The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-29
Bessie S. Cliff was granted divorce
from Berthe M. Cliff.
AMusEndENTs.

Atsthe Clunie Opera house this even
ing tomorrow evening and Saturday
afternoon we are to have the beautiful
fairy spectacle in two acts The
Brownies Some two years ago we
had the play here given by a troupe OF
adult professionals. supporting body
Of children long trained to the parts
given them That entertainment was
given under the Immediate direction
and personal supervision of Palmer Cox,
out of whose fertile fancy and his love
for children sprang the unique concep-
ton of THE Brownies" He borrowed
these fairy people from old legends, to
present some very humorous pictures IL
Illustrating his clever and simple rhyme,
which, first appearing in popular
chtld's magazine, grew into public Ia
vor greatly, until the whole American
reading public knew all about the adj
ventures of the Brownies and followed
them in their merry travels about the
world
Recently in San Francisco there was
revival of the Brownie spec sacie, this
time by children of that city and for
the benefit of local charities and insti-
tutions. The Sacramento Lodge of Elks,
a confraternal body widely known and
having membership in this city of
several hundred, conceived the idea OF
having home Brownie show, and en-
gagged the same management which so
successfully staged the Brownies in San
Francisco. The home children willing
to take part We're readily mustered
They have been some weeks under
training courses, and we are assured
that they have done so we'll as to elicit
the criticism from the practiced mama
ger having them in charge that they
Will equal, If not surpass, their col
leagues Of the metropolis.
1t is reasonably expected that there
will be large attendance, at each per-
Torrance, and that the Elks will not
be cast for costs, but will come out with
a fair profit for their charitable and
other funds. We are assured that as
to music, stage effects, cestumery and
the mounting of the piece generally, no
pains have been spared, and that ex-
pense has been secondary considera-
ton, since the Elks wish to indOrse
nothing of a cheap or clap-trap order,
but to give all who attend any enter
tainment under their patronage full
value received.
The first scene opens in the garden Of
Queen Flora, in Fairyland and with the
chorus Flowers, Pretty Flowers" Then
is sighted the Brownie balloon, follow
ed by its bursting, and the drop of the
parachute, the retreat of the fairies and
the entrance of Prince Alderbaran and
the Brownies, the latter dancing and
singing in glee. The fairies at this
return and complain in symphonic
chorus that their flowers have been de-
stroyed by an enemy; they appeal to
the Brownies to defend them and right
their wrongs. This chivalric task the
band gladly undertakes and as pre-
Jude to the engagement there is an
clio of merry songs. dances and spe-
cialties, introducing Mother Goose mel
odies and a number of familiar old
myths of the nursery, from "Old King
Cole to the "Old Woman Who Lived in
a Shoe Then the Brownies arm and
are off to war against the enemies of
the fairies. In the second act the vic
tories and defeats of the Brownies are
humorously depicted, and their final tri-
umph, closing with the revel of the
fays.
The parts will be taken as follows:
Queen Flora. Thursday and Saturday
Friday. Sybil Fox.
The Queens attendants and enter
tanners will be: Esthetica, Efie Gray;
Toddlekirs, Irma Farley; Tippytoes.
Ethel Freund; Lillian (Herald), Sarah
Hughes.
The fairy entertainers win be: Gle
mats. Celia Watrous; Columbine, Luz
cile Whitney; Dewdrop, Mae Hoffman;
TO Ill r1,f
Florence Ashworth; Roseleaf, Hazel
Potts; Hyacinth, Zoe Sanborn; Eglan-
tine, Jessie Shaw; Morning Glory, Pau
line Anderson; Heartsease, Bertha
Truehauf; Golden Rod, Effie McDon-
aid; Aureola, Clara Downer; Buttercup,
Gertrude Hughes; Cynthia, Louise
Ross; Sunshine, Della Williamson.
The fairy dancers and leaders will
be: Alice Butler, Ethel Freund Irma
Phleger, Irma Farley, and the fairies
in general will be personated by: Ethel
Turton, Alice Meyer. Mabel Weber,
Evelyn Evans. Ernestine Paul, Leta
Schumacher, Katie Turner, Cleta Bell,
Ellen Bauer, Mossie Brown, Hazel Dun
bar, Lettie Daul, Abbie Mckay, Helen
Love, Ruth Houck. Linnie Schaap,
Gladys Klotz, Lola Williamson, Jennie
Liesch, Josephine Heinrich, billiard
Clark and Delphine Farley.
The Brownies Will be: Prince, Edna
Ferriter; Cholly Boutoniere (dude),
Harry Hanlon; Chauncey Quoter
James Rego; Major Teleff (soldierl,
Charles Juckes; Police = Patrolman
Moveon, Raymond Harvey; Officer Nc
Duff, Ray Collins; Officer O'Toole, Ed
Quillian; Officer Gallagher, Martin
Stickels; Billy Tackabout (sailor),
George Morris; Tutti Utalian), Bryte
Peterson; Frutti (bear) Peter Newman;
Uncle Sam, George Clark; John Bull,
Aleck Shelton; Donald MacCraggie
| (Scot), Albert Hill; Salamander (Turx).
Elmer Breckenfeld; Dennis ORourke
| Qrishman). Eugene Seadler; Katch A.
Koff Russian), Melvin Boyd; Wagner
Won Strauss Dutchman), Roland
Brown; Afraid of the Day Qndian) Al
Ian Latson Furnnskins {Esquimau)
Carlos McClatchy: Chinamen-Ah Sing.
Arthur Sanborn; Wah Sing, Leon
White; All Bing, Budd Waters; All
| Joon.
| Prince Aldebaran's Brownies Will be
personated by: Robert Schenck and
Carl Schenck (acrobats), Joe Sullivan
Ralph Crawford, Lynn Moynihan Roy
| Clegg, Wallace Flynn, Henry Jensen,
Carl Katzenstein and Edwin OMalley
Among the specialties these will be
| introduced: Solo. vocal. Ralph Craw-
ford; fancy dance, Ethel Freund; ."I'll
| Take My Dishes and Go Home" Irma
| Farley; solo, vocal, Flowers" Louisa
Ross. cake wall Edwin OsNfo ll,,, o.-7