The herald., 1894-04-25
PASADENA.

The Temple of FAms-A False Alarm
Amusement Notices.
PAsADENA, April 24.-The production
OF the Temple Of Fame at the opeia
house on Friday evening next, under tne
auspices OF the ladies Of the UniVersslist
church, promises to be an event oil nose
and will doubtless attract large auoi-
ence. The ladies OF the church are
noted for their ability in productions Oh
this nature. and this latest effort Will De
fnllv nm to their standard. The star
comments upon it as follows:
There ia a rich treat in store Tor those
who will attend this unique entertain
ment at the Pasadena opera house. rluay
evening, April q. Gould the pnollc pps
look in upon the rehearsals they woulo
not need to be invited to the least pre-
pairing for them.
Most everybody is inquirlng about II.
Ia 1t worth seeing2 How does IL COM
pare with the pageant OF rosesf why
called Temple Of FameY
In anewer to these queries, let 1t be
known the gllmpses had in the prepara-
tory performances mark IL as something
that will stay in the me noTy as q cher
ished retrospect OF beauty. Though not
40 flowery as the pageant OF roses, its
Acenic effect is most pleasing and in
structive. The decorations, costuming
and music are highly attractive.
Once Witnessed begets desire Tor
repetition. IL is enough to see and hear
Bill Nye once. 1t makes one tired to
listen to platitudes and to sit through
inspid and meaningless exhibitione.
Not 80 with the Temple OF Fame. 1t is
fresh: it increases in interest ae 1T de-
10 Tim likQ If
ss we'll as the old. Mothers that see
and hear it have many story to tell to
the little once at home. 1t touches the
emotions as we'll as the intellect. Briefly,
the plot ia q contest for wreath, and
the notable characters, properly and
maeniicently costumed, appear one alter
another and present their claims in
words and songs. The characters repre-
sent perss8s,H6Jh kpaEIb in nAc ancient i6la rid and
1.ysASy; Harriet Beecher Stowe and
that inim1t6ple creation OF her fertile
brain, Miss Topsy; Christopher Colum-
bus and Mother Goose with many OF her
funny goslings; Diogenes with his light.
ed lantern hunting for an honest man
Maud Muller; Isaac Walton, the king OF
fishers, and Xahtippe, the queen OF
shrews; Mrs. Partington and Ike, In
fact, the field OF history. romance, po-
etEy, song, philosophy, have been ran.
sacked to give the people OF Pasadena
bAnquet-''a feast of reason and q flow OF
SOUL" unequaled.
ANOTHER FALSE ALARM.
The fire company was called out again
this afternoon upon one OF these runs
after bruah-heap fire. The blaze was
located in some hedges on South Pasa.
dena avenue, but was put out long
hafo a
cuse there is for sending in an alarm for
blaze Of this character, it is hard to
imagine, but it is fact that two-thirds
of the calls are for fires of this nature.
where there 10 no reason for bringing
out the company. The couaeil recently
passed an ordinance concerning this
promiecuOus turning in OF alarms, upon
recon mendation Of the fire chief, who
complained OF the useless trouble and
expense to which the department was
put.
1t would be we'll to look into some OF
the cases where it is apparent the alarm
was sent simply for the fun of seeing
the company turn out.
ODD FELLOWS PICNIC.
The Odd Fellows OF this district. in
Guiding Pasadena and surrounding
places. are making great preparations
for their annual celebration by holding
picnic at Rubio cafion on Thursday
next. to wind up with a hop in the city
in the evening.
Previous to taking the train for Ru-
bio the various lodges will parade
through the main business streets.
headed by the Pasadena city band.
There will be two trains for the
canon to accommodate the excursionists.
the regular leaving here at 40 aud the
special leaving at IL 80. The Rebekahs
will leave on the early train, the others
following at 10 :20.
The programme at Rubio will be az
follows:
Music by band called to order and sing
ing lopening ode; prayer by Rev.
Crawford music by band; address by
Rev. Conger; music by band; address
by Rev. Crawford; music by band; ad.
dress by Rev. Jones of Ohio.
GLEE CLUB CONCERT.
The Pomona College Glee club enter.
tanned fair sized audience at the M.
E. tabernacle last evening. The boys
were given warm reception and ac-
quilted themselves to the entire satisfac-
ton OF the audience. Several new songs
were introduced, as we'll as several
mlrth producing Hpecialties.
Applause was generous throughout
the concert and the responses were
much appreciated. Two solos were
given by @. H. Harwood. vocal, and A.
3. Smith, violin. Both selections were
rendered in an excellent style.
NOTES.
Miss Nellie Hagadorn left today for
Lansing, Michigan, where she expects
to make her home for several years.
The open meeting of the Fortnightly
CLUB at the Universalist church this
evening attracted a large audience.
Anese meetings are growing in popular
ity and are doing much good in an edu-
cational way.