The record-union., 1897-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

Vaudeville Company, the new acts, new
faces and new living moving pictures
by the animatoscope. This will be the
last week of the Faust family here, and
the only one of those very clever CO.
medians Evans and Vidocq.
At the Metropolitan Theater this
evening Primrose & Vests famous
Ministries, for one night only, which is
to be regretted, since from all accounts
the troupe is this year so superior, that
it could fill the house here for week.
Essentially this is a minstrel-loVlng
amusement public The troupe is COM
bination of black and white faces, OF va
riety, speciality and minstrelsy people.
II is an exceedingly large company, ana
musically is notable in soloists and IN
group singing and Instrumentation we
are told that there are three plckanlnny
bands in the combination, that an Euro
pean conductor of high repute directs
the musical numbers, that while much
of the show is new-time brilliancy, fancy
and innovation, still it runs the gamut
of minstrelsy from its birth to this day
so that lovers of the "old time order
will be gratified. There are two dlstlncl
first parts, if such thing can be, anu
they close, we are assured, with a ue-
cided and most brilliant sensation. the
dressing of the company is conceded 10
be away out of the common in eXpen-
siVeness and novelty. The company had
a brilliant season in San Francisco ana
the press notices We're uniformly sound
ing in praise and gentle in criticism.
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Miss Mae Connolly did not have a
crowded, but had a good house at her
entertainment last evening at the Con-
gregational Church. The programme
was carried out as given in the Rec
ord Union yesterday. 1t was opened
by the Ideal Mandolin Orchestra as
sisted by Mr. Neale, the accomplished
futist, the number being a Spanish
waltz by the late Miss Emma Gee.
The orchestra played with fine spirit
and excellent taste, and greatly profit
/ ed by Mr. Neale's aid. Mrs Copper
smith and Mrs. Howard as the sololsts,
We're heard TO excellent advantage, and
/ both We're encOred, Mrs. COppersmlth
responding. Mr.. Heyman the pianist,
| has never been heard here to better ad-
vantage. a fact the audience well APP
preciated and made manifest. MI
! Heyman though is unfortunate in be-
| ing we'll known locally" Had he
! been stranger to the adience, and an
nounced with large type and sounding
adjectives, he would have been es-
teemed something phenomenal as a pl-
| anist. Even as 1t was, the audience
was notably stirred, and demanded an
encore after his double number, a
| Chopin and GODDARD. He played in
response a minuet with exquisite
charm. The simple fact is, that Mr..
| Heyman is a pianist of far broader
ability and refined skill than Sacra-
mento has admitted, simply because he
has been with us from infancy to man
| hood. The trio, flute. piano and Vio-
! lin by Messrs. Neale, Heyman and Ad-
Ter was treat, a number played with
exquisite taste and great effectiveness.
| So too, was the trio of cello, violin and
piano. by Messrs. Lewis, Adler and
| Heyman-a delightful bit of artistic
work George Allen Watson, the read
| er. gave "A Roman Hero" reading it
with such feeling. yigor and good taste,
as to lead the audience into insistence
upon an encore which was, after de-
clinations, finally conceded. when he re-
cited The Blacksmith's Story" with
marked dramatic effect. Mr.. Watson
is an accomplished elocutionist, and
besides has had the advantage of stage
and teaching experience. Miss Tru-
cite was charming surprise,
and a more charming novelty to
the audience A stranger, blessed by
vivid beauty, and inspired by nervous
energy, she flashed upon the stage in
way to create ripple of distinct adj
miration. Then she began to whistle
| and surprised the audience as we had
| forecast she would. She gave that
very difficult Spanish Dance by Mos
| kowski No 81 which is trying for
stringed instruments. She found no
difficulty with it, however. She whis-
! ties as the player of a fagolette would
execute, or a piccolo player render
lively selection. Her upper notes are at
| least clear. her middle and lower notes
are liquid in their purity and fiutelike
charm OF course this dashing and
handsome little lady was recalled, as
also after she had in her second num-
Der given 'Loi Hear the Gentle Lark"
with flute obligato by Mr.. Neale. The
spirit of her work. its volume, the de-
gree of musical quality, she imparts TO
|
music; the sweetness and limpd char
acter of her notes. and the breadth of
| register, If such an expression can be
! applied to whistling. were surprises to
| the audience In short Miss Truette
personally, and her whistling especially,
We're successes. Miss Connolly, the
beneficiary. gave three Shakesperian
numbers in costume. II was very
ambitious on her part, but most bravely
undertaken and very handsomely car
ried out We cannot think that her
method the potion scene from ''RO-
meo and Juliet" was in all respects
well conceived. 1t seemed to lack that
/ delicacy and maidenly passion of love,
with which Shakespeare intended TO in
vest it. But still it was reading
| that has the authority of Mary Ander-
( son, and of several others. But in the
/ two readings from the Ophelia's lines,
( Miss Connolly achieved marked sue
cess, that Wen repays her. In both in
/ stances she caught the spirit, and gave
/ the lines with the expression that per-
mits the auditor to fancy the belief
I that genuine feeling enters in. Her
lines from The Tanning Of the Shrew"
| were given admirably, also. Miss
| Connolly has every reason to be proud
of her work and of her reception by the
| people at last nights entertainment
and of the very superior programme by
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