BREAD ON THE STAGE.
The policy of food economy has teen, extended to the stage (.says a London paper of December 2nd). Property bread is now used in food scenes, and the comedians are extravagant with, soup that is reallv coloured water. At the Adelplii'in "The Boy,'' "Wi. H. Berry sits down to a meal consisting of canvas bread, brown, water soup, wood outlets', and ginger-ale champagne. When the audience notices bread being thrown about the stage they need feel no indignation: it is canvas bread. Weak cocoa serves for the bee? j drunk in "Bubbly" at "tie Comedy; tht foam is quite reaEstie; In "Chu Chin Chow.'' at His Majesty's thev have cut;oft the bananas, but real Turkish delight, .sweets, and grapes are - Food Controller is not very 1 anxrofug about frui(."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16113, 18 January 1918, Page 5
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