Show I j Amusements u e I 1 The first fi t of ota a series of ot Sunday even evening v n ning ing musicales by Helda new military band forty pieces took place at the New ew Grand last night From Front every standpoint the event was enjoyably successful Mr Held Reid himself must have derived great encouragement from the attendance which completely coin filled the lower part of ot the thc house hou e and ran over Into the gallery I ast nights audience was Vas not undemonstrative There was ringing applause after erh er h number But no encores were given ghen and If It this is to be Mr rule nile per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps the suggestion that audiences be asked to refrain from applause would not be e out of place The started oft off with that Joyful the William Tell overture The fortissimo work of ot the band was a surprise In spite of Its enlarged numbers dainty composition Dawn of Love and I Pilgrims Song of Hope were combined In the second selection n I The overture In Old Kentucky was another highly pleasing number The descriptive selection The Fire Alarm in which the bells hells ring the horses hoofs hoots clatter and a pyrotechnic display occurs behind the scenes was realistic beyond all nil hope The smoke from front the red fire lire gradually worked Itself out over the auditorium and one Would have thought an epidemic of grip had suddenly seized the audience A young oung giant in arms handicapped the number some also by raising a vociferous protest against the nonappearance of or orthe the tire lire department Mrs Ella Cumming Gumming Wetzell gave a charming rendition of ot Bonnie Sweet Bessie Leo C Bryant B ant the handsome young director of the Grand orchestra demonstrated marked ability as a violinist in Ia his part of the and Walter Valter Sims received an un ovation for tor his solo La Sonam hula bats which offers great scope for tor execution to which he was fully equal The concerts will occur every Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day night from now on and new solo soloists soloIsts soloist are to appear on each occasion Richards Pringles minstrel organization begins an nn engagement or of two nights at the Salt Lake theatre tonight iThe he New Grand will be dark all week The Salt Lake Opera company c leaves for Logan over the Oregon Short Line at 4 this afternoon The last performance perform nce of The Wedding Day takes place there tonight Miss Lulu Gates of Provo who has been studying vocal music In Berlin for tor fora tora a long period Is now In Boston and will soon start home Miss Gates dis distinguished distinguished distinguished herself before Major Pond the noted while he was in Germany and the result was her en engagement engagement engagement by him to sing at a recital in Boston soon to be given Major Pond considers Miss Gates one of ot Americas finest sopranos Professor Stephens is in a happy frame of mind these days over the steadily Increasing attendance at tab tabernacle tabernacle tabernacle choir rehearsals which Is now large enough to crowd Choir hall hail to its fullest The members are evidently getting In line for the California trip It is Director Stephens Stephen plan to give a series of or three concerts at the tab tabernacle tabernacle tabernacle for the benefit of ot a fund for tor the choir trip Miss Gates will probably make her Initial appearance before the Salt Lake public at one of at these She will also accompany the choir to San Francisco As yet et Professor ProCessor Stephens has not notI heard from the Southern Pacific on I the tho matter of rates but in anticipation of favorable results he is working hard on eiD the details of the trip One I feature of his the professor announces will be little Millie Wil Williams ViI Vil llama liams the pro in solos with a humming accompaniment from the full choir It is a novel Idea and should be successfully worked out |