The herald., 1895-04-10
ADJUSTMENTS

Church of the Unity.-A very large au-
dience assembled last evening in Unity
church to listen to the following pro-
gramme:
Organ voluntary
Reading, selected. -,
The Sleeping Car farce in three acts, by W.
d. Howells.
Impersonatio ion, The Popular Preacher, orlgl-
nal
The Chariot Race, Lew Wallace.
Vocal solo. selected Miss Jennie Win ston,
Magdalena, or The Spanish Duel, j. +. wal
Ter.
Aunt Melissy on Boys J. T. Trowbridge.
Home Sweet Home, anonymous.
lmpersonatiou, Tne Temperance Meeting,
original
sandalphou, II. W. Longfellow.
Mr.. Wentworth impersonations and
humorous selections were extremely well
done. and were most njoyable. HIS read
ing of Howell's clever little farce was cap
ital, as was Aunty Dolefuls visit. Before
giving his impersonatiop of the popular
preacher Mr.. Wentworth stated that he
had not i'll mini any one man nor any
one denomination, and then for several
minutes he repeated the alphabet with
different infections and gradations OF
feeling and force, until he conyulsed his
| audience.
His reading, Chariot Race. was not so
| good; his voice, which is pleasantly
modulated in speaking pitch, becomes
| harsh when forced and showsno reserve OF
| depth or strength and in the Spanish duel
| his Spanish and French was less pure than
it would have been if his Back Bay and
Beacon street accent was not so unmis-
| taxable.
Miss Winston's s little song was gracefully
rendered, and the last recitation was il
lustrated by, moving tableaux with
musical and illuminating effect, the pos
| ing being done by number OF young
| girls in white, with white fllets woven
through their tresses. The effect was very
attractive.
| Y. M. G. A. Hall-Professor Bessing
ana his class of athletic young men played
| u very jolly little Joke on their audience
in the Y. M. G. A. building last evening.
The gymnasium was crowded-it was
ladies' night but the showing in the class
| drill was very slim. Suddenly, however,
a large and active troop of farmers or
''hayseeds" appeared on the scene, were
| introduced and proceeded to show the
| resident athletic club how to turn hand
| springs and other little details of that
kind; then, divesting themselves of their
makeup. the entire class gave their regu-
lar exhibition performances.
Messrs. Banks and SpecEels did a
special act of tumbling. As finale, a
member, disguised as a Chinaman, was
treated to some lofty bouncing from a
| canvas, ana the audience adJourL ed To
the rooms above, where refre shments
were served and social was enjoyed.
The decorations were effective and con-
sisted of date and fan palms interviewer
with Fiesta colors. The ballet concert
announced to take place April 18th has
been postponed until May.
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| Chamber of Commerce. The Southern
California Science association held their
regular monthly meeting last evening in
the chamber of commerce assembly room
with Il small but appreciatve audience.
The paper of the evening was wr
and read by Mrs. M. Burton Williamson
and was entitled Shells on Our Pacific
Shores. The paper dealt with the history
| of conchology of west coast shells, from
the earliest times and it was proiusely
! illustrated with specimens and photo
graphs. At the conclusion of the paper
Professor o. 2. Phillips of the University
of Southern California gave an interest
ing exhibition with his microscope.
Illinois Hall.-The American Concert
and Stereopticon company gave an enter
tainment last evening in Illinois hall,
corner of Sixth and Broadway for. the
benefit of the manufacturers of the Pacific
| coast.
The stereopticon exhibit was preceded
by short musical programme.