We hear that one gentleman, who was asked to play one minor pirates in the new A.D. C. musical, "The Pirates of Penzance, qualified his refusal. "The Pirates," of course, is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most amusing and satirical successes.
He declined the honour with the explanation that he thought that dramatic art portrayed truth and in the role of pirate, in view of local conditions, he could not compete, with some of the local compradore shops. a Lo Rougetel is chairman of the com-
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