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IN OLD KENTUCKY" AT GRAND.
Popular Blue Grass Meiodrama Sc
lected as inaugural Performances.

After Splendidly successful season
of several months of stock productions
presented by some of the most prom
inent travelling stock organizat ions in
America. the Grand opera house will
tonight inaugurate it's thirteenth reg
ular season with its variety of COM
edies, melodrams rural dramas. etc.
The bookings for the first two
months are unusually strong and
there is every indication that the
Grand will resume it's place among the
combination theaters with its usual
clientele of patrons If anything the
patronage should be increased to a
marked degree, for the stock COM
pany with It's many enjoyable produc-
tons has done much to populariZe this
playhouse.
I'm Old Kentucky" the ever welcome
and universally popular Blue Grass
melodrama has been selected as the
nouncement of it's engagement is
usually sufficient to insure splendid
attendance at each and every per-
Torrance, but this time extraordinary
interest will be evinced when 1t Is
stated that the company and produc-
ton will be bigger and better than
any that has heretofore been seen in
this city. The play has been before
the public for nine years continuously
and has brought in a fortune for It's
manager, Jacob Lift. To celebrate the
tenth season Of this successful play,
Mr.. Lift decided to put forth the most
elaborate production of the play he
has ever given and present 1t with the
strongest cast it has ever had. To this
end scenic artists have been at work
all summer in New York upon new
scenery and have turned out new
production that is said TO surpass any,
thing heretofore shown with the play.
I'm Old Kentucky will go into New
York, Boston and Chicago this sea-
son for long runs and the new COM
pany organized for these cities will be
seen here intact.
To add novelty and charm to the
pickanniny SCENE. the country has
been thoroughly searched for the fun
NEST and most talented little pickan-
MES obteinable and this feature of the
performance will be presented upon
bigger scale than ever before.
The story of 'Tn Old Kentucky" Is
too we'll known to require lengthy no.
tice here. Suffice 1t to say, it is
sharp and intense story with consist
ent characters and clean plot, mark
ed contrasts, a strong racing feature
and number of amusing and ex-
cellently trained little coIored lads.
The plot IS laid in the blue grass re-
gion of Kentucky, and presents, as it's
chief figure, simple but warm-neart-
ed mountain girl, VINO has loved above
her station, but with the sincerity
which brings her out triumphant, not,
however, until she has defeated the
ends of villainy, but with restraining
influence, quite as we'll to generous
manhood. The characters are admir-
ably introduced and the double inter-
est is created, involving the contention
between the hero and the villain on
the other.
The scene Of the first act Is laid IN
the Kentucky mountains, the scene of
the second act shows the barnyard of
country mansion-here countless lit
tie pickannies disport themselves
quite as If it were slice out of South
ern life. The third act shows the. great
race and several other scenes leading
up to it. A short fourth act brings
everything to a satisfactory conclu-
sion, after revealing a pretty love
scene between Madge and her sweet
heart.
The role Of Madge this season will
be interpreted by Miss Bessie Barris-
Gale, a beautiful and talented young
actress, who, although unknown to
this section Of the country, has ap-
peared in many recent successes in the
East George Heath will have the role
Of Frank Layson, William T. Clark
will be the Col. Sandusky Doolittle,