The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-09
The Jenny Lad Ticket A action.

The rrport the auction Saturday OF tickets to
Jenny Linds fret coseert. publirh-d In yesterday
He aid has rcitsd good deal VI interest in the city
and the auction IL the subject Of conversation every
whe. paie ulsrly 10 r--rence to the first tket pur
chased ny G-np the halter whosa t,bli-h msnt L.
next door TO Barnum's Mus,un. In Broai Some
say It "a juggle and that there has been an I'M
dsr,tsnding between him and Bsrnum But that doe.
not account for the bids" mad. By ave Others ~ho
all ssemsd anxious ITO get It. There Is better solu
ton Of the mystery than 10 charge 10 to Peter Funk
IL not hat the first choice ota bel u than
the Second which cold for twenty I've dosrA or than
smother. Which long sfter~srds was purchased adjon
Ing the t-o hundred and twenty five dollar se.t tor
ten doArs for In point Of fact IN. seat selected By
MI 0.nin. right under ~h-rs Jenny Liud ~iil stand
when che sings. L. by the best seat ani ths
choice sho~s that Mr. Genin Is far grvst-r adept iu
hat. making than In music ard may adj, that but
very few ,ho~ed sood Judgment Ia the -l otioa oi
the choice seats for which they paid high the bst
seats bling y.t 60 be sold. But G-pn -oa,d not,
probably give three dollars even for = seat tbs
stage 20 hear the Nightingale sing 10 he had
other object In v-v than the pleasure IL would give
him. We will be- asked What can that object be- We
answer Gcnin has found out g secret by whieh fer
men In this city have realized large fortunes Hs has
begun to study the philosophy Of Advertising aud
being an sntsrprisng fellow he c,leulissd that he
would tsst III. tru Of pb ossphy BY prsctics sp
peatoD spd resolved to give I've hundred dollsrs for
the choice seat In the whole house 10 Jenny Lint n
concert rather than loss dns ohanss Of sdvsno-
ing his interests One gentlemen asked bin -hy he
gave 30 much for ticket, aud II n. not fool for
dong ,o' Mo ~ said be Gill make u pay"
Another came up i'm eiiAtsly after thu sale AMI Of
fered him $50 prs mum &C. " hs -oold transfer IT,
aud sov his name to 90 forth 90 the public az this
purchaser. 0snin said he would not civ. II for 500
We have the se.ret Of the vaze Of IN. ticket In the
fset of the kind Of men who his chief comp-t
tors Tor H. They three patent medicine doctors,
Who have made fortunes By advertising aud regarded
this ~ trump card, knowing that the name Of J~n-
Lind would attract attention all ever the country
and that their Advertisements being connect there
-ith, vosld be TO be read Gsniu calculated that
this suction would be attended BY reporter from tn.
I'rsld and that he bought the hrss ohoic- ticket
hts name and establishment would b. recorded, sud
would come before q bundrsd times as many reader.
90 " could BY any othsr means. We uni-rstand
he 10 shout 20 follow this idss the night Of the
disnes With an Immense hat susp-nd.d over nj. h~sd
Truly IL q YANKEE notion. The ticket 10 worth
800 70 him We think ws have .sp sissd the
secret Of Genin determination TO bsve the arst ticket
hut rhy did the people cheer him 90 Vsh-m~ntly
for tve reasons fhst tor his ingenuity In sdverts
log. By paying for = ticket to concert tum that
vas never paid before, even In Engisod and second
~. bscsuse the nrst choice taken from the
upper ten by trsdesman. And here %. scspL
tai idss OF Bsrnums In pttipg the people sxsinst
the artstocracy In rivalry Of dollars Ne IL brick
In his way and deserves 10 make msney.
We hsv. taken the trouble ~ sn.l yrnr Saturdays
store woodward and three hotels. have taken more
thsn bali the tckets sold They purchased Tbl out OF
l.x le.rios r.@slna.r ,old % tn publ. :. large
snow the Whole account q glance