Show A Letter from I lr lingers I Salt Lake City Feb 3 I To the Editor of The Herald In view of the fact that so much I I nonsense has been said and written concerning the socalled wrangle at the Grand Opera house perhaps a brief and plain note of explanation in regard to the matter would not be amiss A short time ago Mr Frawley expressed strong dissatisfaction with the newspaper notices which some members of the company were receiving receiv-ing and seemed to feel that the management man-agement of the house had sought to unduly influence the critics to slight the very obvious merits of certain players In the discussion which ensued en-sued he threatened to take the company com-pany away and I feeling that an equally good and perhaps better company com-pany could be organized at a less cost informed him that I would be pleased if he would release us from our con COI tract and asked him 1 he would accept ac-cept a notice to quit He said that he would I imagine without sufficient reflection re-flection and I soon after gave him the three weeks notice which Griffin and Neill his principals accepted by wire I observe now that thE whole transaction I transac-tion seems to have caused Mr Fruvlty some pain but as he ivruiwl the mater as I then supposed to his own satisfaction I feel that I can now do nothing more than offer him my sympathy and express the hope that he will do well elsewhere Respectfully I J B ROGERS Manager Grand Opera House |