The record-union., 1896-08-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Arnold-Caswe benefit at the
Metropolitan Theater last night drew
a crowded house. It was such benefit
as gladdens the hearts and fills the
purses of the benefciaries. The pro-
gramme was very long and very clever
ly carried out. There was one or two
breaks; but the rule was crispness and
merit. 1t was vaudeville performance
of more than expected interest. There
We're eighteen numbers and twenty
four people on the programme, quite too
many to individualize in a notice. Mr..
Arnolds athletic exercises were good,
and Miss CaswelPs athletic dancing
quite a surprise for its newness and ex-
cellence. The Sacramento Athletic
Club Quartet, aided by Lynn and Leib-
ling, was a prominent feature, as also
the trick bicycle work of Monte New
bert. Parker, the comedian and char
acter actor, did some humorous work,
as good as much that is seen upon the
professional stage, and the same is to be
said of the Three Brother Act" in ac-
robatic exercises by york, Arnold
and Newbert. Others who took
part were Nat Leibling. Mr.. Glib
ney, I. T. Morris, Henley and
Denny, Ben Lynn, Gus Braun,
Goghan and McGraw, and Master
F'rawle.. It was meritorious perform
ance generally, and many a time Sacra-
mentans have paid a dollar, and extra
for reserved seats, for a far inferior
vaudeville entertainment by profess
sionals Floral favors were presented
to little Miss Ferriter and Miss Dennis,
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Kleinsorge, the superior club juggler.
The Arion Orchestra, an amateur or
ganizator, was the orchestra of the
evening, and really there was nothing
to complain of and everything to COM
mend on that score.
Tomorrow the Great Adam For
paugh and Sells Brothers United
Shows" exhibit here, giving afternoon
and evening performances and fore
noon parade. There is no reason to be-
lieve that there is any misrepresenta-
ton by the advance agents. On that
basis then it is the largest menagerie
600 cages, the largest circus (between
200 and 300 performers) that has ever
been in California, and it spreads the
largest canvas. The management claims
for it in brief as follows:
This combination brings into per-
manent union the biggest menageries,
circuses, and hippodromes of the era,
and deservedly conspicuous for possess
ing, and in many instances monopoliz-
ing, animals, artists and acts Of the
rarest and most superior kind. No
other exhibition, for instance, has two
herds of performing elephants-and
these are the biggest and best-trained
sea lions and seals, giant male and fe-
male hippopotamuses, two-horned
monster Sumatra rhinoceros, a full
grown polar bear, a flock of ostrlches
African eland, Niger antelope, and gnu;
none other presents phenomenal lady
aerialists in long skirts, amphibious act
ors. or such a brilliant host of hippodro-
matte champions and male and female
bareback riders, bicyclists, clowns, ac-
robats, mid-air originals and racing ano
performing beasts, and none other car
approach the size or splendor and SEN
sation of its united. grand and gorgeous
street parades. 1t is truly, and in every
way, from the biggest trains and tents
to the biggest and best exhibitions,
union of the acknowledged circus
giants"
A novelty with this show is th'
method of reserving seats, for, as witt
theaters. seats can be reserved before
the arrival of the show, the seating plar
being open at Purnelrs book store