The announcement that the Staff Beonomy Committee will be in a position to present its report to Shanghai Municipal Council at early date was, made after the Coun-ells meeting on Oct. 28. It appears that the Committee is composed of three members: Mr. C. S, Franklin, the Vice-Chairman of the Cound iit, W, J, Keswick and Mr. G.
The terms of reference are: They are based on the. neighbours that. they have in their midst an intelligence of high order. - Frequently this disturbing] activity makes a nuisance of Itself at amateur productions. The ordinary! playgoer finds enjoyment best protected by licence to follow the singe or screen without distraction. If the show be bad, it will be not the tess boring on account of the dnterruptions "in the audience. If It be ood, its merits aggressively announced are apt to dnvito hostility. The Amateur Dramatic Clio suecessfully produced its first play of the season ast week, It received Its meed of praise and gently implied reproof in the press, and the box office returns told it something. Those who ald to witness the performances of amateurs were quite prepared 10 recognize that they were not likely to see professional. standards main tained in all respects. That does not} suggest that they welcomed guidance they sat hoping to enjoy the evening and by their encouragement and. support to bring out the best in a band of players in whom youth and experience were happily blended eerie one oe cone avowed successes. Enthusiasm may impel the self-appointed critics to address their pseudo-soliloquies the world at large. The world at large, however, would much prefer to have them-if It values them at all which is doubtful—when the play over. Perhaps this thought may commend Itself for general adoption 450 that playgoing or cinema haunting may be a3 free as possible from unnecessary. incitements to murder.
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