Show NEW GRAND TO CLOSE I 1 notice given the company last evening 4 WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE I 1 players addressed by manager malinger mcgarvie mcgarrie at tho the close ot of the performance worming informing them that criticisms of tho the company an dLack ol of public appreciation had caused a decision to close the theater the iter responses by murray and bunny expense is 1300 er a week the new grand theater is to b bo closed after saturday the the frano announcement will tall fall ns IL a complete surprise to the iho public as it did to tho the company compan y last night all affecting scenes are riot not put before the public with the tha curtain up for some are behind tho the curtain when v hen the lights are dim and the crowd has gone such a scene was enacted at the grand last night it was 1055 2055 when the curtain went down find and the actors actor and actresses in their makeup make up and stage clothes waited in fit the front center instead of 0 going to their dressing rooms manager me mc garvll and others appeared at the side elds door and the stage hands bands grouped them themselves nelv around in an expectant attitude for the mr managers order had gone around that ho he had a few words to say bay i manager mcgardle McG arvle stepped to the front and in a 0 slightly wavering voice aa follows MANAGER GIVES NOTICE Lad ladles lef and gentlemen it is with regret that I 1 have to sn make the h announcement no fro but I 1 have to give the custom customary wT two weeks notice andray that this house will close a week from saturday night I 1 have no fault to find individually with alth tiny any member of oc tills inis company all I 1 think having done their duty and I 1 herewith personally compliment them but it t seems that in no way can call we please the so called critics who are certainly the molders in 0 f public opinion and not being able to please VIO the public we deem it wise ise to close the house never again under my management will mill a stock company be kept up in this house be aa it Is impossible to make it A in the face ot present circumstances I 1 wish to add that not a member of the company will lose one penny all will be went sent back to new york or wherever they wish to go TO in the same manner lit in wl which left they came in conclusion I 1 wish to thank you one and all for your hearty cooperation c o in a united effort to make the f mason eason a success and that jr it is Is not it ID no fault of 0 yours the manager was listened to with a look ot of surprise growing moro more pronounced at each word MURRAY AND BUNNY RESPOND ilas hits any one a word to t say may asked john bunny the and at that one or two smiled yes I 1 have ft a word said D 11 murray the leading man in all my experience on the stage in twenty years I 1 have never been in ir a more congenial company nor with a better man tiger mr air mcgardle McG arvle from the first tiny day of our fiur arrival has treated its us s royally and the season henson cut short as it Is will ever be pleasantly remembered I 1 am already fond of salt lake and have much to regret at leaving it but I 1 wish to thank the manager tor for courteous treatment to us all stage director bunny then said there Is one word more I 1 do not think we should leave without making a protest against what ihal should bo be termed unjust criticism I 1 have been perfectly well satisfied with every member of this company and can mae also state stale that no stock theater leater tl of its kind in the country has given more attention 01 ol to costuming staging and new scenery than this one and I 1 cannot understand the reason tor for the publics refusal to accept the theater for myself as your stage director I 1 have nothing but praise for your work and I 1 firmly believe that it if the compa company try is gevelt 0 a fur fair trial it can prove its worth mr air bunny proposed a vote of 0 thanks to manager mcgardle McG arvle which was unanimously carried with much applause and the elie actors in the real drama departed to their dressing rooms to make ready for street attire 2 MR POSITION if U Al mulvey ulvey who Is backing the hou house houe e was seen later and spoke most philosophically on oil the situation ile he said that the house would close as stated mated and would absolutely not open tills thin asson season because of the opposition shown it he and manager Mc mccardie McGarv Carvie lo have a lease for rive five years with tile F arli liege ot of a live five year renewal but it was as a business proposition and it was much cheaper to pay the rent lent on tire dosed closed building thui than to pay out 1300 a a week at a loss mr mulvey stated further that is n vit ta as purely a local institution and the thirty live wee is yet et to run meant a loss lose of to the city us as all the company lived here and the money paid to toil it as freely circulated the different members of tile the company when interviewed all spoke poke liall regretfully of the matter hua hut all were of the samo same opinion that they had not been treated quite fairly nor their work fully tested the play le maitre des Iorg cs goes all ghisi week anil anel next week Is to br be given coralle Coral lc which was vaa written foil or miss brandon Hr andon and I 1 in n which she bile Is said sal to excel |