St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-27
WITH A DOOR Keeper.
He Can See Forty Things at
Glance, and Knows Boy With q
Gift Return Check

liz Soh OSO dV a
Glance, and Knows a Boy With q
Gift Return Check.
The curtain had just gone down on
the first act of play in an East side
theater, and men and boys crowded
past the dOorkeeper on their way to
fresh air and perhaps something spir-
ltuOuS. AT least 200 went out, some
from the gallery and some from the
orchestra. The upstairs patrons re-
celyed yellow checks, and those from
down stairs blue ones. Hardly had the
last man squeezed by when the return
least one i'll five had thrust his check
into a pocket already filled with let
tiers, keys. tobacco, or other mis-
cellany, or all together, and had forgot
ten which pocket, and had forgotten
until seized by the shoulder that he had
a check at all. If the blue or yellow
card was not forthcoming at once. a
vigorous but harmless shove sent him
out of the line. where he had plenty of
room to explore his clothes. Others
passed in a yellow check promptly and
started into the orchestra, only to he
hauled back with an imperative order
to go up stairs. and if any demonstrated
that they had held blue checks, there
was look in the doorkeeper's eye that
brought the argument to speedy end,
and the gallery patron went to his
proper place. In the thickest of the
crush a young man. after presenting his
check, was pushed out of the line with
an angry exclamation on the part of the
dOOrkeeper.
What's that for?" growled the
party.
Last nights check, and you knew
it, returned the doOrkeeper. grabbing
at the checks in front of him with both
hands, and, holding back the crowd for
second, he held up a card with a figure
3 printed on it. 1t was the evening of
the fourth performance, and the check
holder, with one discontinued scOwl,
put his hands in his pockets and walked
out.
Impatient and pushing, other patrons
crowded along, and as the checks were
delivered it was plain that the door
keeper inspected each one, though it
seemed as though forty pairs of eyes
would be required to do it and make no
mistakes. Two boys with gallery checks
were suddenly showed by him from the
crowd with such force that they went
spinning across the lobby and stumbled
against the outer door. They waited
sullenly until all the patrons had gone
i'll. and then approached the dOOrkeeper
again with their checks still in their
hands. He seized the checks and would
not let them in.
didn't | tell yees to get out?' he
said.
YES" answered one of the bows,
''but what's de matter wild our hayin'
checks?"
You got 'em from man on the side
walk; that's what's the Natter
No, we didn't; we got our seats an
paid for EN- protested the boy.
Lets see your seat checks then"
I'VE left 'em inside"
'sWhat was the row and NUMBER"
The boy hung his head and glanced
despairiugly at his companion.
Il dunnO,' he replied after moment;
Il forgot to look"
"NoW you get out of here" exclaimed
the doorkeeper, jumping at them, land
don't you show up at this theater for
month";"
The boys made a hasty exit, and the
doOrkeeper said to byStander:
'sThe tricks boys and men resort to to
get free sholy are endless. | didn't
need to ask those two for their seat
coupons to know that the return checks
were given to them; when | touched
their hands as they came | noticed that
they were cold. Now, boy that's been
inside and gone out for only a minute
or two has warm hands when he re-
turns. See? L have the right to fire
them out in spite of the checks, for every
check is plainly marked, mot transfer
able"