The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-01-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

The second week of Dailey's New York
stock Company opened at the Clunie
Opera-house last night to the largest audi
ence ever gathered in the theater to wit
ness dramatic entertainment. Not less
than l, 100 people were within, and some
200 were turned away unable to obtain
any sort of accommodation, even in the
way Of standing room. The company
appeared in a low comedy with Just "a
vein of soberness in it that made it some-
thing more than farce and something less
than genteel comedy. "Our Summer
Boarders" is clean, perfectly chaste
play, the chief purpose of which last
night was to give Mr.. Waldron, Mr.
Cleaves and Miss Calef full opportunity
TO show how clever they are in eccentric
character acting. They were entire V
successful. Mr.. Waldron's Gillipod was
as good as anything Bishop ever gave US,
and conVulSed the audience with laughter
Scarcely less ludicrous and laughable was
the Colonel Elevator of Frank Cleaves
while Miss Calef's Irish waiting maid is
quite level with the ideal of that character
OF the old school. liz very clever comic
song she was four times recalled. Miss
McAllister had part that fitted her adj
mirably and proved her versatile capa-
bllltles, which we should judge have not
yet been seen here in their full strength.
! She wants strongly emotional part
calling for vlgor and deep feeling alike to
prove her mettle. Miss Ingham and Mr..
Hess and Mr.. Snow had pleasant roles.
Miss Emma Blair was new face in the
troupe ana filled motherly role easily
and eXcellently. Mr.. Duf1ield, with en-
tire selt-possession, stepped over from
the spirited and high-strung hero of last
weeks melodrama to the scheming Ital-
ian villain of the comedy, doing one as
well as the other and with the skill of the
accomplished artist. The remainder of
the support was good, but Mr.. Reveres
''swelP' was quite beyond him, unless,
indeed, the author intended the part to
present an ldiOtic creature-which is alto
gether doubtful. There is some new
scenery by Mr.. Mckune. On set, an in
terror, is very handsome one, better
than anything we have had at the Clunie,
and the fittings and stage drapery in it
are rich and elaborate. Mr.. Franz, after
an illness of some time, resumed his
place as leader and first violin in the
orchestra, and the restoration OF the from
| bone and clarinette much improved the
| Instrumentation OF the evening, though
the double bass was unfortunately miss
ing. Even as it was the orchestration
was spirited, tasteful and, with the
limited pieces considered, satisfactory
Our Summer Boarders' will run the
week through. 1t is full of laughter and
merriment, strung upon the thread of a
light plot, with a vein of tender senti-
ment and a shade of rascality, that serve
| by way of contrast to make more sunny
the strong light of mirth and jolIity. The
same bill tonight.
A well-filled house greeted Turner's
English Girls" at the Metropolitan
Theater last night. 1t had been reported
that the show would be something
awful" and as result an audience was
drawn to the gallery from class which
IS seldom seen in that theater. 1t was a
disappointed audience. There was
nothing about the performance any moro
vulgar than is seen in dozens of spectacu-
lar pieces, but the show was a very poor
one in other respects. There were q
number of shapely and pretty cookbook
ing women. two of whom were fine
dancers, an excellent contortionist, a
villianous inpersonator Of German char
acter, and that was about all there was of
it. a goodly number left the theater be-
fore the performance was finished.
There was a very disorderly crowd in the
gallery and at times the performers were
mercilessly "guyed."