The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21
ON IHEtIRIC4L Dars.
Hsw Ticket srrsniat,r WIN. yy,r..,
the Aid of n yioitu t.,.. w

Tho ralmv days Of m, ticket .-..,t.
tor are over said tho oil ihcatri.ri NJ
There's nothing in tho business rovo1.,.
Newspaper criticisms the result OF ,.t.
sentiment were thr first things 10 b.u.,.
business. and it never has and never MI
rcvive. Why, IL was nothing in tho OH
times Tor man 70 MAKE egl AL e.,
in = nlght specializing II wasn't ra,o,.
sary either for man to s;rad in o..
the box Office In ordcs 10 make r,,a-
spectators have to- nowadays. A srer,.,,.,
could be stuck with fifteen ortvatty'....,,
md stlll make some rr1Nt - itras r.t.8.,
money now though. thorois iit,leinn Nsr.r.
ulator is In luck the can knock out S$ar..n.
All Of the old-timcrS who made d.. u,r..v
spccnlatnE years ngo are either deal ar 50,
other branches OF tho business now. Atr.E.,
or smarter crowd ut fellows than some OF a,,
old-timc spectators could not be found
About the most successful game cv,,
saw worked by speculator WAS the srhe~.
gotten IN ty Jimmy lTydo. thea rromiro.,
among ticket spectators. 10 heat tho r,e,rL
ball. Jimmy. who Is now with the ,as,,,
made up his mind that Il would bs an eg.y
thing to beat the bull out OF several bundled
dollars Max 1iirsah who was then AMI a
now the treasurer ut tho Metropolitan Uto.,
House was telling lIylo about the e!aha.a,.
arrangements that wcrc being mails H.. a..
French ball that year and how Il was h0ur,,
le great success on account % the ,,fr.
suspension Of the free list. wher HyI,
exclaimed suspend tho free ll.t ,bg
Well. you can suspend and lie du.nel
but. Just tho same. I'm going to- r,,
in Mt least fifteen people. IN Ne. yol dom,
pass in n soul barring yourself replied r..s.h
The result was n heavy wager Hyde htt,7,
that ho would rass In at least ton stranger,
for nothing. giving none II them tc.v's o.,
yasses. Every one who heard ~ tho 10;
laughed at Hyde. hut Jimmy simllv s'at,i
Hyde felt confident nat he would -rr",el n
doing what he had hoast,'d he "uUI Ur al,
ing 10 manage It. Well, on the rl.ht ~ T..
hail llusch stuck around tho door II the Urafa
TSsssa a. RT Nn W'G anoa GSf dgs via.
Hyde, followed uy a meek looking inltvilra,,
who carried something under his coat showed
M In the vicinity. Leaving his com go p jnn On
the corner Jimmy walked into the .cngl AMI
approached young man who was leaning
Going in asked Hyde
Can't; atn'tGot the price resroadsd The
'.,.'How much have you got !? asked Kyle.
Two nm a half
Well rs money any way. SO come .n' and
Now. see here said Jimmy when thoy
don't stop second. but just 90 right past lbs
wine room, down toward tho stage. Al the 'cf.
enc you u ma i nlGht pT stAirs. 40 down them
and you'll lind Yourself in ths cellar riIht
Thirty; ninth street. vii. you do that - -
i don't see any use ot doing all that but
yoH EFT me ip AMI Il tix 10 it, .r, ,s .o,, 49,
handed it 10 the, young man. 1t was an old
agd battered violin case.
Take that AMI walk right through tho
to you. lust say musician and rass on.
When YOU get in the cellar. pass It UP TO me-"
" The young man took the: ease and walked
nnytroub!e; In three minutes he was underths
grating and had passed the case w thtouGhs
whom raid from s. apiece foT tho sSS se
through; Hirsch stood at the door the whols
1t was one Of the doormen who caught on
first He thought " remarkable That so many
Of the , Grfnsstr 1sv we5e coming n late. and
man hoHrsely but II was no go. The doormsn
It was empty. Hyde saw that II.
game was up. and almost burst with
laughter Giil when he saw his man &c
violin case flying after him; The truth nssh.i
on Hlrseh In en- instant Two mutual friends,
moment testified that ten men had been
passed through on the old case. and Hirsch
paid over the amount Of tho wager like a man.
money. and when it was gone Hyde was forced
TO blow in the money he had collected from
those he had passed in. too. That was n mighty
another man in New York but. Jimmy Hyde
who won d have thought OF It. II seams THAI
hat way long before tho bet was made and
that he only accented the wager because he
saw a chance TO rake In y few dollars more
and DESPITE the old saying that history rs-
peats itself ! don't believe it'll ever come
around again"