... . BY IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHARITY . At a recent charity cabaret patrons bought cushions on which to sit on the floor and watch the show with some degree of comfort. If you bought two cushions you had a better view, but were not popular with those behind you who had only been ablo to afford one This cushion idea is by no means new, although it may be a novel aid to raising the wind. Floors, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. HOTELS DE PARIS. Miller and Farrell opened at the Cafe de Paris on Monday. Their chief reputation here rests on their gramophone work. Ann Penn is the attraction at the Cafe Anglais this week, and Dora Maughan comes into the programme next week. Major phreys informs me that the Kit Cat will reopen in October with cabaret, but the artists have not vet been engaged. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THAMES RIVIERA. Now that Herbert Cecil has started Tagg's Hand in its new form, there seems every possibility of the place vieing with the other up-river resorts in popularity. A big feature about Riviera is that it does not depend upon sunshine, and it is not at tho merey of the elements, although, of course, the bathing beach must necessarily suffer in bad weather. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. RACE WEEK. Big national sporting events are always hailed with special favour by cabarets. and to meet the demands of those who wish to celebrate, as well as those who would fain forget, very few managements fail to add extra attractions of some sort or another to their ing programmes. The entertain ments for Derby Night this year were on an unusually lavish scale. ...

... . r>RWl.Va-ROOM ENTIRTirNICtNT3 Under tlii* title Is published by Stan- lay 1'u.ul and Co., at 2b. not, a little volume of monologues, duologues, and dialogue*, Cor drawing-room ami plat form use, written by Catherine Kvclyn, Clare Shirley Robert Overton, ana others, and edited by Alfred 11. Miles. 1 The two first-named corttrlbut* moot of 1 the Items tn a oollecUon likely to pror acceptable ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S Among the reoent acts working in the standing cabaret here are Monty Woulf and Lillian Lowe. Both have appeared in the Leicester Square house previously, and are exceedingly popular with Quai d'Orsay audiences. Miss Lowe remains in the programme, which also includes a couple of clever ecoentrio acrobats, the Arva Brothers. Regina West, whose en gagement must ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S: NIGHT-TIME REVELS OF 1927. After some months' absence from tho Qual d'Orsay, Henry de Bray has returned to produce for Mme. Coletta, and has constructed a good entertainment, although the dressing is not quite up to the cabaret's standard. Swiftly on the spirited opening by the girls. ?yyho sing that they ae lonely, omes Carletta Mossetti with a good number, ...

... . By IVAN. PATRICK GORE. PLAYTIME AT THE PICCADILLY. E. O. Lcndley, who used to run cabaret at the Piccadilly in conjunction with Harry Foster, and more recently was on his own account, has now severed hie connection with the entertainment. It is now being run by Colonel Elwy Jones. Tlie change has meant a good deal of reorganisation, the chief item of which has been the wholesale removal ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE, ELECTION NIGHT. To-night is undoubtedly the night in the West End. Managements of night cabaret clubs and restaurants are putting on special shows, making presentations to the ladies, getting extensions, all for the purpose of letting members and guests know just exactly what tho political late ol the country is going to be. Tho Cosmo Club, with its 3,000 members, is ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE SILVER SLIPPER. Following on the footsteps of the Kit Cat, which, after ending its career as a night club, blossomed out in due course as a restaurant the Silver Slipper in Regent Street is now open to the general public, which can eat, dance, and see a good cabaret entertainment. Although there is no great difference between the actual entertainment of the caba ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. The other day I went into a club which only a few nights before had been raided. I had known it when the entertainment was in full swing, and the difference was remarkable, almost ghastly. Just a short time back tho atmosphere had boon one of music and laughter, honest ap plause for the artists who took the floor, soft light} and a, perhaps, too lioavily scentcd air. ...

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