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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1736, 29 April 1913, Page 10

"Phil" Smith, the comedian, who marked .his first appeal ancb ill Australia last Saturdyv night by-achieving a brilliant Kucc.ess ui "The Count of Luxembourg" at llcr Majesty's. Melbourne, says ho did not. Uke lo himself a "stago name" when he entered the profession. Ho thought tho name Smith sufliciently striking—as a mailer'of fact, unique. "There arc All sorts of fancy names 011 the bills," savs Mr. Smith,, 'presenting a wonderful variety and imagination in their selection. So 1 ju.it stayed plain Smith. Lots of people say they cannot understand how I can be a comedian with the name of Smith. They consider thore is.no,humour in the name. However, I think, with Shakespeare,, that a rose can smell as sweet byiiny other name, and so it is not impossible for a comedian to 1» funny 011 the bills. The first day I arrived in whatever the name may be that appears Melbourne the remark was made to 1110, 'Smith, comedian? How extraordinary!' I do not seo why tho very numerous family of Smith should not possess at least one comedian."

It is evident, commented the To Ara School Committee in its report, apropos of the same grievance, that it win take seme years to work out a satisfactory scheme of medical examination of school children., and if it is to lie thorough anil .systematic it will be very costly. In addition to the work the doctors are doing in the school the teachers are now being nskiil lo make and'record certain facts for each child. Mr. Watson estimates tluil getting those facts and recording them for every child in the two schools, will involve over 2011 hours' work for tho shift.

Sentence of ten years' penul servitude was passed last month in London 011 n liussian .lew charged with setting his shop in Iho East-end 011 fire in order to obtain the insurance, money, the fire resulting in the death of two newspaper boy,°. The man's sixteen-year-old son. who was also charged, was found not guillv.