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Show A SILVER CIRCUIT. LIST OF ATTRACTIONS BOOKED FOR SALT LAKE'S THEATER. The Iteasnn that a New Opera Maine ha not Alrrecly lleen Const noted In Inn Finally I'nruliled Manager McCuurt rnbosoma Illnisplf. Colonel Teter McCourt. tho adroit and wary manager of the.Tabor Crand opera house and of the now famous and lucrative Silver circuit that hegins with the portals of that matchless struelure and extends to Ogden, is celebrating cele-brating the new year with a host of friends in Zion. Seen by. tho inter- i viewer this morning, the' gentleman said: "It was our intention to have erected an opera house after the dissolution of the Walker, and to that end a number of your public-spirited citizens were consulted. There was no disposition on their part to encourage such a project, pro-ject, however, whereupon we opened negotiationswith the management of the Salt Lake theater. This resulted in the solemnization of a contract that extends ex-tends through a long cycle of time. Money was appropriated for the overhauling over-hauling and re-equipment of the theater, which now has few rivals on the circuit. To this play-house go all the Tabor Grand attractions, and they will continue to go there until the contract con-tract expires. I don't see how a rival could thrive when I look at the attractions at-tractions that have been billed as far ahead as a year. As it is now we can't till the books at the Salt Lake theater, owing to tho inadequacy of first class attractions. It could be done, of course, were we to resort to the barnstormer, but public patronage is too sensitive a thing to trifle or tamper with. There is not a city east or west that extends ex-tends more liberal encouragement to the drama than Salt Lake and to impose im-pose third class attractions on it would be ltagrant ingratitude. Wt are not confining ourselues to the Tabor Grand bookings alone but in the dearth of attractions are going beyond and skimming the cream from the outside. Our bookings for the season are "A 1." and include Hice'f Corsair. Natural Gas, The Howard Atheneum company, l.otta, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Corinne, The Sea King, which by the way is charming spectacular opera. The Clenienceau Case, Frederick Warde and Mrs. Bowers in tragedy, l'atti Rosa, Marie Wainright, Henry M, Stanley, A Barrel of Money. The Bus-tonians. Bus-tonians. The Texas Steer, All the Comforts Com-forts of Home. Cleveland Consolidated Minstrels, Kajanka. Ilallen & Hart. Ellie Ellsler. Little Tycoon, Milton No-btes. No-btes. Stuart ltalsun, Richard Mansfield, The County Fair, and by the way this is the greatest hit of the age, Froh-man's Froh-man's New York company, Shenandoah, Shenan-doah, Mr. Barnes of New York, The City Directory. The Lyceum company. Babes in the wood and William Crane who does not start west until the spring of '!)'. The list is an excellent one and to it will bu added a number of others." Colonel McCourt leaves for Denver this evening and will be aeeomnanied by Mr. S. 1'. Rounds of the Union IV cj lie Pathfinder.'- Their visit has been a pleasant one and the return will bo looked forward to with feelings of irrepressible irre-pressible delight. |