... SIR,--Judging from M. A. A.'s letter in your last issue ou would infer that he had stepped into the profession an experienced artist. If this is the case I should sincerely like to make his acquaintance and congratulate him on his good luck, as I have never had the pleasure of meeting such a phenomenon. He surely must be more than mortal. 1 had always been under the im pression that a man ...

... Sir, I am pleased with E. Edmonds's answer to my letter, but I cannot see that he has removed the difficulty by his new sug gestion. I for one would willingly assist m any scheme brought forward to raise the undercurrent salaries in the profession, but I fear that bj going to the Actors' Associa tion and asking it to regulate salaries by taking no one into its fold who earns less than £2 a ...

... THE ASSOCIATION: A PROPOSAL. SIR,--I wish the writer of the letter in your last issue had signed his own name, instead of adopting the psendonym On the Road. There is a great deal of truth and sound sense in his letter, but why when any matter of vital interest to the profession comes up for discussion should this constant recrimination Detween touring and travelling managers be brought in ...

... . All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, May 11, 1895. The Bank Return presents very little feature of interest. As might be expected from the price of Consols, it seems to show the purchase of Government stocks. Some coin has been taken for home nurnoses. Active dealings have been the order of the day during the whole week, and both brokers and jobbers, to say nothing of their ...

... WHERE? Sir, We are continually hearing of'1 hard times in the profession, but all the same there is no walk of life where the motto, God helps them who help themselves, is jnore neglected. This week I have had occa sion to cast a play, and had in my mind the names of several people to whom I would like to offer parts. Do you think I could find their addresses Not a bit of it. After vainly ...

... THE ASSOCIATION.--A PROPOSAL. Sir,--I had originally no desire to take part in tho discussion now proceeding in the columns of THE STAGE under the above heading, but of late so many communications have reached me urging, as one of them puts it, the breaking of a silence which has continued much too long, that I venture this week to trouble you with a few remarKs. Ana I do so, pernaps, ...

... Sir, To debar all artists from the asso- ciatiou who work for less than £2 would, I maintain, greatly lessen its preseut numbers. Such an idea is absurd to all who aro aware of the ins and outs of au actor's life. Many a ...

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, May 18, 1895. It would be affectation for anyone to write, or pretend to write, to you on Stock Exchange matters this week without at once calling your attention to the cause of all the trouble with which not only the public, but also members of the House have had to deal. Last week we told you something of the ...

... Sir, I endorse to tho fullest extent the complaint of your correspondent signing himself Transient, as to the difficulty of finding the addresses of pro fessionals. He has, however, one sovereign remedy, and that is to walk into the well- organised officers of one of the much -abused dramatic agents, who will relieve him of all trouble, who will arrange terms, make a contract, and deliver ...

... WHERE? Sir,--With regard to a statement made by Transient in a letter that appeared in your last issue calculated grossly to mislead members and non-members of this association, I shall be glad it you will give me an opportunity to explain the facts of the case. One of the strictest rules of the associa tion-- the enforcement of which is customary in all institutions and clubs. I believe ...

... Sir, If you will permit me to say so, we look to you to suggewt some remedy for the state of things which affects, in different ways, the whole profession. What is wanted is a registry of permanent addresses which are registered at a really nominal fee of, say, a few pennies a week. This registration department should have absolutely no other function than those of registration of ad dresses, ...

... Sir,-- From my own experience I have arrived at the conclusion that the generality of actors are too lazy to look after their own affairs, and prefer to deal through the agents rather than with managers direct. If this is not so, how can you understand their dis regard of the first principles of business, viz., letting the world know where they are and what they have to sell? Surely an actor's ...