... . SIR,--In your issue of August 2, there was a letter on this subject signed A Stockite. I am a great upholder of stock seasons, and during my management have had several; but I think it was very bad taste on Stockite's part to cast aspersions on old actors. As a rule, I always engage actors of many years' experience. How could you play Shakespeare without them (there may be exceptions)? ...

... THE ACTOR'S VOTE Sir--I quite agree with your correspondent Mr. Frank Dix, that it is desirable that actors should be able to vote at not only Parliamentary but all elections for, as a class, they will, I believe, compare favourably with any other profession for intelligence, and perhaps may justly claim to have a far better insight into the ;uo democracy than anw other body of men. I say ...

... A SCENIC ART UNION h ft.',,!,1, sistin/ of^fti10 f0rm an Art Union Hisiing ot hfty scenio artists, each eontri. butmg one picture for public exhibition in a specially-arranged cCorama, i p ayin, Scenio Ar at its best, in conjunction ^witS appropriate musio, eto. Tho cost] for feeUofm£5 orbe prVv'ded by a on'nco r L, T, r An exhibition in I.ondon could be followed by a provincial i tour ...

... . SIR,--The thanks of the theatrical and musical professions are due to you for your attitude towards the Dramatic and Musical Sick Fund and its Benevolent Branch. I have been diving deeply to get at the true facts, and I am bound to say that it is really astonishing that things Should have been allowed to drift into their present state. I will first treat with the Sunday night meetings ...

... THE QUALIFICATION CLAUSE. Sin, Will you permit me to call atten tion once more to tlie meeting at Terry's at twelve o'clock on Monday next, and to impress upon the members the great neces sity for tnei: attendance? I would ask those ladies and gentlemen who agree with my proposition to let me have their proxies immediately, and those who differ to reserve their decision until they havo lteard ...

... THE LATE ROBERT BUCHANAN. Sib,-- It will be within the memory o many of your readers that the late Mi Kobert Buchanan lies buried at Southend on-Soa, where for several years he made hi home. It has been suggested to us that th residents of this town would be pleased U gee steps taken towards a public memoria to so distinguished a man, and we hav good reason to believe that such a move ment ...

... . The following letters, waiting to be claimed at the Actors' Association, must be applied for at the offices of the Society, and applications must be accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope:-- Gilbert Arra.nda.lc, J. K Adams, Miss Amy Augarde, Edwin Brett, Miss Ada Barry, Miss Bella Basha'.l, H. Lane Baylift, Howard Brook, Miss Lucy Beaumont. H. S. Burreil, Miss H G. Bullen, JI. W. Brame, ...

... . SIR,--A number of your correspondents have taken up a deal of space in advertising their stock in hand of unappreciated masterpieces. Others have contented themselves by abusing the misguided managers in genoral for lack of enterprise evidenced by failure to produce certain virgin efforts though a possible remedy for tliis state of affairs has once or ...

... . ADMISSION TO THE A.A. Sir,--With reference to your report of the annual general meeting of the Actors' Association, held at Her Majesty's, on friday last, under the presidency of Mr. Beerbohm Tree, I venture to ask you to allow me, through the medium of your columns, to call attention to a matter that, in my opinion, vitally concerns the interests of tnat Dody. At r riuay s mooting a ...

... . gIR> So the Th&Ltre Frantjais has gone. Weil, it was a veritable fire-trap. But how pre-eminontly famous. It was without doubt the finest school of acting in the world, and throughout all its historical vicissitudes it has preserved its original character, its fine sense of proportion and dignity, and tho maintenance of discipline and balance. Some of your readers may be unaware that during ...

... TOURING MANAGERS AND THE RAILWAYS. oir, it ib time mat you came to our aid in the matter of the concessions from th railroads to the travelling managers. They are commencing to show the cloven hoof, and on and after May 1 next the paltry extra charge of £1 will be mule to com panies who desire the use of a saloon, which has heretofore beo.i given freo. Hero is something your newly-organised ...

... Sir, Mr. Fred Forshaw takes me to task for my patient spirit of resignation, but can he, or any other reader, point out a quick road to production? If so, he wil! not only confer a great boon on beginners like myself, but on men who have estab lished themselves. At least, I gather as much from the remarks of a critic in a contemporary, who writes: While Eng lish authors of standing aro ...