The Entertainers As I've said before, one has to hand
it to the Moral Re-Armers, not only for sheer persistence, but even more for their high degree of organi- sation in keeping up the attendance at their play Music at Midnight, which still gives forth its Buchmanite message at the Westminster Theatre. The old-boy net is not the newest way of scooping in converts, but the latest use of it is very businesslike. A reader who happens to be an Old Carthusian has just had a dupli- cated letter, with six signatures, which begins: 'As Old Carthusians, we want to let you know about a fascinating play which is on in London and to invite you to come and see it with us . . . the play is superb entertainment and it also portrays a powerful idea which is badly needed in the world today.' A choice of two evenings is given, and also an invitation to supper. Two questions intrigue me. Are similar pressure groups from other public schools busy working their way through old-boy lists with invitations to supper and art evening of 'superb entertain- ment'? And how do they avoid climbing up the wall, screaming, after their own umpteenth at- tendance at the play?
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