Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-16
ENTERTAINMENTS.

ARMoRY HALL. = Professor McKeown
gives to night his best exhibition of horse
tanning and training. The leading feature
will be the subsection of mare that is so
vicious no one has been able to handle her
with safety. She has killed one man and
is looked upon as the most vicious animal
in Central California, if not in the State.
She is owned near Elk Grove. Mr.. Nc
keown proposes to enter the lists to con-
quer or be conquered-it is to be a struggle
that may be of tragic character. Prior to
the introduction of the imam killer" Mr..
Mckeown will illustrate with other horses,
his method CT training and tanning animals,
aud IN this he gives interesting and very
useful instruction how to harness, drive
and generally treat horse.
A CARNIvAL.-The ladies of ST. PauPs
Parish announce Carnival of Nations, to
be held at Armory Hall January 29th, Both,
31st and February LIST, at 7:3O O'clock each
evening. fine stage is to be erected.
accessories provided, booths built. the hall
decorated and made as attractive as fine
taste and ready hands can make it. There
are TO be costumes of all nations, booths of
the nations, beautiful tableaux, stauesque
living pictures, music by the Artillery
vocal and instrumental, and dancing. The
entertainment is not 10 be a fair, say
the managers. Single admission is fixed
at 50 cents, and season tickets at 81 So
CONGREGATIONAL LECTURE RooM.-Ladies
of the Congregational Society gave charm
ing entertainment last night to very large
audience for q very low price-in fact.
there was altogether too much entertain
ment for the fee. 1t was such an affair as
IN a purely dramatic sense overtopped half
the attempts upon the regular stage. The
main features were beautiful tableaux.
devised and directed by Mrs. ]. E. Genung:
"Jeptha's Daughter "Rekekah at the
Well" Jacobs Dream" Ruth, the
Cleaner . Music, Poetry aud Art 'In-
neutrality-suspicious." Devised and d.
rected by Mr.. Foote " Bubbles Christ
mas Morn, The Soldiers Dream. !" The
Artists Vision" No better arranged or
more skilifully executed tableaux have ever
been given here. Miss Mabel Merrill
gave reading, and F. c.,
WEIGH recitation. Miss Mile
Gregory. Miss Daisy Siddons, and Miss
Gertie Geriish gave instrumental solos
Mrs. Robb and Mrs. Carter sang duet. as
also did Mr.. and Mrs Dr. Millikin; Mrs.
Genung on the piano, and Mrs. Carter by
vocal solos, accompanied the ,ableaux. At
the conclusion of the programme the rear
rooms were thrown open and disclosed
large apartment adroitly converted into
miniature picnic ground, with trees, walks,
grass plats, etc, amusingly worked out, and
even the conventional signs Keep off of
the grass - and Beware of pickpockets ~
stared onein the face. 1t was an odd con-
ceit, capitally executed. Coffee. CONNECTIONS
and cakes were served to all. The one fault
OF the affair, in all else so elaborate, clever
and entertaining, was its cheapness The
public often pay dollar of our daddies to
witness an entertainment not nearly SO
good or varied as that of last evening.
LOAN ExHIBITIoN-The Executive Com
mittee of the Ladies' Museum Association
meets at p. NJ. TO day at Mrs r. Ham.
ilton's. TO set all things in motion for the
Loan Exhibition, the San Francisco letters
being now ready