Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
EACH PAYS HER OWN wAy.
no" the Ladies' Buy Their sea,s 70, ~,
Matinee Perfotxnnu...

] '"oo fertOtmanceB
-Four ladies stood at the bov oo,o,
window at Palmer's theatre recentle
Just before the performance beOa n q ~
spent i've minutes in selectin9 seo,s
~ rnere were not many to choose from
Inc mouse was nearly all sold out and
-FOUR seats in one OF the rear rows il
the orchestra and few in the ba loonu
were all that were left. save an ieola,ay
chair here and there. The ladies finall '
concluded TO sit in the orchestra and
as they announced their decision each
pushed bank note through the win.
ooW 10 the ticket seller. They were
intimate friends, evidently. and had
come TO the theatre ia a party but
each paid her own way.
II wonder why il is" said the ticke,
seller, when the rush Of business was
over and he had chance TO breathe
that everybody pays his own way al
Is that the rule at matinees anv
more than 1t is at evening perform.
ances2" aStar reporter asked.
why, yes. For the evening per.
formance a large proportion Of the
seats are sold in advance. A man will
buy acouple OF seats during the day.
or perhaps several days ahead. If a
party OF four people or greater mum.
Der intend to visit the theatre TO.
getherr, some one of them will secure
seats for the whole, and long enough
ahead SO that he can get them in a
block and in desirable part of the
house. But even if several people at.
tend in group and get their seats on
the spot, one Of the gentlemen in the
party will select and pay for them,
and II he is not entertaining will settle
the little financial pool with his friends
afterward, if he has not levied an as.
sessment before they have reached the
house. You seldom see Dutch treat
in the evening"
"A Dutch trcat?'"
Eyes; Dutch treat Pennsylvania
treat. Every one pays his own way,
you know, and pays it on the spot.
lisa matinee institution. Sometimes
two men will come up TO the window
at an afternoon performance and each
buy his own seat, but not often. Ii is
a sort of woman's fad. 1t makes big
difference in the work of handling
tickets whether we sell them
singly or in pairs or in blocks
Of four or more. Men are nat
urally liberal -extravagant, if you
please-in such matters. A man will
ask friend to go to the theatre with
him, and at his cost, with the same
grace that he will offer him>a cigar
But women very rarely entertain each
other outside of their own home when
it costs money 10 do it. -"
The ticket sellers at other theatres
had similar stories TO tell The man
who sells you 1.-The best in the house
al the Fifth avenue said that women
from the suburbs had a monopoly of
the matinee Dutch treat" at that
house. "And each one of a party
passes in big bank note, usually a
ten dollar bill" he continued, land l
have TO make change four times in
what is virtuallya single sale. won
der how it is that they always have
big bills. Women who come to a mat
inee very seldom have the exact
change to offer, and rarely hand in a
two dollar note in payment for seat.
Almost always it is ten dollar note
that is pushed in through the window.
and it is usually folded up. When |
have unfolded four ten dollar notes
and handed out four piles of change Of
IS, so each, as | frequently do, | have
done about all the work | ought to in
selling four seats. New York Star.