Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-24
THE LOAN EXHIBITION.
Increasing Interest-More Exhibits Com
ing in-Exercises.

Exhibition yesterday forenoon ana 5oou
one in the afternoon Alright there was q
fine audience Many new exhibits were
added Cd Saturday, and great many
were put in place yesterday, necessltating
the employment of three additional snow
cases, which were speedily filled. stage
was erected yesterday in the nam nan. ana
a fine Chickering piano placed upon II ioi
use in evening entertainments. lo.IiSn'
| Miss Nellie Holbrook, of San Francisco, a
talented lady, will give from this stage
choice readings on entirely new SUBJECTS.
The lady comes from San Francisco to-day
for the express purpose of appearing on THIS
occasion. Miss Holbrook is great
favorite in San Francisco, and &C
complished in dramatic readings. Inc
Executive Committee has issued a
notice stating that no one VISIT
| ing the Loan Exhibition Will be there
| solicited to contribute TO the endowment
| fund the committee being determined that
no guest shall be importuned or asked al
the exhibition, or have his or her attention
distracted from examination of the exhlb-
| its. by reason of any solicitations or busi-
ness suggestions. Yesterday the children
of st. Joseph's convent school, the CHRIS
tan Brothers Sacramento 1nsutute)
school and the Protestant Orphan Asylum
visited the exhibition, accompanied by
their instructors.
Last night Hon. J. W.; Cherry, of San
Francisco, who volunteered to help the
good work, gave q song and two recltauons
to entertain the audience, and received
complimentary applause. The orchestra
ton last evening was especially good: MIR.
Emil Dreyfus, of Stockton, made ms hrst
appearance rs violinist. Tonight the or
chestraIwill play Polonaise, Concert Par
low overture Devotion 70 Art, Guns
bert; waltz, 'See Saw" Widmer: concert
selection. Southern Melodies; waltz,
"Woman's Love" Fabibach; march,
minute Man Catlin; galop, "Bravuro, y
Neale. As a feature of the evening Mr..
Emil Dreyfus will give a violin solo,
Caprice de Concert.
About half-past 8 last evening the Hussar
band serenaded Mrs. e. B. Crocker, giving
some fine selections, and received comph-
mentary acknowledgment from the lady.
At 1915 several members of the Museum
Association and Directory, having kept the
matter a profound secret, as they supposed.
at least. marched to the residence of Mrs.
Crocker, headed by the First Artillery
Regiment band, and serenaded the lady.
Quite a company OF citizens, who had some
how got wind of the affair, assembled and
listened to the music. Several serenades
were played, when the gentlemen sent the
compliments of the Association to Mrs.
Croker, and wished her good night. Mr.
Dillman in her behalf appeared and
thanked them heartily. Home, Sweet
Home" was then played and the assem-
blage dispersed. Att a meeting of the Di-
rectors held last evening, a draft of the ac-
ceptance of Mrs. Crocker's gift was passed
upon, ordered engrossed, and to be signed
and delivered to the lady. A number OF
applications for life membership in the
Museum Association were received and
ruled upon affirmatiyely.
Several gentlemen and ladies who have
visited loan exhibitions at the East and in
Europe, and saw tle Sacramento exhibit
for the first time Hast night. were profuse
in their expressioils of establishment that
so large, beautiful, Richly varied and sug-
gestive a collectioal had been made here
Not few declaredIit superior to those held
in far larger cities at the East.
The attention Cf visitors is now very
evenly divided between the upper and the
lower halls The ldsver contains the greater
number of objects of scientific interest, and
the upper the greater number of arti-
cles Of beauty, While the third floor
| is wholly devoted Ito art works. Among
matters of especial interest are the many
historic relics in the Pioneers collections,
the natural history subjects in the odd Eel
lows collection, and the chronological de-
partment of Mr. Cooke. All these are on
the lower floor 9n the main floor, the
bronzes, satins. siIlss and carvings shownin
the library by the Ichi Ban, and which
adorn that beautiful room most fittingly
the great paintings of Rosenthal and Ger
ard. the nude in ant by Jackson, the Orient
al and historical relics in the cases, have
| most attention. Hut the book exhibit OF
the State Library, the fan exhibits. the rel
| les, embroideries, ibric-a-brae, panels and
screens of Mr. Bush, the examples of
! handiwork and tie like, have special adj
mirers. Among exhibitors not before men
toned are: Mrs ]. H. Carroll. of Sacramer-
to, rare old silver and china, chair 100 years
old outline work, Mrs. J. Alverum; old
pictures and etchings. DR. Pyburn old vel
vet painting, Mrs. Nottingham shingle
Imported at $50 per NJ CT 1919, Miss Lauf-
hotter; model of mangle go years old, Il.
Dale; butterflies and moths, W. I.
Eaves drawings by the mechanical
drawing school, Prof. Lipowitz; pewter
plate of 1900, Mrs. Churchman
action of toredo on wood, Mrs. J.. Bell 4;
book of sermons, 1917, Mrs. f. II. Bigelow
example of scroll saving, W. A. STEPHENSON
old chairs, Mrs. S. Tryon; Attic seal hooks,
f. II. Johnson; flag made by miners in
1850 of shirts and cards, a. Rose; portrait
of Franklin, Daily Bee; Tennessee marble,
J. NJ. Hawkins; embroidery of last GEN.
fury, Mrs. G.. S. Wait; cross of wood of the
Kearsarge, H. B. Nielsen; sharks teeth,
James Parsons; view of Suffers mill. Mrs.
Kennedy; old chair, Mrs. A. J. Stevens
Il i / Nal oil ,.lo
Mrs. W. N. Lyon the ProPect0r, dimin-
utive paper published at Quincy in 1865 by
Clark & Badlam, w /. Wallace, printer
view in London in 1927 P. NJ. Burnett
old fancy work, Mrs. Il. S. Wait cane
from ramrod of rifle of Daniel Boone, and
cane from wood of flag ship Lawrence,
Charles McCreary; cactus cane, 7. H. Wal
lis; Sandwich Island curios, Mrs. NJ. J.
Bundage; head comb, of 70 years ago Mrs.
Ham c. Harrison fine old candclebra,
Miss Lulu j. Lindley; portrait in oil, Mrs.
J. Z. Mills: Il fine, large copy of Guido's
" St Michael and the Devil is shown by
d. Lubin, and by the same exhibitor a
most interesting and very large exhibit OF
pictures and places of the people of Egypt
and the Holy Land.
\ MOUNTAIN DAIsY.-The great western
drama in five acts, entitled "a Mountain
Daisy" was produced at the Tivoli last
night to a fair audience, and was the first
time ever presented to a Sacramento
audience. 1t is enc of those frontier pieces
in which the principal characters are OF
that typical class of largo-iearted pioneers
whose sense Of duty and soul of honor are
characterized by acts of selfdenial and
bravery that at once captures the audience
and renders their every act interesting
and win for them repeated and hearty APP
plause. The first scene represents Alden
Gulch, the home of old Sledge Miller, Mr.
| r. e. Marsh; and his handsome daughter
Daisy, Miss Nera Vernon. The second
scene represents log cabin i'll the noun
tains, introducing Mr.. Cumming, Sam an6
George Marion in their specialties, which
are artistic. and won for each several en-
cores Third, the explosion of.the Sphinx
| fourth, Silver Butte Canyon; fifth, mid
winter in the Rockies. The stage setting
for each scene is entirely new. artistic ane
painted expressly for this piece. j. ?
| Rutledge. new face here, has the leading
role, as Jack Boulder, a miner. He wa
we'll received and shows himself to be :
careful and painstaking actor. Georg'
Marion, Louis Belmour, Kittie Belmou
and Lizzie Francis have leading parts. Th'
same programme for the balance o
! ], ,,-aai- and will 61ftbt attract root