... UNION OF SCENIC ARTISTS. Sm,---I am very gratified to find our Shilling Fund is steadily increasing, and hope ere long it will have assumed sufficient proportions to admit of advertising in your valuable columns our wants and desires, and of issuing circulars to all the kuown mem- hers of rnr art. nnrl Somo very capital ideas have been pro pounded in tho numerous letters on the sub ject which, ...

... A CORRECTION. Sir,-- Your notioe of my ontertainment at the Royal, Dumfries, last week would con vey the impression that I formed one of a company engaged by the Weal management, whereas tho company was one engaged by me, and I shared in the usual way. It was a large and expensive company (no less than fifteen turns) or I should not have troubled vou with this letter. You will bo pleased to ...

... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY Sir, In reply to your correspondent in your last issue with reference to the above subject, may I be allowed to point out that the line mentioned, viz., 44 The undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns, is capable of a meaning other than that which the actual words in them selves naturally convey; otherwise it would be an undoubted incongruity for ...

... UNION OF SCENIC ARTISTS. Sin, I am pleased that Fitch's plan is being acted upon, and trust it will meet with success. I enclose one shilling for the above object. Thanking you for the deep interest yon have taken in the betterment of the scenio profession. Yours truly, CHALKLINE. THE SHILLING FUJD. J. C 5s. C. W. Moore Is. M. B 2s. Bolt of Canvas Is. Perspective Point iis. Pound of Blue ...

... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY? Sir, There is a lino in Hamlet which, being a contradiction, deserves some little regard. Publio criticism has not, to my knowlodge, beau directed thereto. In act throe, scaue one, ocours the soliloquy, To bo or not to be. The 24th line reads thus The undiscovered country from whoso bourne no traveller returns. I submit that this lino is in direct opposition to the ...

... SIR,--I have watched with great interest the letters' in your valuable paper on this subject, which I hope will not be allowed to drop out of sight until, like the Actors' Association--inaugurated by you, I believe--the scenic artists also band themselves together into an association. I am surprised none of the London artists has come forward with offers ot assistance in tills matter. In ...

... Sir, Mr, I\ Allan Laidlaw hint, in hi, letter on this subject that somo of the old Surrey dramas which wore played under the Creswick and Shepherd rigime deserv. to be revived. Among those it may be recallod wa. The Home Wreck, by Stirling Coyne (founded on Tounyson'e Enoch Arden which was revived at tho Holborn during the snrincr season of 1873. with Mr. Oreswick in his original part.-- Yours ...

... CHECKTAKERS AND TRAVELLING MANAGERS. SIR,--Should the travelling-manager provide his own checktakers for the popular parts of the theatre? By all means he should, say I. The local manager, whose character, in common with that of his money-takers, should be like that of Caesar's wife, above suspicion, has a perfect right to insist upon this for the sake of his own banking account as well ...

... ANSWERING LETTERS. Sir, In my letter to you on July 8 I cer tainly did not mean to infer that I expected an answer to every letter I wrote to a mana ger, as your correspondent 44Comodian states. Far from it and as to being a mana ger myself, well, I have been. What moved me principally to writ'j wan the non-return of photographs, and espe cially the following, viz., I have written to several ...

... Sm,-- With rjgardto the Union of Scenic Artists I enclose postal order for 5s. toward* preliminary expenses, and shall bs happy to further assist when something decisive is agreed upon. It would be satisfactory if the loading artists in London acknowledged tbs movement, as it is for a good cause. Thank- inir The RTAAR fnr ifa rrrunf L-imln ir. fix. matter, I remain yours sincerely, J. C. ...

... Sir, Would you accept my shilling in aid of defraying expenses of printing re the Union of Scenic Artists, as suggested by 44 Fitch in your valuable paper P My utmost thanks to vou. for we owe vou a lot. Your obedient servant, W. D. HOBBS, Scenic Artist. Morton's, Greenwich, S.E. THE SHILLING FUND. Fitch Is. Plumb Is. W. 1). Hobbs Is. ...

... OVER! SIR,--May I be permitted to raise my voice in protest against tue acrobatic performances, which seem to be the always-monotonous and graceless end to every dance upon the modern stage? Good dancing is always appreciated, but it seems to me that any and every dance must invariably be spoilt by being finished with both or either the wheel and tho splits. What purpose can these ...