BIG HAT INCIDENT.
WAS IT AN ADVERTISEMENT? ALLEGED BREACH OF AGREEMENT. By Telegraph.^Preßs Association.— Copyright. (Received October 18, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, 17th October. As a sequel to the "big hat" case, cabled in April last, Mr. Dann, a press agont, and his wife, sued Mr. Frank Curzon, the theatrical manager, for £152, including Mrs. Eardley's fees, in pursuance of an agreement to arrange a big advertisement for Curzon by creating the matinee hat incident. The agreement was denied by the defendant. Judgment was reserved. Early last April Mrs. Blanche Eardley, the novelist, and another lady, desired to witness a matinee performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, but as they were wearing hats a yard ivide, Mr. Curzon, the manager, decided that their j presence was undesirable, and turned them away. Mrs. Eardley thereupon pio- I ceeded, in the Police Court, against Mr. Curzon, for ejecting, her. The Magistrate, in dismissing the summons, with £5 costs against informant, said he considered that Mr. Curzon had acted rightly in the matter.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 94, 18 October 1910, Page 7
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