The record-union., 1894-05-16
ADJUSTMENTS.


the tuneful comic opera La Mascot"
went very smoothly and nicely. The
people were "up'' in their lines; the
nervousness Of tile women singers had
all disappeared; there was snap. vigor
and heartiness about the whole perform
ance. The chorus was better and the or
chestration much improved. Miss Huff,
the fine contralto. won new fayors and
encores for her acting and her singing.
Miss Loomis had a hearty recall for her
fine rendering of the air Il Love But
Thee" her sweet. expressive meZZo-So-
prano greatly pleasing the people. and
Miss Southern was again lndorsed by
warm applause as more than clever SOU
brette soprano. She is already a tavorite.
Leech and Cornell kept the audience in
the merriest OF humors, the former in
one number being recalled no less than
five times by storms OF applause. Miss
Bredull appeared to very much better
advantage than on the first night, and
her soprano was heard in solo to its
credit. That for ten, twenty and thirty
cent admission fee so good an operate
performance is given is u consideration
10 be taken into account. 1t is venture
on new plane, and if the public wish it
to succeed it will be very early deter
mined.
On the 18th inst, Thursday, for one
night, Richards IL Pringle's Georgia Min
strels viii appear at the Metropolitan
Theater. The box sheet is now open at
the office of the, Clunie Operahouse. Billy
kersands, as before, leads the troupe,
and the Black Patti "Gauze" and the
Crescent City Quartette are still in the
organization, as are most of the old MEM
l. = bo bar l,,cf
years the RECORD UNION said of it: 1.-The
colored minstreis very well pleased the
audience. The Instrumentation is ali
good, notably that of The Venetian Man
doliers.' Billy Kersands is one of the
heartiest, wittiest, and most grotesque OF
colored low comedians of the minstrel Or
| der. He is a power in the troupe. The
dancing is good throughout, and the end
men, six in mber. are very strong in
their parts. Gauze, the Black Patti is
phenomenal male contralto. The Cres-
cent City Quartette--pleasing and re-
markable singers. Terry, in trombone
solos, Kersands, Moore, Hillman and
Vernon, Brown and White, till the pro-
gramme."
The testimonial benefit to Andrew
Waldron and bis wife, Jennie Calef
packed the Metropolitan Theater last
night. 1t was a compliment the bene-
ficiaries may well feel proud Of The
programme was very long, the curtain
| not falling until the stroke of midnight.
A first part of amateur minstrelsy was
filled by Charles Brier and Nat Liebling
as end men, with Arthur Black as inter
locutor, supported by Messrs. Forbes,
Gotthold, k1dder, Miller, Buckman
Moody, Cross. Bradley, McCurdy and
four others not named. 1t was clever
perforlnance-raw in some parts-but fol
an amateur group organized for single
night it was quite creditable. Nat Lieb.
ling really came to the front, found
his voice, which heretofore he has
seldom had about him, was witty
original and spirited. Brier also did very
| we'll, indeed. and sang in quartets with
Miller, Moody and Gotthold, the group
being repeatedly encored. The oliC
introduced A. +. Kleinsorge, j. L. Nor.
rs and William Donahue in a horizonta
bar act; the Sacramento Trio, Cohn, Kid
der and Crocker, In songs; Arthur Black
in banjo solo, |. @. Mooser and II. }
Spanjer, and Wells Birdsall and William
McGraw of the athletic club in gentee
boxing, and the minstrel quartet al
ready named in songs. The programln,
closed with Robertson's play of caste,
with Jennie Calef as Polly, May Powers
as Esther, Maggie Francis as the Mar
|
Eccles, W. w. Brewer as Dalroy, J. j
Sanbrooke as Hawiiet and Harry Brad
ley as Gerrige. 1t was nicely played
we have rarely seen May Power
do herself more credit, and SO too Brewe
and Bradley were, though little out il
their lines, quite satisfactory in actor
and feeling. Sambrooke is too heavy 70
the foppish part he assumed. Waldror
made Old Eccles near approach to th
ideal of that character, and Miss Calef wa
such Polly as the author OF the dram
intended as foil to the less vivaciou!
and moro sedate Esther. Miss Calef wa
the recipient of many floral offerings b,
friends, and the large audience remained
to the close of the long performance--to,
long, altogether so-in honor of the bene
ticiaries, who are much liked here. Blu
for that it is very doubtful if the peopl
would have endured performance nearl,
four hours drawn out.
The 'tLittle Bo-Peep' cantata at tn
Sixteenth-street Lutheran Church thi
evening promises to besomething unusu
ally attractive. Fifty young people will
take part, and among other features ther
will be floral march by sixteen youn,
ladies.
4 strawberry social will be given at th
Young Women's Christian Association
rooms this evening. A social time will