The record-union., 1893-05-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Congregational Church this even
ing Miss Annie Murrels, native of Sac
ramento, viii give her second character
personation and elocutionary recital. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Pauline Powell
of Oakland, an accomplished pianist,
and Miss Ella Wilde of Oakland, a new So
prano, whose recent debut in that city
was very successful. Miss Murrels will
give six of the numbers on the pro-
gramme: three will be humorous and
three pathetic and emotional. Most of
the readings will be in the costumes Of
the character assumed. Miss Murrels
has talent of an order promising greatly.
She is already a better reader because
more easy and natural, and possessed of
mimetic powers, than any amateur in the
State, we have heard, and is level with
some of the better professionals. Her
entertainment three months ago was
great success, and not one who attended
it regretted the time and the cost. Miss
Murrels is a hard working young wo-
man who is striving to gain enough
money to enable her to enter, for finish,
a school of dramatic expression. She is
worthy OF assistance and gives her audi
tors their moneys worth of rational en-
tertainment. The RECoRD-UNI nearly
three years ago predicted that Miss Muir
rels would prove to be possessed of
ability of which the city of her birth
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that judgment still.
At the CIunie Opera-house last night
"M'liss, or the Child of the Sierras," was
produced by the New York Stock Com
pany, with Jennie Calef in the title role,
and she played the part with the spirit
and excellence characteristic of all her
stage work. 1t is the hight of art to be
true to nature and to sink self in the
!
to that standard, must be accorded the
first place in character acting among the
men on the stage last night. His Old
Smith was one of the closest approaches
to the real in life we have seen for many
day in dramatic assumption. 1t was
not an overcolored picture, not an eN-
travagantly built character; it excited
no mirth by the wreck of human
being it depicted; on the contrary
it was pitiful, broken, loving
old man, reduced by drink to the verg Q
of collapse, besotted, degraded to the low
est physical level, yet retaining the spark
and fire OF manhood and a heart as warm
and gentle and manly as any that beats.
The Templeton fake of Mr.. Nannary
was just a bit overdone-a difficult, eccen-
trio character it is, and one old comedians
would handle with care. Still Mr.. Nan
nary made it interesting, and there was
more of good than error in his interpre-
tation Mr.. Waldron as the backwoods
Justice appeared in new role, compare
lively, for him. He played the character
for all there was in it, and made it grot-
esquely amusing. Mr.. Cleaves was not
too earnest as Yuba Bill, but too vocifer-
GUS. Miss Powers, who has not appeared
for some time, was seen in the part of
pert and coquettish young miss. The
young lady filled it well; she is growing
out OF the amateur and promises steady
advancement. Mr.. Hallett was the heavy
villain and thoroughly good as such, and
had a good foil in Lizzie Lingham as Mrs.
Smith. Mr.. Shows schoolmaster was
manly, spirited and entirely satisfactory
personation, and won him deserved
''call" The play was handsomely
mounted. with some good mechanical
effects and considerable picturesque
scenery. The piece is up for the week.
At the Congregational Church on
Wednesday evening the Young Peoples
Society OF Christian Endeavor will give