... APPEALS. SIR,-- After two months' enforced idleness through loss of voice I am now informed by the highest medical authority at the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, that I must never expect to perform in public again. What this means to one like myself, who has relied on patter for the past twenty-five years, may easily be imagined. Moreover I belong to no fund or society. In nlain English, ...

... Sib,-- I noted a very clevor letter in your l ist issue of Tiie Stage signed Hope r# advertisement. In my humble opinion nothing can be done without it. To get on you must become kuown, and the best way to do it is to advertise. For instance, one shilling a week what is itP My idea is that many members of our profession would stand a better chance of coming to the front if they gave more to ...

... ONE-ACT PLAYS V11U-.WA X Uil 1 u. Sir, Your correspondont, I. L. C.,w is right to a certain extent. But new one-act plays are done, even when written by un known authors. The hotter plan is to write to suit a certain artist. If he or sho likes the piece he or she will endeavour to induce a manager to put it on. Within the last four weeks I heard of two managers who were on the look out for ...

... HONOUR OF THE HOUSE. biR, In your last issuo you announced the forthcoming production of a play by Mr. Lewis. May I draw attention to the fact thab i u proposed title, The Honour of the House ib not jw^lable. Mr. Lewi* will find by referring to The .}?oe of August 3, 1893, that a flve-act drama be*.;^ that title, written by Charles T. Holdernoss aua YwAlt* wan rrrulrira ...

... ST. GEORGE'S HALL.-- -At Mrs. Annie Cunnah's matinee here on Wednesday, June 12, was performed The Gipsy Girl, a cantata adapted from The Bohemian Girl by that lady, who hod also composed dances on purpose. So far as we can see there is no particular reason why anyone should take the trouble to rearrange the poet Bunn's time-honoured libretto but, all tho same, as Mrs. Cunnah has bad her ...

... Sir, Allow me to thank you on behalf of he scenic artist for your kindness iu open ing your columns to this subject, also Miss Dora Langlois, Audax and Interested, as also my brother artists for the support given. To bring the soheme to a speedy issue I propose that the scenic artists in tho following leading towns invite the artists from the various surrounding towns to meet on Saturday ...

... Sir,-- Before the correspondence on this important matter closes in your valuable paper I should very much like to make a few observations. I believe I am correct in stating that all the correspondence which has appeared thereon was written by professional men. So I imply aB one of the playgoing public and a woman taking a keen interest in all dramatic subjects my letter may be oon- siderod ...

... LUXURY v. ART. SIR,-- In a recent issue there appears an advertisement which I think may be considered very significant of tbe conditions of dramatic art in these days. I refer to the important announcement concerning the Princess's. In the Bame issue yon have a loader on the scenic question. I have every sympathy with scenic artists, and think tbat the rana and nie ot tneir profes sion ...

... LADBROKE HALL. On Monday evening, April 15, 1895, was produced at this hall a new and original play, in a prologue and four acts, by Alton Mills, entitled A Fnendly Foe. ...

... THE ACTORS' ORPHANAGE FUND. SIR,--representative gathering at the Haymarket Theatre on Tuesday, last week, proved conclusively the deep sympathy which is felt in the grand scheme to provide for the poor little helpless orphans of our profession. All actors and actresses must teel a great interest in the proposed undertaking, and from my knowledge of them 1 feel sure a large number would be ...

... . THE ROLL OF THE DRUM. Sib, I see Mossrs. Morell and Mouillot intend touring a drama by Joseph Hatton bearing the aDovo title. As far back as July, 1898, I produced a sketch entitled The Roll of the Drum at the Washington Music Hall, and it was afterwards fully licensed as a stage play for the Royal, Woolwich, March 5th, 1894. I am quite awaro thero is an old free-acting dnuni^wilh MUM ...

... FRESH PANTOMIMES WANTED. SIR,--Of the numerous letters in THE STAGE on the subject of the production of pantomimes in the past, one of your correspondents made a great error in stating that the transformation scene used to come in as a finale to the piece and did not take place at the end of the Opening as now. A transformation scene was never dreamed of nor waa there ever such a scone ...