The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-29

perch he gives a wonderful exhibition
of craftsmanship. At some thirty-five
feet distance, while swinging on the
wire he fires rifles and breaks glass balls
both fixed and tossed in air. He snuffs
out five lighted candles in three sec
onds with rifle shots, and using a small
looking glass, fires over his shoulder
and breaks glass ball. What is more
wonderful is his hitting a four by six
card held edgewise and cutting it
through it's diameter. He repeatedly hit
a bulls eye three-quarters of an inch in
diameter He is a master shot certainly.
1t is considered fine craftsmanship to
shoot as he does while standing firmly
on the ground. But here is a man per-
forming all the best featS of marksman-
ship while standing on one foot on
lofty wire that constantly swings to and
fro. Some of the shots are delivered
while he hangs head down by his toes
caught on the wire. His performance
was followed by Baby Lola in songs and
dances, a most precocious child who was
repeatedly recalled by the pleased audi
ence. The final performance was by
Ellen Vetter. Locked in globe two
feet three inches in diameter she works
it up five spirals to the top of pillar
where, from the inside of the globe, she
fires a pistol. and returns the ball down
the winding way amidst a dazzling ar
ray of electric lights. 1t is a strange,
exciting and exceedingly difficult feat,
and the wonder is that she does not
roll the ball off the incline and wreck it
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by careful shifting of her curled up body
so as to cast the weight constantly over
the center of gravity. The same bill to-
night.
At the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing Denman ThompSonS own company
will appear in his play, The ola
Homestead" Mr. Thompson has re-
tired from the stage, but manages MS
plays. In this instance John Barker
assumes Thompsons old character, and
1t is conceded that he is a fair rival
to the original. Mr.. Thompson thinks
him in some respects the best joshua
Whitcomb who has attempted the role
Fred Clarke will be the Cy Prime OF
the play, and Frank Knapp the Happy
Jack, while Lizzie n. Hall will portray
the kindly eccentricities of Aunt Ma
tiIda The piece is under the immedl-
ate mana cement of Frank Thompson
and William Warrington, and will be
produced with all the original effects
and scenery specially prepared for It,
One of the features of the production is
the Old Homestead Double Quartet
among whom is the well-known singer
A. c. circuit This body of singers Is
represented as superior i'm octet work
to any that has ever visited the coast
The play has been presented in every
considerable city in the Union, and 1t
is said of it that on not single oc-
casion has it been played to a small
audiences Its wholesome qualities
homely characters, tender sentiment,
good moral, quaint old-fashioned set
ting and it's strange old-time char
acters. drawn from New England life
of fifty years ago, possess for the pub
lie a charm that loses nothing by age.
1t is the one play without villain,
with no trifling with hearts, no display
of passion or anger, but instead it Is a
poem of peace, gentleness and good
will
The Sacramento Camera Club will