The record-union., 1896-11-15

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| mandolin well. I have had the best
masters procurable, among them To-
naso of Chicago, and have worked at
my technique for seven and eight hours
a day III order to acquire any amount
of proficiency. l hate namby pamby
music, and always play violin solos, as
they are a higher grade of music than
that written especially for the mando-
lin. / think it is the hardest string in
strument one can undertake to learn.
that is if one wants to play it well. y
She says her pearl mandolin, which was
on exhibition in the window of Weln-
stock & Lubin, is too heavy to produce
a beautiful tone, but that the one she
uses in her solo work is a gem.
Since the fiat has gone forth that
blondes of the most pronounced type
are no longer fashionable and hair the
color of sunshine has given place to
Titan red, it is really wonderful how
many auburn heads have already ap-
peared among our fashionable DANES.
Heads that one short month ago We're
a most delightful golden yellow have
with the efficient aid of henna leaves
become the fashionable shade. l Won
der if white horses will likewise be-
come the rage? / suppose in the eternal
fitness of things that ought to follow.
A perfect jam attended the opening
Of the new Nonpariel. l was in the
crush, and it was simply awful. l
heard one man say he'd give hun
dred dollars to get out" And one
woman, who had succeeded in getting
outside, said "she would not be in it
again for anything" Nevertheless. ii
was a great success in every way. The
appointments are all so fine, the store
itself so large and we'll lighted, and the
programme furnished by Neales Or
chestra SO select. The musicians dis
coursed music of so superior an order
that many braved the crush to stay and
listen.
The Misses Pearl and Maud Noble
and Karl Pfiefer rendered fine selec-
tons upon their chosen instruments,
and each number was heartily eDcored.
l think I never heard the trombone
breathe forth so sweet a tone as under
the skillful fingers of Miss Noble-it
was more like the utterance' of a human
voice than a brass instrument
The band outdid itself in the rendi-
ton of their numbers. Many remarked
that they had never heard it perform
better than on this occasion. 1t was
altogether much on the order of grand
reception, SO many of our best people
We're there. Professionals of every
class; musicians, lawyers. doctors,
merchants even coming in kindly
spirit to view the new abode of their
neighbor.
The young ladies of the establishment
who are well known to be among the
prettiest of Sacramento's pretty girls
Were dressed in gala attire and looked
very bewitching, indeed, behind the
bowers of Flora's choicest treasures
which were heaped upon the counters
and adorned every available nook
everywhere. 1t was amusing to listen
to the speculation concerning the fig
Ure in one of the windows, upon whose
shoulders rested costly mantle valued
at 500 The aforesaid figure walked
back and forth in a mechanical fashion,
much as would walking doll wound UP
and guaranteed to go just SO long with
out stopping, turning about in a me-
thodical manner which displayed the
garment to the crowd outside the win
dow from every point of view. Specu-
lation ran riot as to whether or not it
was really wax. One could see that
the figure" in question was having a
hard time to keep her face straight
during the trying ordeal.
There were two streams of human
beings STRIVING against each other at
the entrance, one going in, the other
coming out. 1t was, however, much
easier to get in than out, and it was
great relief to ones mind when one
finally reached the fresh, cool, out
door air and shook off the crowd that
was continually striving to gain ad
mlttance. 1t would have facilitated
matters very much had there been
separate entrance and exit How
over there were no accidents resultant
Oh the crush, and, as | said, every one
pronounced it a grand success.
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One of the clerks said that the en-
tire removal from the old Nonpareil
on Fifth and to the new one on X,
between Sixth and Seventh, was ac-
complished in just two hours Every
clerk in the force was called into the
work. but he added: II tell you, it kept
us hust1ng for one SPELL
The new choir at St Pauls has al
ready commenced its good work. and
rehearsals for Christmas music are
well under way. Members of the choir
say that the mass which they are at
work upon and which is the compost
ticn of the rector, Mr. Mel, is very
beautiful, and enthusiasm and. interest
is not lacking to make the work sue
cessful in every detail
MIR Miel already speaks of new par
isiles to be established in our city.
Sacramento" he says, lis plenty large
enough To support three separate par
ishes, and successfully, if rightly man
aged"
Miss Mary Dunster is so far recov-
cred from her long and tedious illness
as TO be able to take limited number
of her old pupils again Her physi-
elan says now that there is no doubt
that with care she will thoroughly re-
eover her health
After an absence of many years from
ef the return of our old familiar
friend. kittie Heyman, or, as she will
probably be known in the profession.