The record-union., 1896-03-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary which have crept out. So, too,
it has been circulated that Miss Sher-'
rod and Miss Crane, the two leading
women of the play, were to be replaced
here by two amateurs. The manage
ment is very indignant about these
yarns" 1t declares that both the Ia
dies will be here; that there has been
no break in the company, no dream of
one, no reason for one, and that the
play will be given here as it was through
a long engagement in San Francisco,
and with all the original scenery. The
company does not leave here tonight,
but remains until tomorrow, as it
goes to Stockton Thursday. The lead
ing man. Tim Murphy, is one of the
most talented character low comedians
on the stage, as his clever creation of
Maverick Brander fully demonstrates;
it was he who originated the part, and
he has played it ever since with most
emphatic success. "a Texas Steer
embodies Hoyt's views of the political
question in a certain quarter of Texas,
with touch here and there on the So
cial life in the city of Washington. Like
all his plays, it sparkles with wit and
satire and introduces a collection of the
quaintest of characters ever brought
forth for the Interpretation of COM
edy. Mr.. Murphy has surrounded him
self with strong company.
AT the Congregational Church this
evening genial Bob Burdette, the hu-
morist, will deliver his lecture Good
Medicine" for the benefit of the First
Baptist Church. Mr. Burdette is a
great favorite. His humor is clean, his
wit crisp and helpful, his thought ele-
waited and human, his expression chaste
and vigorous. He is as cleanly in his
wit as in his life, and in that he is
blameless. The Chicago "Inter-O Ocean"
said recently of him and his lecture:
"A lecture by Burdette is certain to
draw. 1t doesn't seem to make much
difference what kind of a night it may
be, nor what may be the subject of the
discourse, people always go to hear
Burdette. People take him on the prin-
clple that you can't have too much of
a good thing. 1t is impossible to dis
guise the genial soul of this man even
under well-known phrases. His lee
ture in its outward form may grow old,
as he says it has, but the heart of the
man never will. That appears to be as
young as ever. And it is the firm be-
lief of many who know him that he
couldn't get old if he tried
Anna Eva Fay had another good
house at the Clunie Opera house last
night She introduced some new feats
in the way of making light tables rise
under the pressure of her hand. But
it was in her mind reading that she
most mystified. That feat she certainly
does better than anyone ever has here.
She read out questions asked by a very
large number of people, though the
uuestioners wrote their inquiries and
retained the papers. In probably so
per cent. of cases she gave correct an
sWers. She certainly went into details
in replies that no one but the questioner
could have known, and that the written
questions did not suggest. Some of
these were startling, and, as in the cases
of DR.. Metcalf, General Sheehan, r. T.
Devlin and a dozen others it is impos-
sible to think of collusion. Miss Fay
insists that it is mind reading. In one
instance she read a question where the
party a perfectly reliable man, did not
make known that he had written one
to anyone, and he did not use the tablet
and paper furnished by Miss Fay, and
said nothing to any of it until after
the entertainment. Her cabinet tricks
are tricks, but far and away the best
ever given here. Her committee last
night-Dr Tebbets and Ira Robbie
was mystified. But these committees
should be sharper and more closely ex-
anime the bolt, ring and cabinet. That
| it is all trick is certain, and different
| from the deceit of Keller, Waite, Stein,
| Heller, the Davenports or any others.
| This little woman has travelled the
world over and been the subject Of
| scientific investigation in Europe time
| and again by the shrewdest investigat-
ors, and declares that she has not been
| defeated at any time. Another exhibi-
| ton will be given tonight.
James O'Neill is to appear at the Met
ropolitan Theater Friday and Saturday
rights of this week, and for a matinee
on Saturday afternoon. He is on his
way to San Francisco, appearing here
first of any place in the State. His
plays will be mounted with all the spec
ial and beautiful scenery prepared for
| them and precisely the same as will be
| used by him at the Baldwin Theater,
San Francisco, and we are assured that
! it is elaborate, rich and splendidly
adapted. Mr.. O'Neill, who is an old
time Sacramento favorite. and has been
ever since he came here in the seventies
with the old Hooley Company, has sur
rounded himself by a strong company,
one of the best, it is claimed, brought
| together in the United States in many
years. He will present here these
plays: Friday night, Virginius'; Sat
urday matinee, "The Courier of Lyons"
| ('.The Lyons MaiP), never before given
here, and Saturday oight the old favor
ite Monte Cristo.' The prices for the
engagement will be the same as
charged during the Warde engagement,
and are those which will prevail
throughout the State wherever Mr..
O'Neill appears. The box-office will
open for the sfle of seats Tomorrow
morning. OF Mr.. O'Neill's capacity it
is scarcely necessary to remark he is SO
we'll known here, and so generally rec
lognized as one of the especially accom-
plished actors of the time The Salt
Lake Tribune" recently spoke of his
Virginius as given there in this wise,
l"When Mr.. O'NeiIrs manager deliber-