Show AMUSEMENTS lttruager Mnlvcy hig a sure winner In Jess of the Ear Z Jluueh which opened at lie Grand last uvenlnfr for a threo nights engagement Thy play Is unique In that It pictures with it L very commendable commend-able regard to probability a phaso of Western life which has seldom been i touched upon by dramatic authors and still more rarely portrayed without being too liberally embellished with startling exaggerations for dramatic effect Some of tho characters are a trlllu overdrawn and situations Homewhiit colored In the performance but on time whole the play Is very consistent An outline of the play was given In Sunduys columns The scenery which Is carried by the company Is I all well suited to the play while the pictures inado In the costuming arc very true to frontier life Miss Alice Archer In the star part of Jess gave an interpre tation which made her popular with the audience while Albert Lang In the part of Qulpg the villain rendered a good bit of I acting Edward Cravnn who played tho rolo of Joey very creditably Intro duced a song Alike Mike Mike which mado a hit Tho company is a large ono and well able to handlo the piece Tho attendance was large and enthu siasm run high S a a Hi llonry3 minstrels como to the Grand Thursday night hue sale of seats opens at the box office this morning S a ft was not a large nudienco which gath crcu at the Latterday Saints college last evening to hear the dramatic readings bv Miss Margaret Barry of New York but certainly there was not ono present who did not recognize in Miss Barry a trifled and versatile leader Tho rosrammc was n varied one giving wldo urope tot dlsnluv of ability aunt while it may lo said limit Miss Harry excels hi the humorous and In vcviiiR rccnilrlng deep pathos her clmax of the Rhyme of Mm Duchess May Browning was one of tho llneKt bit of the evening Particularly plunslng were her interpretations of Little Roy Blue OliId and Cuddle Boon fAnderhoii while her readings from the Little Mimi iRtor and Lea Mlserables wore given cleverly An effort la to bo made to have Miss Harry appear again before a Suit Luke au dh nce before her departure for the coast |