The record-union., 1896-05-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

| At the Clunie Opera house this even
| ing the powerful comedy drama La
Belle Marie" will be presented by the
| Hodges Stock Company, in which Mr..
Hodges and Miss Title have achieved
marked success. In this play Mr.. De
Camp takes an old mans part excel
| lently-his versatility is very great.
Mr.. Hooley's Waupingee is we'll main
tanned. Little Edna Floriter has a
child's part that she plays with skill
and ease remarkable in one so young.
Miss Romer, an easy, graceful actress,
and Miss Rankin, a versatile and very
clever second lead, and Miss Sheldon,
handsome and pleasing soubrette,
furnish superior support.
| The Treble Clef Choral Society con-
cert last evening completely filled the
Congregational Church with repre-
sentative and very kindly audience
The society has much improved since
its first concert last December. 1t has
gained in precision, vigor of attack and
/ courage. 1t makes the mistake, how
| ever of attempting work as yet be-
yond it's capacity. For instance, it has
not the voices nor the numbers to JUS
| tify the attempt to give the scene and
spinning chorus from Wagners Fly
| ing Dutchman.'' The chorus lacks
| notably in timbre and all of it's num-
bers demanded this quality, especially
of tone color, or sustained tone. How
ever, the chorus Spring on the Noun
| tain was quite we'll done and was
really the gem of the evening. The solo
| work that stood out above all others
| was that of Miss Erma r. Wing in
| "Gondola Dreams" The trio in the
chorus Loving Forever fell below the
chorus itself, which was very credit
able in comparison. The mandolin
quartet by Mrs. Stever, Miss Meister,
Mr. Gates and Mr.. Stever was a charm
ing thing. Mr.. Stickneys flute solo
was very good and suggests much
promise for this young musician. Miss
Rogers evidently labored under the
handicap of a cold in her solo. Miss
| Beaumont's solo, Angel Serenade," >"
was very creditable and was well sus-
tanned by the very good cello obligato
of Mr. Griffin 1t would be a pleasure
to commend the trio Heaven" but JUS
/ tice to the singers demands that it be
said that they were not equal to it. The
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cult one, and it was brave work to
undertake it. In the remarks made it
is not intended to convey the idea that
| the concert was not interesting. In
deed, that these amateur singers should
do so we'll is rather surprising They
manifest a spirit always commendable
and have made such progress as should
encourage them to continue their
I Il,
Miss Darlington was an excellent ac-
companist, and the direction by Miss
Clinch, the instructor of the society,
was greatly to her credit. She mani
| tests capacity for the position and
clearly in teaching ability is admirably
| fitted to train the society.
At the Metropolitan Theater last
evening Roland Reed in "The Politi-
cian,,- drew &Ene audience. Fully 80
members of the Republican State Con-
vention were present, and none enjoyed
the satire more than they. 1t was odd
| that such a play, relating wholly to
manipulation and about a Copgression-
al Convention under the management
of an experienced boss" should be
| played at a time when a State Con-
vention was in session in the city. The
play is keen satire and full to the
| brim with keen hits at the silver ques-
! ton, the woman suffrage demands and
party machinery. 1t is as clever a
comedy as one might wish to see. Mr..
Reed. as the boss was inimitable, and
! Miss Rush as the new woman and suf-
frage agtitator was his equal. She is
| a splendid dresser, a charming con-
tralto soloist, singing with depth of
! feeling and an energy quite eXcep-
| tional, and adds the charm of beauty
and a graceful figure with capacity to
ape the mannish ways of the 'ad-
iVanced" young woman of the day. The
comedy kept the audience in almost
constant laughter not by it's ludicrous
situations more than by the keen wit
of it's dialogue.
At the Metropolitan Theater this
| evening Rivarde, the distinguished
Spanish violinist, with Lachaume, the
eminent French pianist and Donald de
" Graham, the artistic and popular
baritone soloist. Lachoume was heard
here and won great favor in the
Ysaye engagement Mr.. Graham, we
believe has not sung here, at least not
for a long time. He is one of the first
concert baritones of the day. The
| three come fresh from a successful en-
| gagement at the Columbia Theater in
San Francisco. OF Rivarde the San
! Francisco Chronicle" of April 2Sth
said: He is an artist of high rank,
and he has in his playing the popular
| elements, without being dominated by
them He is liker Sarasate than any of
! his immediate predecessors. He has
| something of the same personal mag
netism, and he is animated by much the
| same passionate feeling which found
| expression in the best of Sarasate's s
work He is not fully Spaniard, but
he has that warm southern tempera-
ment, which gives poetry to everything
that he plays
The San Francisco "Call' of the same
date said of him: He was applauded
to the echo, particularly in music which
gave him scope for the display of his
own characteristic qualities.
The great charm of Rivardes playing
is his poetic expression. 1t
was the Wieniawski Airs Russes''
which brought Rivarde a storm of ap-
plause and "bravos." His interpreta-
ton was thoroughly characteristic,
savoring neither of Ysaye's somewhat
majestic rendering nor of Ondricek' S
fiery Interpretation. Rivarde had less
brio than the latter, but more senti-
ment, while his execution was very
howery and facile..''
1t is a pleasure to note in day when
there is so much jealousy among artists
that Ysaye, Samet and Nikisch have
pronounced Rivarde "phenomenaF' and
| no 1,o JoI G,.ct