... THE PROFESSION AND THE WAIL The following contributions have been added to the Daily Trlcrroph Shilling Fund Collected by Mr Arthur Robert.3, at Worthing, oer Mlafeleing Day, 21us ; Mr it. D'Ovly Carte's rdpertoire company (18th instalment), per Miss RoystoD, 'SL.s portion of the proceeds of an1 entertainmoent given by Mr M. Voiny, the lessee of the Albert Hall Theatre, Gloucester, per Mr ...

... (FROMI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND OPERA HOUSE,-Managing-Director, Mr Fred W. Warden; Secretary, Mr A. A. Mlacaulay; Acting- Manager, Mr W. J. Andrews.-The original Leopolds and their company opened here on Monday with the musical absurdity Frivolity, which met with the heartiest appreciation from a good house. The Leopolds, of course, are a host in themselves. Mr larry Leopold's assumption ...

... THE EBRA LETTER-BOX. A Stamped Envwrelope, plain addressed, mcust be enclosed wmth application for each Letter. Letters, after lyin, at this 0eice for One Month, are forwarded to the Postal Authorities, to be returned to the Senacers, No Circulars adcmstted to this List. Adams, Mr Alfred A. Adeler, Mr Edwin Aickin, Miss Elinor Alberg, Miss R. D. Albert, Mr Bert Alexander. Mrs Alexandre, Mr ...

... IN THE NEW PATRIOTIC RECITAL, L&DYSMITE DAY. Miss Daphne De Bohan. at the Granville, is reciting Cayley Calvert's poem Ladysmith Day. Garbed in classic Grecian habiliments, the fair elocutionist makes a charming picture; and very prettily and very effec- tively does she render Calvert's stirring lines in praise of General White and his heroic troops. There is a triumphant ring in her voice ...

... THE TIYOLI MEETING. U1 e The ninth annual meeting of the shareholders of the 1 New Tivoli, Limited, was held on Tuesday, at the '1 Tivoli, Strand, W.C., under the presidency of MIr YH ENRY TOZER, the chairman of the company. The S&CRET-ARY (Mr Ilford Ibbetson) having read the i notice convening the meeting, 0 The CHAIRMAN ?? we have the pleasure to call you together to consider a satisfactory ...

... ON TEE ROAD APRIL ?? A CHINESE HONEIYoOON.-Grand Theatre, Halifax. ADVENTURE OF LADY URSULAA-Wolverhampton. ALADDIN (BODE).-Theatre Royal, York. A LIFE'S REVENGE-Queen's Theatre, Keighley. A LONDON ARAB.-Eden Theatre, Brighton. A NIGHT OUT.-Opera House, Wakefield. A ROYAL DIVORCE (N).-Metropole T., Glasgow. A ROYAL DIVORCE ?? M. Theatre, Aberdeen. A ROYAL FAMILY.-Crovdon A RUNAWAY GIRL (1). ...

... In the days In which conversation was a fine art, when there were no comic papers, and when the wits and beaux met at coffee-houses to exchange bons mnots, the repartees of actors were more numerous and more widely celebrated than at present. There may be as much brilliancy In the conversation of theatrical artists; hut their jests are lees carefully recorded, and, there- fore, often ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF TH EBRA. ml Mir,-A few months ago, in a conversation with the wl Japanese actors at the Coronet Theatre, I was greatly vo struck by certain remarks made by the leader of the fu troupe in regard to the theatrical profession and the JO class of piece played in London, from the point of view loi of the visitor. Otojiro Kawakami said:- Ah, yes, a I plenty of comedy, but no ...

... LIcE'NSING AT MAN(IIE;TEIL The Watch Committee of thle Mlanchiester CitY t Council hlld a special sitting on 'Thursday in thu, L ord of Mlayor's P'arlou r for thle purpose of hearing aplictations It, for- licensing for the performance' of stage plays. t Alderman Raweon, chairman of the committee, pie TC , sided. Mir John Pitt Hard',.cru, tit, les~, if tie it Comedy Theatre. was among thle ...

... While most of us are thinking naturally of the South African heroes, we must not forget the men who shared in the glorious blunder of Balaclava, imperishably chronicled by the late laureate. Mr T. H. Roberts has taken upon himself to endeavour, if possible, to give the few gallant old fellows still surviving a pension in their declining days, and, on an average, thirty of them receive from him ...

... I'IYERI.S (OF T1E PlAl1( l!. .111:. DA t.'ION SOMER.I'. M. ?? Sl~liz~s nade hlis first III9 -oln asliwar ij t tij tl, t ixt, as a hli piatitt. Ittas itt lT6 that i mh l EHariel Becker' I opera holtic coin- 1'a iii Aftur that ca tne S.veral atock en g sen ttits at ?? lM Victoria Theatre, Ihirtnlev, Her .jl.jst lheati, Richillold, alidl tle IPllilialltnollic. Ii,,1mgttt). lilet ho *iied illel ...

... TIHE SHOWMAN WORLD. (FeOn3 A sPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Under the joint auspices of the Inited Kinglun. Showmen and Van-Dwellers' Protection A4sociatl,, and the Roundabout Proprietors' Association, one ,, the best meetings of WVelsh showmen held in rec, years took place at Treorkey on the 10th inst. Mr. hi Scard kindly gave the use of his Royal Cirndmatograp' show booth, which was crowded with a ...