... Sir, For my part I look upon advertise- J ment as of great value to the actor. I havi had many engagements through the agents and have nothing to say against them, also have had several engagements by meam of advertisement, and, therefore, am equally pleased with it. M. Sir,-- My own experience may be of eomi t use to your readers. Some years ago ai r amateur society gave a performance of on ...

... SIR,-- It is amusing to me to note how regularly the vexed question of actors and their announcements is brought to the surface. As an old actor, I can well remember the time when Bow Street was the Rialto where the profession most did congregate. There were to be found all the requisites of the actor, agents, costumiers, bootmakers and, in fact, every business and trade con nected with our ...

... Sir, Why should an actor have his address published P Surely there are good agents who will sufficiently look after his interest*, so as to prevent him from running the risk of having his house known to every beggar in the land. Every time I have inserted my 44 card I have been pestered by application* for money from unfortunate or lazy people who by right should apply to the Benevolent Fund.- ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ONE-ACT PLAYS. SIR,--In a recent issue yon advise aspiring dramatists (a propos of Mr. Cecil Howard's able article in a contemporary) to start with one-act plays rather than with more ambitious efforts, since managers, naturally, object to risking great outlay on the works of unknown, or little known, people. But has the one-act play really much better chances than its three or four ict ...

... SiR, Your capital leader of yesterday and the consistent way in which you support the crusade against the bogus actor, as well as the bogus manager, must, and surely will, have excellent results. Theie has been little written, however, about an even worse edition of bogus than the premium- paying novice, and that worse plague is the actor of experience who has become careless and slovenly who ...

... Sin, Some of your correspondents seem to thiuk advertising useless. I have fouud by experience that a good show well adver tised, with free list for first night, promotes a good week's business-- that is, if the town i* any good. 1 quite agree a large amount 1 of pictorials are wasted. But who is to blame P In many cases the touring manager has no agent, and he sends his printing on to be ...

... 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 ...

... THE COUNTRY QUESTION. SIR,--I consider that the theatrical profession owes you a debt of gratitude for your extremely able leader upon this subject in your issue of last week. When I say theatrical profession, I mean not only the actor, but the resident as well as the touring manager. There is no doubt but what certain tour ing managers were to blame in the first instance for the state of ...

... THE ACTORS' ASSOCIATION. SIR,--I am directed by the Council of the Actors' Association to reply to a statement made by I, L. C, in his letter appearing in your recent issue, in which he says, 'Let it (the Association) expel or refuse to admit bogus managers. (I could point to more than one such on its books.) First, let me explain to those members or non- members who might be slightly ...