| OCR Text |
Show NEW PLAY HOUSE FORMAL OPENINC AND DEDICATION OF FRANKLIN ST. THEATER. Fortjr Artists or Matchless Anility to En tranre the local Amneement Seeker The Doors to Open on Monday Evening Next. Monday evening next at 7 30 o'clock the doors of the Franklin avenve theater will open to the amusement-seeker, amusement-seeker, and another attraction added to the almost endless list that renders life in Zion one of the most pleasing nature. The new theater that is to vie with the older ones for popular patronage was erected by Messrs. Charles F. Reynolds & Co., w ho have decided, after carefully care-fully surveying the dramatic firmament, firma-ment, that Salt Lake is entitled to and will give its generous support to aristocratic aristo-cratic vaudeville, each as is served in all the larger cities of the uuton. With this in view, nothing has been omitted that could add to the comfort or security se-curity of the habitues, and it may be described as one of the cosiest theaters upon the western circuit. The theater has been erected at a cost of $:i0,000, and has a seating capacity of about 000. The interior is divided between a gallery where the god who makes and unmakes the star of the stage may revel in ecstatic liberty. The architect, Mr. F. M. Ulmer, has spared no pains and lavished upon it. all that modern Improvements Im-provements on the play house may suggest. The . work was" directed by Mr. C. L. Crade, while the scenery emanates from the skillful brush of Mr. C. A. Holland the celebrated Bos- ton artist. In the construction of the theater the greatest respect has prevailed pre-vailed for ventilation and exits, the construction of the doors of the main entrance being such as to admit of the emptying of the- entire house in a few moments. In addition to this outlet there is a chaptemof smaller ones extending ex-tending from tha main aisles on either side so that the , presence of the salamander sala-mander would have but the slightest effect on the fate of the amusement seeker. The grand opening will take place on Monday evening next. For this occasion Mr. Ed. Perry, one of the most effulgent lights in the sphere of dramatic, endeavor, is now making the most elaborate elabor-ate and costly preparations. F'orty bonaride artists selected aud engaged with reference to their skill and merits alone have been secured. They have indeed skimmed the cream from the profession, and The Times feels secure in the prediction that the entertainment from the rise to the final drop of the curtain will be one of the most enjoyable enjoya-ble ever witnessed in Zion. Manager Pavey, in his guarantee to the public, authorizes tho reporter to state that no feature that is not admitted to the best theaters of the nation will be tolerated at the Franklin. The proprietors propose pro-pose to make it fit the most fastidious requirements of the amusement seeker, and with that in view will open on Monday Mon-day evening with a bill composed of unrivaled artists. The new theater furnishes fur-nishes another link in a circuit that extends ex-tends from the Lyceum in Chicago to the Powell in San Francisco, and promises all the attractions that are to be had at these popular places. Referring in glittering generality to the theater and its effect on the commercial com-mercial welfare of Zion, Manager Perry Per-ry stated that the roster should include at least 50 people at all times whose legitimate le-gitimate expenses could not contribute less than $50,000 to the annual exchange. |
