The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-11

There is solid comfort IN being in
box-office when one can sell tickets Tor
month In advance" said Treasurer
Will Palmer. of the Madison Square
theater, as he sat talking with party
Of theatrical and journalistic friends the
other evening. If gentleman wants
certain seats in the house he can al
ways BIO accommodated. because he can
fit his visit to the theater to the night
when he can get the seats he wants
You sit him, and You make friend for
the theater ms well as for yourself. It's
sometimes disappointing to him, to DO
sure, to have to put oil his intended
visit for two or three weeks in order to
get the particular seats he wants. but
It's fact that in eight eases out OF ten
he'll wait. Pm having many such ex-
periences just now"
.But it's pleasanter to have such an
experience with box-otiice sales AS l once
had at the Park theater in Boston,
chimed in John Schoeffel, the partner
of Henry f. Abbey IN his theatrical en-
terprises. I'VE once had every sqot in
the house sold for the fourth week Of
one of Edwin Booths engagements be-
half played out. And that fourth weeks
engagement brought me one OF the
strangest experiences | ever had in my@
life. | don't believe anyone but the
atrical manager would believe 1t to be
true But it was. just the same.
There came up To the box-oflice after
every seat in the house had been sold
for The coming week very clever-look-
ing young fellow. who wanted to get
two seats for every performance for the
ensuing week OF course | had to tell
him that we couldn't accommodate him.
Was there speculator who had the
seats he wanted, he asked. None that
knew of, but | told him where those
who had seats were to be found. He
went out That afternoon he came
back to the box-oflice and inquired for
me. He had failed to find the seats he
wanted. Was there no way could help
him out? None.
Look here, Mr.. Schoeflel, no s&A
to me, I've just been married, and n c
brought my wife down here from away
back in the lumber districts OF Maine
for our wedding tour. l promised her
before we were married that I'D bring
! her on to see Edwin Booth. Is won't
do for me to fail to fulfill that promise.
| must have seats. II I'll buy two camp
chairs and pay the highest admission
price, can't have certain places in an
aisle every nightp
II couldn't promise him anything Of
the kind, and told HIM SO. Finally,
every other chance being gone, he, after
minutes thought, said:
Cant have two seats on the stairs
reserved for me for every performance
at orchestra chair pricesP | must see
the show
ut was novel idea, but it was
last resort for the poor fellow, and felt
so sorry for him that finally consented
to his request, and promised TO keep
! two places on balcony staircase, from
which he could get good view of the
stage, for him. For six nights he sat
there with his bride, and Booth did not
have two more Interested admirers in
the house than they were. | only
charged him general admission prices
for his tickets. But he and his wife
were so pleased with the courtesy shown
them that on Saturday he came to the
theater inquired for the treasurer, and
made him Il present of $50. He said
he'd rather give up hundred than to
have missed the performances. "-Nel0
York Times.