... . Chelsea Hospital Concert. In the sacred cause of charity, claimed by so worthy an institution as the Chelsea Hospital for Women, a large audience assembled at St. James's Hall on the 9th. The Stock Exchange Orchestral Society, under Mr. George Kitchin's direction, rendered some selections in good style, although at times certain of the instruments were too predominant for complete harmony. ...

... THE WORLD OF SPORT. CRICKET. At length we are able to form some reliable opinion on the strength of the Australian team and the manners and methods of its various performers. Then- defeat by eight wickets at Sheffield Park ought not, however, to he taken as a true index of the abilities of our distinguished visitors. Granted that the representatives of Old England were too strong all round for ...

... MISS NINA BOUCICAULT IN CHARLEY'S AUNT. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH py MESSRS. RUSSELL A>D SONS, 17, BAKER STREET, W. V ...

... . Lincoln's Inn Fields are not, after all, to be thrown open to the public, as the County Council wished. The Commons said yea, but the Lords have said nay, and thus the lawyers will have the gardens to themselves, though they rarely or never bask in them. The Fields were rescued from the builder by the Benchers more than two centuries ago. For a century they were open to everybody and abused. ...

... TIIE FOUNTAIN OF THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION. A CHAT WITH MR. MACMONNIES. Far away from the great cosmopolitan Hue de Rivoli and the frivolous world of the Boulevards are a little group of studios in the artists' quarter of Paris, near the Lion de Belfort, lying hack some two miles from the left bank of the Seine. With some slight difficulty you find the place you seek, and turning up a quaint cul ...

... THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT. THE ROYAL PROCESSION EN ROUTE FOR TIIE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY RUSSELL AND SONS, BAKER STREET, W. ...

... THE GRAND OLD LADY OF THE STAGE. A TALK WITH MliS. KEELEY. Although March was not in its teens, Pelham Crescent lay bathed in a flood of warm spring sunshine, and, within and without, the house in which lives the oldest of all English actresses-- probably the oldest living actress in the world-- was bright with flowers; golden crocuses bringing a breath of country air into this London crescent ...

... RACING NOTES .BY CAPTAIN COE. The announcement that the Duke of York is to be made a member of the Jockey Club is received with acclamation in racing circles. His Royal Highness is fond of watching the sport of kings. He rides well to hounds, enjoys salmon fishing, is a fair shot, and can play lawn tennis, cricket, and billiards as well as most amateurs. The Duke of York is, too, a good all ...

... IlftjEUNUR A LA FOURCHETTE WITH SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS. j It was a glorious morning as I turned out of the Avenue Road and drove up the long, leafy aisle of elms leading to the door of Sir Augustus Harris's almost country seat, framed in its broad setting of velvet lawns and gay flower-beds. And I bethought me how well the most experienced theatrical manager of the time had arranged his own ...

... AN HOUR WITH DR. ^PARKER. Lyndhurst Gardens? If you take the first turning to the left, keep straight on till-- Ah, thank you, very much. lie. too, plainly suffered from that paralysis of (he brain which falls upon anyone who is asked to direct another, and I seemed to circum navigate the N.W. district before reaching the substantial red-brick house which Dr. Parker, with kindly memories ...

... The biggest torpedo gunboat ever built on the Thames is LI.M.S. Speedy, just launched by Lady George Hamilton. The length of the vessel, which was built at Messrs. Thorny croft's wharf, Chiswick, is 240 ft. over all hcam 27 ft., with a displacement of 810 tons, and 4500 horse-power, with a speed of 22 knots. Her armament will consist of two 4-7 in. guns, four 3-pounder Nordenfelts, one torpedo ...

... DEBUTANTES AT THE DRAWING ROOM. MISS KIDD. Photo bu Dunont, Fifth Avenue, New York. MISS VIOLET WARRE. Photo by Chalol, Paris. MISS VIOLET COLLETT. Photo by Spink Western lioad, Brighton. MISS WO MB WELL. Photo by Walery, Paris. MISS S. SPENCER. Photo by Water y, Iiegent Street W. MISS PEROWNE. Photo by Window and drove Baker Street, W. ...