Show AT THE GRAND an excellent presentation ofa thi great opera marked improvement in the dorkof all the M moers odthe company deserving of better patronage from uiki people the og jenovera Jen Opera company presented tho mikado at the grand last night to a small but decidedly appreciative v audience it has been a month and a half since their first appearance in opera at time they presented this same opera and every movement of thac corn pany and ata members showed a mark cd improvement twice they have presenter the opera outside of ogden since their first appearance and each time they received high praise for their work to all of which they were justly entitled their work last night was very creditable there was a freedom from amateurishness which showed close application and steady drill the music and business of the opera went off with a vim and go which Is characteristic of regular opera companies and the presentation as a whole was the peer of many traveling companies there Is a lack of strong voices in the leading characters tut the acting wag par excellence of the ladled ot course mrs alary nellson hepburn as yum yum the leading character takes the advance her delineation ot the little japanese maid was perfect and she Is just fitted i for the part she was ably seconded by mrs cates and mrs as sing and peep bo though the latter do not give their voices full swing the trio as the three little maids were vigorously applauded and were compelled to respond to an encore miss lillian stayner Stay ncr as katasha Katt sha Is an actress of much ability and she handled this most difficult part with the ease ot a professional the love scene between she and koko ko ko was vigorously applauded and they were compelled to respond to the demands of the audience jim conlisk as koko ko ko easily leads the gentlemen in his excellence he was really beautiful in his grotesqueness and barring an inclination to aimlessly wander about the stage at times could nat be excelled dr conroy as pooh bah comes next and his grandiloquence and overmastering over mastering dignity were truly ridiculous he was twice recalled on one of his solos A S cates as dankl poo was meryi much improved over hla first appearance and he was very much more at home on the stage his greatest sue cess was in the kissing duet with yum yum which brought down the house II 11 R macmillan as tush was much stronger than at the first ap pe aranco though there Is still a stiffness in his actions as is the case with F M cates who played the mikado both the latter however were much improved in voice and with the rest of tho gentlemen will acquire freedom of movement in practice there is still a weakness in the opera in the matter of voices they have a good chorus it the members would sing to the audience and tho voices of the principals would be better beard it they would in their solos keep their yes toward the audience the grand Is a large opera house and it takes a good voice to fill it the company was entitle to a better patronage and those who heard the opera last night will testify it was a surprise and they are entitled to all the praise which can be bestowed they will now begin work on another opera and the organization may put on two more before the season Is ended through some trouble with the beating apparatus the grand could not be heated last night and much discomfort was caused thereby tomorrow night the ath infantry band Is at the grand their concerts with soloists quartette and the projections of the leading army and navy officers battles naval engagements gage ments and cuban scenes of our late war with spain are a very strong attraction i ji iii m |