Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-29


hope that may he able to rscIprocate some
lay, I remain yours, ctc Doubtless tho
gentleman was disappointed. for he 70
:eived no reply whatever
Another individual presented his card ~
tho box Office wiss4ow of n thcQtcr ono
night last week when money was actually
being turned away IIn wanted two seats
The house manager looked at the card IL
horn tho inscription ---, assist
ant boss ranVussman & circus "
He was Indignant irecnuse he did not get
the seats and went away mutt"ring some
thing about not recognizing the profcs
sion -
The average individual would rather go
to a performance on a pass, the securing
Of which involved $40 worth of trouble
than to pay 81 or 81 so and bc under obi
cations to no one ] know a fellow who.
some time ago. was radically cured If
passomania He was anxious to see n GER.
tain play. and rs n means to that end oh
tanned an introduction to the manager of
the theater That individual was very ur
banc and. to use tho vcrnacular. was
''onto tho game" of the free ticket fend
He inquired II he would like to see the
show that night and was Immediately
asked to have something He conseuted-
as theatrical men and most other men
ut HlRH
toned cafe" and the manager, in re-
sponso to the question "Whatn 1t be-"
said that he felt rs though he could punish
n small cold bottle of champagne This
was ordered 1t cost 81
After the sparkling beverage had been
absorbed. and they had walked to the door,
the pass crank observed. 'Er-ah-ahout
those seats for tonight" with m interrog
ative vocal infection
oh, yes. responded the theatrical
! manager. pulling a notebook from his
pocket. TN max" - mcmnrandum IT It
and get tn" treasurer to hold them for
YOU VIII y"u pay me now ar Civ" IN"
money to the tTcnSurcr'
There was - gasping out nf something
| about having forgotten = previous ap
| pointment for that evening. and viru
| lent case of f-'sc ticket uloSiS had bean per
| mancntly cured
About the most unique though perhaps
reprehensiblc. method of getting into .
theater without paying. Of which l hav"
ever heard. i= in daily. or rather nightly.
use in n certain theatcr In this city Tho
| bIllroom in that house Is on the same floor
as the gallery 4 particular crowd at
boys. who arc friends of one nf the posters.
arc admitted through this room 20 the
rear of the porticres separating tho gallery
proper from one Of the numerous exits
which the fire commissioners require. but
| which no one would think Of using in cas-"
! of real danger.
There the lads remain until the lights
| within the thcater are turned up as the
doors are opened AS soon as the first rush
into the gallery occurs. the lads push the
portiercs aside and mingle with the pay
| crowd in a promiscuous scramble for tho
best seats
This practice should be condemned ON
two grounds. In the first place, Il Is dis.
honest In that il keeps from the proprietor
Of the theater the money which the boys
would otherwise pay for admission. tbs
only beneficiary being the bill poster, who
manages by this means to keep himself
well supplied with rolled cabbage leaves,
labeled cigars. In the second place. the rs
ISOLATION of boys with a man who will lend
himself to that sort Of thing manifestly
exercises a pernicious effect upon tho NOR
ais Of the former, who are permitted q
| lounge about the billroom smoking coffiI
nails, alias cigarettes, and listening Il
anecdotes which would BE- terribly out %
place in a parlor
It Is n lamentable fact that the pcrma
nency of the marriage contract is not re
earded as seriously as It should be by many
theatrical people. Divorces for various
causes, and sometimes for no cause at all
. are regrettably frequent, This condition
OF affairs not unnaturally often results IL
strange meetings under embarrassing cir
cumstances.
Early in the present season n manages
I employed an actress for a small part ant
, at once dispatched her to a Harlem the
, alter for her first rehearsal That same aft
| crnoon she returned with the information
, that she had found herself in very un
comfortable position, for at rehearsal sh
was shocked to learn that the man VIII
played the opposite part TO her was non
: other than the man from whom she hat
been divorced some months previously, Oh
said that she eouid not afford 20 rrsiEn