The craze that exists to get employment on the stage was illustrated by the enormous number of young .women who applied at Daly's. Theatre on the occasion of tho last voice trial of tho season. No fewer than 450 people, not moro than 30 of whom were men, were seen by the manager. About 20 made favourablo impressions. A company has just been formed at Pittsburg (U.S.) for the purpose of■' manufacturing of quito a novel description.' Tho company is constructing memorials of' glass, arid by means of a patent 'process a portrait of tho deceased person is> blown into the glass. Thero are already indications that the novel idea is likely to, become very popular, the glass tombstone company having received a largo number of orders. . .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 5
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