... 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 ...