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  2. Advertising

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  3. The General Gossip Page

    Mr. R. S. Crockett has confessed to the "Bookman," in connection with its recent syrposium on "The Early Struggles of Popular Novelists," as follows: ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. CAPTAIN RIDER'S VERSATILITY.

    When Jealot's Hill at the last fence turned a complete somersault on to his rider, Capt. R. C. de Crespigay, in the Farmer's Steeplechase at Hawthorn Hill ...

    Article : 122 words
  5. Gossip About Theatricals

    Tettrazini is said to have discovered a "second Patti" in the person of Miss Gertrude Fleming, a young San Francisco singer. She had persuaded Jean ...

    Article : 46 words
  6. Gossip About "Sports."

    Mr. C. B. Fry, the well-known athletic, disapproves of Marathon races. In his opinion, there is no sense in running distances like 26 miles along the high ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. MISS AMY CASTLES.

    Recently, in London, sang before a select company arranged in response to a request made by the Princess Alexander of Teck. The Prince of Teck was ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. NEW ZEALAND OWNERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    It is more than probable that New Zealand will be well represented with horses in Australia in the Spring. Mr. Bidwill and Mr. Lowry are North island ...

    Article : 75 words
  9. AUSTRALIAN HORSES" IN INDIA.

    Harry W. Torr, who recently returned to Melbourne after taking Soultline and Lord Carlyon to india handed his charges over at Poona, where he saw Peru, who, ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. ATHLETICS AND THE STACK.

    Mr. F. R. Benson, well known on the London stage, is undoubtedly the most athletic of all our present-day actors, and had not made a name for himself as an ...

    Article : 282 words
  11. HER PORTRAIT.

    "Miss Ethel Barrymore," said a comedian at the Players' Club the other day, "is continually besieged by painters. And she is so gracious that she sits to ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. A. WORTHY LEAD.

    M. James Hennessy, the owner of Luteur III., sent £100 to the Messrs. Weatherby for the benefit of the Bentinck Benevolent, Rous Memorial, and ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. PHILOSOPHY AND COMIC OPERA.

    Apropos of the finish of Mrs. D'Oyly Carte's second Gilbert and Sullivan revival at the Savoy, it might be mentioned that the D'Oyly Cartes have been ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. PAPER RACING PLATES.

    Racing plates in France are now manufactured from paper, and are, it is said, used for Mr. W.K. Vanderbill's horses. It is claimed for them, apart from their ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. A BRILLIANT FIELD.

    A. Jenkins, who visited Victoria and Now South Wales last season with the South Australian team, is now residing in Sydney, within the boundaries of the ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. LADY HALLE'S FIRST VIOLIN.

    Lady Halle, the violinist, who was "commanded" to play before the Queen at Buckingham Palace the other day, has been intensely fond of music, ever since ...

    Article : 183 words
  17. AN HISTORIC CANE.

    The Malacca cam; presented by that late John Hollinghead to Sir Henry Irving, who used it when impersonating Dr. Primrose and Robespierre at the Lyceum, ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. A LOSS TO WALES.

    J. P. Williams, the Welsh International forward, who was a member of the Anglo-Welsh team, was given a cordial farewell dinner at the London Welsh Club early in ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. HOW TRILBY WAS CHOSEN.

    An amusing story is told of the manner in which Miss [?]teha Baird, who has so ably assisted her husband, Mr. H. B. Irving, during his recent season at the ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. A DEMON WITH THE BALL.

    With the Philadelphia ream in Jamaica H. V. Hordern averaged 4.77 (!) with the bat, and 6.92 for 52 wickets with the ball. All the other bowlers combined secured ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. NONE MANLIER OR PLUCKIER.

    W. F. Matthews, the Sydney University captain, underwent an operation at Prince Alfred Hospital last week. His cheekbone, bad been crushed in by the impact ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. MELBA AND COVENT GARDEN.

    In a letter received by the last mail the Countess of Limerick says the most striking feature of the Covent Garden opera season then about to open was the ...

    Article : 142 words
  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIANS' AVERAGES IN THE WEST.

    In the three matches recently played between South and Western Australia. D. R. A. Gehrs averaged 45, N. Claxton 44, L. W. Chamberlain 38, Bloomfield 26, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. MR. CHARLES FROHMAN.

    A pleasant little story of Mr. Charles Frohman comes from America. For the first night of "What Every Woman Knows," in which Miss Maude Adams has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 299 words
  25. A STRENUOUS VETERAN.

    Dr. Charles W. Eliot, the retiring President of Harvard University, who has declined the post of United States Ambassador iu London on the grounds that he ...

    Article : 201 words
  26. FAMILY FOOTBALL.

    Seven brothers named Williams, of Haverfordwest, sons of former police superintendent, issued a challenge to any other seven brothers in the United ...

    Article : 133 words
  27. MISS EMMA TEMPLE

    Is one of those successful actresses who has gained most of her experience on the Australian state. She came out as a young girl when the [?] of Williamson, ...

    Article : 276 words
  28. AUSTRALIANS ABROAD.

    English files received during the week contained a number of items of interest concerning Australians or artists who have been here at one time or another. Miss ...

    Article : 625 words
  29. MISS FOLDI IN LONDON.

    A London paper gives Miss Phyllis Hopwood Foldi the credit of having introduced to the concert and fashionable drawing-room a musical monologue ...

    Article : 331 words
  30. TO STUDY AUSTRALIAN RUGGER.

    Mr. James O. Schaeffer, coach to the University of California, arrived in Sydney during the week from America, via New Zealand for the purpose of ...

    Article : 113 words
  31. "THE WORST BOY IN THE SCHOOL."

    Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne, the poet, who celebrated his seventy-second birthday last mouth, just prior to his death told a story of his school days. At ...

    Article : 247 words
  32. SHUNTED THE PRINCE.

    An amusing story is told of the visit of the German Crown Prince to Lowther Castle (England). The train which was carrying his Royal Highness was signalled ...

    Article : 155 words
  33. A GAIN TO AUSTRALIA.

    The English Board of Control having appointed A. C. MacLaren captain of the English teams for the forthcoming Test matches, owing to the Hon. F. S. Jackson ...

    Article : 119 words
  34. MISS HILDA MEADE

    Of the Meynell and Gunn Dramatic Company, has been making a success of the part of the mother of "Lucky Durham" in that play. Stage art requires many ...

    Article : 222 words
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  36. INMAN DEFEATS STEVENSON.

    Melbourne Inman has at last secured Stevenson's scalp in a game of 9000 up, and with a start of 2000 points. Though he won, it was a close shave, as but 211 ...

    Article : 139 words
  37. THE "DIVINE SARAH."

    It is owing to a mere trifling incident that Madame Bornhardt did nest spend her life behind a confectioner's counter. One day, shortly after she had made a start on ...

    Article : 174 words
  38. FROM "LEGITIMATE" TO VAUDEVILLE.

    The rush of popular actors and actresses from the legitimate stage to the music halls continues unabated (says a London contemporary). Miss Ellis Jeffreys and ...

    Article : 289 words
  39. MISS FANNIE BAUER.

    The Sydney soprano arrived in London from the Continent hi October: She has already made a mark in the world of music, and gained excellent Press notices for the ...

    Article : 366 words
  40. COMPLICATIONS DID NOT DESTROY HARMONY.

    A curious occurrence took place in the Weiss-Lindrume match in Adelaide. Weiss, in passing the rest back to the marker, accidentally struck the red and his ...

    Article : 148 words
  41. COLONIALS REMEDY THE DEFECT.

    Oldman's severe defeat of Runcorn (by 21 to 2) on April 3. "was largely due to the splendid play of their forwards, and of their half-backs, Deane and Anlezark. ...

    Article : 73 words
  42. THE POPE AND HIS CIGARETTE.

    His sHo[?] the Pope can be very jocular when it pleases him (according to an English exchange). A bishop of the English Church who dined with him on one ...

    Article : 91 words
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  44. DESIGNER OF "DREADNOUGHTS."

    The man who has created a new naval standard by designing Dreadnoughts is Mr. John Harper Narbeth, a naval architect, employed in the construction ...

    Article : 90 words
  45. WHEN RIVALS MEET.

    Jenny Lind and Grisi were rivals for popular favor in London. Both were invited to sing the same night at a Court concert. Jenny Lind, being the younger, ...

    Article : 252 words
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  47. A GREAT ARTIST'S ADVICE.

    "It is as important for an artist to cultivate his mind as it is to cultivate his hand." That is the dictum of Sir Edward J. Poynter, President of the Royal ...

    Article : 133 words
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