Show Grand Opera House An audience slightly larger than the one which witnessed the first per fomrance at the Grand assembled to laugh at The Three Hats last evening even-ing The play goes more smoothly than on Monday night particularly the very pretty little curitainralser The Picture Pic-ture A large advance sale for tomorrow tomor-row night predicts a large sooiety audience au-dience The orchestral selections do not agree with those printed on the programme Under Mr Wiehe they always forman I form-an interesting feature of the evening A master of the violin himself the solo passages are exquisitely interpreted but he is still further demonstrating thathe is not only a brilliant musician but is also an able director The powerful pow-erful rendering by Oils orchestra of Rossinis celebrated overture to William Will-iam Tell is a proof of this if any were wanting It 5s always a welcome selection se-lection well adapted to theatrical performances per-formances and like all works of true genius continues ever to disclose new and unexpected beauties Tobanis Tender and True is a dainty littl gavotte with a haunting persistency of melody running through it In this number the orchestras sustained accuracy ac-curacy < f rhythm and expression was delightful to the ear Offenbachs Brigands was also rendered in a masterly manner With such high class music so well performed the man who goes out between the acts has become a earn aVis His extinction may fairlY be attributed to the interest in the music and speaks eloquently of the appreciation I ap-preciation held by the audience for the orchestra I In the next attraction Captain Swift commencing next Monday evening Mr Brigham Royce will pray I the detective in > that production |