Show S AMUSEMENTS There was Has a steady demand for seats eats at the Grand yesterday the result He be Heing lag ing an o overcrowded matinee and a big house last night Moreover loret er the advance sale for the whole week ws aas heavy and Manager Rogers is greatly l encouraged ged over the tt outlook Should the demand for 4 The uThe Little Minster Minister r continue it w will ill probably be put on for three nights at least lea t of next week Otherwise the theom om H pan will open Monday in hi Morti Mortimer mer iner Murdocks a war ar drama The Blue and the Gray Seabrook and The Is hs one of the productions Manager lIan r has rated among his very tery bes beLL t this season eon The TM opening tonight wilt will w l doubtless bring being out tut enough Ion foter of or comic cumic opera oper to fill nil the house The flounders is te Isone one of the big lag New NeA York Casino productions I and U Is caM lei te to be even PV more pop popular popular ular star than The Isle of Champagne Ch I In which w scored a big suc sue success success cess ease There are people in the I I The Prisoner oner of Zenda Zend closed joeed its engagement taut laet t night before b fore fofe an aR audi audience audience ence once that filled lied the lower part of or the house without crowding It 11 and ft a good R of the gallery An unusually large larce matinee audiene li witnessed the afternoon performance 5 I Director Stephens Stephe secured an aft unusual concession c from the board of or education for the Sousa Sou concert next Friday afternoon All children who wish to attend the matinee Ift and all alt who take part cart in it will be excused ed from school This made nude it possible to advertise e 2 u clock as the hour of Instead of 3 The headed beaded by Professor Ol Stephens prepared an outline of the I mme for tor the Ridges testimonial yesterday and aDd It car cai i be asserted that if all the features suggested can caR be satisfactorily arranged It will be one of oC the finest events this th city has had bad a 5 chance to patronize In itt a long while The ramme complete will be published within the next two or three da dave davs vs Tuesday Feb 1 has finally been de decided cid upon as u the date elate of or the tte t testimonial ial let There are several reasons which make it more acceptable than thea the lith th Manager M Sam Sent Thai of A Stranger I In is a Strange Stra ce Land which plays pI S at the Theatre next week is in the city cHy ahead of his company Mr Kr Is IB well wen known I In western theatrical circles I IThe The organ or ft recital at the tabernacle yesterday afternoon developed Into a rattling good contest between the vox humana pipes and sad an infant which some sense fond mother had taken into the die bouse house The infant won out 01 hands down stows Organist McClellan says ys he be does not I object to mothers mother attending amending Isle his per performances I but he be must draw the line at children who cannot possibly possible I elate Beethoven whether Vh her the mother does or not What hat made matters worse yesterday was the die apparent dt that of the mother to io take the child out in the air Mr lr McClellan struggled straggled on Oft valiantly v and end finished the He hopes and the patron of the re redial dial most moat sincerely hope a like occur occurrence occurrence occurrence rence will never neer occur again It does seem MeR that the tire aam asie rule applied by b the theatres should hotel hold good at the taber tabernacle tabernacle nacle sack Yesterdays Ye recital tal ws was largely attended and heartily enjoyed aside from the tha tt disturbance d r New Ne York Feb I The Herald Hendel says I Miss Olea Ote Net will moot not be able ble bleto I Ito to nib til scala this t l season On and it is quite likely she will not return to the stage for tor a year She te J critically ill III now at the Hoffman hue house in this city elty and mUst mast undergo a surgical operation at once which will necessitate her re retirement from frusa the Ute stage for f r a Ion long Jong 1 period Miss ther oll hart ban been n in ill m health for some time and several Reveral weeks ago while playing in Philadelphia sh she was waa obliged to close the th theatre for j I I several on account of her suf I feting ferine She bhe recovered sufficiently to t continue her tour and last week she came cerise to this city and consulted four eminent surgeons sUr eons and specialists who were Here unanimous in their verdict that only an operation would save her life Her tier condition became worse rapidly and on Saturday she was suffering so much that it was vias impossible for her he to appear in Sapho The T physicians were mm again In consulted and they decided that an immediate operation was im un imperative iterative Miss has been among a g Manager Iana er bookings for months mont past and It is with keen disappointment Rt that Salt Lake theatregoers will learn of her condition which means of course a cancellation of her dates dat here hare New York Feb Teb 6 Justice Lawrence Larence I In the supreme court today signed a It decree of divorce brought bj by b Mrs VII I helmina Marie against Wil WU William liam Barn Melbourne MacDowell the actor and former husband of Fanny Daven Davenport Davenport port The papers in the case 8 were not noE I Imade made public and the name of the co cc c I respondent Is 15 not known know n By the terms ter 8 of the decree Mr MacDowell is forbid forbidden forbidden forbidden I den to marry again during daring the life of the Plaintiff I The fourth recital of the FlanderS Flander 5 amateurs for this season is to be given I at the Ladles Literary club room next I Monday Mrs E J Jolly is isto Isto to assist in in the evening |