Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-25
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TRIALS AND rRrrrLarIoNs o. . DooHgEsrts-
PERSISTENT KFFoKrs TO sEcrEE rs,E .nrI-sIos-
SOLID MES VINO DFsIKE TO EEooaE pgApHsaiu =
WOMEN AT rHS ruEsrER
THAT man viii be uny bitter enemy az long a.
he lives. now. said the do0rke~per al the thsaiss
| the other night. "a man can make nor. sns4n5ss
rigat here In a week than Ia aHs Other po-sIou I
know OF In year
The remark called out by an lnclIeu whI n
may be witnessed any night NJ tleater dlurs
| very suaVe individual, wiih wonderfully knUr-
ing glealn ia his eve. Approached stout ociosk
ana undertook 10 pass IN. the dolrEcepsr hsll
| Out his hand Tor ticket or check. Tie suav. ~
dividnal grasIe'i the outstretchsi hand and una
TO shake H. saving Is NJ I'D -. nna
smiling most eGusiveiy all the time slow ~.
| you Tonight, old fellow:" Then he moved o.,
doorEe pers eye and found Ia Il an e.pr,.ssiSh ID
cold glttering. unsympathntlc tnquiry that - -.
him pause and caused ihe warmth ~ his .taiie
fan many degrees and H. breadth To contract 49,
eral centimeters Have you CHECK 90 pass
the hard-hearled dOork-eper asked. sun trsBsns-
would have excited the envy OF the "snr1eni Mar
| ner, /" II that uncanny Jack Tar had bern about.
~ don't want any check" the m&n answered..
with scKly attempt Ia conceal his grown d.
comnture under a beamlng smile. aud making 4
feeble ieint OF continuing ais earssr toward toe
know me; l'm all right
YES know yoG." the doOrkeeper answered..
1 stun holding him with has gnttering eye; s-bnt
you're not All hight lou'll have 90 grt n & becl -
4 pass of some Kind hnfore YOU can 40 IN 30 tliz
time the mans sua1l,y had utterly yanishrai
aud the lines OF his face grown as and aafd :
/ a Wild cldef-apple With q iauttered remark ~
some sort, certsiuly not benedlctOry, he bustlssi
out and hurried from the theater IN terrific state
| OF mind.
''That fellow will never forgive me for not les
ting him In. Che doorkeeper continued "sithOuTh
he had no cain on me or ON the theater whateV,l.
4 know MIN. as know hundreds of other men aisa
women IN town, and suppose he thonghi be wou 4
Just see II he couldn't check his way Ia. Well, ~
"Do you nave many who try the game on your
asked lHE STAR man, who, a. usual. hspy~ued ~
"weli, I'm not troubled a great deal uowsda,s
with Just That sort OF Fellow. 4 used 70 ~ " hen
hadn't as much experience I have how ana
hadn't become callOus. as it were. Most OF thcin
understand there's no Use attempting that sort -
thing ON me now. But they try All sorts ~ nttIs
schemes not quite brasll. The women DO a. a.
Wei as the men: people, foo, whom you wouia
h-ser SUSPECT OF being guilty. OF such things bul
railroads Most people seem 10 regard ~ a hi.hIr
comnendaole action 10 cheat them VI gef the b-ss
OF them IN any way.
THE PAssIos FOR prADHEsrTSe.
ats curious too he continued. how fons
most people are OF getting deadhead tickets. Ais
though they may cost them Ia the end ten times
as much as regular tickets could have oeen bought
for at the ooh-onlce. People win more wcadb
than they know what 70 40 Win will WORK Ike
beavers, stand Stumbling OF all kinds. sacrfnce
their sef-respect and often spena treating more
money twice over than tickets would have cO-l
them at the box-offlce. Ia working an agent tof
compilmedar1es. They seem 70 prefer free pass
Which put them under obligations 10 the thealef
people and cost them good deal besides 20 tho
regular tickets which they might have bought a.
the Office ana been entirely Independent Of ey.rg
body. Another curious thing Is the ambitsOu
Mhlcn many solid business Iaen who are perfasilJ
willing 10 pay their way, have 10 be known a.
Without the aid Of return cfecS Tney sesm - ~
think IL great privilege 70 be allowed 10 80 Az
ahd out this way, apparently feeling that Il
CUES them men OF proIni ! Know a mum
Der VI middle-aged men, who you would thinI
would be above such yaniues, who newer take
checks IL they can help IT,"
WOMEN ARE HARDEST TO MANAGE
~what sort Of q crowd h hardest 20 handler the
reporter inquired. TO stimulate the now OF talk,
which gave some signs OF drying up.
81 have the worst times AZ matinees. when there
is big crowd OF women. am sorry 10 say lt, but
class are vastly harder 20 Keep m order than men
They can't be got 70 submit 10 regulations hicb
only made for their own benefit and comfort, n
policeman tells a crowd OF men waiting 20 reach
Without Trouble. But Eur lei HIM Try @ get crowded.
row. They crowd and Jostle and hustle one
another, try 20 steal places ahead OF where they
p9pery s Sepn ana aIe ea Soos xn.s
they put their good clothes 70 come 70 the thea
ter. if policeman OF theatet atesche speaks 70
one OF them, matter how cTily, the chances are
he Will be accused OF Insulting her end bring down
on himself a burst VI wrath that uses him com.
pletely up
WOMEN BUYING TICKETS
..Peop,e may think the scenes at box-office win
dows which the funny papers get up now and
then are exaggerated, but 81 you VIII study women
buying tickets over there you VIII come 70 the
conclusion that justice has never been Done the
slIblect The average woman n never SATISFIED
with her seats, ana invariably insists that the
eG oo% socd fhos ere se %,n
Usually she winds up with an intiination thai ne
Is swndling her by keeping back better seats for
Counted out her change three or four tiI es put Il
away carefully In her purse, found her y cket and
slowed the purse away IN n, buttoned Ter gloves
and shook her draperies back into proper position
the other way IN entirely clear, while the wrong
way she insists taking is full OF impatient people
waiting their turn az the man In the box ONCE n
YOU think am zoo Cos severe Just come up some sat
derstand II The ladies really seem 70 lose thels
heads when they come 70 the tbeater.
wHEN TEE pooRKEErER CATCHES IT.
But I get the worst OF ft when they have g
cured their tickets and rush FOR the door They
seem 70 have lost all reserve, and ladies' who would
never dream Of speaking 70 me or the street or
anywhere else but here. smile on M. sveetly. cali
me oy name. and ssk al Sorts OF sin and annoy
at al and put the answer IL the few a. -osrlble
words, as must do and attend 70 my bus,pesS
al the same time, they feel sighted. and say am
short and snapPish on The other hand, n have
a. length, the chances are they win think ne
familiar or sarcastic. But usually, In q rush.
don't even have sins 70 speak 20 intinass f1end
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