. J. Hupfel. Mi?. C?cile Doolget sad Frank G, Du??l ger. 47. Mr. and Mrs. frank S. Jones, Mr. and Ml ? Georgs MeNeil and Mr. and Mr* ?Edward ?Platt SO. Isaac D. Fletcher Guesis Mr ar,.| Mrs ?-habest c. Marris, Mr. and Mrs. S'huyler Van Cortlandt Hamilton, Mr. ami Mrs. Jefferson B. Fletcher and Austin Barclay Fletcher. IL Mr. and Mr?. W. Dlxon Ellis.! Guests Mr and Mrs Gage E. Tarbell. ' r,'!. Mr Htid Mrs F.dmund L Hayllee. i Guest? Mrs V. It. Johnson, Mis* Van Reaaaelaer and ?PraBets Fititrerald. 14, Mr. and Mr?. Frank S Joneg. , Guest? Mr. and Mr?. Willii.m It?.bin son Sirnoi.? and Clarence Y. Westm tu. Mine. Piaaees Alda. Mr. ami Mrs. Olivet Harnmiin nnd James Taylor. ?tall Hoxe? E. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Di?son. GaeStSJ Mr. ami Mrs. Owen Johnson. U. Mf. snd Mrs. Jonathan Bulklsp. Guests: Hr. and Mrs. Charles F. Ma tit;, o' .Montreal. V. Mr. ?'iiii Mrs. John W. Herbe: f?uests: Mr. an?! Mrs. Henry Spado an?l Alfred Stanley. C. Mr. and Mr?.. Frar.k Scott Oerrl? Ouest?: Mr. and Mr?. Stephen Vi Wyck and Ii.tary Pn-ble. ?n in the orchest seats and other parts of the houi were Mr. and Mrs. Hoary Rogers Wii ?hiui), Mr. a.-.il Mrs. J'.ubert S. Lovet Mr. and Mrs. Paul I>. ?'ravath. Mi Vera < rava'.i:, Mr. and Mrs. Wiiber . I?oodgood, Miss Vera BloodgOOd, M and Mrs. Arthur < urtiss James, Ii SBd Mt?. William M. Polk. Hradfoi l-> Id. T. P. Field, MISS Mary F. Pavn B i LBSBBfj Mr. and Mr Frederick Edey, Miss Julia Eds?/, Wil \ Prims, Mr. ar.'l Mrs. W. 1 lira, Mur:on F. Plant, Mr. an "i- ' barlei Scribaer, Mr. and Mr MsLsaa, Mrs. Charles Tma Mrs. Charlea H. ScnfT. William < Reich. Mr. BBd Mrs. William J. Sal< tiiat', W. Emlen Hi ?.scvelt, Mr. and Mr GsorgS G. Kt ? i, Mr. and Mr < . C. Hula, Mr. ami Sirs. Hoary Paris] jr., Albert Gould Jenniags, Dr. Bebet F. A'i?in, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard *> Baruch, Mr. nnd Mr?. Robert M. Gallows; Mr. and Mrs. Murry Guggenheim, II Mri. H. Dorant Cheever, Mr. an Mrs *'ohn 1!. StSBChflsl I, Mr. Bad Mr William \V. MeAlplB, Mr. and Mr?. . ? Mitchell, Mr. sad Mra F. MeD Paeon, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Schiffer, M Mr?. Veraea C, Biawa, Mr. an Mia, William P. Rardeahargh, Mn Charle? Devsllo La.hrop, Mis? Ma Callender, Mis? Caroline de Fon.? Mrs. A. F. Lauterbach Mrs. William 1 .as, Kdward R. Bacon, George C B ? it, Mr and Mr?. Alfrid Grabar Miles, Mr?. Kdward Lev.rich. Mr; Wallace Shillito, Dr. Clarence C. Ric? Miss Annie B. Jennings, Kdmund J ? der, M.s? Mi-y S-he:?ler. Deagla Gibhoas, Mrs. Henry B. Hyde, Mrs. S Breck TrowbridgS, Mr and Mrs. 11 Blanchard Domifl Ck, Mr?. S. B, ? hapic Miss Chapia, Ml, an 1 Mrs. Robert H McCurdy, Mrs. K. Lyman Short an? Robert Booi Many beautiful costumes, of ever; imaginable .?hade, werp worn, grr<?r: white sad piah beiag t..e popular colon The Jewell were as dassliag as ever Som?- of the women Were large feather in their hair, and many biautiful fan we i ?? . .'?i Mme. da (?ama wore white satin.com bined irith crystal lace, and a Russiai diadem of dtamoads. Shs carried i large fan of blue paradise feathers. Mrs. Peter ?!ooper Hewitt was lr binck satin, brocaded in rilver, will t?. Mrs. James Brown Potter was lr cloth of gold, combined with whit? chiffon. She wore ornaments of pearl! and diamonds. Mr?. William Payne Thompson won white satin, veiled with white chiffon; n diamond BBd snpphire necklace and a bar.deau of diamon?is and pearl?. Sh? wore a large pink feather in her hair. Mrs. Vincent Astor was in a beauti? ful gown ?if palo Mas velvet, veiled with chiffon. She wore a corsage orna? ment of ?liamonds, n diamond pen'lant and a tiara of diamonds. Mrs. W. GoadLy Loew was in a gown of pal? blue chiffon velvet, with a tiara of diamonds and pearls. She also wore ii long rope of pearl?. Mr?. Breast I?elin was in pink ?atin, BOmbiaod with ?ilv?*r, with a large* dia? mond ornament i-.t ?he corsngc. M H Bar! :.ra Ru'herfurd wore white satin and a large gray cloak with a chinchilla gray collar. Mr?. August Belmont wore black ?atin. embroidered in gold, with pearl necklace und a chain of diamond?. Miss Bird wa? in gray brocaded ?atin ?i*. I diemOBd ornament.? Mrs. George Whitney wore a pink ?ilk gown, combined with ?liver cloth, with diamond and pearl ornament?. Mrs. Oliver Harnman wore blue vel? vet and silver lace and diamond orna? ments. Mrs. George Henry Warren wore dark red velvet with a diamond neck? lace. Mr?. Jame? Sneyer wa? In white sa? tin und ?pangle?! net and wore a collar cf diamond?. Mr?. Bacon wore pal? gray satin and net Bad a diamond necklace. Mr?. Gould wore cloth of ?ilv?r, with a large girdle of diamonds and emer? alds. Mr? Clew? wore purple and ?liver brocade, with diamond ornament?. Mrs Richard GamBf.ll wore pale yel? low ?atin and chiffon and ornament? of diamond?. Mrs. Pre?ton P. Sstterwhlte wore a costume of old ro?e velevt and a n?ck \tirt) of dinmond?. Mrs. Alfred An?on wore ?hell pink chiffon velvet, ornaments of emerald? and diamond*. Mr?. F.ilmund L. Baylie? wore black velvet, with touche? of red ??tin, ?nd a lurge or?:?m?nt of diamonds in her coiffure. Misa Iren? Gib?on wore a eo?tome of i while ?ntln ?nd chiffon and a necklace of Beasts. Mrs. Robert P. Br?ese wa? In a en? tum? of white hror?d?d ?atin, with or? nament? of diamond*. Mr?. Ernest laeltn wore pink ?atin nnd chiffon, combined with white lace and diSBIOnd ornaments. Mrs. F. Cray Griswold wore a cos? tume of paie yellow satin trimmed with silver lace and an opera coat of red brocade. Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce wore white snd ??rol.i brocade, with pearl and diamond crnnments. Mr?. Nicholas F. Rrady wore yellow tulle over cloth of gold Mrs. John D. Ryan wore white bro? cade with silver. Mrs. John Alexander Jackson worn blue brocade with silver. >ir* QeorgS H. Ilurd was in pink and silver brocade. Mrs. William Ross Proctor wore blr.ck jet with ornaments of diamonds and pearls. Mr?. M.I?gsn wore American Beauty velvet with diamond and penrl orna? ments. "GIOCONDA" OPENS CHICAGO SEASON Mme. Destinn and Mme. de Cis neros in Cast?Fifty-nine in the Company. Chicago, Nov. 15. - The Chicago Grand Opera Company oper.e?! its fifth seuion at the Auditorium to-night, pre? senting "La Glaseada*1 with & cast which included Mme. Emmy Destlnn, soprano; Mme. Eleanors de Cisneros, contralto; Frances Ingram, Amadeo Rassl, Ancona and Aramondl. The inaugural performance was a notable socml affair. The engagement '? for ten wc'-'k?, with CloofontO Cam IB?bI as general director. Among his BOSS associate, are Egon Pollak, Wag nei an director, and Rodolfo Ferrari, Italian director. The subscription advance sale this season exceed ?I the r.'cnrd of any pre? vious year by 10 Ml nt. There are fifty-nine principal, the company. Nearly half of them are of Amer.can birth, and have won reputations abroad. An.?):.g them are Mnreia Van Dresser, Louise Eilvir .i, (Hive Fremstad, G?rald? ine Farrar, R'.chel Pr, rise Green, Myraa Sharlow, Helen Stanley, Valeria De'ries, Frances Ingman, Hazel Eden, Ella ( orrigaa. Mabel Prestop-Hall, Kdnii Darch, Lillian Gresham, Alma Peterson, Myrtle Mose., Maud Pay, Eleanora de Cisneros, ?ieorge Hamlln, Graham Marr, Clarence Whitehill, James Goddard and Karl von Coohems. Among the guest srtists who will appear this season are Prances Alda ami Loui.-e Edvina, of th>> Metropolitan Grand Opera Company; Gerai.line Far? rar and Mme. Schiinann-Heink. Among the tenors are Amadeo P.assi, Charles Dalmores, John McCormnck, G?ovbbbI Zaaatello. George Baailia and Lucien Muratore. Among the barytones i-p Mario Ancona, Marcel MogBOBBt, Hector Dufranne and Clarence White? hill. The bassos include Karl von Cochea?-, James Goddard and Marcel Journet. For the first time in many years the Wagnerian "ring" will l.o nroduced on an elaborate scale. Another feature will be the presentation of "Parsifal." Other novelties scheduled for produc? tion are MssaaaefB "Cleopa'ra," "L'Amore die tre Re," of Montemezzi; Saint-Saens's "Dejanira," Cunsbourg's "I.e Vieil Aigle" and Leoncavallo's "Zais," which lg new In this country. PENN. CONDEMNS HIGHBALL SONG University Frowns on Famous Old Students' Chant. ( tt Teligriph to tat MBOOa ! Phllsdelphis, Nov. 1.1.-"Drink a Highball," that famous old college drinking song, has been banned at rhe Uaiversity of Pennsylvania. Sung for man- years at athletic contests, class reunions and wherever Penn alumni and f.tuilents get together, it became known to-day that fhe university will not permit Its publication as an author? ized Pennsylvania song. Provost Edgar Fnhs Smith, it is understood, disap? proves of the ?ong's repeated refer? ences to "highballs" and will not sanc? tion its appearance la official lists of Pennsylvania songs and yells. Other university officials declare, too, that the sonic lay? Penn men open to misunderstanding and is not truly rep reser.tstivs of the university. They don't like its general spirit and feel that It Is not worthy of academic sp proval. The song hss been ellmlnsted from a song book compiled by Bursar William O. Miller and fr?.m the semi-official book of Penn songs now belnjr distrib? uted by Recorder George E Nitrsche. These arc its words: lirtrl ? hlgtitill al nightfall. p. $wt I?! owl ?1,1 ? T?_ in v. tor I? -rooreeg pur tiring utnom. Ho If. ir!?? -MM ?ar?. a??jl TWI Um ovmr tt in ' : ??>'.?' lai pr_it a Mgt'.i.l ?rg b? lour' Bggg. ? rnoaelh la. taml ait Pemml SEASON AT OPEI OPENS IN GLO] Characteristic but Fai iar Features at Metr? politan's First Night "SAMSON ET DALIL HAS RECORD HOI Caruso and Matzenauer in C Parts of Saint?Saens's Work. ?ii? Martropi/iunn Opera House mecos of Anu-r.oar. society, threw open its doors last Bight, and the -ut-, ?if lHlfi--..; was on. Within its * Enrico Caruso. Of the golden voice P.unng forth his vocal soul in goise ,>t a Bel it* champion. Wit' from endless niutors, a gurge of hats and ?tail women beat upor lobbies and flowed in a contin ItB historic doors, o.' Ne.v Vor. ios ety and the rreai W.?.?> ' weir there, the RBORRRBt BTBt stocks and war i 'ergattea. Othan tnun New York Slaty o.- the elite of th" inu.?irul ? were also there, prrcnoi tar up u the gilded rooi or ataadlag four behind the orchestral rail a ha excited, gesticulating create, the t?nate ones of a thousand others had arrived too late to gs.in admitts Suns of Italia wire they, or nearly brothers in blood ami spir.t to gnat tenor who ?roa a rig ng for t as only he can sing children al Santa Lucia or ?>un-kis?e?l Sicily. 1 were nappiegt the gods of the gal aad the rail, ot th? ?. sasond eroa occupants of the bOSSSl No d< each in their separate ways! And so it was that New York, s lag amid its myriad lights, stcj airain proudly into the place it has I these many years queen of the op< tic cities of the earth. In Europe war was raging, the opera houses tl were either closed or kept open so by means of fSStUBBOBt support to courage a despondent public, but 1 on Manhattan Island, unvexed by ra I hate, a theatre composed o? -.n?, from all the warring nations was | ing opera in al! languages and by composers. Truly here was the triur of neutrality! That an Italian dire? , had chosen for h.s opening open 1 work by a sworn enemy of Germ was not because of any racial bias, only because there is one law In > York BtrOBger than any of those of Medes and Persians the law that ; rico Caruso must always open opera season! As Mr. ?Catase does not aine; Gern an Italian or French opera had to chosen. "Samson et Dalila" huppei to be the opera, ar.d if M. Sa.nt-Sa does not like the Kaiser, the IBBM P ian director will on Wednesd iy al present a work whose composer doubtedly would have liked him, 1 he had the chance! If Franc, i . Italy had their chance last night, G many will have hers to-morrow. The crowd begBB arriving unusus early, and by 8:11 tho auditorium v practically fall. The standees, of coui were in their places long before tl Their line had been forming at the I office STSf lines 'I o'clock, until at 7 it extended half way around the sp? house. Twenty minutes after adm ?.ion had begun to be sold the numl allowed by law had been admitted a several hundred late comers sent aw m dlaappointmeat There did not, ho ever, appear to be the interest sho? rn some former yenrs, and the disi pointed ones did not hang about in t lobbies, hoping Sgainst hope that soi good angel would touch the iron heai of the doorkeepers ami prevail up them to allow those waiting to pa the magic portals. A sound of police under Capta Bailey kept the motor cars moving a saw to it that ipecalatora sh?>uld re but a small harvest. Of ourse, the vv<re speculators on the street, thoui Superintendent Hugh Brown kept the clear of the lobbies. Speculators a as hard to kill as the proverbial Iris man's flea, but, like the flea, they we kept last night on the Jump by tl police. It was, all in all, an ususual orderly and quiet opening of the I ORBS a quiet that was reflected by the d meanor of the audience during and b '.wren the acts. When at 8:22, Conductor Polac stepned into his stand there was gentle patter of applause, which Rfi repeated at the Brat entrance of M Ganso. At the tlrst curtain Mr. C ruso, Mme. Matzenauer, Mr. Amato, at Mr. Rothler were called before tl curtain a number of titnis. and mo often still at the conclusion of tl second act. Y'et it was in enthusias distinctly a Metropolitan first nigl audience; decorous, poised, critict and far from bubbling over with SI thusiasm. The standees, of cours added their mite, but that mite la night was not what it is wh.-n M ?"aruso ?ings "Ridi Pagliacco." 'S.n son et Dalfla" is not. after all, a wot of the young Italian Veritist?, and tru .Neapohran enthusiasm needs a tenor: top note to bring down the house an not, as in "S..m?on," merely a stron pair of arms I assisted by a BtBgS mar iiger?. However, the house, thoup last night it was a temple, fell in trul a " ?> inspiring fa?hion, and when fror amid the debris Samson, In th* BB.ll ing person of Mr. i'aniso, emerged be for?? the curtain, he got his due bot from subscribers and from his mor humblo compatrio"? Y'et what the evening lacked in en thusiasm it more than ma?le up i: social brilliancy. The golden horsesho was ablaze with jewels, which answerei each other from box to box, until thei fl:i?h:ner brilliancy dimmed even th auditorium's thousand lights. Ever ons .?. ?oeiety ot aishiag to get n who culd buy, borrow or get invite! was there, and Paquin, Worth an? Poiret were in their glory. The open season, In short, opened in more glon even than its oldtime splendor. Wat and its sorrows, which havo touch?e many of the Metropolitan's patrons seemed far distant, indeed. Mr. Gatti-Casazza expressed himsell as greatly pleased with the reception Recorded the opera and sent a cabl? dispatch to M. Saint-Sa?ns, in which old the composer of its success. R-? MME. CALVE TO SELL DOLLS Opers Singer Will Aid si Opening of Lafayi-tte Fund "Toyland." Mme. Emma Cslv?*, the opers singer, will raffle dolls that she herself made at the opening of "Soldiers' Toyland." under ti.? auspices of the Lafayette Fund, st I p. m. to-.iay in the former Knickerbocker Club, 319 Fifth Avenue. Thouasnds of dolls mado by ?old.ers disabled in the war snd by the desti? tute women of France will be on ex? hibition. Elsie Janis, Irene Bordoni, Maurice Fnrkoa and Melville Ellis will appear In a musical number. It is expected that Alexander P. well, the war correspond? ent, will be one of the guests. After an exhibition here for ?everal weeks -'Soldiers' Toyland" will be taken on a tour of the large cities. Total contributions of S*lB.r>fl9.B)0 had been received up to yesterday by the Lafayette Fund, which is sending com? fort ltita to the French soldiers. CLERGY ATTACK GARY CREED PLAN Church Federation Hostile to Religious System for. Public Schools. PROTESTANTS CALL IT UN-AMERICAN "Mental Dissipation," Dr. Hens Quotes Superintendent Max? well as Saying. .'.lost of th? clergymen at ?he- con? ference of the New ?ork Federation i 7* ' burches in the Mstrop-t itas Lit? Build.ng y??ter?iay BSBdemBOd IhS re iiwjiuu? instruction tetase o. the Gary system. All d?non? ?. Frut citant.?m w?re r?pi??e tted. Oie ?peaker concluded ?it.? a ?weep..-.; denunciation of the *y?t?m ,n its en ??r.? y The two main reasons ad raaesd -or hoitili*y to th? nlig-.ou? fea to IS ".ere that || SBaaB?tNSa ?n BBcOBItitUtloaal relational, ip bvtwean ?. hurch and Stat?. and that the Catho? lic? favor it. Das minister quoted from an mi provi?ed song which he ten] w?s be lag sung by the Catholic children at one oi the two .schools where the Gary system !? already employed: "Cathulio, Catholic, ring th? bell: "Lutheran, Lutheran, go to hell." I ? r. Andrew W. Edson, associate iu p?rint?ndent of the New York C '., school?, opened the di?cu*?ion by showing hi? objection? to the reiigio. ? feature of the Gary sy?tem based on personal observation. Dr. Edaon Oppo?e* Plan. "I don't liKo to have little chlld-en point a?kanc? at another group and IBg, 'You're little Christ killers, ain't you*' 1 li*.i?ve we ought to have r* .igious instruction for boy? an?l girls, but .?n*. h roligious instruction ?huull come after school hour?. If the church is to co-operate it mu?t do ??> with the home and not with the school. "If. the priest or rabbi or minister wishes tc gather information he i? duty bound to go to the home and not to the school. Let him not dare to solicit information at a public in? stitution of that nature. I don't lita to think of the question of divisive no?s, and the religious instruction feature of the Gary system inipir? - that." Dr. Fdson explained that the re? ligious feature was not working well in The Bronx and Brooklyn, when? two schools have undertaken ths SS p?riment. His talk, constantly in? terrupted with applause and "Amen?." was dramatically closed when he ad rsBSSd to the mini?ters and shouted the admonition: "Hands off the public school sys? tem! " Dr. Walter I.nidlaw, chairman sf the conference, spoke on "The Pr?s en'. Situation: Danger Flags and D'ity Signals!" "We can't afford to let the public believe there is any connection be? tween Churrh and State," sa ?1 Dr Laidtsw. "We can't afford to let the Italian, for Instance, believe that it is a matter of compulsion that his children get religiou? instruction if they are to atten?! our public schools. If nothing else, it i? a wrong use o? public building?. "A religious cen?us is imperativo if th? varioui denotiinations are to leerr. 1 ?rhich children belong to certain groups. I Thus, the clergy wi'l be brought into | th? public ?chools. That mint b? elim? inated, for the *ak? of our Con?titu tion. which pledge? that there b? no relation?hip between State and Churth. Shall that Constitution be allowed to become a mere ?crap of paper? Many Would Drop System. "There i?, again, the question of con? . voy Who is to take the?? children I from th? school? to th? various churches end synagogue?? I am a Presbyterian minister, but I sui-ere lv hop? that it will n?\er be posaibio to snapshot on. g a ??ro ip of children from the ?chool to the i church." The di?cu?*ion which followed Pr Laidlaw'i talk showed the opinion or th? gathering. Some openly advo? cated dropping th? religious tn?truc tior. feature. Other? suggested a isdi? cal change Dr. William Milton H??s, of Tho Bronx, quoted the ditty sung by the Cr.tholic chi!?lrcn st one of the schools where the Gary ?ystem i? being tried out. "I have Just come from a talk with Superlsteadeat Maxwell?" said Da Hess. "It i? hi? belief that the sys? tem Is no'hirg more than mental dissi? pation. Thoee were h:? evact words r??nt?l dissipation. 1* *.? my belief that the religious instruction featnie i? entirely undemocratic, entirely un? A marl asa I am not la favor of tl-.o Guy intern as m ?ehole, but if it la generally adopted and th? religioua instruction feature *s permitted ?? I remain the public ?chool ?ystem will ultimately break down " a? THEATRE FRANCAIS OPENS Brilliant Throng See? Start of New Season at Hrrheley. An audience that mer-.te?! the adjec? tivis brilliant ?aw the Thc?tr? Fran?ais begin its third seas.in in New York 1st. night at the Berkeley Lyceum, in Forty? fourth Street. The Theatre Fran?ais has transformed tin? Berkeley into a typical Parisian pl?yhou?e. Pierre Wolff*? play, "lea Marion?tt??,"* wa? u?e?i to open tii?- season. N'ew Yorh >h not unfamiliar with tho play, Mm?. Nazimova having staged an Kugiish version at the Lyceum Theatre three years ago. Ardrie Mery, who ha? been performing at the OdeoB, Paris, last night maile her first appearance in America in the role of the butterfly wife, and made a decidedly favorable impression. George Soulieu and Claude Benedict were excellent in the roles of the hus. band and the uncle, respectively. GROWN-UPS AID WIDOWS They Follow Children a? F n Certaine re at Benefit at IMmonlco'?. Little girls "p! lying lady" yesterday afternoon brought more than JMIO into the coffers of the Widowed Mothers* Fund Association, St the second per? formance of the Fashion F?te at Del? mon ?en's. The enter?. ?iBSBSBt BSSSSSl into the hands of the grown-ups at the evening performance, which was in charge of the Upgsr Manhattan Brarteli of the association. 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