... THE SKETCH COMEDIES. CHEZ LA MODISTE. BY EDWARD F. SPEXC13. Innermost sanctum-// of Madame Panne' s Atelier tie Modes, Holies, et Lingerie Artistique. Room plainly furnished, principal feature a huge triplicate mirror. In one corner an easel with canopy over it, in ■which is fitted an electric light near it is a small safe. Present, the Marjiuonkss of Fordingleridge, fair, somewhat over-fat, ...

... THE POLICY OF THE OSTEICH. A DOMESTIC DRAMA IN ONE ACT. BY COSMO HAMILTON. Characters Dr James Whichelo, Mrs. James Whichelo. Scene A room clone up in Japanese style, with fans, ugly little gods, and so forth. There is a door up stage, R., opening on to the street. The Riki is written on it in large letters. The hack of the stage is supposed to represent two windows, over which the blinds are ...

... ; or. THE CAVES OF CARRIG-CLEENA.' Written by Captain Basil Hood. Composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr. Edward German. Produced by Mr. R. Barker. Managed by Mr. D'Oyly Carte. Conducted by Mr. Francois Cellier. First staged April 27, 1901. Ulu'trated by Ellis and Walery. The Character His Part The Actor The Earl of Newtown, K. P. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Mr. JONES HEVVSON Dr. Fiddle D.D. ...

... NOT MADE IN HEAVEN. A COMEDY IN ONE ACT. By Mary Costello. CHARACTERS. IVliss Stopford (conventional old maid). Vanessa Read (her niece). Mrs. De Rinzy (lively attractive widow). Colonel Stopford (devoted to Mrs. De Rinzy). Hubert Curtis (young barrister). fSCENE The Stopfords' drawing-room. Door L.C. Window with movable drapery R. Table laid for afternoon tea, spirit kettle, &c., Miss ...

... DISMISSED WITH COSTS A Domestic Dviologvie. By Warden Ellerslie. CHARACTERS. Mr. Charles Parch (a young barrister). Dorothy Parch (his wife). SCENE. Side lawn at Mr. Parch's Surrey Villa. Time June. (Mr. Parch, right centre on lounge chair cross stage head O.P., reading ■paper. Mrs. Parch, left in low wicker chair, with small work table to left. Parch appears highly interested and amused ...

... A FALSE START. A COMPLETE STORY. By Evelyn Sinclair, CHARACTERS. Cyril Leighton. Mrs. Hilston (his sister). Captain Soames. SCENE: The paddock at Ascot on Cup Day. Mrs. Hilston and her brother are standing beneath the shade of a large tree watching the horses as they are led slowly round the paddock. Cyril (glancing down from his superior height at his sister who is blonde petite and dressed ...

... . CHAPTER VIII. A FAVOUR REFUSED. By B. L. Farjeon, Author of Miriam Rozella, Grif, The Pride of Race. David pressed for an early marriage and used a lover's strongest arguments, absurdly illogical but sweet to a woman's ears. Notwithstanding which, Margaret demurred-- for a woman's reason which she did not at first reveal. Endeavouring to get at it she foiled him; at this kind of cunning ...

... Hard Times \The tightness of money is very apparent in many of the best London clubs. Members who used to dine themselves well, now frequently content themselves with a modes: chop or a steak. Many well-known persons have been lately seen o Patronise the cheap restaurants about Soho. Daily Paper.] Scfne The Smoking-room at the Crtesus Club. Discovered The Hon. Cyril Poynt-D'Argentcoto? Mr. ...

... The Bateman. and the Bargeman. By F rank Richardson. SCENE: The production of Beauty and the Barge at the New Theatre. The first piece is over, and there is in the house an unmistakable but indescribable atmosphere of success. The audience is moving into the stalls in palpable confi dence of spending a pleasant evening. Most of the men are nut-brown those women who have the courage to be ...

... By F raoik RicHardsorv. SCENE The St. James's Theatre during the production of The Garden of Lies. The curtain has fallen on Act III. Th^ fate of the play- is in the balance. The critics are moving about critically. In the fourth row of the stalls on the O.P. side Lady Hilda Braythorpe, a peroxide blonde, only slightly frescoed, is sitting between an Absolute Ass and a Well- informed Man. The ...

... The Embarrassment of Sir William Bailey. By Frank Richardsorv. SCENE: The production of The Tempest by Shakspere (or another gentleman of the same name) at His Majesty's Theatre. Many people of importance are present, and there is also a certain Member of Parliament. In Row G of the stalls is Mr. Devereux Courte, the eminent K.C. As his wife is at Folkestone recovering from a cure at ...

... Merely Mary Anrv and Mainly Seymour Hicks. By Frank Richardson. SCENE I. The production of Mr. Zangwill's new comedy at the Duke of York's Theatre. The third act is over and apparently the success of the piece is assured. In the stalls Mrs. Imogen B. Stapp, a mountainous American blonde covered with Oteroesque jewels; she has an accent like a banjo and is talking to an eminent critic with whom ...