The record-union., 1897-06-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

'Pinafore" was sung by the WILDER
Comic Opera Company at the Clunle
Opera-house last night to a fair au-
dience. 1t was given with the evenness,
faithfulness and spirit that has charac-
terized the work of this company
throughout. 1t must be stated, however,
that Mr. Kyle and Miss Busch exag-
gerate the characters of Dick Deadeye
and Buttercup. In the latter case es-
pecially the lady mistakes the part.
The authors never intended Buttercup
to be such a rough tumble charac
ter as Miss Busch makes her. Miss
Busch is capable of such good work
that she should correct herself and tone
Buttercup down to the intended level.
Miss Southern and Miss Rockwell We're
especially happy in leading roles, and
the former introduced musical interpret
ations that secured her deserved encores.
The chorus was effective, and Mr.. Ellis
Rackstraw was an especially good
thing, as also was Mr.. Rockwell's Sir
Joseph. The entertainment concluded
with moving pictures by Edison's pro-
jecting machine, much like, but gen.
orally better than the animatoscope re-
Gently shown here. The earlier pic
lures were very good; the concluding
ones Were those of a fourteen round
prize fight represented to be a fac
smile of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons
prize fight, that is to say, parties en-
gagged are represented to be counter
parts of the two famous pugs. The
same bill tonight.
Madame Mountford had a good but
not a crowded house at the Metropoli-
tan Theater last night. Madame
Mountford is a remarkable woman AS
lecturer she is surprise and a de-
light her peculiar accent is charming
her delivery is rapid and full of dra-
matte fire. Her style is earnest, witty,
she is entertaining
and her lecture simply overf1ows with
information concerning life in Palestine,
with host of explanations of biblical
references, clearing away great deal
that to so many seems strange and I'M
accountable. The lecture last night was
Village Life in Palestine" She was
assisted by fifteen men, women and chill
dren, who Were we'll drilled and moved
under her direction with precision and
grace. The costumery introduced was
rich in character and there was a great
quantity of it. The use of every gar
ment was explained, and the character
attaching to it on various wearers de-
scribed, with particularly. The rea-
sons for the hatred existing between
Greeks, Mohammedans and Christians in
the East was set forth with a recital of
the training of the Oriental from in
fancy to manhood that shed much light
upon the vexed Eastern question"
The domestic customs among the viii
layers of the far East We're described
and illustrated in great detail and with
strong dramatic effects. Perhaps the
most poetic and beautiful of all her IL
Illustrations and living pictures was that
in which she described the life and hab-
its of the shepherds of the Orient and
why Christ SO often made reference to
the shepherd. the sheep. the flock and
the fold. Next to that was the illustra-
ton of the care of the child from birth,
the amounting with oil and salt for
forty days and the wrapping in swad-
ding clothes. 1t was long lee
ture; but no one wearied of it, 1t was
so full of the dramatic, so beautiful in
Illustration and so charming in deliv-
cry. Madame Mountford was born in
Jerusalem and though herself of Euro
pean parentage, herfoster motherwas an
Oriental, and all her grlhood days were
passed among the people of the hills of