llustration: _Sentry._ "HALT! WHO GOES THERE?"

_Officer._ "VISITING ROUNDS."

_Sentry._ "ADVANCE ONE AND RECOGNISE YERSELF."]

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THE NEW NOTE IN THEATRICAL ADVERTISING.

(_The sort of thing we are now getting in the daily papers in place of
the antique boastings of expenditure and magnificence._)

FRIVOLITY THEATRE.

On Monday next, at 8 o'clock, will be
produced

_THE BELLE OF BELLONA_,

A NEW MUSICAL ECONOMANZA IN TWO ACTS.

_Largely reduced Orchestra._

Cheap Jokes. Old Scenery.

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_DUST OF BABYLON_

AT THE EMPEROR'S THEATRE.

AN UNSPECTACULAR TALE OF THE EAST.

Practically no Costumes.

_Support the production that saves money on
wardrobe expenses._

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We understand that Miss Taka Topnote, the well-known revue artiste, is
bringing an action for defamation against the dramatic editor of _The
Morning Chatterbox_, who recently published a statement that her salary was
fifteen hundred a week. The lady informs us that as a matter of fact she is
now drawing thirty-five shillings, with half fees for matinees.

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Mr. Buckram, the famous actor-manager, writes: "A great deal of nonsense
has been published about the so-called stupendous sums supposed to be
expended on my shows. How such stories get about I am at a loss to imagine.
Thus my present entertainment is reported to have cost me L25,000 before
the curtain rose. All I can say is that, were this the case, the curtain
would never have risen at all. To speak by the book (which anyone is at
full liberty to inspect) I find my total initial outlay to have been L43
11s. 5d., inclusive of free drinks at the dress-rehearsal. All the
members of my cast are paid as little as possible, usually in postage-
stamps."

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It is stated that the new problem play shortly to be produced at the
Vegeterion Theatre will be unique in the matter of economy. It will be
played throughout upon a bare stage, the scene represented being "A Theatre
during Rehearsal." The cast will be entirely composed of stage hands and
dramatic students; moreover, as both the dialogue and situations have been
gratuitously borrowed from other works of a similar character, there will
be no author's fees. The very gratify