Theatrical Wrath Fnow Oun Own Connesronoenr, London, Nov. 6, I have deliberately chosen as' a theme for a few remarks a subject which may very well give me aways for, if I write with any degree of Jledrnedness about night clubs and jeabaret shows and other lower resorts to which I would not take my Victorian aunt, I goel that some people may ascribe to me quality and habits which do not sit with dignity apon a classic pose, Still have been encouraged thereto by, the touching evidence of a police agent who went to a night club to get testimony of misdeeds which might be adduced in Court against those running it, "Hitherto I have always imagined the Law as stern and unbending. I am gi to see this is not always so, It true that on this dzcasion duty called. Still you can always make Duty as pleasant as you can, The officer went and this is the little bill sent in next day to Scotland Yard, To First Visi Admission for self and lady 30 30 30 'To Second Visits Entrance £000 osesecoesse 7 6 To dance with instrictiess 30 0 'To box of chocolates ws 14 0 To bottle of champagne'; 38 0
6 And then though he captured the first damsel in Piccadilly 1 suppose he paid her fare home and possibly contributed to her domestic expenses in view of the time she had lavished on him. So-do not sny pose he got out under £8 for two Visits which seems to me to be doing yourself quite well, then maybe T can say there is a ferocious row fon Wetween—or rather beginning between—the recognized places of entertainments and the night clubs, cuba rats, hotels, etc. It ql arises out of the clever way in Which the Inter avoid the Entertainment Tax, Now it is true the places of entertainment per se would evade the tax if they could, but they cannot, and hence they consider that the night clubs, hotels ete., should be equally mulcted with " themselves, Under the law only thave places pay the tax which charge admission for an entertainment, The hotels can give you your food and an 1 tertainment, but you pay no The Metropole gives you a first: class entertainment. The Trocadero is going to give us a Cochran staged ballet—T think it is a version of Ooppelia. The Jeabarats give us a performance-on Cooptimist lines with the most expensively paid artistes. The night clubs are providing special musical diversions.
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