To the Editor.
I have received a copy of The Billiard Monthly through Messrs. Smith & Son, and am pleased that such a publication has been started. I should like to offer one suggestion, viz., that it be printed on unglazed paper, as the shining is unpleasant to read and detrimental to the eye-sight.
S.
[We are afraid that we could not produce the portraits satisfactorily on uncoated paper.—Ed. B.M.]
To the Editor.
Coupled with very hearty congratulations upon the excellent initial number of the new monthly, and wishing you every success, may I ask for a little explanation regarding the statement on page 1 that "Billiards may be played in beerhouses and all other public places licensed for the playing of billiards at all times without restriction"?
Over against this permit me to quote from the license granted to such houses or places: "And do not open the said house for play, or allow any play therein after one and before eight of the clock in the morning, or keep it open or allow any play therein on Sundays, Christmas Day, or Good Friday," etc.
The foregoing extract has reference pure and simple to places described in your article as "other than public houses."
ERIC CLIFFORD.
115, Monton Road, Eccles.
November 12, 1910.
[This form of license was drafted before the decision in the Courts, which states that billiards may be played in beerhouses at all times. The matter will be dealt with by our legal contributor more fully next month ]