Telegram-herald., 1888-12-21

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consiEz 1sss x a. aDe0zs s1s@1Es after t1s
Ersz al. 1Es o11er ss~uing. = - very sa'
sAele frz1s 81 mlad
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n8s : clrc,zzzsfanes - tnsss ooEfoans1'sd
asAefS, hs ngttered al1loly
Fat s 10 n.4rtsfP a<ksd friead.
srazl1zHg near
~AatEsrg Meter enough" ~2s shs soz
rssp5nse Theo With = nEightsnsng eoanss-
naaoe &c rbfss ofeo "a coat fron1 for uloTe
- aa.ss proc~es-sd - unfol1 hls lsls q ~Fong
u Loug4. s.e1ets tbls sftsrn0oa fer s~zts
Il a.. f...rs- r9s q t1s orchestra. a1d nen
/ laa.issi usy coaDoas % tee user ~ nsgbt bs
eoucuc5ea us - sszts "a aooat ths tsnth ros
baak / protested thzs they were not ny
sea1s. bat the asEer oLandly assured me thai
must - mistaken as ths coupons called for
ths SEATS ID Showed ue. / loOked 81 tue
coupons. ana. SIRE enoaSh, 10 was night lie
ulasg have made = dsxtero<s exchange while
coriin. down tie aisle. for cogi1 swear thai
the t.cks-s / bOugnt were for SEATS IN tie
fourth ro~ However | sUccuInoed 20 ths
insv4fahie. bus kept walcbf1l eye on the
sea.s which sa01Id have beeu mine just al
ter tne curtain ro~o this saras usher cOn-
ducted two besfniag young girls from Macys
o. those vacant seaJs They were evidently
friends of MS, fo- they gave him sweet
Smile srd a whispered injunction Is hs lefl
trem. Tns seats got were the worst Ia ths
house, beiieve; 4aa 20 top or the hols ex.
perience, tharc was a woman with tall hat
ia front of u,e. and fat. naid headed man
lust behind no who treathed on my neck
WITH breath thaE was strong enough for him
70 lean Up against when he got tired Can
you wonder thzt am not on very good terIna
With myselfr
well, 10, scarceiy," replied the friend
.But am astoniShed that man OF your er-
perisnce should submit 50 quietly TO what
yoa endured WY didn't you call an
other usher and slip him quarteri he
would then have played the same trick on
somebody else. and YOU would have gotten
juss as good seats as those you were cheated
out Of IL IS simple remedy Many u
time when al OF the good seats in the house
have been sold have gone in early with cou-
pons for seats near the door. aud with the aid
Of h4f dollar have had my pick OF tbs
house. Those fellows make big money in
that way. and they Go their work 50 well
that they seldom got caught. You have nc
There the matter rests II you make dis
turhaace, you are put out 1t requires a
pretty good head 70 remember all Of the
changes they make IN this way In
one evening. but practice makes them expert
They only get dollar performance for
usher.ng, 50 thcy think they have to dc
something % make a little extra money. OF
course, the 81 a week they get for this
work is rot all OF their honest earnings, for
ss "A general thing they are employed in the
daytime as clerks and counter jumpers. The
Saturday half holiday helps them out on the
matinoo have known some ushers 70 make
/ ss high IS 50 week extra by selling seats FOL
often when houses are running light peopl.
buy 80 cent admission ticket, and give the
usher a quarter more. thus getting 81. 81
seat for IS cents
why doesn't somebody make a complaint
"a the managersi" suggested a third patron
who had been an interested listener.
at has been done time and again. replied
/ the posted ono, but il is Of no avail The
managers promise to suppress the practice
and will DO them the justice to say that
they have attempted TO do so. but the usher
are too clever for them Watch them hos
/ you viii, you can never catch them reC
handed don't think there is theatre il
the city where this practice is not carried or
10 greater or less extent, though in some
/ places il Is not 50 bad us In others"
Il shall remember what you have told me
the next time | como here" said the victim
80 AZ lurned 10 60 in.-Nev York Tribune.