Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-30
At THE BOX OFFICE.
A Woman Arrives at an Understanding Re.
sardins Theater Tickets.
Chicago Tribune.

| Chicago Tribune.
There was long line of ticket buy
ers in front of the box office.
At the head of the line, examining
the plat, stood richly-bedecked wo-
man with poodle under her arm.
"Now, are you right sure" she
asked, there isn't post in front OF
either of these two seats?"
"There isn't post in that part OF
the house. madam" replied the man
in the box office.
81 don't know about that"-and she
drummed with her fingers on the
framed plat-"Tve been fooled that
way so often. Many a time I've
bought seats they said were all right
and found out after got there that a
great big post stood right in front of
me. When you pay out your money
for theater tickets, you want-what
did you say these would be?"
"Dollar and a half each, ma'am.
Will these two
al thought you told me minute
ago they were dollar seats?"
"No. These are the dollar seats,
over here"
al thought they we're further to-
ward the left. Let me Look
"Bow! wow" barked an imitation
dog near the street end of the line.
"Meaowi Meaow! Spftt" answered
an imitation cat with startling en-
phasis.
Keep quiet, Fido. They shan't
hurt you, darling! Well, suppose
I'll have to-you said - for these two
seats, didn't your"
"Three dollars for these two. The
dollar seats are back here"
A deep groan ran along the line.
IL think these men are very rude" "
she said. "Would seats in the fourth
row in front of these come any high
err"
"No, ma'am, but those are all taken,
as explained while ago. They're
still taken. These are the nearest the
stage OF all we have left"
"Well, 1 believe l'll-are you sure
there are no posts in front-Oh, be-
lieve / did ask you about that. Three
dollars? Here it is"
"This is a two.dollar bill, ma'am."
as it% she gasped. "It was five
when left home! Let me see it. So
it is. I'll have to pick out couple OF
dollar seats, unless
"That's all right. ma'am?" ex-
claimed the ticket seller with the
eagerness Of drowning man graspine
at a straw. "Ill save these seats for
you till Z o'clock this evening"
Thanks, ever so much"
With beaming smile she clasped
her poodle closer, slowly Withdrew
from her place at the head of the line
and marched serenely away, ignoring
the long-drawn sighs of relief that &C.
companied her departure, and business
was resumed at the box Office.
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IT is not the sore place that should
be hit in administering reprOof, but
the wrong deed. For the reprOof that
causes wincing is more likely to pro
woke anger than amendment. LORD
Palmerston, while Mini.ter of Foreign
Affairs, had good-natured way Ol
giving reproofs when he did not NEAR
to be severe. "Put a little more
starch into your neckcloth, my deal
Dash," he said to diplomatist whom
he thought did not hold his head higf
enough ut the court where the minis
ter represented Great Britain. A wit
ty repartee often serves as the courte
Gus bearer of a reproof. ~ can't fint
bread for my family" said a lazy fel
low. "Nor l." replied an industrious
miller. al am obliged to work for it.
Zeno, the Stole philosopher, remon
strated with certain of his scholars fo
extravaganza. They excused them
selves by saying that they were ricl
enough to indulge in prodigality
"Would you," retorted Zeno, "excus'
a cook who should oversalt his mea
because he had a superabundance o
salt"
THE sufferers in the famine.stricker
regions of Russia are said to numbe