... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. The other day I went into a club which only a few nights before had been raided. I had known it when the entertainment was in full swing, and the difference was remarkable, almost ghastly. Just a short time back tho atmosphere had boon one of music and laughter, honest ap plause for the artists who took the floor, soft light} and a, perhaps, too lioavily scentcd air. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S. The return of Will Honder and his band has made a notable change, both in the music and the business. Hender himself and hit instruments do a great deal of work and take up a lot of room. There is a big fellow, fondly called a marimba-xylophone, which is capable of all sorts of noises from tiopical storms to the cooing of love-sick pigeons. Until I met this, ...

... PAGEANTRY AT OLYMPIA On December 17 the twenty-second season of Bertram Mills's Circus opened at Olympia. From the grand opening parade to the finale there is presented a spectacular variety of animal, aerial, tumbling, and clowning acts with such speed that the three hours are never allowed to drag. Before and after the shows, and during the interval, there is a fun-fair adjoining the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE ROAD HOUSE. When the Road House, the latest of London's West End clubs opens its doors, Harry Adams will be found in charge of the entertainments. Harry Gordon will lead the orchestra, and the opening cabaret will be headed by Lilian Lowe and Allan Shires. The limes in Leicester Square have been contorted from on old-timi- kinema which was fondly known a* Cupid's ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. With the same regularity as the first cuckoo is heard to herald spring comes the statement that there is nothing to do in London on Sunday night, nothing to but visit a kinema, or go to some private theatrical performance if you happen to be one of the lucky ones. As a fact, this it quite a fallacy, probably in spired by the apparent, deadntfss of the West ...

... . BY IVAN PATRICK GORE. With the coming of Christmas great activity exists in hotels, restaurants, and among the better-class cabaret clubs. All of them are out to give their members and patrons something more novel and attractive than in previous years. There are to be Christmas-trees in abundance, ohudreu s cabarets, matinee cabarets, parties, dances, and tancy-dress ma-queiades amid ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE QUEEN'S, Many artists have played on the floor of tho Queen's. Several of these havo risen high since they made quick changcs in Madame Carlotta's private office. Many return to meet old friends when they have a little open time. Tho dancing team goes on for ever. and is for ever rehearsing new numbers or developing -intros pected ability in other directions, the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE THE STAGE DOOR. Harry Adams's new club, the Stage Door will be opened early in the New Year. It is situated in Upper St Martin's Lane, within a few yards of the premises first proposed for the enterprise, and now occupied by the Arts Theatre. When the house is opened visitors will pass through a replica of the old Empire stage door, complete with anccdotal keepei and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LORD ROOKWOOD. Mustard Pots. While Mr. George Lansbury is dreaming of giving us still further freedom, of music, mirth, dancing, and real beer in the parks, Alf Coleman, of tho Lord Rookwood, Wanstead Flats, has passed far beyond tho speculative stage, and for the past month or so has been giving his public what is as like a German beer garden as possible. The ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. JAZZ. One day last week a member of the film industry made the discovery that jazz was dying, and immediately issued a bulletin to that effect, adding that Hungarian music was coming in once more. This is hard on kinema musicians who have learned to rely on pation and jazz. As a matter of fact, we have watched jazz slowly fading away for some time, and have heard ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. There are several different classes and very distinct types of night and cabaret clubs. The majority of them claim Bohemian ism, although of late the term exclusive has begun to find favour. In night-club circles the degree of exclusiveness is judged by the amount of club subscription and the depths of the pockets of mem bers und their friends. It ha? really little ...

... . From the Wings. Considering that the sometimes mischievous minauderies of The Stage Cat as edited by Elisabeth Fagan have been appear ing serially, besides having been issued in book form by W. Collins, Sons and Co., Ltd., there is no occasion to go into overmuch detail with regard to theao ultra- franik meeowings and tquww4(ingR From the Wings. The Editress. who dedicates the book ...