The record-union., 1894-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS.

Charles Dickson and his excellent COM
pany appeared last night at the Metro
politan Theater in the capital comedy
drama Admitted to the Bar" the pro-
duction of Henry Doblin and Charles
Klein. 1t is one of the cleverest, most
reasonable and enjoyable plays that has
been given here In many day. 1t is
American throughout; it has the virtues
of originality without intricacy; wit with
out otfense; humor without borrowing;
sustained interest without sensational
ism, and strong and effective situations
without straining for effect. In short
the people of the play are the people OF
real life; there is no Over-color in their
expressions Or exaggeration in their
characters. The company throughout is
one of even excellence; there is no weak
personation TO give prominence by con-
trast to the leaders; no investing of any
character with such supreme importance
as to belittle any other. Every character
in the play is an essential one, in short,
and every actor in the cast is an artist
They differ in degree as regards strength,
but there is not one who falls below the
requirements of the role assumed.
Throughout the performance the mem
bers of the company, notably Mr.. Dick
son himself, made a sarcastic but lust
reference in word and by action to the in
tolerable coldness of the house. In fact,
it was simply cruel to ask an audience to
endure what that of last night had to put
up with, or sacrifice the pleasure OF wit
Messing a charming American comedy
drama. Unquestionably had not the peo-
pie of the stage have so entertained and
attracted this people of the auditorium by
their art, half of the ladies and gentlemen
would have left the lheater before the
second act was over. 1t was ridiculously
shameful that ladies on the stage were
compelled in parlor scenes, when the call
was for the glow and warmth of d home
apartment and full evening dress, to APP
pear close wrapped in cloaks. without
which they would have periled their health
and their lives. Manager Todd insists that
the heaters were kept at full heat, which
is true, and in the Immediate vicinity OF
the registers in the dress circle there were
currents of Warn air. But il the par
quet and three removes from any
register elsewhere biting cold prevailed,
while the stage was like all ice-hOuse.
Whenever the curtain wentup there came
from the cavernous depths, behind what
the Spanish would call q wind
blow" that fairly chilled the marrow
in the bones. The management of the
house is not TO blame, but the proprietor
ship is, that fails to provide for the proper
| heating. No difficulty is experienced liz
I
| duentIy registers from 10 to 10 degrees
! below zero, in warming theaters. stage
and auditorium alike. 1t is simply ab-
surd to say that the handsomest and best
J theater in Sacramento cannot be heated
fairly well in semi-trODlcal California.
! No insurance risks or architectural ex-
cuses exist to prevent it. Ii they do,
however, the right thing is To close the
! house Wheyer there comes a frosty night.
| Ii amusement caterers expect the puolic
patronage they must provide for the or
binary comfort OF their guests. The
| RECoRD-U L MON will not be a party to adj
Vising the people TO attend a theater
where there is such lanentable failure to
warm the house as that OF last night,
/ since the building can be warmed,
and that, too, without any pecu-
! liar hardship upon the management.
Some of the oldest and best and most re-
/ liable patrons of the house last night ap-
pealed to the RECORD UNION TO voice this
expression, which it does, with its own
! testimony to the justice of their plant.
| The Clunie 0pera-house is comforta bly,
warmed, and there is not the slightest
reason why the handsomer and more
| stately Metropolitan should not be made
equally as inviting for audiences.
At the Clunie Opera-house tie "Black
| Crook continues 10 draw we'll. 1t is the
most creditable effort OF the company IN
the spectacular line, and is high credil
mark in its favor.