Show r Pomp Finery Mark Metropolitan Opening NEW YORK Dec 23 Opera goers who graced the Golden Horseshoe at t the opening of the Metropolitan operas opera's fifty fifty- s second con season summed it up today as quite reminiscent of the old days nays Some of the women turned out in n pre depression splendor for Wagner's Wagners Wagners Wagner's Wagner Wag Wag- ner ners ner's s opera The Valkyrie wearing wearing wearing wear wear- ing little birds in their hair pink camellias and sparkling jewels Ive seen everyone here except the owner of my apartment house said sald a music critic All the seats were sold and several hundred stood to hear Bear Karsten Kirsten Kir- Kir sten Flagstad Fagstad as and three singers in their debut Stole the Show Libby Holman Reynolds with four white flowers in her dark hair and toenails that gleamed scarlet through open sandals app appeared ared ina in ina ina a white net gown swathed in white fox furs and stole the show in inthe inthe inthe the foyer from sever several l society belles Nino Martini lounged in the corridor corridor corridor cor cor- with a sweet smile for ev every ry pretty woman who passed John Jacob Astor HI III came with his ills young wife the former Tucky lucky their French French their entrance narrowly missing that of Astor's former fiancee Eileen Gillespie Fannie Hurst the novelist paraded paraded paraded pa pa- In a sleeved long-sleeved white satin I gown dripping with fringe Mrs Joseph Davies the former Mrs Marjorie Marjorie Marjorie Mar- Mar jorie Post Pos Hutton wealthy wife of the he new American ambassador to Russia wore her diamonds and an ermine evening wrap lavishly trimmed with silver fox Wagner is the real star of this evening said sald Edward Johnson manager of the company but to the crowd there were other stars Mrs James Roosevelt the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's mother in black chiffon and anda a white furred wrap arrived after a dinner party escorted by Pierre Cartier Lawrence Tibbett was there with his han handsome some brunette wife She wore a black lace veil on on her head a sweeping black velvet gown and anda a long white ermine cape fastened with diamonds Lily Pons wore a a. black velvet dress with a square out cut-out on the f front ont leaving part of her diaphragm exposed The tiny singer and her fiance Andre Kostelanetz had a lemonade between acts T The e newcomers in the opera cast were Kerstin Thorborg Swedish contralto Anna Kaskas an American Ameri Ameri- I can and Irene Jessner Viennese e. e |