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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1919, Page 9

The steam laundry at the Masterton Hospital was put into' operation for tho first time on Monday. It is to serve the whole of the institutions in the district. An application that Mr. George Robey should bo allowed to give a concert at the, Grand Theatre, Birmingham, on a Sunday, _ was adjourned by tho Birmingham magistrates in order that the programme might be furnished, lt was stated that the entertainment was to be in aid of Lord Roberts's Memorial Homes, and that Mr. Robey resented being asked to give the particulars required. He wrote stating if he could not be trusted _s to tho character of the concert he would not give one at all.

When Miss Ellen Terry played JuKet, an old accomplished actress, Mrs. Sterling, played the nurse. At the Lyric Miss Terry took the part. She was not tho earthy old high priestess of propagation that Shakespeare drew; her part was too severely censored. But sheVwas so gracious, humorous, and beautiful that, sentiment apart, it was no wonder she received the warmest of ■warm welcomes. Her .voice has stiE its lovely timbre," says the Manchester Guardian.

Because she was the wife of a German • an English woman and her four chiwren. had beon kicked from .pillar to post,.and ovcntually wore turned into the streets, ft was reported to the Uxbridge (England) Board of Guardians. The Rev. J. A. BroadbeW,, Wesleyan minister, said that ho had temporarily provided a room for the family at his church. It was decided to admit the family to tho house until , arracgemeutg ytere ma^^oxJl___i<>*-«_-