He disclaimed any intention to' perpetrate immodesty as to the stage representation of present-day personages. He had always objected to then being made. up in imitation of the face-and figure of the originals, though the same restraint, he added, had not been observed in music hall caricatures of himself. Probably the only people' who would feel aggrieved at the suppression in the present case were the two originals, as a speaking likeness wag generally appreciated by the subjects, who commonly assisted the players with photographs and personal hints, As to the final stipulation concerning the creed of the mech-animals, Mr. Shaw. said the players might leave it out but the. book wouldn't.
Mr. Bache Matthews, manager of the- Birmingham Repertory _Theatre,. toll me today "Back to Methuselah" had been licensed on these assurances being given.
Par Ovt.. 31.—/ a official Chinese mission has arrived to inquire into economic, commercial and industrial matters,—Reuter,
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