Show AMUSEMENTS I Only on the theory that almost anything may happen In one of those Spanish American republics can everything seen and heard at a performance of Soldiers of Fortune bo accounted for Its sensations sensa-tions t crowd each other The players have been well taught the art of hustling NVlion sclfclionn for the casl were being made undoubtedly much attention was < nld to pedal putters 1coplc arc either going somewhere In haste or coming bud In a hurrv niont of tho time I Robert 1 Bile I momm who Is th chief hero of the enterprise enter-prise pleased last t nights audience bill I he was so busyi that I it had to form its estimate ol him mostly while ho was on the run lIe h I < a virile actor and thus well I fined in lead a company presenting a Richard Harding I Davis play Cut III I addition to his virility he manifests qniil Itles that t also attracl and wo fancy that In a less lobustunus role he might bw even more pleading Tho girl i Mr Kdeson us Robert Clay a mining engineer Is In love with Is Hope Langham a daughter of tho pilnclpal I owner of the rrIne Clay Is on gaged In developing Clay captivates bur by hit vigorous Sid and clinches his hold by telling her of hiM heroic udvcn tiires In various parts of the earth which show conclusively as he la yet a young nan that ho must havo commenced being be-ing a hero almost as noon as hue could wall Bill Ill Dnvlbrf heroes begin Iholr life work early The character of Hope is I laken by Ellen Burg who Is I about as agile and lomplsh It young woman as Mr h Davis conlci d tlro lor the embodiment < < of his heroines Uc have only a viiruu recollection thai I sin was once or twice In repose But we distinctly rcmembei see hug her run In many different dliactions Not at the same lime I however Mr Davis recognizes Home laws I of nature Helen Ware as MadameAlvarez who Is not required to be frolicsome made a good Impression The dlfllculty of hoi part Is Increased by the requirement that she speak with a Spanish accent and she meets the I demand cleverly She has a strong scene with n man who loves her This man as you may i Imagine In not her husband Rut the t love affair with a lady of warm Spanish blood as one party and a soldier of fortune as the I other Is I wo are assured entirely honorable The scene Is about the only one In the play In which strength md restraint arc milled The elfsacrlilclng man In the case la FOOII killed while shu Is near him not by her husband but by her husbands enemy ene-my which gives nn Idea of time complications complica-tions I and till heartrending things In thu t play Mr Edison Is preuent at the sbool lug but though he Is defenseless and the I shooting party Is after him too 1 his lifi Iri spared You cannot nee why except that It would rather abruptly and unsatisfactorily unsat-isfactorily end the t play If lie wore then disposed of Ilany llnrwood 1 lined the part of McViHaniH admirably The staise I settings were beautiful and were much aided by Mr Pypcrs fine now electric lighting equipment The audience wan large and was greatly amused especially espe-cially during the t first half of tho pla > In which the lines were brighter lhan toward to-ward the end when the mixups held the rime play will he presented three more times The matinee tomorrow will be a souvenir one a The mere announcement that May Stockton would appear as Bob the newsboy news-boy In A Jlttle Outcast wan of Itself a sufficient drawing caul to 1111 the Grand theater last evening because Miss Stockton Stock-ton waa here In the same role last year and Is I suro of a big reception however many times she may repeat her visit But Miss Stockton Is not the only member of Iho company I who Is I worthy of praise Trim she takes the leading role ami does It to the utmost satisfaction not only of the youngsters In the gallery i but the occtipanls of the box the pnrqueitc and the dress circle and demonstrations of approval were frequent and hearty from all parts of Ihc house There have been 1 some changes In the choracUTS since lime play was seen here last but the changes for the most part have been for the holler hol-ler Stanley Johns In the rolo of Paul Wcston the man who suffered for time sake of otlu ri was naturally a favorite with the audience and was woll worthy the favor shown Edwin Young as George DC Voe was far above the average por iraylng the same kind of character sort of a polished villain that might win Die good graces of most anyone lie met and entirely different from the ones usually usu-ally filling the role D il Henderson as Thomns Quinn the lawyer was here with the coupany > last year and did clever worki III his ravhuis while under tho Influence Influ-ence of opium F C Burton ao I Hungr Dick Illgglna I repulsive as ever and Charles Hoed as 1tscl < 1 Derby hi pal wero also familiar to the t audience and hath do thou parts well Milllcent Evniir made a winsome Madeline IJarcotirt I and Lena Do Ixilglo an acceptable Ethel Dy ron The other roils of the play were Incapable In-capable hands The audience was a big one and seat salon already made lnsiiro full homieK for the remainder of the production pro-duction tonight tomorrow night and the Wednesday inallncc co I E J Carpenter Is the manager of the present production of A Ilttlu I 1 1 I Outcast Tribune readers will readily recall a little romance connected with Mr Carpenters last visit to Salt Lake Jt was New Years eve of last year that ho married Miss Milllcent Evanu In this city Rev A J Albrltton performing the corumony Mrs 1 Carpenter Is now the leading lady of tIme play V I O In Old Kentucky comes to tho Salt Lake Then tor Thursday night for two performances and will undoubtedly bo as popular as ever Tho seat smile begins today e Tho sale of seats begins this morning for tho melodrama In a Womnnu Jower which will bo at the Grand theater thea-ter Thursday Friday rnd Saturday |