The record-union., 1895-05-02
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS
The handsome, stirring American mill
itary drama, 1.-THE Girl 1 Left Behind
Me-" will be played at the Metropolitan
Theater Friday and Saturday night, and
the box Office for reservation of seats will
open this morning. 1.-THE Girl I Left
Behind Me" has had two long runs in
New York aggregating 500 nights, and
scored triumphs all over the United
States. The dramatic qualities of the
play are we'll known, and with the beau
tiful scenic investiture 1t has received
the piece is said to be more doubly at
tractive. The play is not one that ex-
| ponds its force or strength entirely on
the material objects that fill the vision
| The scenes are rich and stirring; the &C.
| ton is quick, earnest and thrilling at
| times. but the imagination is given as
great q treat as the eye in all its repre-
sentations. The things suggested are
| fully as enjoyable as the things that are
seen. So when the stage array is about
as full and rich as it is possible to make
| it, the scene with which fancy will sup
| plement the objective pictures will, we
are told, be all the more enhanced, and
that people will 60 away thinking of and
wondering at the breadth of the achiev-
| Every scene, we are told, will be pre-
sented on large scale and realism will
| abound. There will be Indians and in
| trepid troopers, signal fires, genuine
stookade and truthful reproduction of a
| Western military post. The rescue of
| besieged garrison when massacre seems
| imminent and inevitable, and when Gem
eral Kennion is about to shoot his daugh-
ter to prevent her falling into the hands
of the savages, will be vividly realistic.
The play is under the management of
Charles Frohman and the company pre-
senting it is an excellent one, if we are
to believe the San Francisco press, which
has been warm in its commendation of
the piece and the company. The play. it
Mrs. General Custer's book, Life on the
Plains"
There was not so large an audience at
the Congregational Church last night as
the high merits of the Scheel Symphony
Soloists' concert deserved. That the en-
tertainment was thoroughly appreciated
by the discriminating audience is proved
by the warm applause given, and the ex-
tension of the concert from ten to eigh
teen mum bers, by reason of the numerous
encores-and, by the way, this tnsistance
upon extra numbers is carried too far.
Mollenhauer, the violinist; Won der Meh-
den, the celloist and He'll, the fiugel horn
player. are artists needing here no formal
commentator, nor extended analysis of
their methods. They are of an order of
musicians whose excellence is matter OF
common agreement among critics in the
two hemispheres. Mr.. Howe is an ac-
complished organist ahd pianist, COM
poser and music lecturer widely known,
and standing high in the estima-
of ;rnlao Eo
United States. Miss Mabel Love, the
soprano, has strong, sweet voice that
has noticeably ripened and improved
since she last sang here. She has we'll
| cultivated, serviceable voice of reliable
quality. and it is managed thoroughly
we'll. The singer indulges in no fanciful
| effects and sings with ease, grace and in
| telligence. Mrs. Sinnard was the ac-
companist of the evening. The gems
| of the programme were the f1ugel horn
| solo by Franz He'll, from the compost
| ton of Rothschild; the cello andante
| of Galtermann, by Won der Mehden; the
violin solo, the "Fantasie Carmen" of
Hubayer, by Mollenhauer, and varia-
tions; mel Corpin" of Paganini, by the
| I Forget Thee" by Miss Love- and the
| Ave Maria of Mascagin by Miss Love,
supported by the organ, flugel horn,
piano, cello and violin. 1t is the inten-
| tention of the California Concert and
| Lecture Bureau to give an entertainment
| of this character here every five or six
weeks, but last nights light patronage
may discourage the organization.
At the Clunie Opera-house this even
ing the thrilling semi-military drama
"Herminie." Mr.. Clark, Miss Lieb and
the new company have won public ap
proval, and give an exceptionally strong
performance.
1t was three and half minutes before
o'clock last night, at the concert at the
| Congregational Church, and Miss Mabel
Love was due to sing Denza's charming
song, "How Can 1 Forget Thee" The
audience waited but the singer did not
appear. Presently Professor Howe. the
| organist came upon the rostrum and
| begged the audience TO be patient for
three minutes. Miss Love, he said, was
ready to appear, but it would he neces-
| sary TO wait until the 9 o'clock curfew
bell had tolled, as If it broke in upon
the song the delivery of the latter would
be ruined. And so the audience waited,
and when the bim! bang! clang of that
| bell had finally died away, the entertain-
ment was resumed. There was no per-
son in the audience who did not feel
humiliated by the incident and ashamed
that in the Capital City Of California the
authorities should deem it necessary to
sound q fire bell at 8 o'clock at night to
notify boys under 16 that they are of
tenders if they are outside of their
homes. What farce it is. to be sure;
what relic of dark days to cling to;
what stupid, humiliating and
nonsensical custom which it would seem
the city authorities have not the courage
to shake off. When Professor Howe re-
turns to his home in Indiana. he will
have it to relate to the Hoosiers of the
| Pocket State how away off upon the
confines OF civilization in the Capital of
California they ring bells at o'clock at
night to let the heathen know the hour
| that is passing into eternity.
| Arrested at Reno.
! Baird Handy was arrested at Reno yes
terday on q telegram sent by District At
torney Ryan, charging him with burg
larry.