The record-union., 1896-02-25

SACRAM MEl
one of the best basso profundos of the
day, and William Schuster. basso cam
tata, while the well-known English bar
itone, Max Eugene, sustains- the first
place in that division. William Steph-
ems, lyric tenor, and S. H Dudley, sec
ond baritone, complete the list of lead
ers, who are to be supported by strong
chorus A large orchestra accompanies
the troupe, led by Carl Martens. The
box Office of the Metropolitan Theater
opens tomorrow morning, and the
prices for the opera sitting will be the
same here as charged during the San
Francisco engagement. Matinee, 81,
70 cents and so cents; children, half
price. Night. 81 80. 81, 75 cents and so
cents
Frank Mayo with his play "Pudd'n-
head Wilson," dramatized by him from
Mark Twain's novel, is headed this way,
| and will give Sacramentans opportu-
nifty to see the play.
Frank Bacon's Stock Company that
used to play in Sacramento and has so
many friends here, begins an engage
ment at Oakland March I'd.
Lively interest is manifest in the ap-
preaching concert here by Sousa's
Band. The March King is said to
have the largest and best organization
now that he has ever commanded.
Seats continue to sell well for Pade-
rewski's concert. His engagement in
San Francisco has been a complete sue
cess. 1t is notable that most of those
who have heard the great pianist once
are desirous to hear him a second and
third time.
The Taber Opera-house, Denver went
into the hands of a receiver some time
ago. The receiver established a rule
forbidding admission to any women
wearing high and broad hats. An ap-
peal was made to a United States court
that appointed the receiver against the
order Of that official The court up
holds the order and adds to the de-
cision caustic and truthful words, in
which there is a stinging rebuke to
women who insist upon obstructing the
view of the stage. The court declares
that they offend just as much as if they
went into the house bearing banners
and insisted on holding them in front
of the people who have come to see the
performance on the stage. The court
went SO far as to say that no woman of
sensibility or decent regard for the
rights of others would thus offend, and
that so far as the court is concerned in
the Taber Opera-house case, no woman
will be permitted to make a nuisance of
herself with a big hat. Upon this
Chicago paper says that in that city
now no woman who wears view-ob-
structing hat in the theater escapes the
suspicion Of being one of the Barbary
Coast order. A San Francisco neWspa-
per puts in its oar and declares that in
European theaters the big hat is un-
known, and that in San Francisco
places of amusement it Is now the re-
gala of women of no character except
q vulgar one. Just how these express
sions will suit such of the women in
Sacramento as still insist upon making
| themselves bores and nuisances re-
mains to be seem It was noticed at the
last theatrical entertainment in the
Metropolitan Theater, on the Palmer
Company's presentation Of "Trilby,"
by wearing outrageously big hats, that
gentlemen whose places were immedi-
ately behind them were compelled to
change their seats. There were twenty
four big-hat nuisances of less degree in
the theater that evening, but to the
credit of the other women be it said,
they all wore low headgear or removed
their hats after taking their seats or in
the cloakroom. If the alleged Chicago
rule is accepted here, what will Sacra-
mento women do about it? Are they
ready to be judged by such a rule? AS
suredly not, for the fact is that some of
the demi-monde in this city who attend
theaters do remove their hats, as do
scores of good and true women. Since,
then, such a. rule cannot obtain here,
what remains to the men? Nothing
but an appeal to the managerial pocket;
refusal to buy seats except upon ex-
press guarantee that the view from
them shall not be obstructed by big
hat According to the decision of the
Denver court they have that implied
guarantee now, for the Judge said from
the bench that he who buys a sitting
in a place of amusement is thereby i'm
pliedly given a guarantee that he shall
have full opportunity to hear and see,
and this will be made express on appeal
to the receiver in the Denver case.
Manager Todd should take notice and
act accordingly.
The Philadelphia Record" has this
excellent notice of Thomas: The death
Of Charles Ambrose Thomas has re-
moved probably the greatest Of modern
French operate composers since the
death of Gounod. True, he has written
little since his elevation to the direct
orship Of the Paris Conservatoire save
''Francoise de Rimini'' Ga, success d es-
time), but his "Mignon'' still holds a
| recognized place on the lyric stage, and
his more ambitious Hamlet" is well
known to all music lovers. His Songs
l'une Mutt d'Ete'' (Midsummer Nights
Dream) music is also familiar to Amer
lean as well as European audiences.
But the venerable composer, who died
at the ripe old age of 81, had outlived
his real career as an operatic writer.
Born nearly seven years before Gounod,
he survived the creator of the musical
Faust" over two years and a half.