... . BY IVAN PATRICK GORE. Things appear to get blacker every day for the many so-called night-clubs that have flourished so long in the West End under different names and a variety of alien exploiters Unfortunately not a few of the reputable ones are getting a publicity they do not desire, and are finding that, although the majority of the mud falls short, just a little of it sticks here and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. HUNGARIA RIVER CLUB. Very soon now the club that once was Murray's River will be calling its members and their friends to the gardens and verandahs close to Maidenhead Bridgo. The new establishment might be said to have been born with a silver spoon in its mouth, for, like its brother the Regent Street restaurant, it has the direct backing and support of tho ...

... . BY IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHARITY . At a recent charity cabaret patrons bought cushions on which to sit on the floor and watch the show with some degree of comfort. If you bought two cushions you had a better view, but were not popular with those behind you who had only been ablo to afford one This cushion idea is by no means new, although it may be a novel aid to raising the wind. Floors, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE THE TRAFALGAR. Once upon a time the Trafalgai Restaurant was the grill-room, or porhaps tho billiard-room, of the Grand Hotel. To-day, under the management of B. Vercelli and his two brothers, it is one of the most popular first-class restaurants in the West End. Within a few B weeks, however, it will change its D name to Ohantilly, thereby relin- t quishing the right ...

... London-born Antony Tudor, artistic administrator of the Bal let Theatre of New York, now dancing at Covent Garden, spoke from the stage of the Scala on Sunday evening to an audience who had gathered to see a pro gramme of ballet films, presented by the London Archives of the Dance. Mr. Tudor suggested that all ballets should be filmed at the time of their creation, thereby establishing a ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. HOTELS DE PARIS. Miller and Farrell opened at the Cafe de Paris on Monday. Their chief reputation here rests on their gramophone work. Ann Penn is the attraction at the Cafe Anglais this week, and Dora Maughan comes into the programme next week. Major phreys informs me that the Kit Cat will reopen in October with cabaret, but the artists have not vet been engaged. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THAMES RIVIERA. Now that Herbert Cecil has started Tagg's Hand in its new form, there seems every possibility of the place vieing with the other up-river resorts in popularity. A big feature about Riviera is that it does not depend upon sunshine, and it is not at tho merey of the elements, although, of course, the bathing beach must necessarily suffer in bad weather. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. RACE WEEK. Big national sporting events are always hailed with special favour by cabarets. and to meet the demands of those who wish to celebrate, as well as those who would fain forget, very few managements fail to add extra attractions of some sort or another to their ing programmes. The entertain ments for Derby Night this year were on an unusually lavish scale. ...

... . A sumptuous, beautifully produced, and exceedingly valuable work, not without bearing on stage matters, is that on British Costume during Nineteen Centuries (Civil and Ecclesiastical), by Mrs. Charles H. Ashdown, published at 12s. 6d. net by T. C. and E. C. Jack. Mrs. Ash down, who is a lecturer upon costume and medieval ncad-oressco, ana nas aaviscu upon costume at several of the ...

... . r>RWl.Va-ROOM ENTIRTirNICtNT3 Under tlii* title Is published by Stan- lay 1'u.ul and Co., at 2b. not, a little volume of monologues, duologues, and dialogue*, Cor drawing-room ami plat form use, written by Catherine Kvclyn, Clare Shirley Robert Overton, ana others, and edited by Alfred 11. Miles. 1 The two first-named corttrlbut* moot of 1 the Items tn a oollecUon likely to pror acceptable ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHANTILLY, Once known as the Trafalgar this restaurant, which is now under the direction of E. G. Vercelli and his brothers, has father an enviable position, inasmuch as it might be said to be in the sacred precincts of Whitehall, a place full of brass hats and all sorts of nig guns. It can tap another useful section of society via the MalL A great attraction is ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE HOLIDAY The sudden heat wave and glorious weather on Monday threw a monkey-wrench into the holiday machinery of hotel, restaurant, and club cabaret. London--that is to say, the London that mostly has the cash to indulge in dinner and supper amusement--had dashed away at the first sign of the sun, and dinner tables that should have been crowded were desolate, ...