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example , have been photographed under the most auspicious circumstances . What wonder is , in turn , to succeed the biograph cannot be predicted , but inventive genius need not hasten , for this latest adjunct of popular entertainment promises to delight and to amuse for a long time to come . AN AITEBNOON THEATRE . —On Wednesday next , 2 nd prox ., the first of a series of special matinees will be initiated by Mr . Yorke Stephens and Mr . James Weloh at the Strand Theatre . The play that they have chosen for the

first six performances is Mr . G . Bernard Shaw ' s pretty comedy " You never can tell , " which will be played on tho afternoons of Wednesday , Thursday and Friday ; and also nn those of the Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday iu the following week . Messrs . Yorke Stephens and James Welch believe that the ever growing demand for matinees in London warrants them to establish , if possible , an Afternoon Theatre , and the present series that commences on Wednesday is somewhat in the nature of an experiment . Should their belief receive confirmation the series will be repeated , and afterwards they will

THE Midland Railway give notice of new and luxurious sleeping carriages on certain night expresses between St . Pancras and Glasgow and Edinburgh . There is also to be an improved service to and from Edinburgh ( Waverley ) , Galashiels , Hawick , & a . The direct connection with Buxton is to be strengthened , and the evening service between that town and London improved by twenty-five minutes . Sheffield , Leeds , and Bradford are to have a new express to London on Monday mornings , and it is also announced that the service to the Isle of Man ( via Barrow ) will begin on 1 st June .

CERTAIN alterations in the train service of the Great Western Railway are announced to come into force at the beginning of next month . New express trains are to leave Paddington for Weymouth , Bath , Bristol , Cardiff , and other places on the line , and there will be an improved service of steamers for the benefit of passengers to Dungarvan . Lismore , Killarney , and Cork . There will also be from 1 st May the usual summer service of daily trains to the riverside stations .

A NEW servico of through express trains has been arranged by the Great Central Railway , and will come into operation on Tuesday next , 1 st prox ., between London ( Marylebone ) , Huddersfield , Halifax , Bradford , and other Yorkshire towns , via the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , calling at Leicester , Nottingham , and Sheffield in each direction .

continue to present a succession of plays by the best authors and performed in each instance by only well known London artists . Their plan is an eminently attractive one , and appears to contain all the elements for the successful establishment in London of an Afternoon Theatre . The following will be found included in the cast of " You never can tell " : Miss Mabel Terry Lewis , Miss Elsie Chester , Miss Audrey Ford , Mr . Herman Vezin , Mr . Yorke Stephens , Mr . George Raiemond , Mr . Charles Charrington , Mr . W . Graham Browne , and Mr . James Welch .

New Hotel For Southwold.

NEW HOTEL FOR SOUTHWOLD .

riTHERE is every indication that the ancient borough of Southwold , which I has hitherto lagged somewhat behind other seaside resorts on the East Coast , is about to enter upon a new era of progress and prosperity . The new pier , which will bring the place into line with the Belle Steamer service , is rapidly approaching completion ; the sea defence works have all the appearance of being successful in a double sense—both in accumulating a protective beach , and in providing a pleasant double promenade along tbe

front ; and many improvements of a general character have been carried out on the North Cliff . Last , but not least , one or two notable additions have been made to the hotels of Southwold . The newest building of this kind , for which a full licence was obtained before the work of construction began , is known as the Marlborough Hotel , and its opening was celebrated on Thursday , 5 th inst ., by an " inaugural luncheon , " to which a representative company of guests was invited .

The Marlborough Hotel occupies a splended site at the corner of Dunwich and Corporation Roads , which come to a junction right upon the front . It was built to the order of Mr . S . Edwin Haward—a native of Suffolk , who has been highly successful in business at Tunbridge Wells—and the architect employed was Mr . Arthur Pells , F . S . I ., of Beccles . The chief and most meritorious characteristic of his plans lies in the full advantage that has been taken of an excellent position . Above the principal entrance at the corner .

the facade is brought out boldly , and surmounted by an octagonal turret ; between large bay windows a series of balconies are provided ; and the external appearance of the hotel , which is built of red and moulded brick , is altogether agreeable and attractive . The entrance hall opens into a vestibule and staircase hall , and from thence to that attractive meeting-place , now seen in all up-to-date establishments , which is known as " The Lounge . " The architect took this idea from Mr . Fred Lunniss , who has learned by

experience elsewhere , that ladies , always sociable , have no liking for the exclusion of a drawing-room . On the right of the staircase hall , with windows which command a full view of sea and pier , a spacious and wellappointed dining-room will be found ; beyond it lies the writing-room ; and on the ground floor there are also a good billiard-room and a cosy smoke-room , with other apartments for the accommodation of staying or casual visitors . The building is carried up in three storeys , the landing and corridors on each

being arranged in the same way , and from nearly all the bedrooms , whioh number fifty ( save one ) , a fine sea view is obtainable . As the hotel faces south-east , falling back from the corner , the architect has been able to secure this advantage by the exercise of some ingenuity . One delightful sittingroom , among others , is above the entrance hall , and the turret represents

such an attractive union of bed and sitting-room that it will probably be the " most favoured " quarter of many guests . The hotel is well lighted and warmed , and admirably equipped with all the latest appliances , every facility being provided in the basement for culinary and other operations , which are , though unseen , of the highest importance to good and successful management .

The Marlborough was furnished throughout by Messrs . Maple and Co ., of Tottenham Court Road , and it goes without saying that the manner in which this part of the work has been discharged leaves nothing to be desired . The vestibule and staircase are adorned with just that sufficiency of objects of artistic value which indicates good taste ; the lounge is a luxurious

apartment , set out with saddle-bag settees and easy chairs , and oak tables ; the chairs in the dining-room are of inlaid mahogany , there is a mahogany screen before the service lift and hot carving-table , and the windows are prettily draped with blue cloth curtains . A clever imitation of tapestry is noticeable in the wall-paper of the smoke-room , together with many quaint

New Hotel For Southwold.

drawings of " smoking" scenes . The sitting-room of the first floor Is furnished with a drawing-room suite , covered in velvet ; the bedrooms , all having mahogany and inlaid wardrobes , and other accessories in the latest style , are pictures of comfort ; and the corridors acquire a correspondingly warm and comforting clow from the soft Saxony carpet with which they are laid , and the rich red-coloured paper with which the walls are covered . It would be difficult , in short , to find an hotel anywhere that is at once so wellappointed and so home-like .

The Marlborough has been taken by Bro . and Mrs . Bennowitz , formerly of the Queen ' s Hotel , Eastbourne , and , if personal courtesy and kindness can secure such a result , the new Hotel ought to prove highly successful . At the inaugural luncheon the chair wa 3 taken by the Mayor of Southwold ( Eaton W . Moore , Esq . ) , who was supported by the host and hostess , while amongst those present were the Rev . C . H . Sutton ( Vicar of Southwold ) , Alderman J . J . Mayhew and E . 0 . Debney , Mr . S . E . Haward , Mr . W . Bellamy , Mr . G . E . Hawes , of Norwich ( the builder of the hotel , who has carried out his contract with satisfactory thoroughness ) , & c .

After luncheon the toast of the Queen was proposed in appropriate terms by the Mayor , and , although most of the company were compelled to leave in order to catch the train , the local residents stayed , and , amongst other toasts none was more heartily drunk than that of " Sucoess to the Marlborough Hotel , " and the health of Bro . and Mrs . Bennewitz . From enquiries we have made at the Offices of the Coast Development Co . Ld . we understand that the Belle Steamers will call at Southwold on and after 2 nd June next , by which date the Pier will be completed for the landing and embarking of passengers .

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The Theatres, &C.

The Theatres , & c .

Adelphi . —Tuesday , 1 st May , Quo Vadis . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Avenue . —8 , An Old Admirer . 845 , A Message from Mars . Matinee , Wed nesday and Saturday , 3 . Comedy . —S-15 . Tess . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Criterion . —820 , Lady Huntworth ' s Experiment . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 Daly ' s . —8-15 , San Toy . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Drury Lane . —8 , Marsac of Gascony . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2

Duke of York ' s . —S , Miss Hobbs . 10 , Madame Butterfly . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8-15 , The Messenger Boy . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrick . —8 , Zaza . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Globe . —8-15 , A broken Halo . 9 , Nurse . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Haymarket . —8-30 , The Rivals . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Her Majesty's . —8 , A Midsummer Night ' s Dream . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 .

Lyceum . - 8 , Richard the Second . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 . Lyplc . —8 , Florodora . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Other afternoons , 3 , L ' enfant prodigue . Princess's . —8 , It ' s never too late to mend . Royalty . —8-15 , Mrs . Jordau . 9 , Magda . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Savoy . —8-15 , The Rose of Persia . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Shaftesbury . —8 , An American Beauty . Matinee , Wednesday and

Saturday . 2 . St . James ' s—8-30 , A Man of forty . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Strand . —8-15 , The Lady Bookie . 9 , Facing the Music . Matinee , Saturday , 3 , other afternoons , 2-30 , You never can tell . Terry ' s . —8 , The Passport . Matinee , Saturday , 2-15 . Vaudeville . —815 , The Lady Volunteers . 9 , Kitty Grey .

Wyndham ' s . —8 Cyrano de Bergerac . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Alexandra . —Next week , 8 , Florodora . Opera House , Crouch End . —Next week , 8 , What happened to Jones Surrey . —Next week , 7 45 , Her wedding day . Standard . —Next week , 7-45 , The rich and poor of London . Alhambra . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . Napoli , & c . Aquarium . —The World ' s great Show . Varied performances , daily .

Empire . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . Round the Town Again , & c . London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also . Palace . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & c . Satur day , 1-45 also . Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2 * 30 also . Tivoli . —7 -30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also .

Agricultural Hall . —8 , Mohawk Minstrels . Alexandra Palace . —Open every Thursday and Saturday with a variety of entertainments . Crystal Palace . —Cafe Chantant . Varied attractions daily . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne's entertainment . London Hippodrome . —2 and 8 , Varied attractions , & c . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street Station ) . —Open daily . Portrait models of modern celebrities , & c .