I shall not venture to predict the length of _The Riddle's_ run; but I suspect that the public may rise superior to the judgment of the critics. Plays that are purely actors' plays have a habit, however familiar their formulas, of coming home to the British bosom; and this one may stick there. O. S. * * * * * [Illustration: _Mother (to Jack, who has drawn lots with his twin-brother and won the choice)._ "WELL, DEAR, CAN'T YOU SETTLE WHICH YOU WANT?" _Jack (after deep thought)._ "YE-ES, MOTHER; I THINK I WANT THE ONE BOBBY WANTS."] * * * * * By the courtesy of the directors of the Grand Opera Syndicate, Covent Garden Opera House will be lent during the week of July 3rd-8th for the use of those who are promoting, under the presidency of the Duchess of SOMERSET, "The Women's Tribute to the Soldiers and Sailors of the Empire." The scheme offers an opportunity to every woman to prove her gratitude to the men who have defended our honour and our liberty, and to assist in raising a fund which will not compete with, but be supplementary to, the recognised agencies for the care of our sailors and soldiers, particularly those who have been wholly or partially disabled on active service; bearing, in fact, the same relation to those agencies that King Edward's Hospital Fund bears to established institutions for the relief of sufferers by disease or accident. The first three days of the Covent Garden Week will be devoted to a Patriotic Fair, with side-shows to be arranged by Mr. LOUIS N. PARKER; and the second three days to Music and Entertainments of various kinds. * * * * * THE CINEMIC TOUCH. THE MEGALO MOTION CO. (U.S.A.) has the pleasure to announce the release of its latest triumph, a film version of the well-known nursery rhyme "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB." Stupendous production. Genuine British classic revitalised by American methods, featuring Miss EYLASH BLACK, the ten-thousand dollar screen star. _Short Synopsis_: Mary at home. The old farm-stead. Five hundred specially trained Sussex sheep, with genuine shepherds. Mary thinking. "What is my lamb's fleece like?" Fade out, revealing real snow, two thousand tons of which have been specially imported from Nebraska for the purpose of this unique comparison. "AND EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT----" For the first time these lines have obtained, thanks to American enterprise, their full interpretation. See the world-voyagings of the Heroine. Watch Mary in the gilded salons of Paris and Monte Carlo, in Thibet and the South Seas, always accompanied by her pet. N.B.: That lamb was some goer, but the film is out to beat it. Five million dollars were spent on this unique picture-drama; but you can see it for 6d. upwards. Released shortly. Have your local motion-manager order "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB," and insist that he gets it. * * * * * Jilted.