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Show I i i Salt Lake Theater "Our Mew Minister." Min-ister." Grand Theater Elleford Stock company com-pany In "Mew Tork Pay by Day." Morelty Theater Vaudeville. Bon Ton Theater Vaudeville. ' THE ELLEFORD STOCK COMPANY added another success to its long list of good achievements at the Grand theater, when It presented "New York Day by Day" to a fair house laat night. This play la melodramatic melo-dramatic in every sense and has a comedy vein that Is above the average. aver-age. The play hinges on the cares and troubles of a blind flower girl, i whom "the villain desires to rob of a large fortune bequeathed to her by her father. His consummate cunning, however, comes to naught, . and In the end. when on the edge of success, his plats, thdhgh ever so carefully laid, are foiled and he accomplishes ac-complishes his own end. Miss Lillian Elliott's work as Polly Horn, the blind flower girl, was of a high order and her simulation of blindness was with startling realism. Pietro Sosso, as Jack Walters, a young sailor led into a trap by the villain, 'was worthy of especial mention, James Corrigan showed that he waa a versatile ver-satile comedian by his representation representa-tion of Mosea Vopps, a German sausage sau-sage vender. Myrtle Selwyn took the part of Rags, a street gamin and . did effective work. All of the other jarts were well sustained. "New York Day by Day" will be presented at the Grand tonight, at a matinee performance tomorrow afternoon and again tomorrow night. "OUR NEW MINISTER," A RURAL drama by Denman Thompson and George W. Ryer, will be given at the Salt Lake Theater tonight. It comes direct from its phenomenal run of four months in New York city, and brings with It all of the old favorite in the original cast. A matinee performance will be given tomorrow afternoon, the engagement engage-ment closing tomorrow night. THE PRESS CLUB GAVE A MOST satisfactory rehearsal of the "Ham Show' at the Salt Lake Theater last night. This show will be, beyond a doubt for the actors themselves declare It the funniest thing that ever appeared on the Salt Lake Theater stage. When Shakespeare's Shakes-peare's immortal tragedy was revised re-vised and brought down to date by the brilliant local tragedians who have done themselves proud, new luster was added to the crown of glory belonging to the Bard of Avon. The Press club's "Ham Show" will be given at the Salt Lake Theater on May 16th a 17th. PAUL WILSTOCK, BUSINESS MAN-ager MAN-ager for Richard Mansfield, was in the city yesterday afternoon for a few' hours, on his way from St. Louis to San Francisco. He ar- ranged a few details in preparation for the appearance of Mansfield here. THE NOVELTY THEATER HAD A pleasing opening bill last night. The Musical Carters In their -original sketch, "The Farmer and Country Cousin" made a decided hit. They introduced many novel musical specialties. spe-cialties. Bates and Ernest, Dutch comedians, also made a most favor-. favor-. able Impression, roars of laughter greeting their eccentricities. Cur-tin Cur-tin and Blossom, comedy sketch artists, ar-tists, introduced a number of up-to-date feats, songs and dances. The moving pictures show scenes from "Uncle Tom'g Cabla.'' |