... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S: QUAI D'ORSAY. The new cabaret here produced on July 18 by Oscar M. Sheridan is probably the first of the enter tainments of the time that the new management of Charles B. Williams and Oscar M. Sheridan proposes to produce in London. The company engaged is an portant one, wiui several new comers, although old favourites at the Quai d'Or^ay are prominent. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHINGFORD. The Queen Elizabeth. W. O. White continues to put capital shows on the floor at the Queen Elizabeth, and strangely enough business on the fringe of Epping Forest has not been inter fered with materially either by the bad weather or the floods. The cabaret takes place at 9.30 and again after a short interval at 10. iO. Chiogford likes its en tertainment ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. PALM BEACH: ENGLAND. Palm Beach, so we have been taught by the films, is an exotic place somewhere in the U.S.A., with a population of millionaires, bathing beauties, rum-runners, carefully selected gunmen, and high-steppers generally. Our own Palm Beach, which also has attractions, is nearby Hampton Court, and was at one time known as the Karsino on Tagg'a Island. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. POLAND ROOMS: Pentagram. Two quite new things happened on Sunday night. First I was informed by a native of Soho, in the picturesque language of the district, that the maze of dance halls, clubs, rehearsal rooms, buffets, agents' and managers' offices, corridors and steps constituting the Poland Kooms had originally been the local workhouae. Secoud, for the first ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE PICCADILLY. Colonel Elwy Jones is not one of the pessimists, nor is he worried about the future of oabaret. The reason for these happy views of life is possibly the fact that the business at the Piccadilly is remarkably good. This popularity is doubtless due in part to the fact that dancing in ordinary day clothes is the rule on Sunday nights. Last Monday Davy ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE MELTON. Harry Adams was duly Installed into his post as manager of the Melton on Tuesday last week. Something like 1,500 guests assisted at the celebrations, which ran on until aftor 3.30 in the morning. The club itself is beautifully appointed with mural decorations in soft colours that might be pink, very light blue, or grey, but the pink-shaded lamps and ...

... STATE GRANT. A State subsidy for grand opera was announced by Mr. Snowden in the House of Commons on Thursday. It takes the form of a yearly grant of £17,500 for the next five years, with a payment of £5.000 with respect to the present financial ouarter of the a total of £92,500. Thi* grant combined with announcements re cently made of agreement rcached between Sir Thomas Beeeham. the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. FRAS The Winter Garden at Frascati's is an unusually good place for cabaret. Not only is the floor exceptionally big and well cared for, but the general surroundings, flowers, and delicate lighting certainly promote enjoyment. Moreover, it does not matter much where you ait. In addition to the Eight Frascati Girls, who put up their customary excellent show of team ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. FILMING QUEENS. On the occasion of Pathes visit to the Quai d'Orsay the other night for the purpose of making a film record of the Night-time Revels, Mine, Coletta put on an excellent performance, which included some new features and several additional acts. The new Girls are settling down rapidly into I their stride. They proved them selves capital singers and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LIDO CLUB. The Lido, the West End's latest dance and cabaret club, is due to open on November 1. The main scheme of decoration is Italian, as suggested by its title. Cabaret will be under the direction of Percy Athos, long connected with the New Prince's Farivolities and other leading cabarets. The opening programme, A Night at the Lido, is an exceptionally ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE PICCADILLY. On February 15 Playtime at the Piccadilly became a Lord Babs gala night. Billy Merson presented a special cabaret in the Louis XIV. Restaurant with Lawrence Anderson as an introducer announcing the various turns. The greater portion of the cabaret was provioed ny me menijers ui i Lord Bbs company. A duet by Paul England and Stephanie Stephens was ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. PLAYTIME AT THE PICCADILLY. The new dinner and supper time entertainment at the Piccadilly, devised and produced by Harry Foster, dances and ensembles by Harry A White, with dresses designed by Dolly Tree, ably maintains the traditions of this popular West End cabaret. Much of it is entirely new, and once again the management has secured a novelty in the shape of ...