The fall of the act drop was followed by a confused fluttering of dresses and hum of voices; people stretched and rose, talked, or wandered toward the foyer, while hundreds of glasses were leveled at the boxes, and every one of mark or notoriety was scrutinized by hundreds of eyes and criticised by hundreds of tongues.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
If a gentleman, particularly an elderly one, takes off his hat and stands uncovered in a draughty place, as the foyer of an opera-house, while talking to ladies, it is proper for one of them to say, "Pray resume your hat "-a delicate attention deeply prized by a respectful man, who, perhaps, would not otherwise cover his head.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
"Sure," said the voice, and another wave of applause rolled from the foyer to the rostrum.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller