National Republican., 1877-03-04
ARTISTIC DEiDHEJDy,
How somo Men Try to See a Play without
Paying for Admission.

"Yse, sir" said the doorkeeper of the California
Theatre the other evening, as he slipped check
under small elastic band, "tho lodges practised
by them as wish to deadhead into this theatre is
more'n you'd credit" The second act being now
well on and the stragglers all in, he leaned up
against the photograph stand, stroked his grlI.
zled beard, and went on : "Some of 'em makes IL
Irregular study and has 1t brought down to quite
fine point ; but precious few ever gets t'othcr
side Of Rubycorn Sometimes, however they're
so we'll dressed and cheeks 1t out so contound. ed
hard that they're up them stairs before I've alto
gether placed them. For instant, there 8 the man
who is one Of a box party. Nearly ALWAYS thew
goes In together, but once now and agIn a gentle
man who don't care about gulping his coffee come,
late, and says he, 'All the others In box II vet
Salisbury, and as the others Invariably says .nIr
So-and.So is yet to come why in he goes Occa.
sional, however, there slips up young tailors
model with square check on him like q mule.
and walking by very cool he says, I'm one of a
party In box, and then simply says w hat box?'
and that boxes him. for Of course knows every
box check took rs your Ahalfabet. Then the
way In which that young man willis is worth part
"Then there's another slippery customer. and
that is the man who is looking TOR the manager
Hes pretty nearly always well dressed, like The
could ever think on. II its Mr. MoCulloash 'Se he
let's him up sharp and quick. II It's Mr' HIiI. IL
centrally goes this way; He always comes 'bonnt
This time the middle or 50 Of the second act takes
his cigar out OF his mouth very carefully like Il
ts see ir he Is there 2 Which Of them p saws l.
heGuoasG or e' Mr. Mfspfaii p 65Ss' 6S s6 ;s ;;y
sure, he says, Mr.. Hill is tho gentleman mir
viii ias nd hhi h as gone into The box
rule, for when once he gee back he don rule
try II on twice. IT, however, he looks one as usual
ke e on the top starr iii call him down. '"tso So
looking up, calls out, Mr.. Hill! Mr. Hill, and
when turn round about ag'n, my friend has al.
"But the greatest number OF oil who try to yet
In on tner face are those who belong to the press
want to see play 10 something amazing. Papers
you nor nobody else ever heard OF have sent their
rett as CasSias and several critics have Travelled
al the way from Pen Yam solely and only 10 sec
ME-, Mt Florence as 0penra:or, as Bishop calls il.
card The bearer il Su,hsrinad rhef
correspondent Of the Popomunk Highfyer, maybe,
Gated by the editor OF Donohue's Landing SemG
HttEiy Gdsenc, My answer to these is ferrotypeJ,
,is, ,iSir,. ssys, have my list Of Newspaper gen.
not on II. Get pass IRON the box office, please.
There MI be on one in In twenty, perhaps, who gets
for the press but as a rule they goes away sor
rowiul. 1t always does hurt me to send back
nax cn maH P they seem 1t they'd enjoy the
"On the other hand, however, there is a man
I'm In no wise compuncti0us about refusing and
that is the man who has forgotten hts check,
Now there are few gentlemen to whom don't
give checks-Harry Logan, Sandy Austin, Mr..
Buud and such ike. They comes most every
Night; l knows 'em well, and they don't like to
be bothered. But when a smartle comes nm
switching his cane, and throwing his cigarette
away with hrt, says, All, you forgot to give me
cheek; or, running his finger In his vest pockets
says, BY George, I've missed my check = or Vriu
ming with sorter strike you with a feather air
says, You said you'd remember my face van
know then looks at him minnlt and his eve.
or better still his lip, shows In crack Whethe
he's square or no. Besides these came across
lllke as not In single n'ght) the stranger who
wants 70 look round before going back to his
ranch In the audience and tine 6ackman who
wants to keep an eye on his fare.i These last
dodgers, as q rule, don't show their faces until
the last act is on. N"'''
"But the greatest character OF all is the man
who Is looking after the doctor. There Is one aid
fellow In particular who Is a regular artist and
ought TO be on the stage. ! think he must 10
home and make himself up every night. for he
always turns up, sure as clockwOrk. He's an
oldish man, and sometimes he comes without his
hat, occasionally ho has on his carpet slippers,
and once when Henry V. was up he came without
MS. coat He always rushes In, and looking as
though he'd Just come from Stockton, calls out,
as he slips by, is DR.. So.and.So In the house :;
and makIs up the stairs like a streak Of light.
ming One night he was so quick that he got 10
the nrst landing before could pick myself to.
gethsr, but he had to come back. Whether IT'S
Dr. ODonnell or Dr. Toland, l always says he's
not inside. It's pity, too, the old ieller Should
take such trouble for he's never yet got to see the
show. Yes, he's been tonight. Well, here's the
second act over. Good night, SIR