... Couples tlhat Ps\ss ilita the IDay A GOILP DIALOGUE. By Kl^aglh Beslae Pobre@0 The scene is through the green of the Seesyde golf links, England, on a damp, raw day in the spring. Jenkins and Muskett are waiting on the first tee to play a four-ball match with Fow ler and Desborough when two ladies-- Mrs. Brown, old and stoutish, and Miss Brown, young and slim-- emerge from the clubhouse. ...

... . By F rank Richardson. SCENE: The Commercial Room of the Stagg and Mant'e, Brightbourne. (Discovered the Groanophone, a sort of exaggerated ear trumpet, surrounded by intelligent and interested spectators.) Operator continuing Pronounced by statesmen, politicians, not to mention members of Parliament, the best instrument of its class on the market. Now, gentlemen, a parody of The Village ...

... What's aim a Name? AN EPISODE. By Mostynn To Pigottt. SCENE: The library of Sir William Wagney, Kt., F.R.G.S. It contains, amongst other things, quite a quantity of books. The door is thrown open and a man servant ushers in Mr. Bings, a journalistic beginner, who to his great pride has been entrusted with a momentous mission, no less than that of converting Sir William Wagney into a Man of ...

... ALLINVAINE AND YFORGETTE. By Frank Richardson. Being an English Version of Aglavaine and Selysetle, by Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian Hall Caine. Publisher's Note. Of this work three copies (numbered 1 3) have been printed on Japanese paper for America, also one on American paper for Japan unnumbered PERSONAGES Allinvaine. Y FORGETTE. Migraine, a person or persons unknown. CrEme de Menthe, ...

... The Embarrassment of Sir William Bailey. By Frank Richardsorv. SCENE: The production of The Tempest by Shakspere (or another gentleman of the same name) at His Majesty's Theatre. Many people of importance are present, and there is also a certain Member of Parliament. In Row G of the stalls is Mr. Devereux Courte, the eminent K.C. As his wife is at Folkestone recovering from a cure at ...

... Merely Mary Anrv and Mainly Seymour Hicks. By Frank Richardson. SCENE I. The production of Mr. Zangwill's new comedy at the Duke of York's Theatre. The third act is over and apparently the success of the piece is assured. In the stalls Mrs. Imogen B. Stapp, a mountainous American blonde covered with Oteroesque jewels; she has an accent like a banjo and is talking to an eminent critic with whom ...

... ; or. THE CAVES OF CARRIG-CLEENA.' Written by Captain Basil Hood. Composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr. Edward German. Produced by Mr. R. Barker. Managed by Mr. D'Oyly Carte. Conducted by Mr. Francois Cellier. First staged April 27, 1901. Ulu'trated by Ellis and Walery. The Character His Part The Actor The Earl of Newtown, K. P. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Mr. JONES HEVVSON Dr. Fiddle D.D. ...

... Mesft OuhpCo IRiicIhiaiSPdlsoEtu SCENE The smoking-room of the Junior United Nonentities Club in the late afternoon. Various members are scattered about on the cosy red-leather chairs. Some arc taking tea in a marked manner. Others arc drinking lemon squashes with an enthusiasm that suggests the consumption of gin ar.d ginger-beer. Others, again, are sleeping ostentatiously at their fellow ...

... Qoodlwoodl IniospEtlsillMy--- A Tlhigiinilllggpivnimgfo STANZA I. S. E. G.( ruminating happily): Confounded little scoundrel that, eh? T. E. G. (languidly): Our host? Yes, terrible fellah! S. E. G. Do you suppose his wife knew all about him T. E. G. Oh yes everybody knew about that last affair of his. Shocking bad form the. way he conducted that. S. E. G. who apparently hears of the affair for ...

... NOT MADE IN HEAVEN. A COMEDY IN ONE ACT. By Mary Costello. CHARACTERS. IVliss Stopford (conventional old maid). Vanessa Read (her niece). Mrs. De Rinzy (lively attractive widow). Colonel Stopford (devoted to Mrs. De Rinzy). Hubert Curtis (young barrister). fSCENE The Stopfords' drawing-room. Door L.C. Window with movable drapery R. Table laid for afternoon tea, spirit kettle, &c., Miss ...

... By F raoik RicHardsorv. SCENE The St. James's Theatre during the production of The Garden of Lies. The curtain has fallen on Act III. Th^ fate of the play- is in the balance. The critics are moving about critically. In the fourth row of the stalls on the O.P. side Lady Hilda Braythorpe, a peroxide blonde, only slightly frescoed, is sitting between an Absolute Ass and a Well- informed Man. The ...

... Tib (CiryEini^ Qmgtbini0 Ccsara SfaMnailtiosSo In the portly and dignified smoking-room of the Garrick Club, Blaby, of the Daily Telephone/' Leek, the father of first-nighters, and Murrow, the epigrammatist, are sitting round the fire. BLABY (with a smile in which patronage and reproof do not mix well): Well, Murrow, and how's the new play going? MURROW (lightly): We are both doing well, ...