The record-union., 1899-05-28

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Sacramento will surely lose that
beautifully black eye she has been
nursing so lovingly and so long. AS a
show town she will soon be in the lead
if she perseveres in reform. What
beautiful houses we did have at the
Clunie last week. Of course, the operas
might have been better, and yet they
might have been Worse-that is-With
an exception or two, of course. Ia
rather not say anything about the
Might in Venice"-please don't insist
except that I might mention that l
haven't spent such night in a long
time and hope not to again soon.
must say that my ardor to visit that
artistically historical pearl of the Ad-
riatic would be considerably cooled If
I thought all my nights in Venice were
to be equally painful. I suppose we VIII
have to forgive Johann for attempting
to immortalize in song the City OF
Canals, on the supposition that his
brain had been oyer-worked, and he
consequently irresponsible for the one
or two melodic combinations that man
aged to creep in unawares. But what
did the leader mean, anyway, and are
we to be mad or glad? Isn't Auber
good enough for Sacramento's refined
musical taste, that he must needs give
US a potpourri from Faust as an over
ture to Fra Diavolo," and a sextet
from Lucia as climax to the Sec
ond act? Or did he think we would
swallow It all as dainty morsels from
an Auber buffet? Why, doesn't he
Cn% dow
whose chief business the last six years
has been to teach US the difference be-
tween tweedledee and tweedledum, and
that there is no use in trying to make
us think that dunn is spelt with a
d-double-e? But it's too bad for those
who aren't Saturday Club members to
be inveigled into the impression that all
these familiar strains were Auber ex-
tracts. Not that it makes really much
difference, after all, what is played for
an overture. Sacramento does not ap-
pear to consider that anything begins
until the curtain goes up, and it is the
exception, not the rule, if one hears
above the busy hum Of voices. The
quality makes no difference: the Car
mem overture so masterfully rendered
by the Ellis orchestra was well nigh
ruined for me by the girl who was to
have a new pink silk, made flare skirt
and trimmed with fiounces. have been
looking for my disposition ever since
One thing I hope, too, is that in the
few years left to me I may never again
be guilty enough to be Tried by
Jury" The perpetrators of that So
called sparkling operatic comedy"
ought to be tried by jury" them
selves in the Court Of Music and con-
demned to everlasting doom. 1 would
not mind being the Judge myself, and
I'd wager that the artists who are COM
PEELED to learn such trash would bid
high for places on the jury. They have
my deepest sympathy. The only ad-
vantage that might possibly be derived
from such an operator it wasn't even
funny if one wanted to laugh-would
be the part it might take in a lesson
by comparison. Placed beside Mas
cagnfs masterpiece, however poorly
given, It proves to those who insist
upon being musically unloving, that
there is music and music" What an
awful troupel" one critic suggests.
What unfortunate singers" say l, ito
be compelled to so waste their efforts,"
Who could be anything else than awful
in the common places Of a might in
Venice" or the idiocies of 9. Trial
by Jury?" The~work was fair in the
higher class compositions; and would
you not rather have heard "Cavalleria
Rusticana" as they gave it, than never.
to have heard it at all? And aren't you
better equipped now to more thoroughly
appreciate it should an Ellis Company
tn
burbs?
Mr.. and Mrs S. II. Westfall Of Red
lands are expected back about the 18th
of the month to remain during the fruit
season.
Miss Dora Hastings has returned from
n three weeks visit to Suisuns and San
Francisco.
Miss Emma Long has returned for
her vacation after a very satisfactory
first year at Berkeley.
Mrs. John Scott nee Manlove) has
left the ST Nicholas and is keeping
house in pretty new fiat of her own
Miss, Molly Carpenter is visiting Mrs
Wilbur F. George.
Miss Fanny Thompson. daughter Of
ex-Secretary of State Thompson, is
visiting friends in the city.
O. G. Hopkins attended the gradu-
ating exercises at Stanford.
Miss Mabel Nichols has returned af-
ter a lengthy visit to San Francisco.
The many friends of Rabbi Simon
and wife viii be pleased to hear of
letters that have been received from
both The latter is visiting with her
mother and little son Leo in Cincin-
natl. Mr.. Simon. who is at present
discharging the duties of his new field
in Omaha, will spend his vacation with
his family, taking them back with him
to Omaha in August.
w. c. Hall went to- Palo Alto last
week to join his sister. Miss Efiie, who