The record-union., 1896-11-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

The box office of the Metropolitan
Theater opens this morning for reserva-
ton of seats for Wednesday evening S
performance of the Alden Benedict
company in the play by him entitled
"Fabio Roman" We are told that the
play is Of more than ordinary strength
and one deserving Of praise; that it is
a melodrama with sense and consis-
tency, as well as power and Of unf1ag-
ging interest; full of interesting scenes,
while the comedy is naturally genuine
and appropriate. The play, we are as
sured is to be splendidly set. Alden
Benedict and Miss Olive West have in
it an opportunity to display to the full
est their abilities and the other roles
are represented adequately sustained,
making the whole one of the most in
teresting plays on the road. Promised
realism comes at the end Of the drama
in an earthquake scene. The last act
commences in a mausoleum which oc-
cupies the entire stage. AT the climax
OF the Subterranean conlmotion the
whole tomb sinks out Of sight and re-
vealed dwellings, fall in ruins, the earth
rocking is rent with fiery fissures, while
Mount Vesuvius in the background
belches forth columns of fire and smoke
and pours strains Of lava on the city
of Naples at its feet. Between the
second and third acts, Miss Grace Hun
ter will do a ''fire dance" with color
light effects. These effects are not
simply scenic, but are associated with
the artist. They are said to be beau
tiful pictures and originals.
At the Clunie Opera house this even
ing and for the week, with Saturday
matinee, Professor Bristol and his
twenty-three educated horses, some
thing we are assured is away out of the
common. The San Francisco Call"
says: Professor BristoPs Eques- Cur
riculum crowded the Auditorium. This
band Of trained horses are wonders in
their way. The programme is divided
into three parts, each one Of which is
replete with the many acts of these
horses and ponies, whose instinct ought
to be dignified by the higher name Of
reason. Those who delight in the horse
will find much to enjoy in Bristols
show. The animals do everything they
are told without making a single mis-
take, even to showing the day Of the
month. The military drill with which
the programme concludes is, perhaps,
the most astonishing feature The
horses fall in. march off in double and
single file, countermarch, form into line
and go through all the intricate move
ments made by soldiers on parade
Their drill is perfect.
One Of the foremost clergymen of
Marysville was so impressed with the
Bristol exhibition that he wrote to the
manager a long and congratulatory
letter concerning it, dwelling at length
upon the teaching there is in the ex-
hibition of the value and beauty of
kindness to animals and how under it's
Influence the beasts submitted to our
domination, develop into loving and
willing servants. For two hours or
more Professor Bristol entertains his
audiences with the performances of
the horses in such variety of ways
as to sustain the interest unf1aggingly.
1t is an entertainment SO out of the
common that even those who have pref
udices against the theater enter it to
see these animals perform without in
the least trespassing upon conviction.
The popular prices at the opera house
continue.