Show I I I o g0 I y 0 ° c1 o I r A IYRjyY e K + f J r YW C l i l I c c 4 J490 V I a t oGC ° A f coo I c f Thlfi Week Salt Lake Theater 11 Herrmann Monday and Tuesday evenIngs even-Ings s and Tuesday matinee Why I Smith Left Home Thursday and Friday Fri-day evenings Grand Concert Wednesday evening a ° A week from tomorrow will witness the opening of the New Grand by the stock company which Ralph E Cum i mlngH hns brought to Salt Lake 1C one half the promises made for this organization materialize Salt Lake splendid organization Installed will sco a stalled again on the Grand boards r A number of small Improvements conducing x con-ducing to the comfort and convenience of I patrons are nlso promised The ushers will be uniformed an awning will cover the entrance from carriage steps to lobby and the Interior of the house will be refurnished Walter E Coleman who has been the leader of the orchestra is to be replaced by William Wil-liam C Cllvc There were some rumors in the effect Mint the new management Intended to reduce the number of pieces of the orchestra but this the manager denies The new dressingrooms in j the rear of the Grand will be a big Improvement over the basement rooms which have heretofore been used The company is i dally rehearsing The Gilded Fool which will be the opening bill Jay Rogers who officiated as treasurer I treas-urer during the first regime of the house will again be in a like position I looking after the Interests of the owners of the building I V 4 Paul Hammer who for a long series of years was treasurer of the Salt Lake Theater and subsequently has been cashier at the Kenyon hotel will devote de-vote his time after the first of the year I exclusively to the Theater programme j Mr Hammer and Mr Jones have built the programme up from a Hicklylook hag sheet until it Is now almost of mngazlne size and a handsome piece of I typographical art a o i It Is several years since Salt Lake I has seen an entertainment In magic the last being that of Kellar whose unfortunate Western tour was a disappointment dis-appointment alike I Id himself and friends No prcstldigator ever held the t American public like Alexander Herr mann whose sudden death three years ago left an almost vacant field in the I necromancers art Unquestionably JSllason or Dante as he came to be known would have dropped into llerr manns place had not the untimely death of the Salt Lake boy In Australia Aus-tralia again made a I blank in the field of magjr After Hermanns death Mrs I Herrmann tried to continue the entertainment which her husband had mado noted but was unsuccessful j Henry 15 DIxoy was then put forward by Mr Herrmanns old manager Edward Ed-ward Bloom but Dlxey too proved a failure Finally the nephew of the prestidigitator Leon Herrmann was brought to America and has succeeded better than any of his predecessors In filling the vacancy left by his uncle Special claim is made for that part of Herrmanns performance which Is given over to illusions and magic on a large scale the chief among the illusions I illu-sions being Cremation In this Herrmann appears to burn a woman alive Salt Lake is pretty well acquainted ac-quainted with tho work of magic In this country and will view with a critical eyo this latest candidate for favor Herrmann appears at the Theater Thea-ter Monday and Tuesday evenings and Tuesday matinee a Why Smith Left Home was seen hi Salt Lake last year and proved a roaring success It returns for two nights this week beginning Thursday evening and should be even better attended at-tended than tho engagement last year The story Is one of domestic Infelicity i with a now married couple as central figures and a troupe of aunts uncles brothers cousins sisters and brothers inlaw who persist In visiting them causing their domestic troubles Among this company are Douglas Flint Rote Hubbard Eugene Redding Nellie Maskell Augustls Mortimer Lizzie May Olmer Frederick Roberts Frank Craven Elenor La Salle Jennie Lngle Bessie Bruno and Charlotte Love f o The production of a Midsummer Nights Dream which will bo seen at the Salt Lake Theater u short time hence will be the most elaborate hal I1areal1 production ever given hl the West If J not In the country Ac cording to New York critics there have J boon 110 finer I productions of Shakes 4peace wllhin the kno lodjji of the nres ont gemration than that of the I Louis i Jamcslvathryn hh1etor organization in I A Midsummer Night Dream The I to pled J UMils 1 itself to a gorgeous dress I ingindthe result is llle TamcsKlddcr production Isn stage of such ma g aria cent 1 > Prodigality that It resembles the days uc the old Henderson extrava I JLl1ZUS Miss Klddeiv takes the part of r Helcna while Mr James is seen as Nick Bottom the Inimitable conceited I weaver Those who member Jamess I Autolycus last year can well Imagine what a magnificent creation a broad comedy pf Bottoms affords A big bal let Is one of the features Another feature of the elaborate prewntaSon is the interpolation of fine musical numbers Maxln DGross having boon secured this year as musical direct I Manager Pyper regards this as the best production for tho remainder of the season The Intention was to char g e < 2 the a peat admission but out of regard for t popular Indignation whichT Which Is al wars awakened by such Advances it rtl has the heeD determined to keen admission 150 rates non Nights DrAnL A lummer Dream has usually been hlerccL con too expensive for a traveling company hut Tagenhals and Iempel H S had confidence enough in It to Spend 20OOO on the cgiIilrttcnt Scenery cos tumcs and properties CI CI j It Is reported In the Dramatic view Re that Minnie Ma ho has been Iaddern I isle who plaYing n merit at the Grand successful engage I I cago Is riously sick operahouse Chl with a neuralgia trouble severe It Is presumed however that the lime between tlll i and her enable appearance Jll Salt Lake will l her to re cot er Yrom the malady Mrs FIske Is r One or the most advanced and stircessful or thc prc5cntdav stars Her Tess of DUlberUleB and I Beck an d Sharp arc almost classIcs It j if evident that unless obstacles arc put In the way she will he greeted lu Salt V Lake enccs by a Cries or niarltablc audi 0 t f The Tribune critic acknowledges the S receipt of one of the beautIful soup e firs which Mi Frohman makes an nn nual custom of sending the drana tic writers throughout the country These have year by year grown In richness I and expensiveness until the present one I comes near being a 5 remembrance It consists of an elegantly embossed acting edition of LAiglon being illustrated il-lustrated with Maude Adamss pictures In character and also an Illustrated book of the play showing the various scenes These works of art are given souvenirs to away by Mr Frohman as the critics throughout the country and prove the most effective method of advertising ad-vertising though nothing on their face bears the suggestion of an advertisement advertise-ment BO Manager i Kallinan of the New Grand Theater completed arrangements yesterday yes-terday whereby the Yalo Glee club will give i its concert at the New Grand Theater Instead of at the Congregational Congrega-tional church as originally planned Those who have purchased seats may exchange them at the boxoffice of the theater and they will receive scats In exchange in relatively the same positions posi-tions as those Jn the church The New F l Ill V > o nn t < llaolv decora ted with Jl < law r 1 n p IV J > w the Yale colors The change was made at the sues lion of Mr Kallman who felt that the college boys would be able to obtain more money In the theater than In the church n O a Lillian and Cora Stayner will give a fouract juvenile operetta with thirty in the cast in the Second ward meetinghouse meet-inghouse on New Years day and evenIng even-Ing MUSIC CHANTS I I At St Pauls church today the Christmas music will be repeated k e I Miss Lillian Oliver will be heard for I the first f time since her return from Europe Eu-rope at the concert she will give for the I benefit of the First Congregational church I Tomorrow evening e at 730 at St Peters Pe-ters chapel Fifth West and Fourth North the Sunlayschool will have its Christmas tree and sing their Christmas Christ-mas carols At this service the vested choir will sing two anthems The Babe t of Bethlehem by J C Bartlett And There Were Shepherds by J A Parks The solo parts will be sung by Miss Alice Kidwcll and Miss Corinne Harris The choir will be assisted at this service by Miss Grace Kidwell and Miss Mamie Meeks soprano Miss El sic Soheld alto Will R Siblcy tenor and Karl Scheid and Paul Hccmor basses Miss Mabel Clarke who has been vis itlng for the past six weeks In 1 Sail Francisco returned this week Miss Clarke will sing Sunday at the Miff church |