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Show DAILY UTAH STATE JOURI.Ak ance being a liule the galleries catching the greater portion. The play need no description, as It has been seen here before many times. It is essentially Carteiian and full of PEOPLE OF OGDEK startling scenes and mechanical effects. The scenic display of Niagara Falls at night was clever. The company putting on the piece MAIL PUT ON AT GRAND waa equal to the opportunities affordEVENING. ed them, because The Fast Mail'' does not call for talent of an extraordinary top-heav- y, ahuseuents for .tT 1T character. Attrsetissa That ara Coming Will bo Madam Butterfly. The announcement of the coining of Rotation. Puccini's Madam Japanese opera Umpira and Paar Butterfly." to the Grand Opera house la Ogden, for one night, Monday, New Fast Mail" March 10th, for one of the few enLincoln J- - Carter fair-olsaudience gagements in this state of this much prMented to a the attend talked about grand opera, has aroused laat evening, Grand t the JrtUrEy.- - High Ords.wMadm TK. Tssdsrfoot, Ths od wider interest among than anything Henry . music lover Bat age has sent West since his notable production uf Parsifal. Those who hate already heard the opera during its g run ut the Garden theater in New York, declare it the most fascinating and beautiful production of a grand opera tht tiaa ever been brought to America. Its Japanese settings and costumes are picMr. H. E. turesque and gorgeous. Krehbiei. the dean of the American music critics on the New York Tribune. say the music has the very fragrance of flowers. Mr. Henry W. Savage spent eight mouths in organising his new company. his agent visiting every prominent oiera house in Europe for available prima donnas to sing the exacting title role. Walter Kothwelk the gifted conductor who was so highly praised for his work with the Parsifal orchestra, together with the ivmitoser himself, found one of the prints donnas at Milan, where 'Madam Butterfly" was a perfect furore last winter. This is the Intle American beauty, liena Vivienne, who will sing at the In Ogden. Puccini also selected Miss Elsa Bzainosy. the Hungarian girl who waa singing with so much success In Budapest. The third Madam Butterfly is the beautiful coloratura soprano. Plonnce Easton, from I'ovent Garden. The big orchestra of sixty musicians will be umler Walter liothwell from Vienna. Alfred Keith from Berlin and Cornelius ltepia-from Amsterdam. V. Eugsnit Blair. Eugenie Blair, who is to appear here soon in Clyde Fitch's "The Woman in the Case," with its record of more than two hundred and flfty nights In New York City, is not likely to lack She has been received patronage. with enthusiasm during the entire season. The dramatic climax of thia play, which is intensely interesting, Is supplied in the shape of nawlesa evidence, which threatens the life of the hem, through which he would not have escaped the electric chair, were It not for the cleverness of his devoted wife. Miss Blair is surrounded by a specially selected company In an elaborate production. RENA VIVIENNE singer, who will sing the title role of Puccini's fascinating Japanese Grand Opera, Madam Butterfly, at the Grand Opera House Ogden, Monday, March IS. Direction Northwertem Theatrical Association The Umpire. The Umpire," which cornea to the Grand on Wednesday. March 10, ia of the new school of musical comedy, which Is to say that instead of the usual bibulous old king of a mythical island played by the usual dialect comedian, its principal person ia a highly human baseball umpire and ita story is a modern recital of the humorous adventures that might befall him. The authors have succeeded in blending a dramatic plot with a rich mixture of fun and music and girls so that one may be Interested In the outcome of the tale while being diverted with pretty tunes, pretty women and comedy. The play, It will be recalled, broke all the Chicago amusement records, having been presented there nearly a year, or to ba exact, ISO times. The cast which Manager MARCH 14. 1907. RASE THREE submit hiv iuviutk-- Fred ' Henry Hanlon. Edith Yerring-- t lina Bakr. H Salinger. Katharine Ingraham. Batin Ivnnrtl and a doxen others, to i'lng of a prixe beauty choim-o- l s Si.,. - I'1' t ' ' record-breakin- r A famous European Thlrsday. i; "A Poor Relation." V'lies of the loved comedian. P ' nh Bussell, will lend additional next Tuesday night to the f the Grand, in the enjoy f that quaint comedy, "A Fo.r Ki !! This charming play was or'sm.iiiy written fir the late eoine-di.- i' n Mr. Edward E. Kidder, the piseemed inosl in sm-wit- h 'nght who Mr. Bussell's marked and method and for whom ! .ilsn wrote that other success, Valley." The story is of a I or inventor with u valuable idea. wl h he cannot get onto the market bei'.iuse of lack i.f capital and tlic in i. MnatUms of rascals who arc try-'- ii steal his idea. The inventor's patience, courage and hope-fn''- .. s arc apiealliigly presented. The liu'i "inis side of his misfortune is bi ought out effectively by the intro-duiii'- ii into bis bare garni of two cl'iMi a. whom he has adopted and vl. 'm tie cares for with loving ", keeping from tlicir little lives rv.M breath of cold adversity, an. I their lieurls with true child siiiir hiiie. even when the clouds are d.nki'si upon his own life and pros-M- r. Ue 1. Ellsworth, whose sn iking resemblance in Sol Smilh llUKsell and whose easy and natural asMi'iiption of the latter's aetion and livlliods, Ini him a nuinlier of years S" lo devote himself u I most exelu- -' 'y to the production of Mr. ltus- ll s roles. He plays Noah Vale to Hir life and brings out In sitting lt ihe qualities that make this one of Hie great creations of stagelaud. I'm !i member of the company are arils' in their particular line of work, not excepting the two charming children who are dally receiving press noiii'es. that encourage their parents wh are also with the attraction) to continue their artistic studies. . - ptr-Se'-.- case io a st iitc Tliis lrv is justed 1 have a fair guarantee that I a m sl difflculi wi.l reach the tree ill safety.' i t..e sim- spol rvvry mile. The stage is marked Uattui in an Emergency. w In re llie life is to g,. but the vana- - ' ' Ma!" lion of a fraciien of au inch makes my eon. nl the difference in llie wor'.d Tin ' "Yes, What is an emergency brake" Imic difference wo.ild hurl me .igainsi An emergency brake, my boy. is llie sel piece and do no end of daiu- when the waitress lets a plat fall os age lo some part of me It is f,ir Hus reason Hint eai h the floor Just ns your father is about night, just tiefoie 1 go n. a bag of to wtikr at the meat." meal, my exact wnghl. laiscs my place' He had no coat upon his bach. Then the six men who werk llie up- But had one on his tongue. paralus yank the meal across (he And Rocky Mountain Tea. 'tin said. stage and into the set irce As I watch Kept him from being Hung. that yank I am glad ihai liny do not I Bad breath.) rehearse with me. But once ii is ad T. H. Carr, 1'liar. u 1 (iy he stage mail. io l s-- n i it in 1 i : , ' ' . cl-ir- -- pru-ti'ii..- i:S re-li- When Annis Russsll Flies. When Annie Bussell is seen here soon as Fuck In A Midsummer Night's Dream," many In the audience will doubtless comment on the wait of nine minutea between the first and second acts. There is a strange reason for tills wait, which has never before been told. It is during this time that the apparatus by which Annie Russell makes her flying entrance to the top of a tall tree. Is tested. This flying act of Miss Russell's involves a secret that Is guarded: the work of half a doxen men and a rehearsal with a bag of meal. Miss Russell, speaking of the nightly said recently: The ticklish part of my flight is this: The machine must be adjusted to carry me between two fixed points. This Is simple enough in the case of the flying fairies, because they start from one aide uf the stage and alight at a given point on the other. In my FRED MACE, GRAND OPERA HOUSE IN THE UMPIRE." R. A. GRANT Resident Manager Only One Only One Performance Performance For the First Time in Its History Ogden Will Enjoy Grand Opera! i a f ON THE ABOVE EVENTFUL EVENINQ MR. HENRY W. SAVAGE OFFERS HIS ENGLISH GRAND OPERA COMPANY ENSEMBLE 150 ORCHESTRA OF 60 Specially Organized for the First American Production of the Host Fascinating Grand Opera Favorite of the Musical and Social World of Two Continents. The Japanese Operatic Masterpiece in three acts, by Giacomo Puccini, composer of Tosca La Boheme Etc. Etc. - i This exquisitely beautiful work comes direct from the Garden Theater, New York, where its run of fifty consecutive performances breaks the grand opera record in this or any other country. Mail Orders filled March 11th. Box Office sale Friday, March 15th. Scale of prices: Lower floor (12 Rows) 00; lower floor (9 Rows) $2.50; balcony (5 Rows) $2.50; balcony (9 Rows) $200; lery (4 Rows) $1.50; gallery '(unreserved) $1.00. 331 Cairn 9310 Starts: . ; |