Show AMUSEMENTS 1 I IJ With a new opera The talc of Champagne I Cham-pagne never before heard In Salt Lake I the Grail company drew a goodsized 1 I audience the Grand last night It Is a 1 vehicle which acts the singers oft to better I bet-ter advantaBl oven lhnnBI Cnpltan As In the priAIous evenings Smith and I Mlchclena wero tho favorites ot the house This was tho opera In which Seabrooke I mado hlH bin hit The role of King PO I merry SOc was taken In lie GraU nroduc tlgn by Frank A ooley who proved rather I I w better comedian than Klnpslcy Tile latter In the present opera hnd the role or the Prime Ilnlstor Tho part of the young Prince was nssumcd by Joseph w I Smith while Kate Mlchclcna as tile uhlp wrcckcd young Puritan Prlscllln sang opposite to him Thc two made t a winsome apprarancc and tholr various songs received re-ceived the heartlcHt cncoro 5 Minnie Emmett Em-mett was seen for the Mrat tulle during tho ciiKacimunt as Abllsull k filling tho comedy requirements and lending no I ond of fun to the evening The lelo of Champagne vcr prettily mounted the scenery being one of the features of I the production The second and thirdActs wero both ati cd with much detail The I I chorus made an attractive picture In their marches and thc ensemble singing was as good as wo have over had In popular price opora Tonight tho opera will bo repeated re-peated Saturday night and afternoon The Llttlo Tycoon wJU be the bill From here the company goes to Denver where It closes Its season Mr Grau then goes to New York to prepare for his regular sTummcr season of light opera a One of the smallest houses of the season sea-son was In attendance on Eugenic Blair In Carmen last night Tho effect of the diminutive business hall a dampening effect ef-fect on both audience and players though the play was given to better advantage than A Lady of Quality In the dramatic dra-matic version of Carmen Miss Blair subdues thc suggestive voluptuous I Carmen from tho conception wo have hud In the musical interpretation As tho dashing fparltfes Spanish gipsy Miss Blair appeared to marked advantage Her leading man Mr Carow was handicapped wJth a cold so severe that ho could hardly talk Mr Duff played tho toreador with vigOr nnd looked tho role Thc other parts were acceptably done Tonight Tlin Little Minister In which Maude Adams made BO remarkablp a run will be given i by tho Frohman company J it I being tho I first f presentation here ofwhat Is l known ap the Barrio or Maude Adam Version of tile play It Is said to bajiondsomoly given In every feature o I o Interest Is I concpritratcd on the great Shakespearean f SUwllo tho coming week In Which three stars Modjeska Odette Tyler l and R D MacLean I supported bv a proportionately nota I hie cast will appear In Salt Lake Nothing In recent years can scarcely scarce-ly l bo comcarcd to Ink presentation qf the greatest In legitimate drama Not alone are tho people of the company the foremost of tho day but Modleakn has practically been l given carte blanche by her managers In the way of stage settings set-tings For months managers of other companies coming to Salt Lake have been Ringing the praises of tills combination In the matter of tho staging of King John alono two full cars of scenery nro employed Something like tell changes of ncenery are made In ono night Only tho Largest stager of thc country will take the full quantity of material furnished for this one work Luckily tho SaiL Lake stage Is of sufficient dimensions to accommodate ac-commodate It all Mary Stuart another part In which Modjeska appears IH one other ot-her celebrated characters Macbeth seems as old as the hills but It Is everywhere every-where demanded for trm immense breadth It gives Moojcakn No actress on the American stage has ever compared with Modjeska In tills part It being her masterpiece mas-terpiece In her famous starring tour with Booth rho fact IH that the little business being done by the Theater the present I week Is I duo largely to tho coming of the TMrwlloslfo pnmnnnv fnr rvhlnh I nmi1jr > mcntgoers arc holding l ofT Tn New I York and Boston S2 was charged ns admission admis-sion but throughout the west the uniform uni-form price of 150 Is being maintained The seat sale beings this moinlng If Q Next week tho Grand will give Tho Eleventh Hour for the first three nights after that the house will be dark for sometime some-time t 0 0 Manager Gruff of the ScmbrlcTi com natty yesterday dooosltel 100 with Prof Evan Stephens before tho sale of scatw opened Thlp vns a guarantee of good faith Prof J StQiiltcn having bcn < fooled bv Gadakl and Maurice GraIl to his por Honal loss The alo WM very good considering con-sidering It was eight days before the performance per-formance Over HJO seats were sold Tho choir I had a rehcnrcal last night going r ocr tile onora In full Pie Stephens savaho never saw the chqlrbo attentive iHfuisaUc > and Impressed > i i > a < > J I Phil afnrpntts of thIL clty i wlltopcn lie L noV oporjihouse In Preston lila on the 11Lhwllh0 company oi Sa Lake olay fI itt vftlded Und abetted by i nemo of tho dramatic and vocal talent of the Idaho lawn Chi l op nihousrt Is I ncatand sOS place and would do credit to a town Of Ihrec time the size of Preston but thQ ° t who lvo In that place believe Itwill tie three limes as large as It now Is In avery a-very shorttime |