Show I AMUSEMENTS S Nance ONeil needs to bo nstronj young woman for the part of Queen Elizabeth For In the part Inllt nlijht sine carried clothes and ornnmcntn Unit would have weighted a weak ono down She wns fjor KCOIIS In ruliujiit and brilliant In gems Hue when her art shone the gems wore not soon and when her dramatic power VLH strongly l manifest her meru physical strength If It had been thought of was forgotten Despite surroundings that wore not royal I and though among courtiers who did not nil till the bill she wan queenly She displayed l the cuprlclouaneps of a cruel bloody redheaded email hearted and finally remorseful monarch as If who were Indeed all that In nature Tho death of I scene was a ghastly one extraordinary meting but while It hiis I great dramatic power and Is I therefore we suppose warranted we doubt if n queen or anybody else ever died In thnt way But tho playwright bavins decreed that those wero the clrcumatancos Hinder which tho Queen should die there wan nothing to do hut to die under Burh circumstances cir-cumstances And as she hadto die that way > Nance died that way well Miss ONeil had a close second in strong acting last night Mr Ralcllffe tho cold palo pcrsonator of tho minister of the night before hired up aa the Earl of Es I sex and those who thought ho had Httlo life found ho had lots of It In a llurcu liceno with tho queen which would mayO been liiposslblo I In real life I he spake I to the lflflv l Vf > r iritli I iinr1 fif 1 11 ll tcrnhsnq and scorn and denunciation In i a manner I that roused the house to tho first great i demonstration of the engagement And the applause that made the curtain go up that tlmo was more for Essex than 1 1lzlbct hAnd h-And now wo come to a most painful matter It was an evil being human or otherwise who gave our old friend McKco ttankln the suggestion that he net Into lights In comic opera the thins might have been all right But last night In What were meant to be serious court scenes he lool elnncl w any it only because be-cause we are con twlledhe looked like a big big Brownie We could not smile aa other did Wo turned away and tried to remombor him as we had fondly seen him In tine pa3t tto called up a picture of him In The Canuck when he was the greatest delineator of IrcnciiCn nod inn character tho stage has ever seen and when it was possible to hide all those things In a large fur coat As to the rest t Well If the Lord Bacon wo saw last night is a faithful copy of the original wo are convinced that Hocon never wrote Shakespeare And the others were as a rule not up to the requirements require-ments mentlhl The Jewess will be given tonight Tho house last night was a big one and largo audiences are assured for the rest of tho engagement Manager Pyper had a surprise for his patrons last nlghL They found a new curtain In the place from which the Ben llur horses had boon driven This curtain cur-tain which was also painted by Jackson F Breunlng will doubtless stay The scene Is a Venetian one Its wnter and boats giving It a relationship to The Return Re-turn of tho VIctoVlous Fleet now evidently evi-dently t I put away for good It gives color and Illumination to tho section down In front and the scene Is pronounced natural by l people who have been In Venice Tho boat sails are highly colored but the artist guarantees that they are true to Venetian canvas Anyway there art fewer people who arc familiar with Venetian Vene-tian scones than there are who know horses when thcy see them and consequently conse-quently Ultra will be fower Qualified to criticise this latest curtain than there wero to pass upon the one to which HO much objection was nade I A strong play presented by a company far abovo the average In ability for popu l larpriced houses Is California seen for the first time in thin city last night at the Grand theater The piny was now most of the members of the cast are strangers here but It did not take tho audience long to realize that California i one of the best melodramas of tho season and that a curtain call was demanded de-manded at the close of tine I first act showed how favorable an Impression had been made There were two members of the company who were warmly welcomed an they made their appearance upon tho stage Ed M Kimball who took tho part of Tom Holton and Miss Rao Ferguson who tilled the part of Dolores The story of California Is full of human Interest and many times during the evening the emotions of the audience are stirred to their depths Particularly beautiful wan the scene upon which the curtain went down flowing tilt death scene of DIns with his daughter and her adopted father fa-ther standing near and Dolores tho wronged woman grasping a cross and praying to heaven for mercy Ed M Kimball Kim-ball as Tom Bolton warmnntured gen eroushearted filled the character to the satisfaction of every one A favorite whenever on tho stage was J Rush Rronson who as Faddy MeCaroy relieved re-lieved the dark plot with his wit and humor hu-mor Richard Clarke made an altogether acceptable DIas and more than once exhibited ex-hibited unusual dramatic ability Ills wrestling scene with Edwin Winstlay Rlohard Kenton was one of the t most icalistic seen on the stage here Miss Grace Guerlte made a charming Ernie and Miss Pauline Maddeiii made all that was possible out of the part of Violet Summers Henry C Oakes tilled tho role of Capt Hale acceptably Tho play Is well staged If l t will he repeated tonight to-night and tomorrow night with the usual us-ual matinee tomorrow B II The sale of scats begins today at tho Grand for Faust which opens at tIne Grand theater on Monday night for a threo nights engagement I |