The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-12
CHARLES DICKENS.
Sale OF Tickets Yesterday RG BteInway
Hall for the Second CourGs of RsadIngs.

Hall for the Second Course of Readings.
"samivel, my son, beware OF the yldders,"
was the constant advice Of the elder Weller to
his hopeful progeny, the attendant OF Pick
wick; and the New York people might be ad-
viEed in q similar manner to "beware of the
which those gentlemen operated yesterday at
the sale of tickets for the Dickens readings In
Steinway Hall. The agents hocked early TO the
scene, and, having secured comfortable posi-
lions In 'front.' OF the queue, thought they were
TO buy mp the best seats and sell them at fabu-
They were mistaken, however. Mr.. Dickens
manBger was too acute for the enterpristng
ticket seekers, and by dexterous flank move
ments disposed of the back seats first. These
the speculators we're naturally forced TO buy in
turn, and as each person was only allowed TO
purciase six tickets, the agents had to retreat
from the literary auction, and the general
public were thus enabled to have a chance of
peVing tickets at fair price by purchasing
them directly for themselves, instead OF being
forced TO procure them through the agent at
more than cent per cent premium .IT
From s o'clock yesterday morning the crowd
outside of steinway Hail began to gather. aud
by l0'oclock, at which hour the ticket ONCE
was opened, more than four hundred persons
had assembled, aud these, forming In long
line, or queue, which reached from the hall
round Irving place in front of the Academy Of
Music ss far as the corner OF Fifteenth street,
waited impatently TO have their chance OF buy
ing pastebOards for these readings of BOZ"
Nearly all the characters of the famous novelist
might have been observed among the crowd
Captain Cutte was there, carefully wrapped up
in pilot jacket and fur collar, and calling out
pared TO make a note OF everything. as set
down in the catechlsm. 81. B." too. was promi-
nent, and Mr.. Corker might be seen smiling
and showing his teeth as usual, preparatory to
procuring front seat in the balcony. The "fat
wearied out by his ineffectuaI attempts To- t. get.
into the ring. while Sam Weller was chatting
the. crowd and raised the Dickens with Mr..
Pecksnifr and Chuzzlewlt, Mark Tapley all the
time exclaiming that 1t was lawfully jolly"
All kept in line, however and waited patiently
TO get their turn without any scrambling or
confusion; and although the tickets were given
out rapidly there was no percepbtble decrease
IN the numbers ,a,n b OF the er4wd' f9~ AS S each
forty eight dollars to the clerk, and got his
six sets of tickets for the course OF four
tickets, and green tickets. The best places
were soon sold off. and ere twelve O'Clock the
upper balcony was the only place left vacant
for the seekers after Dickens to avail them
selves of These latter tickets were also soon
solo out, however, and within three hours after
the auction began the last seat was disposed OF
and the sale ended. Many people had to go
away disappointed, and bewalled their fate In
One enthusiast tic Individual is reported to nave
stayed in front of the building from eight
o'clock on the previous evening, in order to be
that he secured q good seat
Several policemen were present to preserve
order all the morning; but their services were
not particularly required. as no noise or dstur-
bance arose. The people filed in on one side of
q barricade erected across the ticket office and
then filed out at the other side in regular order
after procuring their passes and exchanging
thelr green bncks. Ine arrangements appeared
complete to save the public and the employees
trouble. THE Colonep himself would have
been satisfied, and even Mr.. jefferson Brick
seen nothing to gIumble at.
Mr.. Dickens Visit to the "BIacIk Crook"
Last evening Mr.. Dickens visited Niblo's
Theatre and the Black Crook, thus adding on q
more 10 the eight or nine hundred million per-
sons who are advertised as having viewed that
astonishing spectacle, which in it's wonderful
run outstrips all other possible pieces. He kept
himself In the shady background of prosce-
MUM box, and although 1t was very generally
known that he was present. he was seen by but
few, and there was, of course, no demon
stTation.
Mrs and Mr.. ]. It. Fields, of Boston. and Mr..
Dolby were Of the party. Mr.. Dickens made
an UNIV ise choice in the theatre II he wished
to see q New York audiences; and perhaps re-
ceived no more notable impression from his
visit tn an little wonder that even an assam
blage of New Jersey oystermen could take de-
light in sHch round OF incomprehensible
puerilit1es as this piece presents aside from
the dancing.-NY. Y. Herald Of to-day.