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The London public carries its admiration for the music-hall star almost to the extreme of hero-worship. During the last quarter century there have been few men in any branch of English public life who have enjoyed more universal admiration than the late Dan Leno. To the mass of Londoners, he was a national hero. His was the reward of taking his music-hall mission seriously. He brought to his audiences such caricatures of well known types that they became snap-shot classics of character. Such, for instance, was his impersonation of the "Beef Eaters," those scarlet-clad relics of ancient times before whom the American tourist stands in such wonderment at the Tower of London.

THE MUSIC-HALLS AND PUBLIC OPINION

The influence of the music-halls of London upon the minds of her citizens can best be compared to the influence of the popular newspaper cartoonists upon the

Left - Caption Reads: Violet Lloyd, Actress and Singing Comedienne. From a photograph by Foulsham & Banfield, London.

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