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Show and Protective Order of Elks. J. H. Knauss, Secretary.' Ogden, Utah. "Mr. R. P. Herrick, Manager Grand Opera House, Ogden, Utah. Dear Sir: The fifth annual entertainment of Ogden Og-den lodge No. 710 has been given, and before concluding our commttteo labors we desire, on behalf of tho lodge and the young ladies who so artistically ar-tistically assisted us, to express to the management of the Grand opera house most hearty appreciation of the kindly courtesies and gentlemanly decorum de-corum on the part of your attaches, and that none but the regular Stago force was permitted behind tho scenes. "This lodge has Just given its ninth performance, and it Is a privilege and pleasure to state that at all stage rehearsals re-hearsals and performances the conduct con-duct of your employes was not only respectful and considerate, but was characterized by a fine sense of the proprieties, and that at no time, has a single one of ihe young ladies, many of them of our own families, had occasion oc-casion to complain of any misconduct on "the part of anyone connected with your house. Cordially yours, (Signed:) "J. A. HOWELL. Chairman. "O. P. MECKES. "C. O.' Do WOLF. "W. D. W. ZELLER. "FRED SCRIVEN." "Ogden Lodge No. 719. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. J. H. Knauss. Secretary. Ogden, Utah, Feb. 20. 190?. "Mr. R. P. Herrick, Manager Grand Opera House, Ogden, Utah Dear Sir: Before leaving Ogden, where I have been so generously received, will you permit me to say that in my fifteen years' active and continuous experience experi-ence in theatrical performances, which brought me Into close contact with stage hands, I have never seen a force whose conduct and language was o uniformly respectful and so free from criticism as Is yours. "I also desiro to thank you for personal per-sonal courtesies, and beg to remain, "Very truly yours, "H. L. BROWN." Mr. Brown conducted "The Elk's Tooth" performance for the local order or-der of Elks, which was given two nights. February IS and 19, at the Grand. CRITICISM WITHOUT -.-MERIT' f r LOGAN YOUNG LADIES NOT DISCOURTEOUSLY DIS-COURTEOUSLY TREATED.. Manager Receives Commendatory Let- ters From Prominent Men Regarding Regard-ing Treatment Accorded Player. "The . criticism recently offered against the management of the Grand opera house In Ogden by the Logan Journal, and reproduced by a local paper, pa-per, was of so little merit," said Manager Man-ager Herrick last evening, "that we paid no particular attention to it. It was a trivial affair and one that needed need-ed but the passing attention which was given it at the time. The fact of the matter is that one of the boys, who Is a helper on tho stage, spoke not discourteously to one of the young ladies who took part in the Logan Lo-gan concert on the night of their performance per-formance here, to which she took exceptions. ex-ceptions. The matter was referred to the management of the house, and the bov was called up aud questioned about it. This was done in the pres-enco pres-enco of an officer. It was determined, after the investigation had been held, that the young man could hardly be considered to have been discourteous to the young lady, and nothing further was done about it. Nobody except the performers and the help needed in conducting a show is permitted on tho stage, and even impoliteness on tho part of the employes of the management manage-ment of the house always receives severe se-vere criticism and the parties are unflinchingly- reprimanded." Mr. Herrick further stated that ho had nothing more to say regarding the matter and thought the making of so much ado about the little affair was entirely unwarranted and 'savored much of "a tempest in a teapot." As to the manner in which the Grand is conducted, Manager Herrick? referred the representative of this paper to tho following communications which had Just been received, and which are self-explanatory. self-explanatory. They follow: "Ogden Lodge No. 719, Benevolent |