Show OPENING OF THE GRAND A GREAT WELCOME FOR FOB TUE THE rAVO HITES edeson fairly overwhelmed with flowers large and fashionable Aud audience lence play flay I 1 A taste of salt lakes cheer and remembrance mem brance was given clvin the iolj old croud croft d vt ot the grand as they reappeared in the rhe lost paradise last night the organization which opens the new flew geason la Is about halt new and halt half old to salt lake all the former favorites were showered with tokens of kind reeling feeling and hospitable recognition last night george it edeson was the first to enter and hod hall to stand five minutes while charley stanton made a presentation ent en speech accompanying a wheelbarrow load of 0 choice flowers how ars tributes from the ford hotel acquaintances ideson edeson tools took the tiff bouquet in hl hla arms and cased his desire to kiss all the ar fuir donors an expression compression of thanks in shih many younger fellows would like to join then walter edw bards aeils had hla big innings with nith another tub or ot of magnificent roses ful lowed by a return speech of ackneil mrs ira edwards ld wards being in close proximity walter waller could not say cucil about kisses but like most candidates for honors during campaign saved wood blake blakemore Blakc more camo c 0 me ou on deck made up as a blustering be grimed half witted factory boy every sort of demand tor for a speech was waa made and zoe tor a while it looked as it if tho the play was forgotten but after people began blistering their hands with nith applause the commotion ceased and blakemore Blake Blaker moro nore proceeded with hla his stage business even S S simpson who he hes has s not known more than a months stage acquaintance here got a mild ovation on first entrance but it the old timers had a glowing reception tho the new recruits hod had to run a gauntlet of cold critical calculation miss aliss belgarde Uel garde was eed ec d minutely and inward comparisons were made with her predecessors kennark bateman i mcintyre and warren she is easy intelligent tell igent and earnest though lacking magnetism her appearance I 1 la prepossessing and the she was right at home in her lines the other ladles ladies who mho were introduced wore mamle mamie dupont a pert little lady 0 of much promise lean jean chamberlin chamberlan ln who mad 3 a tiptop tip top cinders and jesse izett who filled the rather unimportant role of 0 nell kittle ridgway as aa the mother hardly equaled others we have seen as mrs airs knowlton inov iton of 0 the men new to the grand wyngate as bob appleton appeared to best advantage mr clr butler was unsatisfactory both in lines and acting the factory hands made good characters including mr rodler who ulio is not unknown to tho the local stage it would mould be superfluity to say tb that t edwards edeson and blakemore ere right at home in good acting william morris the lie original of reuben warner was an actor tor hard to beat but mr edwardl edwarda warda i makes very much the same sort of impression ablon in the role as did morris mas 1103 in hla his element S S simpson as the gray haired factory owner waa mas a well conceived character the house was large lit in its fashionable side amr but light toward the galleries As for the play it ac was set M I 1 ith every regard for detail it is 13 a popular opening piece and the company starts tho the season auspiciously the last of tho th series of norwegian dialect plays touches upon mining life being laid supposedly in the elie coeur dalene country of idaho A genuine Yent gentleman leman 1 li built on lines to catch crowds and enthusiasm the three upper galleries at the theater fairly swarmed lust last night N while hile a very respectable attendance was found on the lower floor door it la is too bad that this attraction have found lodgment here during conference week neek it Is na as full of fun and sensation as it a shell Is of powder and shot I 1 the he story itself which haa a tangible plot is fairly deluged with incident adventure and sensation sven hanson the hero doles does pretty nearly everything a man could do ile he Is a successful mine owner omner a justice of the peace fireman cook baseball player bicycle ri rider derand and very much die all of which shows heeson versatility of the support cordella cordelia jessie and the irishmen were best liked the feature of the play aside from horses hooges own superb character work li is th scenic effect A novel and realistic effect was the dynamiting of the golden rock mine by strikers just why there should be a strike or its connection with wilh the story was not so BO evident but it went for all that A deer deep and pleasing has bass singer added variety to the last act tonight Co night closes the engagement |