Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-17
FREEHAND NOTES.
The sEAsoE OF PIcNIcs AND sX-
oURsIoNs APPROACHING.
Popular Places Of -sojourners from
the East-Prospsctiye Orange Bios
soms-Musical Criticism.
sA, FRANCISCO. March "a, 1883.

in sanguine or bilious accents, according TO
temperament, of that good time in June
when the city will contain more people
than it has held for five years-all due to
the Knights Templar, it appears; and in
Boston the Raymond excursion party
called the California party of lSS2-met
at the Revere House, possibly to consult
as to the feasibility of falling On us again.
We feel interested, of course, and cannot
wonder that all wanderers should make our
oity the ocean to the river Of their travels, as
it we're but is it usual for the all. the.year-
round inhabitants of Mecca, for instance,
to stay there during the most popular or
populous seasons for pilgrims and where
do they go? In the opera bouffe, when
the conspirators Of the first act become the
cabinet ministers of the second, it only re-
mains for the dispossessed ministers to be-
come conspirators, which they promptly
do. So, when the travellers become
sojourners within our gates, we, the so.
journers, have nothing for it out to become
travellers. We will
BETAKE OURSELVES TO Businesses
The fastener knows rot of, springs and
things, aud sit on logs and stones and
brown hillsides and wish we were at
home, a la Californian in the coun.
try. San Rafael, by the way, is to
be the place par excellence where
society designs to take its summer recrea-
ton this season, and society has chosen
well, for all that is said in systematic puff
ing of San Rafael happens to be true. and
the walks and drives and views are lncom-
parable. Monterey always remains popu.
lar, because it is so comfortable, is the
cry of every one who has ever visited it.
Yellow beach. quiet bay, brown little
Spanish town in sight /; firm, clean, sandy
paths, fragrant lupin, savage luxuriant
cactus, overarching trees, long halls and
spacious parlors within doors, and jolly
bowling alley always full of pretty children
or their pretty mothers all these features
make Monterey a memorable picture to
those who have watched the pleasant cur
rent of happy, indolent life there. There
party of Eastern visitors has been stay
ing, people not to be subjected to
the slight regard bestowed upon Cookies
tourists and other gigantic and inexpensive
continental picnics a party, in tact, con-
tanning some of the good and
ACCEPTED ARIsToCRAcY OF AMERICA,
That of brains and talent. Possibly they
are in your city of Sacramento now. DR..
Mixer of Buffalo, Mr.. and Mrs. DIR. Strong
of Central New York, the former brother
of ex Judge Strong of the United States
Supreme Court, and Mrs. Allyn of New
York, are all members of this party, and
renewed old acquaintance with many
friends in San Francisco during their stay
here. Mrs. John Norton Pomeroy has re-
turned from long stay at Monterey, her
health much improved. Her daug hter
Miss Halle Pomeroy, has returned from
her Eastern trip. After Easter there is to
be quite bunch of weddings. Miss Bland
ing is to be married to Carlton Coleman on
the 18th of April, Miss Maggie Eyre to
Mr.. Girvin also in April, Miss Lizzie Ian
der to DR.. Urquhart, of the navy, and
Miss McHenry, the first woman graduate
from the Hastings Law School, is to be
married to Keith the artist in the same
gracious MONTH Miss Sibyl Sanderson has
made her debut as a singer at Mrs. OWNS
musical, celebrating the anniversary of
Mrs. Evan j. Coleman's wedding, Miss
Sanderson has the pleasant and
SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL GIFT
OF sweet ballad voice, pre-. eminently for
the parlor and for simple English songs,
where feeling, expression and training are
required to make the music reach the heart
of the audience, much more than the fiorid
Italian music, in which the embellishments
and incomprehensi5ility shield the singer
from the possibility of criticism, long
breath and fiexibility being the principal
necessities for singing Italian music. A
very jolly Irish tenor, named Collins, was
deeply enamored of the foritura of the
Italians, and in singing the simplest tunes
always introduced an elaborate cadepza.
The leader of the orchestra, as the gentle
man wound his voice in and about through
many quips and wiles of labyrinthine
sound, would say in stage whisper, when
the last sound was reached, Welcome
home, Mr. Collins p
The riding party terminated disastrously.
Thirty people set forth, the fifteen men on
quiet steeds, the fifteen maidens on The
widest they could procure. In vain did
the organizer and manager of the party en-
deavor TO have them perform various
simple
MILITARY MANEUVERS
| On their way down Van Ness avenue
nobody could keep beside anybody, far less
execute an intelligent movement, aud the
|
disaster was that Miss Susie McMullin,
Kentucky to the contrary notwithstanding,
was thrown over her horses head on
to her own, and taken home insensibie.
| Mr.. Masten's Mass is to be sung at
/ Father Kings church in Oakland toward
the last of May. In that church, by the
way, Mr.. Harrison, of convigial nick name,
! is organist. The New York Chorus Soci-
ETY. will give the third act of Wagner's
" Parsifal In New York on the Is IN and
| l4th of April, but we shall not hear it IN,
til jane, when Thomas has promised a
Wagner night. At the Zeoh- Blankart
practices Schumann holds the
place of first favorite, while
one also sometimes hears something
j original by Mr.. Zsch or Mr.. Kelley. A pol
onaise for four hands, composed by ths
| Latter, was OF the programme last Wednes-
day. A week from tonight is sort Of
| gala night, when, among other good things,
Mr. Zsch will play soma of Bach's organ
music, arranged for the piano by Tausig
of the Berlin Conservatory.
OSCAR KUNATH's PORTRAIT OF "ExPERoB
| NORTON
Is hung at Morris & Kennedy's gallery,
and the knobby stick, broken feathers and
sly brown eyes of the old rascal look ex
ceedingly life-like.
And it is the season of kites. TIE
spring poet adds local color to his unaea
soned verse by remarking that the air i:
full of these toys. The most highly col.
| ored being five feet, measured the longest
way, made of red cloth, secured by iron
bolts, and upon being carried to the top Of
one of the Twin Peaks and properly
| launched upon the blast, the thing actually
| had the grace to fly. Mrs. Dan Cook.