... OUR UNEMPLOYED heading a leading article appeared last issue, which I trust will be sufficient excuse for asking your kind insertion of this letter. The article in question, founded upon a commnication previously addressed to you, is written in a guarded, yet sufficiently generous spirit; and induces one to believe that if the helpless and unfortunate in our calling are compelled to suffer ...

... THE PIERPOINT FUND. Dear Mr. Editor,-- In your last week's Chit Chat there appeared pars, anent the above fund, but one item was omitted, which, if left uncorrected, might leave a doubt in some minds with regard to it viz., on Good Friday last, at 1 the T.R., Sheffield, a sacred concert was given, of which 1 ivas the promoter, in aid of the above. I was also instrumental in having the ...

... CHESTER PANTOMIME. l>kar sir, win you auow me to correct a mistake in your notice of Chester theatricals in your last week's issue You say the pantomime was withdrawn after a four weeks' run-- whereas the production ran to exceptionally good business for five weeks and one day, besides recording eleven matinees during that period. The pantomime was so successful that the management endeavoured ...

... HONEST MEN'S MONEY. DEAR SIR,--Your article on Engagements in last week's issue attracted my attention as being interesting to me, not only as a solicitor, but also as an ardent admirer of the profession you so valiantly champion. It is not on any legal points that I desire to address you, but I wish to call your attention to a sentence which impressed mo as being somewhat unfair towards a ...

... ^Y0 your issue ct the 8th inst that Mr. Pitt M i f^ain mo c°mpany and myself with an injunction ke nothing p a^'inK ^ast Lyniic. Thia ia incorrect, 4ti(i ,yr of if do with the company be^ ond beiiitf a JrianaRcr hoif \\UK the Part of Carlyle, the proprietoi lffhS,rVAi W, As this statement is ^o^.lfcttcr obliged if you will kindlv inaerl yours, FRANK OSWALD. 12, Bess S.W., Feb. 10th, 1889. ...

... BURNING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, BURNLEY. Sir,-- In your issuo of Juno 14th you publish an accou n of the destruction by fire of the alove theatre, and in tn account you state that the thoatre was fitted up w Sprinklers which were of no use, as, owing to the fierce* no is of the blaze, it was impossible to get at them. As this statement is likely to bo very much misunderstood would you allow us ...

... MY NADINE. Dkab Sir,-- Allow me to contradict a report in yourw? week's issue, namely, that myself and Co. were announced w appear in Huddersfleld, hut, owing to somo cause, had no done so. Your correspondent, I think, should he more care'u re matters of that kind, and fully shows he did not tn previous week look at the programme when A Slice Luck Co. was announced. I nave never been in ...

... Dear Sir, --In your notice of our performance at P°nz:}{uy of Les Cloches de Corneville last week, you name Mr. Mft'^ as having played Bogo-- it should have been Mr. Martin. If you will correct this in your next issue you greatly oblige, yours truly, RICHARD MARTIN ...

... Queries and Letters for publication must be authenticated with tunne and address of senders. Those Correspondents who write to correct any error that appears in our columns re lating to names or parts, are informed that in all cases pro grammes or bills must be enclosed J or our guidance.) P. II.-- The Pulpit and tho Stage, by J. Pantm Ham, but we fear it has been out of print for several ...

... . MR EDWIN DREW'S ENTERTAINMENT Dear Sir,-- Your critique on my entenaiim thin:,, James's Ilall calls lor one or two remarks, wnicn will generously allow. It was pleasant te it no be came with dar k anticipations get more suns assiir^ue honed. As to my band of admiring 'riendn. I tai T they were not in the French Chamber th,L,e offndKe patrons were nearly all strangers to me. n,ere moustache ...

... . Sir,-- In last week's issue of The Staue, your Weston uper-mare correspondent states that at Messrs. Roberts, Archer, and Bartlett's pantomime, Sinbad the Sailor, there f J'as u good band augmented by local amateurs.'' Fori amateurs please read professionals.-- Yours obediently, yjAs. T. Grinfield, R. A.M. (Pianist), 5, Eilenbro'-park, ^sston-super-mare. February 10, 18s9. #SlR. I beg to ...

... Dbar Sir,-- In your notice of Muldoon's Picnic at the Grand Theatre, Cardiff, last week, you mention Mr. George i Hascy as Denis Muldoon and Mr. Hearns as Michael Mtilcahv It should have been- Yours truly, GEORGE KASEY and JAMES KEARNS the Original Dublin Boys. Grand Theatre, Caraiff, April 15, 1889. ...