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In many ways it was eventful Christmas. For one thing there was no news whatever of any entertainments, though I do not] think they deserved it because thes were not very enterprising. Several new box-office records were made importance, the second place) yndon theatres during Christinas there were no newspapers from For instance, at both His Thursday evening to Sunday mor-Majesty's Theatre Haymarket with ter ning. the "Ce-Optimists," and the The weather was anything but, Garden, with "Tell Me More," more Christmassy.
The warmer weather than 000 was taken on Boxing which arrived during the week-end Day. These is now a movement to onused a rapid thaw in the snow-get rid of theatre queues—the Hay-covered north and Midlands an¢ vd] market has led the way.
ought to London a touch -of All the shops did so well th ing. The warm spell started in sume of them are actually willing to some cases on Friday evening and roll their left-over—commodities others on Saturday, when it cheaply to effect a clearance. It is} followed a hard frost. The temperate indeed funny that there is always ture then was just above freezing more advertising after Christmas Point. (82 degrees), but it climbed than before, The hotels seem to Fapidly, and on Sunday reached 60 have done very well. degree Supremacy of the Dance In the North of England, how-'The supremacy of dancing as the fever, the weather was persistently greatest of all modern social re-[sal and thre, was heavy snow Inxations was never demonstrated thaw algo. ect In there, many "places, though eventually and it was|4 {Toy as Guring, she weskene. ring. the
followed by a severe storm.
Chao aa cee Fesult twenty motors have bees height on Boxing Day.
The first out "of snowariee in the eae) SUH, on, Howie, Days The fret direct, of Derbyshire, and 45, 4v0,,07 three, hours, of 1086 newt motor-cars are snowed up near pak" he effects of the continual] Wirks- Proadeasting of dance musie and Uso Into, and arnly te pictures were
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