The record-union., 1893-11-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

! 1Tlsu urdInd AFran Ma rogue, anu un-
] questionably the best of his Irish dramas,
because nearest to Irish peasant life and
truest to the life Of the Irish gentry. 1t
was for this piece that Mr.. Ward was
! selected by Mr.. Boucicault, to assume
/ the authors role of Shaun, when Bouci-
/ cault was laid up with the gout. The
! drama will be given with new scenery
and mechanical effects. James Murphy
has been engaged to do jig in the barn
door dance.
AT the Metropolitan Theater this even
/ ing "Moors' Picturesque South Sea
Islanders" thirty-five in number. will
appear. They consist of Samoans. Fijians
and Hawaiians. At the Worlds Fair
/ they were great attraction. Julian
! hawthorne, the journalist, author and
! traveller pronounced them the most in
! teresting OF any of the tribes exhibiting
at the fair. Paul du Chaillu, the ex-
/ plorer, said of them:
''The performances on the stage by
! these people are as original and wonder
! tul as they themselves are. Their music
! transports. 1t cannot be described
/ There is nothing like it known to our CIV
! ilized world. You feel sympathy with
/ it and with them that is inexplainable,
yet delightfully."- pleasant. 1t is the same
with all they do. There is a magnetism
about the performance that absorbs the
auditor and he is in dreamland during
the time. Its entire novelty, it's excep-
tional originality, its combination of
energy and listlessness, of laughter and
tears, of amusement and education are
attractive beyond resistance, and we are
insensibly part ofthe performance while
! merely spectators"
Richard Harding Davis, editor of Hor-
| IIpPI{9g a 10 N Of caid
There is one exhibit in the fair that
everyone ought to see, and which is
genuine and satisfying to all sorts of peo-
pie. 1t is the South Sea Islanders. 1t
appealed to me more than did almost
anything else in the fair, it was so odd
and simple and yet so interesting and in
structive. The people and their theatri-
cal performance are Sul geneIis. There is
nothing like it here or elsewhere away
from the islands of the Southern Pacific"
Two of the women are said to be very
handsome, and all of the men are pro-
nounced models of muscular develop
ment. The troupe is en- route to the
homes OF its members, as their contract
calls for their return to their tropical
islands before winter sets in.
Chevalier De Kontski, the eminent
pianist and composer, appears at the Con-
gregational Church tonight to fill one of
the evenings of the season of the Sacra-
mentO Lecture Association. We have
already said so mucn of the distinguished
musicl an, the court pianist of Germany,
that it is unne cessary to add but little
more now. He is known to the musical
world as one OF the greatest OF composers.
The country OF De Kontski. Poland, has
given us some wonderful geniuses, but
none IN music surprising this man.
Though rs years of age he has lost mono
of his power nor brilliancy. Besides his
awakening of the Lion," he is known
most widely by his two-act opera "Dis-
trait" and the three-act opera MAR
celia" and the opera, "The Sultan of
Zanzibar" He is the author of 376
compositions for the piano. Besides
being entitled q Chevalier, he is the COM
mander of three crosses, awarded in
recognition ofhis ability, and is mem
Der of all the great musical societies of
Europe, He was the pupil Of Beethoven,
Weber and Field, and was the associate
of Thalberg. Chopin and Lizst. He was
called to the Prussian Court in 1850 by
Frederick Wilhelm w., and there was
the companion of Meyerbeer, the COM
poser, Hubert the writer and Hide
brand, the painter. Those so desiring
can reserve seats for the concert at Pur-
nel's. A group OF singers under direc-
ton of w. II. Kinross will fill in the
interludes in to-night's programme.
1.-THE Laughing Grip company at the
Metropolitan Theater Saturday night de-
served a better house. 1t would have
had it. too, if the advance agent or the
managers of the troupe had made any
exertion to inform the people through
reliable channels of the merits of the
company. There has not been cleverer
dramatic troupe in comedy in this city
in years. 1t is finely balanced and there
is no weak timber in it. Louis Mann is
a character actor Of fine ability; indeed,
he is exceptional in his originality and
the nicely of his wit. Miss Lipman is
beautiful woman and a comedienne of
the best order. All she does is with
naturalness and grace that testify to
naive ability and peculiar fitness for the
stage. In pathos. in the curtain-raiser,
the two leaders named were not less sue
cessful. The touching pastoral play i'll
one act, Hannah" was given with
depth of passionate feeling that moved
every heart and brought tears to the eyes
of many. The entire performance by
this superior company was rare ex
ample of refined dramatic art.
The chrysanthemum social at the new
Foresters' Hall on Saturday evening,
given by the ladies Of the Unitarian
Society, was a fine success, artistically,
socially and financially. The beautiful
new hall was well filled by those who
went to see the hundreds Of beautiful
chrysanthemums displayed by Miss Anna
Mcconnell, 70 hear the excellent pro-
gramme rendered and To partake of the
banquet spread so bountifully in the new
banquet-hall. The programme rendered
was as follows: Violin solo. 'sThe Queen
of The Fairies.p Miss Edna Johnson:
vocal solo. Waiting" Mrs. DR.. Milliken:
reading, Mrs. kieter; vocal solo, Fred
/ Collins; reading, Master Sumner Wood.
| Each performance was encored, and, to
! please the children, Mrs. Horner gave a
pnppet dance, much TO the delight of all.
/ 1t is safe to say that when the ladies of
| the Unitarian Society announce all enter
| tainment it will be something worth at
| tending.
| Sacramento Letter Carriers Branch.
/ No. 133, of the National American
League, will give its third annual ball at
! Turner Hall on Friday evening next.
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