Oh, Tell Me Please

Sir,—Before the matter is dead and forgotten, I too, would venture to humbly raise my voice in gentle protest against your eminent and discerning dramatic critic. In his "review" of Hamlet, he made a statement, which I humbly suggest, sir, is a little inaccurate. And since, in his reply to a letter in your journal, he again mentions "the curtain-call hablta of the Repertory," I fell some query need to be raised.

Therefore, sir, I would ttmorously venture to question his statement concerning curtain call habits, and most humbly request some conclusive [unclear: evidance] to support his claim.

Could some indication be given, sir, aa to which custom is antiquated. Should the actors no longer leer and simper? Has the bombardment of either flowers and applause ceased?

I repeat ( in conclusion, could you persuade your critic to substanlate his claim that this apparently [unclear: autintiquated] custom, has now ceased in the modern English theatres.

More houmbly yours,

—Deb Rippitory's Spook.