The record-union., 1897-12-08
ADJUSTMENTS.


tional Church. Nevertheless there was
a very appreciative and good-sized aud
fence present. and one Of the best sat
isfied that ever gathered in that audi
torium. General request was pressed
upon Mr.. Farland to give one more con-
cert, and as the young men who en-
gagged him did not realize expectations
as to the size Of the audience last night,
Farland who is the soul of generosity,
has consented to repeat the recital this
evening at Pommer's Hail. Ninth and ]
streets. When Mr.. FarIand was heard
here two years ago, he having then
been just two years before the public,
he was rated a wonderful player upon
the banjo; but two years more of ex
perience and study has made him
greatly more an artist He then as
tonished his hearers by developing
something of the possibilities of the
banjo. Last night he renewed their
surprise, for he is far ahead of what he
was as a performer He has taken
the plantation instrument up out of its
lowliness and put it among the instru-
ments that give us superior artists.
His playing is wonderful. One loses
all sense OF the instrument being
banjo The tones he. evokes are more
nearly th0Ee of the harp. His execu-
ton is practically perfect and the tech
nque of his work is unequalled. That
he carried his audience last night into
storms Of applause is not at all sur
prising. It would have been a congre-
CATION of blocks of wood. had it not be-
come enthusiastic over his playing. He
had fourteen numbers on the pro-
gramme His best. in our estimation,
was La Paloma," Paderewski's Min
uet a PAntique,'' Schubert's "Sere-
made and Mendessohn's "Allegro mot
to vivace" from Concerto op GA. How
ever, Hansen's Cradle Song appeared
to find greatest favor with the audi.
ence. OF his own arrangements the
variations on "Old Kentucky Home"
was best. The piano effects he pro-
duces are marvellous and hush the aud
ience to almost breathless silence. Just
how he does it, is something of a puz-
zle; certainly no such delicate lingering
on any stringed instrument has been
seen here Mr.. Farland is artistic in
all his playing; there is nothing given
by him that is not finished and that
does not credit him as a master player.
dressed at once the popular and the
highest musical taste. Farland has not
been misnamed when styled 1.-The Pad
erewski of the banjo" He ought to
have a full house tonight, his enter
tainment is worthy Of II, and of the
of the most severely critical
and exacting. He was assisted last
night by the Imperial Quintet Club
/x.,1 5Alt ~I tn fxrn
ished numbers, by Miss c. Wilsey at
the piano, Mr.. Longbottom IN two ex-
cellentIy rendered tenor songs, and by
NJ. L. Atop in two solos upon the Terz
harp-the first time we believe, that
peculiar instrument has ever been used
here in a concert. It is of rich tone
and many possibilities and was we'll
handled by Mr.. Atop. Announcement
of to-night's concert, when there will
be complete change Of programme,
is elsewhere announced.
At the Clunie Opera house for the
week commencing December 18th. Mr..
Clifton for Mr.. Walter, the new mana
ger, will present a company of fifty
people in the drama "The South Be-
fore the War 1t is by Harry Mar
tell and is represented to be realistic
portrayal of life in the ante-bellum
days below Mason & Dixon's line. In
other words it is a picture Of Southern
life in slavery days, bringing out the
peculiarities and fun loving qualities Of
the colored people. The company is
mainly colored, the chief characters,
however. being taken by white artists
who stand we'll in their profession.
The singing Of the company, we are
told, is inspiring and that the rich mel
ody awakens the nusic-loving soul to
sympathetic fellowship. There are
pathos and fun in the play. 1t opens
with the scene Of a slave returning
from the North, to the plantation Of his
wife "Ch1oe" and their numerous chill
dren who are given a holiday to cele-
brate the event in their own peculiar
way The leveee on the Mississippi
River, with the dancing and singing,
the camp meeting on Frog Island with
all the peculiarities of character usu-
ally seen on such occasions and the cake
walk which closes the performance
combine to make the entertainment one
to be thoroughly enjoyed we are as
sured. There is a colored band of sew
enteen musicians in this troupe, band
of cotton pickers, a group of jubilee
singers, and a number of specialists IN
dancing. There will be a parade Of
the company at noon each day of the
enga cement. The company brings its
own scenery and stage fittings which
are bountiful in number and historically
accurate. This will be the last en-
ga cement at the Clunie prior to its
opening as the Orpheum on the 21st
inst, when a chief attraction will be
the Kuaben- Kapelle, or Hungarian
boys military band of forty pieces
At the Metropolitan Theater begin |
ming December 18th Grau's Opera Com |
pany will begin a weeks engagement |
producing comic and other opera at |
popular prices. giving "Boccacio." |
Martha" "Grofe-Girofa," I'll Troy |
atore." Fra Diavolo," and the Grand
Duchess" with a large chorus and en-
larged orchestra. The company was
very successful here last year.
The box Office Of the Metropolitan |
Theater opens tomorrow morning for
the sale of seats for the tTn Gay New |
York" engagement of Saturday night. |
Seats for tomorrow nights Capital |
Concert series have sold well. Nom
will have an opportunity to |
secure seats tomorrow morning at |
Purnens. Elsewhere the price of sim |
gle admissions is announced.
Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35.
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