Show PRESS AGENTS PROMISES The attraction at the Salt the theatre atre next week will be Madame Mod jeska accompanied by R B D MacLean MacLear 1 and Odette Tyler and a company Com Comprising om the best talent the legitimate stare sta e affords With the ever increasing scarcity of o players layers who have been schooled on the th legitimate stage the possibility of ren dering the plays of Shakespeare in a I worthy manner becomes more mere do doubt doubtful bt ful year after year This is admitted I Iby by and Kemper Kempe the managers of Madame Modjeska who have for a number of years been beer t the only theatrical firm who have con confined confined fined their to the classic drama In organizing the supporting t company of Madame Modjeska a they thel have it is said cornered all the th talent of note that this field of ot the th t drama can offer ofT r with the exception of 0 f that seen with the pany which is also aIS managed by Al hese hes gentlemen The reason jeason for fot to this is je riot not so 50 much that interest in Shakespeare is any less but rather that there Ire are areso re reso so many being produced which with their long runs run offer a a much greater attraction to the th a tor The Shakespearean drama rama must there til ere iere fore depend largely upon the ambition of the individual who would place artistic achievement above pe pecuniary pecunIary motives or those of comfort and convenience The Dhe present tour of Madame Mod jeska is said eald to be the most prosperous since her association with Edwin Booth It has been her intention to tomake tomake tomake make a tour of Europe and Australia AutralIa after this season and therefore the likelihood of this thIn bring being her farewell in America has bas no doubt contributed l in adding Interest Inter t to her appearance appear nc In every city thus far visited Her rep repertoire repertoire is both brilliant and varied and in addition to those plays with which her name and fame are so closely iden idea identified titled she has added un unfamiliar unfamiliar JIll familiar tragedy of King John Ex Except Except Except in those places where she has made annual visits for many succeed succeeding succeeding succeedIng ing seasons the public has invariably wished to see her however in her more celebrated portrayals As Lady Mac Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth beth no one in her time has ihas ap approached approached approached her and Mary Stuart has hasan hasan an association for Modjeska not less pronounced than has Rip Van Winkle for tor Joseph Joseah Jefferson The order of the repertoire here will wilI willbe willbe be JiS follows King John wilt will be given Monday Wednesday and FridayS Friday nights and Saturday matinee on Tues Cues Tuesday ues day and Saturday nights Macbeth will be given and at the Wednesday matinee and Thursday night Mary Stuart will be the bill Madame appearance In Inthe inthe Inthe the tabernacle next Thursday will un unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably questionably be the musical treat tr at of 1 the season The leading tenor will willbe be beLara beLam Lara Lam who has sung with great suc sue success cess in all the Italian opera houses I The first baritone Is who ho re recently recently recently I made mad such a great success at Covent garden In London and who will willbe willbe willbe be remembered as the leading baritone of the Damrosch Opera O ern company during its last season Other principal artists to be in this organization art are Galaz Galazzi zi second baritone Dado bass Rossi Roast bass buffo Mattfeld mezzo Bevignani I conductor The orchestra is large and perfect composed principally princ of mem members bers bern of Mr Ml Walter Valter orches orchestra tra traIn In conjunction with the tabernacle choir the rendition of Faust should and doubtless will wIIl be a perfect must musi musical cal event uT The e Eleventh Hour which comes to the Grand for three nights and Wed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday matinee is a play pla that is cal calculated calculated calculated to please everybody eV r a a play that has more startling climaxes limaxes than anything the author has as heretofore h reto fore presented will be s seen en The first act shows a rural home in De Do Kalb Kaib coun ty Illinois the third act is a block tower on the Chicago Northwestern railroad near Chicago The fourth act is the famous gardens of Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago cago a resort patronized by the elite of the city The fifth and last act is a reproduction from a photograph of one of the best known millionaires man mansions mansIons mansions on Michigan avenue showing a most gorgeous drawing room with y 1 all its costly tapestry and hangings Everything used In this scene scene is carried by this company and has been bee made jn facsimile of the original The actual cost of the original of this scene was The cast of ot this play I is far superior to anything that Mr Carter has ever sent out ou comprising several sever l of the best known actors and actresses In the profession Charles A A Karl Gardner the tamo amous s German Gean comedian who starred for many years I will be seen In the character of Frit Pelts PeItz During the th action n of the play pl 4 Mr Gardner will wiil sing all aU of his favor faor ite Ito songs including The Lily LUy Ap Blossoms Blos ns The Lilacs and others just as popular I |