... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHINGFORD.--THE QUEEN ELIZABETH. W. O. White, the pioneer of genuine cabaret in the wilds, and at popular prices, has been ill for come time, suffering from severe nervous breakdown brought on by overwork and a lack of sufficient holidays. Meanwhile, business continues to grow, and even the greatly-enlarged dancing hall is *t rained at times to hold a public that ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHARITY S. Cabaret is becoming ever more popular as a means of raising funds for charity. It is more intimate than the old bazaar, and has a bette aroma than the jumble sale. Moreover we have a much greater licence in the things we can do. There is more real excitement in a good dancing team than in watching the curate make a mess of bringing guinea pigs out of a ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. BANDS. Practically all the hotels, restaurants, and cafes are employing bands, soloists, and artists according to the strength of the establishment to support such entertainment. Lyons must have many more bands and artists of all kinds working than any other firm, and the houseB they are building, Including the big restaurant on the old Oxford Musio Hall site, will ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. SHOOTING THE KIT-CAT. Although many night clubs and cabarets have been used for topical and news-reel pictures--and a very popular oabaret act consists of making a short and lurid melodrama with the members of a club being worked as actors--to the best of my belief the only time on which a genuine cabaret floor has been used as a scene without interfering with tho ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. MURRAY'S: The Revival. For some time past club and restaurant cabaret has consisted of a competent dance band, two or three acta, often only one, and on occasion volunteer turns. Murray's, which itself has been running individual acts, since the Vladimir Zaaloff season with the Russian abaret, is now responsible for a distinct u come-back to the old floor show, and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE WINTER GARDENS, PUTNEY. The Winter Gardens undoubtedly lead as far as suburban cabaret goes. Part and parcel of the Star and Garter, they overlook the Thames and provide comfortable accommodation for revellers and dancers who come from far afield to swell tho local crowd. Under the management of H. Davis, who also has interests in the West End, the popularity of the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE QUEEN'S. Henry de Bray has returned to this popular Leicester Square house after some months' absence, and is busily preparing for the new production which should be seen oa September 27. A strong company have been engaged, and a good deal of novelty is promised both in the way of ensemble numbers and in dividual acts. Last week's pro gramme was a strong one, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. GREEN PARK HOTEL: DINICU. While the majority of hotels, restaurants, and clubs were celebrating Leap Year Night, the Green Park Hotel was providing ita patrons with a musical entertainment such as is very rarely heard. Dinicu and his band were not easy to get. Mr. Casali? had to pay a visit, to Bucharest to persuado the violinist King of the Tziganes to accept the en ...

... . THE CASE OF ALLAN MONKHOUSE. 14 The Conquering Hero, a play in four acts. Jly Allan Monk- house. Ernest Benn, Ltd. 2s. 6:1. There are people, and not a few either, who will tell you that Allan Monkhouse is the Great Unknown of British Drama; certainly his name is better known in literary than in dramatic circles, and no play of his has ever been produced for a run in the West End. In ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. TROCADERO: MERRY-GO-ROUND. Produced on October 4, Mr. Cochran's new cabaret is one of the best entertainments of its kind the West End has seen. The greater portion of it takes place on a stage, and this with the elaborate nature of several items in the programme together with scenery, makes it a little more revue-like than usual. With a few additional features and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE MELTON. At the moment Harry Adams has his hands full with the big Melton in Regent Street and the smaller Merry Grill in St. Martin's Lane. At the latter things are improving steadily under the management of Captain Thursfield, and the number of country members is noticeable. The ladies' gipsy band is excellent. At the Melton a feature is made of pecial fights. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE SILVER SLIPPER. This club maintains its hold on the night-time public in a way that is the envy of many of its fellows. The silver slippers which were so marked a feature of the opening night nearly a year ago seem to retain their supremacy on the glass dancing floor, which is as artistically lighted and as slip- pery a proposition for those who are neither ...