"Required an English or French resident governess for children from 30 to 45 years old, having notions of music."—Standard (Buenos Ayres).
We are glad they have picked up something during their prolonged juvenescence.
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IV.—What's Wrong with the Drama?
By Marcus P. Brimston, the gifted producer of "Shoo, Charlotte!"
I have been invited to say a few words to readers of The Sabbath Scoop on the alleged decay of the British drama. There is indeed some apparent truth in this allegation. On all sides I hear managers sending up the same old wail of dwindling box-office receipts and houses packed with ghastly rows of deadheads. No "paper" shortage there, at any rate.
Sometimes these unfortunate people come to me for counsel, and invariably I give them the same admonition, "Study your public."