And drop—for the present—Monroe!
THE MUSIC HALL AS OTHERS WOULD SEE IT.
(With compliments to those it may concern)
The entrepreneur had conducted, the visitor here, there, and everywhere. He had shown the stage, the auditorium, and the tea and cake-room. Every feature of the reformed scheme had been duly explained.
"No singing allowed in the entertainment?" queried the visitor.
"None at all," was the reply; "we consider that music is a mistake. Of course same songs are good, but as others are bad it is better to prohibit them altogether, and thus escape the risk of a mistaken choice."
"And no dancing?"
"Of course not. That would be entirely contrary to our principles. If people require exercise they can walk or run."
"But how about the poetry of motion? How about the grace of movement?"