Mr, R. Ganthony's dream play was staged atthe Lyceum on Friday night, for Mr. Claude King's benefit performance. Mr. King shone in the role of Horace Parker, the selfish and_ self-centred scientist, to whom the Martian mes-wonger is accredited though it must be confessed that a more serious part suits him better. Mr. 8. T. Pease with great akill took the part of the Messenger, by whose dynamic snd superhuman power Parker is reformed. Miss Florence Hamer gave a skilful interpreta tion of the part of Minnie Templar, and Mr. Clifford Brown made an excellent tramp. Mention must also be made of Miss Dorcas Corsbie, whose portrayal of the crotchety old aunt provoked considerable amusement. The scenes in Mrs. Clarence's window, when Parker overhears his shortcomings discussed were well arranged and effectively acted. rope and America, the epi egressive. History shows, says The Asahi" that there is not the smallest justification for such an epithet. The Japanese have never shown any signs of aggressiveness. They have beaten back the aggression of other Powers, no aggression on their own account can be laid to their charge.—* The japan Daily Mull."
POPULATION OF JAPAN, "The Japan Daily Mail states that the population of Japan now approximates very closely to 60,000,000. The exact figures for 1907 are not yet known, bat assuming that the increase has been 618,161, namely the average calculated on the data of the past thirty years, the figure for to day is 49,267,744. The gradual increases in each five-years' period are as follow 37,017,302 39,607,254 41,388,313 43,763,855 46,732,876 48,649,583, 49,267,744
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