Living Whist Entertainment

folio w o ; ac omito!' .h ' 1 o;luction of Living Whist at the Grand Opera House last Friüiiy eevning U t.-ik.u {rom Saturd y's 'i m:#: The training of 60 persons and the teaching of 34 different dances to these persons involves no iittle time and painstaking trouble, but Mr. Ross Granger is an adept in this particular line of his business and so, though the time since it was flrst announced that "Living Whist" would be produced at the Grand opera house on May 11 was very short, yec the performance passea off smoothly. The house was well fllled with a very appreciative audience in pite of the attraction of the evening previous. The tricks were all well danced and it would be useless to attempt to particularize any of them. The trick however, that pleased the audience most was the twelfth. It was the "Sailor's Hornpipe" and was danced by Mrs. Ross Granger, Miss Edith Schleede, Wm. J. Guthrie and R. E. Bailey. It was heartily encored and as a response Little Teddie Granger danced it again, which pleased the spectators fully as well as if the older ones had appeared once more. The Dance Grotesque by the Jacks - Ralph Miller, V. O. Ford, C. E. Burkhardt and E., T. Hamilton - was also accorded an encoré. Of the solos the best one was the "Highland Fling" by Dan Quirk, jr., and he had to repeat it. Mr. Quirk was probably the best dancer on the stage among the gentlemen. Bradley Granger as the Joker danced the "Little Cachuca" and received an encoré. Miss Luella Granger in the "Fan Dance" and Miss Minnie Foley in the "Hungarian Military Dance" were also called on to repeat them. The "Court Minuet" by the Kings and Queens - Frank Hess, R. E. Davis, G. W. Kenson, C. H. Terry and the Misses Emma Kemper, May E. Clarken, Georgia Hawes and Lora A. Henion - wlth its stately measured movernents was a pretty sight and was well danced. The last dance was "La Serenata" by the Aces - Mrs. R. Grahger, the Misses Edith Cook, Hattie Swift and Sophie Schneider. It was beautifully executed and well deserved the applanse that it received. Minnis' Society Orchestra rendered the music, which was exceedinsrly good.