... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE HOLBORN. Following on a long succession of individually managed cabarets and first-class acts, the Holborn has again acquired Gordon Marsh and his Marshmallow Girls, who will present their cabaret for a month. As before, a strong nautical .lavour predominates in this produced and dressed show. It is of the lightning order, and no time is lost. The whole ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE DANCE. Dancing is in full swing in hundreds of places, both great and small, from the aristocratic floor of the Grosvenor House to the dingy but no less jolly palais de danse of the far East End. Gala nights are weekly occurrences, and few are considered complete without cabaret, while bands are in groat demand. Oovent Garden, which rumour says will end its ...

... . 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. 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. 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. 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. THE QUEEN'S, Many artists have played on the floor of tho Queen's. Several of these havo risen high since they made quick changcs in Madame Carlotta's private office. Many return to meet old friends when they have a little open time. Tho dancing team goes on for ever. and is for ever rehearsing new numbers or developing -intros pected ability in other directions, the ...

... . 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. POLAND ROOMS: Pentagram. Two quite new things happened on Sunday night. First I was informed by a native of Soho, in the picturesque language of the district, that the maze of dance halls, clubs, rehearsal rooms, buffets, agents' and managers' offices, corridors and steps constituting the Poland Kooms had originally been the local workhouae. Secoud, for the first ...

... 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. FRAS The Winter Garden at Frascati's is an unusually good place for cabaret. Not only is the floor exceptionally big and well cared for, but the general surroundings, flowers, and delicate lighting certainly promote enjoyment. Moreover, it does not matter much where you ait. In addition to the Eight Frascati Girls, who put up their customary excellent show of team ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. ROADHOUSE AUDITIONS. After a few more Sundays of these auditions Harry Adams will probably have something like a corner in cabaret talent, and be able to sub-let to his less enterprising brethren. Last Sunday's programme brought out a number of artists, both known and unknown, most of them fit to ccupy a position in a first-class programme. The opening- was in the ...