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... SURGICAL HOME FOR CHILDREN. ukak oir, isariv in the new year we are opening a small Surgical Home for Diseases of Children. The children must lie poor children, and inay be of either MX, their cases such us call for surgical treatment (preference will be i/ivt-n to primary operations), and their ages mint not lie under throe years or over fourteen years. As the generotltv of n lad v is ...
... . Dear Sib.-- In last week's issue of Thk Stage my name was mentioned In cast of Croydon i antomini'\ It ii a mistak I j am engaged (since M iy) by Mr. Sidney Cooper, for Robin- son Crusoe, Court, Wigan.--I am, yours faithfully, DOLLY HARMER, Court Theatre, Wigan, December 10, 1890. ...
... . DEAR SIR,--I do not know whether the suggestion I am about to put forward has been mooted in your columns before, but, if so, perhaps my mite in the collection of ideas upon the subject of an Actors' Guild may not bo entirely without value. Anyone who knows the provinces well, and who chooses to make a calculation for himself, will discover that the number if touring companies now upon the ...
... . Dear Sir --Kindly allow me to correct the statement with regard to the scenerv it is being pointed by Mr.Ht-nry Emdem, and not by Mr. Wane, though he has. .is you state painted picture in tne act drop.--Yours truly, WALTER EMDEN 105 and 106, Strand, London. W.C., Decemeber 13 1890. ...
... .'11,-swme five weeks beck I was commissioned by a well- known London actor to write a modern drain a for him, the title to be Darkest IxrnOon. His full instructions have been carried out. The MS. is, or w 11 be iu a day or *o, at the Ix>rd Chamberlain s OfHce. When it will le produced rests with its proprietor. My only reason for troubling you with this letter is through my seeing last Week a ...
... . Sir, Will you allow me to correct a paragraph in your provincial items of last week? The acting-manager and treasurer of the Royal Opera House, Leicester for the last ten years of Mr. Elliot Galer's management was yours truly, FRANK BURGESS. 4, Farnham-street, Leicester. ...
... HIGH JINKS. Sx,--J ree yen au; nrce in Tl: Stagf. that a new irsu ical play, High it i at ie ent called, will be put on at th. i i: e f k1 in February. I should like to fay that as I produced a farcical comedy in December, Jt8S(>, at the Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, under the aVove title, it cannot c >nso- quenily be used by anyone witlv ut infringing my copyright* if you will Kindly insert ...
... SIR,--In reference to the very excellent article on professional amateurs, which appeared in your issue of the 10th inst., will you permit me to call attention to one point, which I think deserves consideration. I allude to Mr. T. E. Pemberton's contention in the Theatre that these would-be actors are just clever enough to give a fair imitation of the original production. Now, Sir, were ...
... COME TO PROOF. SIR,-- Your admirable leader of last week, with the quotations from Mr. Edgar Pemberton's excellent article in The Theatre, deserves thankful recognition from all who desire the preservation of the drama, and not to see it die of the inanition now threatening it. Well might Mr. Irving wonder where the actor of tho next century is to learn his business. Lord Brougham once ...
... . COUNTY COUNCIL AND MUSIC-HALLS SIR,--In opposing Mr. Fardell's motion, That Her Majesty's Government be requested to bring in a Bill in the next session of Parliament; to transfer the powers now vested in the Council of granting music and dancing licenses to some Government department, or to the stipendiary magistrates of London, the Chairman of the Licensing Committee stated music-hall ...
... Sir, I see that Mr. George Leyton is producing a new spectacular monologue sketch, entitled The Last Chip. It may be worth recording that on Novem ber 25, 1894, 1 received the necessary permission from Black and White, and on January 10, 1896, produced a monologue sketch, with transparent scene aud effects, entitled The Last Griv. Yours faithfully. FRANK NEVILLE. ...
... . ON TOUR. Sir,--Has not the time come when those who send out companies on tour should be compelled to take some interest in the welfare of their people beyond a pecuniary one? Living at home, and sending out companies, they cannot be expected to realise the vindictiveness to which some of their actors are subjected. A member of a company has a difference with someone in authority on tour, of ...