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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 12

Music-hall artists of a bygone day, men and women whose, names were famous long before the present generation of theatregoers took their places in gallery or stalls, were gathered together at a garden party given recently by Harry Tate, of "Motoring" fame, and Mrs Tate at their home at Sutton, in Surrey. There were over fifty of these old-time "stars" present, in a company, numbering seven-score. All the "old 'uns" are residents at Brinswortli, Twickenham, the home for exartists of the variety world. James Nowland, one of th© original and famous trio of negro sketch artists, Brown, Newlahd, and Leclerq, is eighty-two 1 years of age,, but lie entertained the company with 'gags and patter. Jenny Russell, a star singer and dancer sixty years ago, gave a Highland fling, though she is now seventy-nine. Then there was Frank Folloy, a popular Irish comedian fifty years ago, who once earned 30s by writing and-com-posing' Harry Lauder's famous song"'Stop Yer Ticklm', Jock," which he. sang at the garden'party, to the de-. light of everybody. Among those present was Selena Seaforth . (seventythree), at one tini3 champion lady boxer of the worlrl, who used to tour "with a partner in boxing sketches.