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Show No More "Dead Hkadb." A play bill has reached us from Mel-bourne, Mel-bourne, Australia, which contains a novel notice. G. Conpin, of theThea-j theThea-j tre Royal, heads his bill with a "dead head, ' i. . 3 skull at the top, and says: In consequence of the absurd number num-ber of applications I receive for free admission to the Theatre Royal, I beg to inform tho "dead heads" of Melbourne Mel-bourne that the order system will be discontinued lor the future. ' 'Live and let live" is a very handsome motto, ; and ai I do not intend to ask my prin-, prin-, ter, draper, limber merchant, or any ! other tradesman with whom I deal to ; place me upon their free list, I have i resolved to apply the same rule to the I business by which I live. I am ex-; ex-; tremely grateful to those gentlemen I that kindly oficied to distribute orders or-ders lor me. and njlL-t K-s pec t fully do ' cliue their services, as I prefer vacant i boxes to the fulfilment of such a one-; one-; sided arrangemenL 1 hope to make the entertainments sumciently attractive attrac-tive to command the very moderate charge lo ail parts of the theatre, and have thcreforu rtwoivej tj abandon an artificial system that Lotiiowed upon "dead h&ids" a monopoly of the best sea a in the dress-circle to the prejudice cf those that paid for their admission. |