The record-union., 1894-11-12

uiillcuit number. The soloists were Shir-
ley BAKER, the well-kpown college tenor
ana mimic; MIR. A bbott, a most accept
atoae baritone, who voice will ripen and
strengthen, we think, and Mr.. Kaufman,
a aiotIloohlst. Mr.. Field gave female
representation that was inimitable. and
altogether the hit of the evening. With
M. baher he appeared in a burlesque of
.ne palcony scene in Romeo and Juliet
that CONFUSED the auditors with laughter,
ana was, IN the line of low comedy, as
sood thing Of its order as one may wish
10 see. The encores Were numerous, the
responses generous the audience IN the
pest OF humors, the management good.
tne students on the stage prompt and
capable IN what they undertook, and
mus the affair was made a success all
around.
tuesday evening an entertainment will
be given at the Metropolitan Theater in
ala o. the construction fund of ST. Paul's
Church. grading and paving expense
mas fallen upon the property of the
cnurcn, ana this means is taken to dis
charge it. The society has never given
an Indifferent entertainment, nor has it
frequently called upon the public for fin
ancial aid. 1t proposes now. as in the past,
10 give the people who attend full value
Tor their admission fee. Mrs. j. Is. Youut
5,
one OF the attractions. Mrs. Moeller
MISS Susie Lawton, Mr.. Cohn, Mr.
Crocker and Mr.. Kidder are to sing.
Inc chief attraction is to he dramatic
readings by Stella Chase Ainsworth, an
actress, now mem Der of Augustin
Days New York Stock Company, and
VINO has had pronounced success in the
nigher walks of the drama. The Boston
Sunday Herald is quoted as CHASING Mrs.
Alnswoith among the foremost actresses
OF the country, and other journals speak
OF her as a Shakespearean student OF
prominence and as an actress of great
strength in emotional roles. She is Cali
lorn1an born and educated, and was lead
ing lady Tor the Nallack Company prior
to uniting with the Daily troupe III New
YORK. Among her readings Tuesday
night she will give Searching For the
Slaln." which she read recently at Cabi
net reception in Washington. She is in
California on vacation visiting relatives
at Santa Cruz and in san Francisco.
Tickets for the entertainment have been
placed at 90 cents.
Blind Tom claims to be the eighth Won
der of the world. Mile. Christine, the
double" woman, challenges that claim,
and announces herself as the true
eighth" She exhibited here some ten
or twelve years ago, and returns for a sea-
son beginning tuesday afternoon and
evening at the corner OF Seventh and X
streets. She is styled ''The Two Headed
Nightingale" With two heads and eight
limbs TO one body she is really a double
woman, and sings with two voices and
plays two pianos at one and the same
time, and converses in several languages
and with different persons at the same
time, She is of African parentage, aud
was born in Columbus County, 5. c., in
1851. Being slave she was sold by her
owner TO Alexander Mccoy for ten thou
sand dollars. From her new owner she
was stolen, and Vestal, the detective, was
employed to recover her, He took the
chlld's mother with him, and after long
search found the lost wonder In England,
and recovered her after most dramatic
scene. or series OF scenes, in English
courts. When the war made the slave
Tree she went upon exhibition to reward
the friends who recovered her. She
bought the plantation on which she was
born, and established her parents in COM
tort anu wealth upon it. She has made
the fortunes OF several managers, and has
handsome one herself. but prefers to
continue longer In the life of 1.-THE show"
in which she has been brought up. This
is IN brief her story as she tells it. Ply
slcally she is woman OF one body, men,
! tally she is duplex" SO to speak, two
persons IN every sense of the word.