Show CHILD entertainers they are employed by many london so acety leaders fain would I 1 utter my protest child entertainers those poor little mites with pale cheeks sunken eyes and old faces who are expected to amuse a mixed company with music hall patter and coster ditties writes lady violet greville in the london graphic if the little creatures understand what they sing woe betide them it is terrible to contemplate their future if they do not they are no better than well trained monkeys and ought to give less pleasure to a grownup audience child life is beautiful in itself in its natural grace and unconsciousness ness and innocent selfishness but a child who nods and winks and intonates into nates like a low comedian with leering glance allusive gestures and a repertory of double meaning is to me positively repulsive clever no doubt the performance is and perli aps it may do the childs moral nature no great harm but suffer it must in its physical constitution dragged from party to party spending its life in possible excitement spoiled by the guests fed on cakes and sweetmeats sweet meats breathing the vitiated ail of hot rooms and educated in an atmosphere of sla 3 low fun and hard work there can be little hope of a healthy and happy future for it if we must have music hall artists artistes arti stes to entertain our flabby effete and ivorn out company let them at least be men and women who understand what they say and are able to take care of themselves not poor little farmed out mites bringing grist to the mill of their elders what alie life means was vividly impressed on me once when I 1 said tc the child singer at an hour long paal midnight 1 I am sure you must be tired I 1 hope you far to go and she answered only three buses and then we re nt home |