... Sir,--A Provincial Newspaper Man's letter is interesting. There are some advance men--unfortunately too many--who occupy a position totally unsuitable to their abilities. I d not blame all these men; I blame the managers who thruet them into false positions. The majority of agents are supplied with a fl-v.vw.jijtu i>4iugiajju, wriicn appears woek after week throuifhout tho tour in the ...

... . To the Editor of The Stage. Sir, May I k you to insert a tew lines in this week's The Stack on behalf of my old friond, Miss Nellie Lionel (Mrs. George Loonol). She is lying very dan gerously ill at Regent's Park, havinij, taken a severe dhill, wlhifA has been fol lowed by congestion of the lungs and bronchitis. Many of your reader,! will rememrtfr tbat ilr. and Mrs. Lionel -were both most ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Bir,-- An old well-known performer, who will bo sixty-one years of ago on Boxing Day, and who, in Ihp time, hoe topped the Moss and Stvll bills, but at a period whon inflated salaries were not paid, is now in very straitened cir cumstances. He was always a verv steady fellow, but owing to hard luck and the loss of r work on a certain tour, hi.- haunted hi* savings ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. SIR-- Your correspondent Old Cob- web concludes his most interesting letter by saying I am seventy-eight and my income is 5s. per week (the Old-Ago Pension). I rent a small cottage and garden, do all my own work, and know no one. I am alone and content, though, as 'Bul look' says: 'There's a lot of skilly about it.' In er. ito of Old Cobweb's con tent, ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Dear Sir, This is to thank you, and a.i my friends for the trouble you have taken on my behaJf. One thing I am anxious to ask my friends to do for me. It is to help me to get .n engagement. Work is the antidote for mest ills. If a brain be active, it do not want to bo loft to feed on itself; if it be somnolent, surely it needs stimulus. Thore u so much I could ...

... . To the Editor of Thk Stage. Sir,--With reference to the paragraph in your issue of December 1, in which you are kind enough, to notice the inception of tho New Dramatic Company, it would place the committee under an additional obligation if you would permit me to deal concisely with the points to which you very properly have called at tention. In tho preliminary notice issued by us these ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir, As I have received a large num- l>cr of letters addressed to mo at the Kingsway and elsewhere asking for en- fragomen.'.s ;n a ^ijpj Thc Oollivog, I slmll lie much obliged if you will allow me, through the medium of your widely read paper, to disclaim all knowledge of the above play, or its promoters, whoso names even I am not acquainted with. My tenancy of the ...

... . To the Editor of The Stage. Sir,--I read with interest the letter which appeared under the above heading in THE STAGE, and should be obliged if you will permit me to draw the attention of your correspondent to some, aspects of the case which he has overlooked. While ojfreeing that the preliminary paragraph should be of a bright and in teresting nature, that fulsome praise ami overworked ...

... Sir,--The Provincial Nervspaper Man who addressed you the other week seems to have had an unhappy experience of advance agents. He appears to have relied upon them to do his work for him. For the past fifteen years I have been writing preliminary notices of all kinds of shows in one provincial town or otiier, and, speaking generally, have found that the advance agent has had all the facts ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Although almost dead to the dramatic world, I am interested in tho letter of Mr. Francis Roberts in last week's issue. My own letter may result in nothing one way or the other, but my experience of over sixty years may prove interesting. The minimum wage of £2 is the lowest on which respectability can exist, writes Mr. Roberts. Hundreds of actors have lived ...