The record-union., 1896-08-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

The New York 'Sun" of November
10Th last said: u. A Bailey, who con-
trolls the Barnum & Bailey Show and
is sole owner of the Adam Forepaugh
Show, has acquired an interest with the
Sells Brothers, and hereafter the Fore
paugh and Sells Shows will be under
the same tents. The Sells Brothers,
consisting ofEphraim, Lewis, and Peter
Sells, are among the wealthiest show
men in the country. The Barnum &
Railey Show will be an ally of the new
combination
The recognition accorded to the Sells
Brothers Show by this extraordinary
compact gives it a worldwide prestige,
in addition to the unexcelled one it has
for quarter of century maintained
and increased wherever it has exhib-
tied. Among the worlds three greatest
shows 1T is recognized as an equal, and
what is of greater moment to the pub
lie, one of them is now combined with
it, the result being the grandest and
most formidable exhibition of it's kind
ever organized, and one that would be
impossible in any other country Of
be the only one to visit Sacramento this
Ii,
afternoon and evening.
A very unusual thing about the COM
ing entertainment Is the fact that re-
served seats for it are sold in advance
of the coming of the shows, and these
sittings can now be purchased at Par
nelps book store on street, Sixth and
Seventh.
The people are not likely to patronize
fy,Ta et,1 1..1J
of varied amusement in sight The
management says that the wild beasts
will include the only two Simultaneous
ly shown big herds of best performing
elephants, the only educated sea lions
and seals. and they are wonders; the
only pair Of giant hippopotami, and
they are monsters: the only two-horned
Sumatra rhinoceros, the only full grown
polar bear, the only Niger antelope,
gnu, and Gland, and the biggest and
rarest combined geological collections
ever exhibited. The hippodrome and
circus performances are proportionate-
ly superior and sensational, including
hundred high-class races and bareback
equestrian, aerial, acrobatic, comical.
and novel acts, introducing the very
best amphitheatrical and arenic talent
in the world, besides droves, families,
and aquariums of amazingly and anus
ingly trained beasts and amphibia The
morning parade is pronounced a won
der in magnitude and magnificence and
the entire enterprise a gigantic, high
class success.
AT the Metropolitan Theater next
Tuesday evening Arthur Arnold, the
athlete, and Maud Caswell the dancer,
his wife, both widely known in their
lines, take a benefit. 1t will be a COM
plete vaudeville performance, crisp,
rapid, full of vim and merriment. There
will be large representation of athletic
club talent in the best gymnastic and
acrobatic feats, and Mr.. Arnold will ap-
pear in some choice new turns" Miss
Caswell will introduce with Mr. Arnold
wholly new feature in dancing, a
somersault forward through hoop, in
a dance. May Dennis, a pupil of Miss
Caswells, will make her first appear
ance, and is said to promise much. The
Sacramento Athletic Club Quartet, as
sisted by Lynn and Leibling, will give
wholly new act in black face, introduce
ing plantation songs and gymnastics.
There will be music in plenty and va
riety, comedy and farce also. Mr..
Arnold has been at great pains to pro-
vide novelties and make up a high class
vaudeville performance. Among other
features VentriloQuist Brown will ap-
pear in new business. Tickets have
been placed at 25 and 80 cents with no
extra charge for reserved seats, and the
box office opens Tuesday morning.