The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Clunie Opera house this even
ing L. r. Stockwell, supported by
strong company, will appear in Hoyts
cornedy-drama. "a Midnight Bell
Stockwell created the part of THE
Deacon in 1887 in this play. the first
and best of Hoyt's efforts above the
line of farce-comedy. Mr.. Ellinghouse,
the manager, brings to the production
of the piece a carload OF speclal
scenery and stage fittings, including a
special set for the church belfry and
choir loft. A large number OF children
for the school scene are now IN train
ing to supplement those accompanying
the Stockweu troupe The piece is to
be produced at low figures. AS for
Mr.. Stockwell, he Is too well-known
as a low comedian to need in
PRODUCTION here He has no equal
in the leading role of the play,
and has appeared in it in all
the leading cities of the coast and the
East. The scenes of the play are all
cast in rural New England, and have
a good deal of the "Old Homestead
flavor. There is pathos as well as com
edy in the play. 1t goes into the every
day life of those far Eastern people,
showing the Bohemian spirit of village
friendship. It tells how the country
school teacher boards around at the
different homes of the pupils; Illus
trates the crude method of school ex-
aminations in out-of- the-way districts,
and weayes the lives of the village par
son, the cobbler, the tradesman and
squire into beautiful plot that suits
all tastes. and makes of "A Midnight
Bell" a play that pleases all tastes.
The concert Of Miss Helen Sunder-
land Howe drew a good and critical au-
dience to the Congregational Church
last evening. The concert was a
charming one throughout. and the
management all that good taste could
desire The handsome young women
in white, red, green and all other colors
CT costuming, nearly, who acted as ush-
ers, were about the most skillful and
graceful we have had in that capacity
in years. There was wealth of foliage
about the rostrum, and the floral trib-
utes to the singers were SO many and
beautiful-the1e was, in short, so much
of youth and beauty, so much of flow
cry loveliness and all that, that the
affair took on the air Of a festival BY
its demand, and content to remain, the
audience stretched the program OF
eleven numbers to one Of nineteen.
Miss Mary Chester Williams of San
Francisco opened the entertainment
with Springs Awakening" by Haw-
ley, and later sang I" Twas April, y
Were My Songs With Wings Pro-
vided," and a love song. Miss Will
Jams is mezzo soprano of good quail
ity. and has her voice in excellent man.
agcment. It's tone is sympathetic, its
notes clear and sweet, and her attack
is firm and confident The register is
of ample breadth, and her enunciation
lis superior. 1t is voice that grows
upon the hearer, is used with modesty,
and yet is fairly assertive, and indi-
Gates powers which promise much.
Miss Grace Carroll of Oakland, con-
tralto, is q strong, assertive and win
ming singer. The quality of her voice is
not so fine as that of her sister, Mrs.
Carroll Nicholson. so well known here.
Probably her voice is the stronger,
however She sings with confidence,
entire possession; and grace and
ease altogether enviable She had in
two numbers four selections, but graf
lied her hearers SO much that she had