The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-10
EACH PAYS HER OWN WAY.
How the Ladies' Buy Their Seats for inc
Matinee Performances.

Four ladies stood mt tho box oilicc
window at Palmcr's theatre recently
;ust before tho performance began ana
spent five minutes IN selecting seats.
There were not many To choose from.
The house was nearly all sold out, and
four seats i'm one Of tho rear rows M
the orchestra and few In the balcony
were all that were left, sayean isolated
chair here and there. The ladies finally
concluded to sit in the orchestra, and
rs they announced their decision each
pushed "A bank note through the win
low TO the ticket seller. They were
intimate friends, evidently, and bad
come to tho theatre IN a party, but
each paid her own way.
Il wonder why is, ~ said tho ticket
seller. when the rush Of business was
over and he had n chance to breathe,
that everybody pays his own way at
matinee.
rs that the rule at matinces any
more than II is at evening perform
ancesY Star reporter asked
"Why. yes. For tho evening per
formaucc a large proportion OF the
seats arc sold in advance a man VIII
buy couple of seats during the day.
or perhaps several days ahead. II
party Of four people or a greater mum
Der intend to visit the theatre To-
rothor. some ono Of them will secure
seats for the whole. and long enough
ahead SO that he can get them in
block and In a desirable part OF the
house. But even II several people at
tend IN a group and get their seats ON
the spot. onoof the gentlemen in The
party will select and pay for them
md If he is not entertaining wlll settle
the little financial pool with his friends
lficrward. If Doe has not levied an as
,cssmcnt before they have reached the
house You seldom see Dutch treat
900 the evening. "
"A Dutch trcatf
"Ncs; Dutch treat Pennsylvania
treat Every one pays his own way
YOU know, and pays 1t ON the spot
lisa matinee institution. Sometimes
two men will como up to the window
40 an afternoon performance and each
buy his own seat, but not often. 10 is
sort of womans fad. 10 makes big
difference in the work of handling
tickets whether $50 sell them
,ugly or In pairs or n blocks
of four or more. Men are nat
orally liberal-eNtrayagant If you
nleaso-in such matters. a man Will
ask "a friend to 20 To- the Theatre with
sim. and nj his cost. with tho same
race that hc will offer him a cigar
But women very rarely entertain each
other outside of their own homo when
70 costs money To- do it,
The ticket sellers 40 other theatres
had similar stories 90 TELL The mau
who sells You the best in the house
40 the Fifth avenue said that women
from the suburbs had monopoly of
the "matnco Dutch treat no That
house. "And each one of % party
passes in a big bank note, usually q
.cu dollar bill. he continued, 'and J
have 60 make change four times DID
what is yirtuallya siuglc sale. lwon
der how 10 Is that they always have
bic bills. Women who come l0 amai
mco very seldom have tho exact
change tooilcr and rarely hand ina
tWo dollar note in payment for seat
Almost always it is "a ten dollar note
ihat is pushed in through the window.
and 10 is usually folded up. When ]
have unfoldcd four ten dollar notes
md handed out four piles of changco
-~ I'D each as | frequently dO. / have