The record-union., 1893-05-20
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Metropolitan Theater was filed to
its utmost capacity last night. The en-
tertainment was by the Boston Howard
Atheneum Star Specially Company. A
better speciality show has never been
given here. Mr.. Hopkins, the manager
accompanying, can congratulate himself
on the fact that none of the thousand peo-
pie IN the house had any exceptions to
take; for there is no weak timber in the
combination. There are but nine num-
bers in the programme. but they I'LL two
and half hours completely, without the
loss Of a second of time, and every act is
a good one. Two, by way Of contrast,
are ordinary-that is, their level is not
| the highest-but the general excellence is
such that the entire performance is sats-
Tying to exacting lovers of variety enter
talnments. The musical clowns, the
| Dixon brothers, are surprises and novel
| ties; they are by no means Or
dlnary musicians nor ordinary gro
tosques. O'Brien and Carroll are
| black face comedians of fair type.
Mile BertOldi is by all odds the most
graceful woman in contortion acts, and
the best balancer ever seen here. Her
teats are daring, startling in some re-
spects and novel in nearly all. Fulgora
gives not new change scene, but GER
tally the best and most novel we have
seen. James and Lucy Allison are dance
and song people of superior art of that
line, thoroughly English in what they do
and original. Kara IS a juggler of the
the best order; probably he has not been
equaled here. Jeanette Melville and
Eva Stitson are two handsome, graceful
women VINO give a comic act wholly
original and thoroughly enjoyable. They
are fine mimetic artists and are admir-
able IN assumption Of dialects. They re-
mind the hearer of the Irwin Sisters, but
are more finished, versatile and original.
Fox, the eccentric pianist, is very clever
His number is rather long-drawn and
some of his witticisms forced, but on the
whole his burlesque on Paddy Rewski"
| is full of odd conceits, and the
source of great merriment. The Belgian
conjurer, lie Roy, does the best palming
we have seen here, not excepting any,
and presents two acts Of modern magic
that are exceedingly clever. There is
snap, vim, freshness and finish to the
programme as a whole that gives it special
charm. The company gives a matinee
performance at ? O'Clock to-day with
general admission for children fixed at
% cents, and sittings for adults at 80 and
rs cents. Tonight the last performance
the curtain rising at O'Clock sharp. The
entertainment covers just two and half
hours; the company carries no scenery,
and hence, says Mr.. Hopkins, concludes
in ample time to leave for Portland at
ll:20 o'clock, to which time the train is
held for it. Mr.. Hopkins adds that not a
single cut in the programme will be per-
mitted, a number shortened or the slight
est hurry made, and precisely the per-
formance will be given tonight in every
detail that was presented last night.
The New York Stock Company will
give matinee at 2 o'clock to-day at the
Clunie Opera-house, when the realistic
drama and comedy "M'liss" will be
played. Tonight and tomorrow night
it will be repeated. No work by the
company has Eeen better done than in
this play. Mr.. Hess Old Smith is a study
worth the attention of the critical; Mr..
| Waldron's mountain Justice is a creation
that any comedian might be proud OF,
and Jennie Calef's M'liss ranks with the
best OF that order. She gives the charac-
ter spirit, life and wit that not few who
have essayed it have failed to invest it
with.
Seats are already beginning to sell very
rapidly for the Stanford Glee Club enter
tainment, which will take place at the
Congregational Church next Thursday
evening. The promise is made that the
musicale will be a most delightful one,
and the popularity of the Stanford stu
dents will no doubt prove quite draw
ing card. Two vocal solos by Miss Leda
Peltier OF this city will also be features of
the evenings entertainment. The club
members are as follows: First tenors-
Shirley Baker, '95; NJ. Ii. Kennedy, '95:
J. Gum, '95. Second tenors-C. Magee,
'95; w. II. V. Garfield, '95; q. Wiegel, '95.
First bass-G. Stratton, '95; l.. V. w.
Brown, '94; C. B. Pinkham, '95. Second
bass-T. X. Warren, '95; Guy Cochrane,
'90; H. j. Cox, '95. The programme will
be announced i'll a couple OF days. The
admission fee has been Xed at 80 cents,
with % cents extra for reserved seats
Tickets are now on sale at w. +. Pur-
nelPs, the RECORD UNION office and H.
X. Wallace & Co., SIS street.
The San Francisco Post of Friday has
this note of suggestion relative to a Sac
ramento dramatic author: SIT would be
well for some of the managers OF the
local theaters that make a business Of
producing melodramas to look over a
play written by William Haley Of Sacra-
mento. 1t is entitled Nick Floyd and
is a stirring border drama of unusual
merit. The author, who has considera-
BILE dramatic ability, has constructed his
play with great care, and the situations
and climaXes are intense. 1t was given
its first production in Sacramento not
long since by a company of amateurs,
/ who did fairly well with 1t, but were it to
+ be handled by competent professionals its
/ true coloring with all the lights and