Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

decision 10 leave the chOlCc Oh Ills IldIti
base to be determined by the conditions
prevailing at the time of his arrival in
| the Ross sea. According to the latest
| statement of his plans, however. Capt.
| Scott has now abandoned all intention
Of landing his main party on King Ed
ward VII Land and does not propose in
any case to do more than land small
party of six men on that coast.
Restoring Cathedral Steps.
Something is going to be done at last
to make 1t possible for passers-by to look
| at Southwark Cathedral 1t Is to have
| an entrance, which will be. one hopes. a
| little less like its present coal-cellar steps
| from the street The jagged gray church
seems to be hiding itself away from you
In a hole. AS you hurry down a slope
| from London bridge 1t shows itself In its
| pit below some mean ratings, 50 near
and so closely encompassed that its pro-
portions are lost. II is quite pilgrimage
| to find the southwest entrance which let's
you surprisingly into the glory of the re-
stored nave. The path crosses a tiny
| tagged way which goes off to a market,
| view of the bent heads of clerks. and
| then through yard of NANCY city
grass overshadowed by the stridtng rail-
| way viaduct
! The scheme purposes to abolish the
area-like steps and to build sloping
way down to the nave entrance. One has
doubt about this sloping way. The
cramped approach and the English
| climate argue against 1t. Perhaps the
| architect could get something better out
! lit by row Of fine lamps.
The alternative suggestions Of IAN arch
| in stone" or IAN ornamental structure
of ironwork'' at the beginning Of the in
| cline also raise some doubts. There are
painful memories Of the modern arch in
stone" 1t would be interesting to know
how many OF the floods of people who
pass the cathedrals every day know what
hour of winter twilight. and seen the
clustered candles making a great hole
Of light In the blackness OF the roof. 1t
| is worth doing If only to look at stiff
pillowed by the "Confessio Amantis.'' a
work that has sent SO many to sleep
while yet alive. 1t is quite thrill, too.
to come upon the slab over Edmund
immortal dramatist. and think who must
have stood there to see him buried. As
you linger verger steals out from
crevice and. touching something, pours
light through the place. chilly curate
comes in from the street and a congrega-
ton of two ladies gathers for evening
service.
When the nave OF the cathedral was re-
built. about twenty years ago, windows
| were put up I'm memory of many Of the
Philip Massinger, az we'll as Beaumont
| and Fletcher and after these great names
one is not surprised to find the other
side of the aisle windows to DIR. Johnson
| Bunyan and Chaucer. whose Canterbury
Pilgrims rested at the Tabard Inn in the
Borough High street, not far away. 1t
is In the church that the Harvard me-
mortal window is placed.
Among the Theaters.
Mr. Frohman opens his Repertory
Theater February p. am told. with Mr..
John Gslsworthy's new play. After that
We shall have a regular riot OF play
wrights. The first play is to be followed
by play by Pinero. two one-act plays by
]. NJ. Barrie, a play by Bernard Shaw
and one by Granville Barker. They are
to be produced, according to present ar
rangements. at very short intervals, and
! then run, so to speak. concurrently-that
is to say. when Mr.. Frohman's opening
galaxy or vanguard battalion has been
paraded in force the plays will run on an
Arrangement something like that at
Covent Garden in the summer. but each
running for three nights. | believe, In
stead OF altera lions every night. 1t is a
dashing experiment but l do not see why
ready to make sure that he buys tickets
for the particular play he wants as the
ordinary opera goer has TO be to get the
right tickets for Covent Garden At any
rate, the attempt is fnSpiiItifls- LOT MT
Herbert Trench's long runs lately have
made us forget to some extent that his is
a repertory theater, too.
The success of the Coliseum after its
bad false start has suggested that Lon
don Is ripe fol- another music hall, and
Mr. Gibbons plan to build a huge one on
the site OF Hengler's circus In Argyle
street off Oxford street, right in the heart
of the shopping district. is conceived to
mark another step in the development Of
this sort OF entertainment. 1t seems de-
signed as an opposition to the theaters. It
wilr have a reading room. hafrdresser's
boudoir. q silence room. a luncheon room
and a tearoom, free library and tape
machines. In the event of Mr.. Harry
Lauder or Little Itch not having any
thing you require. YOU can turn into any
of these rooms and solace yourself accord
ing to your choice. Matinees are to be
ore of it's strong points. and the ladies
worn out in the middle of days arduons
shopping can here get sort of tonic
from the stage that will carry them on
TIL night The Palladium. as IL is to be
called, is to seat 5000 persons and to open
its doors in September.