Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07

resting on the board, the victim to miry
cross-ways was gradually forced up from
his dsagreeable position. Then arose a
strife as to what measure should be adopted
for his complete restoration. A Spaniard
suggested Chile Colarado;' bartender
whispered Whisky very .audibly; while
teamster who accidentally was passing at
the moment said, Watern thai was what
he used to clean his mules, who got into
the same kind of a scrape every day This
advice, being considered the wholesomest.
was instantly adopted; and the last thing
noticed OF the individual-which it is nee
essary here to relate-was his publication
in Suffer lake, after which he drank a half
pint of whisky to restore his nerves.
ADJUSTMENTS.
METROPOLITAN THEATER- Though If
stormed heavily last night, though it rained
as not often the rain comes down, the Met
ropolitan Theater was filled as it seldom
has been upon a stormy evening There
were very few unoccupied seats, the audi
ence being one of the largest that has been
seen in that house. Had it not rained so
hard it is perfectly certain that the house
would not have held all those desiring to
attend. So much for judiciouS advertising
and lavish display of paper upon the
bill-boards. Probably few, if any in the
city, had failed to read the many shrewd
managerial announcements made in the
RECORD UNION, of the coming of the % Rag
Baby Company" and there was, as a result.
a rush to see what they all meant. Those
who attended found the piece" to be the
most extrayagant, absurd and nonsensical
lot of rubbish ever strung together and set
to the key of play There is not in it
from beginning to end q single example of
true wit. The people came together to be
amused. not TO be entertained, evidently,
and so they were III the vein to laugh at
the yeriest rot of nOnsenSical and tom fool
variety hash ever dished up to perverted
tastes. A Shakespearean comedy or trag-
edy, standard old drama and the legitimate
school OF acting, with wit, wisdom and
teaching in them, would have been pre-
scented last night to beggarly emptiness of
house. But riotous balderdash and out
rageously extravagant burlesque filled the
house and made the management glow
with financial satisfaction. The " Rag
Baby" is said to have drawn crowded
houses in San Francisco for a month-so
much the worse for the public taste in that
city 1t is said to be the funniest of PLAYS.
If the laughter of the audience is to be q
criterion of judgment, then it is funny. The
of five very pretty women and a half
dozen of active men, who assumed varied
DISCUSSES with great success. No rational
human beings ever did, or ever can by any
possibility, act as they did, but the audi
ence laughed and applauded all the same.
Perhaps, after all, this extreme of contrast
is desired BY the public as a foil to the dull
times. There is some good character act
ing in the piece. Mr.. Daniels, as sport
ing-struck' genius, was inimitable. He is
prince of mimics, and the low comedy
quality is manifest in every pore of his
countenance and movement of his body.
It flows out of his smile and bubbles
in his frown. 1t pervades the whole
man, and apparently he can't help
being absurdly and ridiculouslv grotesaue
If be tries The burden of the mass of
nonsense was upon him. and it is Justice to
say he bore his load, and shook it off in a
perfect shower of guys, slang phrases.
gr1maces and contortions that forced the
people to laugh. Miss Fannie Rice stood
next to him; Is graceful, handsome sings
and dances well; and successfully turned
the admiration of the men in her direction.
Three other handsome women We'd with
her and had all the charms of youth, pert
ness and gracefulnes5 for the competition.
There were many encores, much applause,
many
splashes of hearty laughter upon the sur
face of the two hours and half of mar
vicious performance. 1t is the kind of
show to draw nonsense. pretty
women, shapely limbs, broad mimics, rat
ting songs, spirited music, grotesque char
acter actors, and among them bow-legged
bulldog. The house will be filled for the
matinee performance to-day, and if we are
to judge by the plaudits of the people last
night the managers will be Justified in
putting in extra seats for this evening.
wherever the law allows. No perform
ance tomorrow night. Manager Simmons
announces the engagement for the 18th,
18th and 14th instants of the ." Original
Spanish Student troupe of musicians,
augmented by musical company in new
songs and instrumental performances.
CLUNIE OPERA HOUSE. Tonight will be
the last of Mr.. Summers admirable per
sonation of Roger the Tramp in the stirring
drama Only a Woman's Heart" The
play viii be given at the matinee this after
noon. Tomorrow night the German ORA
matte company from the California Thea
ter, San Francisco, will appear in the drama
A Woman of the People" The company
embraces some old-time artists. whose rep
utation is thoroughly established among
German-speaking people. The leading lady
IS Elva Carfano. She is of fine stage pres
ence, tall and commanding, and has been
trained in the best schools of dramatic art.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says of her that
" she is representative OF genius that is
bold and self reliant; she is natural, and
identifies herself completely with all her
stage creations" The Gazette and other
journals of the same city pronounce her
a correct student, who forms true esti-
mate of the characters she assumes, and
interprets them with fidelity to nature, and
notable power and depth of feeling. The
San Francisco Bulletin says her recent en-
gagement in San Francisco was a pro-
nounced success.
SotvING THE MYsrERY.-The police have
been at work to solve the mystery con-
-nected with the remains of the infant found
covered up in the manure pile back of
Wilson's livery stable Thursday morning.
Officer Nash, to whom the matter was re
ferred, found that man named John
Carley, q shoemaker, had removed a wo-
man last Sunday evening from q house of
prostitution on L street to the Dewitt
House, where he had previously engaged a
room for himself and wife. That night
the woman had miscarriage, and subse-
quently the dead child was taken from the
house by Carley, who is suspected of hav-
ing buried it where it was found Wed
nesday night he assaulted the sick woman
ourageously, and was knocked down by
the landlady of the house Thursday af-
ternoon people in the vicinity Third and
J streets, heard woman's screams and
cries Of MURDER coming from the De-
Witt House, and running up stairs learned
from the woman that Carley would not
assist her to something she needed. and
knocked her down She declined to have
him arrested, however though officer
Arlington was one of these who heard her
cries and went to her assistance. Officer
Nash arrested Galley yesterday, and the