... . A1ISS CISSY FITZGERALD (THE WINKING GIRL), WHO PLAYS MADAME SAMOVAR. I'hoto by Falk, New York MR. FRANK WHEELER, WHO PLAYS OHIOKOREE. Photo by Hona, Bedford Street, Strand. MR. WILTON HERIOT (THE STAGE-MANAGER1, WHO PLAYS KRASCH. Photo by Bamsden, Leicester. MISS NORAH MAGUIRE, WHO PLAYS NADINE. Photo by At/red fills and Watery, Upper Baker Street, fs'.W, See Theatre Gossip, p. 405, ...

... THE NEWEST BEAUTY IN PAEIS. When you find yourself face to face with a charming lady wearing a King's ransom of diamonds as though they were simply glass beads, a white silk costume that must have cost the designer many sleepless nights, and a wonderful hat that blots out earth and sky, the hardiest interviewer loses his nerve. And all the time that you were endeavouring to force your ...

... THE RACE FOR THE AMERICA CUP. SHAMROCK v COLUMBIA It is perhaps superfluous to remark that the sport of yacht-racing is practically confined to the well-to-do classes. The public hear, and some of them read, of the Cowes Week and the Royal Yacht Squadron; but the names of the elegant ''racing machines and of their owners slip not glibly off the tongue as do those of racehorses and the men ...

... race in which a first attempt was made to regain the cup given by the R.Y.S. in 1851. This cup was offered to the New York Yacht Club, and, in 1857, by them accepted as a challenge prize which any organised yacht club of any foreign country might claim the right of competing for, under the conditions laid down by the proprietors. The first challenger was the late Mr. James Lloyd Aslibury, ...

... MISS BELLE HARPER, UNDERSTUDY TO MISS EDNA MAY IN THE BELLE OF NEW YORK. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN HER DRESSING-ROOM BY R. W. THOMAS, C1IEAPSIDE. ...

... PRESENTATION TO SIR W. II. PREECE. Sir W. H. Preece, late Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician to the Post Office, has just been the proud recipient of this beautiful casket, presented to him by his native borough of Carnarvon. The casket is oblong in form, and bears on the obverse an enamelled view of Carnarvon Castle. Other Welsh emblems are included in the general ornamentation, tlie whole of ...

... . A capital meeting will be held at Kempton Park on Friday and Saturday. The chief event on the opening-day will be the Imperial Produce Stakes, the distance being six furlongs. It was in this rate last year that Flying Fox was beaten by St. Gris. It is expected that Democrat will win this week, but he may have all his work cut out to beat Forfarshire, who, J. Day contends, is one of the best ...

... Iii connection with the continued captivity of Lieutenant Richmond P. Ilobson, it maybe mentioned that in 1894 he wrote a most interesting paper in which he said that he believed the time was fast approaching when the strength of England's. enemies would be greater than her own, and her enemies would become aggressive. In connection with the continued captivity of Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson ...

... . LAINE fSOT BEAUTY. BUT IT BROUGHT HER NO HAPPINESS. Take it away, away! It breeds not joy, but sorrow though seeming fair to-day, 'tis false to-morrow. Photograph by Alfred Ellis Upper Baker Street, N. W. ...

... . THE WEAVER'S WIFE (MISS ROSINA BRANDRAM). Photograph bg Alfred Ellis. Upper Baler Street, N. W. ...

... . Mr. A. H. Megson, who is known throughout the doggy world as the owner of Ormskirk Emerald and Southport Perfection (two of the most beautiful as they are the most costly collies in the world), brought out at the Birmingham Dog Show a promising young one, who bids fair to equal her kennel companions in fame and beauty. This is Primus, by Heather Squire out of Doon Snowball (breeder, Mr. ...

... . When to light up Wednesday, July C, 9.16; Thursday, 9.16; Friday, 9.15 Saturday, 9.15 Sunday, 9.14 Monday, 9.13 Tuesday, 9.12 A week or two ago I made allusion in these notes to a lady who had been completely cured of religious mania by undergoing what may be termed a severe course of cycling, and I referred to the fact that any form of occupation which distracts the attention of a person ...