The record-union., 1897-01-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

| The new bill at the Clunie Opera-house
last night drew a good audience. The
comedy "Braech of Promise is a rat
| ting one, full of snap and fun. 1t served
to introduce Eddie Smith, the new low
comedian. He took well. He is a clever
performer has a large native fund of
humor, and keen appreciation of COM
| edy points and effects. That he will be
a popular player is certain. The other
members of the company were at their
best, and seemed to be inspired with
| new purpose to please. Miss Kittie
Stewart made her first appearance in a
minor part-a lady of good stage
presence, self-control, pleasant speech
and appreciation of the demands of her
role. After the comedy the japanese
troupe of acrobats and jugglers ap-
peared. They consist of a man, a boy
and two girls. The man is a splendid top
spinner and equilibrist the larger girl
clever sleight of hand worker and bal
ancer-she ascends ladder barefooted
upon the edges Of sharp swords. The
boy is wonderful acrobat and equli-
brist, very remarkable indeed. The
smaller girl performs perilous feats at
the top of twenty-foot ladder balanced
upon the shoulders of the man. A short
er ladder at the top extends at right
angles twelve feet and from this there
hangs trapeze bar. On these the child
balanced and swung with ease and con-
fidence at a dizzy hight All in all, the
japanese performers are very superior
The same bill tonight.
AT the Congregational Church this
evening there will be given the second
OF the Capital Concert Series. Messrs
Cohn and Kidder say that they will
have ZOO seats for sale at the Coor for
single admissions. Season tickets may
be procured with sittings at Purnelrs s
to-day. The programme promises to
be even a better one than that at the
first concert, and that is saying much.
The Treble Clef Quartet of San Fran
cisco, Mrs. Beatrice Priest, first So
prano; Mrs. A. A. Dewing. second So
prano; Mrs. Sedgley Reynolds and
Miss Jeanette Wilcox contraItos with
Mrs. w. Batchelder, accompanist, will
give Mendelsshon's Ride of the Elves, .
SlumDer Song, and '"The Lost
Chord Homer Henley, baritone, San
Francisco, will sing Prologue to
Paglicca' and bass solo. Bernhard
Mollenhauer, the distinguished violin
ist, will give Vieuxtemp's Grand Fam
TASTE and Paganini's Mel Cor Piu."
a duet performed ON one violin. Mrs.
Fine, soprano, will sing Chaminade's
Summer" Mr.. Coffin, a tenor of State
repute and great favorite, will sing
two solos, one being Watt Her, An
gels' recItauve and aria, from the
oratorio "Jeptha," by Handel. Miss
Wilcox, her last appearance in Amer
lea, prior to her return to Paris to COM
piete her studies. will sing Chadwick's
Allah and d'Hardalot's Midsummer
Dreams Mr.. King, besides acting as
accompanist of the evening, will play
a grand-organ solo. Such a programme
ought to satisfy most exacting taste.
The managers request that the audi
ence be fully seated at S O'Clock sharp,
as The desire is to begin at that hour;
also, that ladies will wear very low
head dress, as high hats obstruct the
view where the floor of the auditorium
is level. The audacity of Messrs. Cohn
and Kidder is only euualed by their
modesty in refraining from asking the
ladies to lay aside their hats and make
the concert real social