... . THE ACTOR'S HEIGHT. Sir,--I am driven to wonder if acting as we know it today, can be the same profession that Kean, 51 Macready ready, and Garriok followed. Nearly every adver tisement for a leading man nowadays stipulates he must be six feet. Why? We seem so hedged about with stupidities and imbecilities that to Inquire why any thing is what it is would soom BTeat lmbocility. Still, I ...

... . Sir,--Your comments upon my letter which you kindly published last week ignore the point I urged, that the ousting of the actor-manager depressed the authority and prertige of the A. A., and seriously depleted its membership: injuries the policy of the precent Council is designed to repair. AJ1 this matter you characterise sa ratthor irrV.evant whioh is as good a w,iy of evading tho i^sue as ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--I was very pleased to read Five Feet Nine's letter, as this worship of bulk has cost me many bitter hours, and during the last few years has looked like costing me my livelihood altogether. If Five Feet Nine's letter docs anything towards opening the eyes of managers to their own senseless mania in the choice of inches before ability, a demand for ...

... . To the Editor of The St*gi. Sir, Thore is also another party to be considered when i>asaes aro being given out-- tho author. But who ever does con- I sider him? He is only the man who strings 1 bits of old plays and novels together, i which anyliody else could have dono, but they didn't. Sometimes ho is original 1 Uton he finds somebody else has ben to i the same souroe tliia only to disarm ...

... . To tht Editor of Thi Staoi. Sir,--I read with keen interest th leader on the above, and, while agreeing with it as a whole, I venture to think the main cause of the decline of the provincial theatre is the quality of the fare provided. Your leader more than touches on this matter, I allow; but it seems to me really the head and foot of the offending. Many causes contribute to it. The fact ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Will you allow me to compliment you on the forceful leading article, Theatre Preservation. I hope it will be read marked, and inwardly digested by every theatrical manager in Engiand. I cannot help thinking that the old-turns adage, Prevention is better than cure in other -worHs, tha prevention of bad busi ness it a point that should be carefully looked ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,-- Thds year ia Holy Week I played five nig-hts nnes was th usuaJ one, and not ...

... . To the 'Editor of Tn Stage. Sir, Lot mo add cms more proiest against twice-nightly drama without extra remuneration. If touring managers had to pay increased salaries when playing two chows a night they would hesitate booking twice-nightly houses a-t the 35 per oent. mentioned by S. R. O. in your last issue. If the artist's voice is not con sidered, surely 'his or her increased laundry- ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir,--Your last issue contains an account of the production at Devonport of a sketch called The Great Release, by Ernest H. G. Cox and Garrett Todd. If your description is accurate, the sketch muet evidently bear a certain family re semblance to the sketch, Aa Arden, whieli I wrote for the late Miss Lilian Dundas. It was performed by her a num ber of times, a.nd it ...

... . Sir,--I am glad to ice so many letters on the above subject, and no doubt your excellent leaders will cause many resident managers to ponder. Touring Manager seems to hold a brief for the resident manager and his club. By all means let the touring and the resident manager bob-nob in the club, but if Touring Monajrer i-ix ...

... . f T ??r. or two Uttie i' ?;ir of uill re- mt. r.iv. £6S grUL'i, fci.+i-llii-d i>- ('Ub. and r^ for th- are t the V.Mb ehouid give pubuca- 1 ii. refuBo to aidT?rtiso in anvy pa.TK.-Js, r:d, whot is mv, no* e^tn!* f>nmqi\on into h-: tHea'iro urvd Uie result-- r' whioh ajv, v. vcr- tstinj triedi'jm. Jte tihe quantity of rnwtmg asked for, in most tlict,rcB it m far too much, and in- many cawj ...

... . To the Editor cf Ths Stage. Sir, Somo peoplo Becm to think that managers aro taking double the money at the twice-nightly theatres that was taken once, nightly. This is not the case, and 1 bclicvo I am right in saying that no recognised theatre that has gone over to twico nightly is doing as well as it did about four or fivo years ago onro nightly. Why, then, has it adopted the twice-nightly ...