Show WAS A GREAT SUCCESS 4 Opening Night of the G A R FaIr WelAtended 4 FIFTEEN HUNDRED THERE 4 I MANY PLEASING FEATURES ON H PROGRA + CmmanderN B Corer Tells What Will Be Done Wit ia None lone Ginger Make a Brief SpeechDl11 of the iou YEThe II Virginia Muy + Something over 1500 paople assembled In Christensens hail last night to witness wit-ness the ODenilg of the Grand Army fair which is to be conducted in this city during the week The progrmme for the evening was a diversified one and amused and entertained en-tertained the people immensely It was a little ast tbe hour for beginning be-ginning when the orchestra rendered the opening overture but from that time on everything went off smoothly Commander N B Co ser delivered the opening address WhICh was of ne cessly brIef He welcomed all who were there and declarcd the excellent turnout was an indication that the old soldiers were not forgotten Many people peo-ple are asking what this fair lS for and what will be done with all the I money which is received He could not answer the question except In a general gen-eral way and that was to explain that i would be used for the benefit of the Another old soldiers who needed i thing I has recently come to the knowledge of the members of the posts in this city that several old soldiers are buried in the potters field in one of the cemeteries The shame of it was great In no state In the Unions Union-s ve thIs would such a condition be tolerated and the members of the Grad Army did not propose to have It continued further The lot in the cemetery cem-etery would be enlarged and in future 1 all the old boys In blue who messed from this earth to the land beyond would be given decent Qurlal Some of them have been buried from the county I coun-ty poor house a condition which ought not to obtain Following Colonel Corset came Colonel Col-onel Ginger who explained the manner In which the presents would be given away This was a short matter of de tail and when completed Colonel Ginger Gin-ger marched on company Q of the First regiment of the Utah national guards composed of about twenty young ladies la-dies attired il zouave costume who dried in a manner very nearly ncr feet for about twenty minutes performing per-forming the various evolutions in n manner which would have done credit to the crack company in the New York Seven This over Margy Mulvey recited Sherdans Ride in her usual first class manner eliciting much applause for her effort Ginger followed in a parody entitled Schneiders Ride which brought down the house The next number was one of the pleasing features of the evening Miss I Lotte Levy accompanied by Mr 1 Daynes on the piano sang For All Eternity by Angelo lIacheroni She was recalled but declined to sing anymore any-more The VIrginia Mummy the old standby of our youthful days wa the concluding feature of the evening and although the actors were decidedlY amateurish in their work still it was funny enough to mae every one happy The net session of the fair wi beheld be-held at the armory The presents will be drawn on Wednesday evening blotter b-lotter by a committee composed of well known ladies and gentlemen of the city selected for the purpose Over 1000 season tickets have been sold for the event and the committee having the sale in charge report that the demand de-mand has by no means Ceased so it d looks as I the event was going to beat be-at success financially and other I = 0 |