... STATE GRANT. A State subsidy for grand opera was announced by Mr. Snowden in the House of Commons on Thursday. It takes the form of a yearly grant of £17,500 for the next five years, with a payment of £5.000 with respect to the present financial ouarter of the a total of £92,500. Thi* grant combined with announcements re cently made of agreement rcached between Sir Thomas Beeeham. the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. GROSVENOR HOUSE. Although progress has robbed Park Lane itself of much of its old exclusive glory, Grosvenor House remains the hub of society functions and galas. One of the most important forthcoming events is the birthday party of the Theatrical Ladies' Guild, which will be held on December 5 under the auspices of the Actresses' Franchise League. A special cabaret ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. STAGELAND OPENS. The menus in the blue-curtained windows of Stageland are providing quite an entertainment for the natives of Little Newport Street and district, and at night the club's lights form a bright spot in the little square behind the Shaftesbury Theatre, quite one of the gloomiest in the West End. The club was duly opened last Friday by Walter Payne, who, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE PICCADILLY. The twice-nightly and everchanging editions of Playtime at the Piccadilly are among the best of tho dinner-supper entertainments in the West End. In the old days sumptuous production was usual, and on one occasion a novel note was struck by putting on the cabaret in the form of a circus. Now the management and the pub lic are satisfied with one or ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE THE TRAFALGAR. Once upon a time the Trafalgai Restaurant was the grill-room, or porhaps tho billiard-room, of the Grand Hotel. To-day, under the management of B. Vercelli and his two brothers, it is one of the most popular first-class restaurants in the West End. Within a few B weeks, however, it will change its D name to Ohantilly, thereby relin- t quishing the right ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. SUMMER-TIME. There is always a falling-off of things as the warmer weather comes, at any rate so far as the West End is concorned. The calls of the fresh air and the river are insistent, and motor-coaches carry the world and his wife anywhere speedily, even if they do not sess cars of their own. Soon i. ccufcjhes will probably be pulling up and depositing passengers ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE HOLIDAY The sudden heat wave and glorious weather on Monday threw a monkey-wrench into the holiday machinery of hotel, restaurant, and club cabaret. London--that is to say, the London that mostly has the cash to indulge in dinner and supper amusement--had dashed away at the first sign of the sun, and dinner tables that should have been crowded were desolate, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. DERBY NIGHT. Derby Day ia one of those occa- nona in the year during which the excitement lasts throughout the day and well into the morning after. Following the great events at Epsom it ia necessary to go somewhere to bring the day to a close, and what more fitting than a visit to restaurant or. club where cabaret and dancing are? 8ome of the gaiety is a little ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHANTILLY, Once known as the Trafalgar this restaurant, which is now under the direction of E. G. Vercelli and his brothers, has father an enviable position, inasmuch as it might be said to be in the sacred precincts of Whitehall, a place full of brass hats and all sorts of nig guns. It can tap another useful section of society via the MalL A great attraction is ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. ON WITH THE DANCE. That austere body, the Board of Ballroom Dancing, has been sitting in solemn conclave to decide what dancers may and may not do during the coming season. To aid them in their meditations were close on fifty of the leading Pally managers. As the sult, we hear, there are to bo no new dances; no syncopated twelve-steps, no Broadway wobbles, or ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LORD ROOKWOOD. Mustard Pots. While Mr. George Lansbury is dreaming of giving us still further freedom, of music, mirth, dancing, and real beer in the parks, Alf Coleman, of tho Lord Rookwood, Wanstead Flats, has passed far beyond tho speculative stage, and for the past month or so has been giving his public what is as like a German beer garden as possible. The ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. TROCADERO. Originally seen at the end of March, C. B. Cochran's cabaret revue ''Creation'' in the Grill Room of the Teocadero promises to run as long as any of the previous shows, probably longer. It is an entertainment one can see time after time without being bored, and moreover it possesses a touch of daring. The main epi sodes remain fairly well the same 44 ...